The Corsair Xeneon Flex is taking the curved gaming monitor to the subsequent stage, bringing you a display you’ll be able to bodily bend to your liking. Developed in partnership with LG, the panel makes use of W-OLED know-how, serving to the flagship set its sights on taking the title of finest gaming monitor.
Versatile know-how is all the trend these days, with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Fold4 smartphones touchdown on retailer cabinets this week. Apart from some early ideas from Samsung itself, imagining a skinny foldable display you’ll be able to roll up like a tube of wrapping paper, displays and TVs have been fairly sluggish to the mark with a steep 1000R curve being the tech’s greatest declare to fame within the area.
That’s all about to alter with the Corsair Xeneon Flex 45WQHD240 OLED gaming monitor, as you’ll be able to willingly bend the display to regulate the curve based mostly on what you’re doing. Enjoying an FPS recreation the place consciousness is vital? Seize either side of the display and alter it to 800R. Watching a film with family and friends? Set it again to flat, so everybody can see.
Corsair guarantees a refined expertise when the monitor hits retail, however the prototype Xeneon Flex is seemingly pretty stiff to bend in keeping with YouTuber Bitwit. They are saying it’s additionally price retaining in thoughts that the show offers an audible click on whenever you’ve bent it to its furthest level to forestall you from overextending, so don’t fret, you in all probability haven’t damaged it.
The display itself spans 45 inches with a 3,440×1440 decision, 21:9 side ratio, and a peak brightness of 1,000nit. It’s fairly quick with a 0.03ms GtG response time, 240Hz refresh fee, and backed by each Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium to maintain your display from tearing. It comes with all the same old suspects, resembling an anti-reflective coating to fight glare and low blue gentle tech to assist cut back eye pressure.
In case you’re nervous about display burn in, since that is OLED in spite of everything, don’t be. Corsair and LG pack a “refined burn-in prevention system which operates when each powered on, and when switched off,” alongside a three-year zero burn in and nil lifeless pixel guarantee. Our reviewers will likely be notably blissful about that final one.
At 45 inches huge, I can’t think about the Xeneon Flex will match on everybody’s gaming desk. I’m additionally the only consumer of my desktop, so I wrestle to see an inherent have to continuously alter the curvature of my display based mostly on what I’m doing – I personally discover the steep curve on the Samsung Odyssey G7 a pleasure to make use of regardless of the duty. However my wants aren’t your wants.
In case you fancy your self a stage of flexibility that no different monitor in the marketplace gives, the Corsair Xeneon Flex sounds prefer it could be proper up your alley – though you’ll have to attend for our evaluate to see if it sticks the touchdown. And even when I wrestle to see the necessity for the product, I’m nonetheless excited for what this milestone says for future shows.
Extra particulars surrounding the Corsair Xeneon Flex OLED’s value and availability will come later within the 12 months.
