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I’ve been saying for a while that there are no bad OLED monitors. I’ve been reviewing them almost without letup for months now and have yet to find one that wasn’t excellent in every respect. Yes, there are minor issues here and there, but when taken as a whole, the genre guarantees success. The only question is, what size and shape best fits your needs?
If first-person shooters and sims are your thing, ultra and mega-wide screens create the best version of virtual reality short of a set of goggles. You can have aspect ratios of either 21:9 or 32:9, but 21:9 is where the height is. If you’ve found 34-inch screens a bit underwhelming, the AOC Agon Pro AG456UCZD at 45 inches creates its own category. And it doesn’t cost significantly more either.
With WQHD 3440x1440 resolution, the AG456UCZD has only 83ppi pixel density. But in my experience, that made no difference whatsoever. OLED contrast and color more than compensate. The SDR picture was extremely colorful and the HDR picture is on another level from anything possible in the LCD camp. It has the same infinite blacks and contrast as any OLED, but its size and shape are unique.
Also equal to the very best is the AG456UCZD’s video processing. Though it needs to run over 200fps to be at its best, that means perfect motion resolution with no motion blur. Moving objects retain every scrap of detail and are equal in sharpness to static parts of the image. Fast camera pans come with no artifacts or breakups. It’s one aspect of display performance where OLED can be said to be perfect.
My only nitpick here is the compromise I had to make with gamma. There isn’t an option that tracks 2.2 perfectly but by changing one setting, I was able to make an improvement. And the default image was fine to begin with so take these comments for what they are, nitpicks.
The AOC Agon Pro AG456UCZD is yet another superb OLED gaming monitor. It’s unique in size and shape. There isn’t another display like it. And it doesn’t cost much more than a 34-inch 21:9 screen while offering a lot more immersion and superior sound. If you have the desire for VR glasses but don’t want to spend even more money, the AG456UCZD is clearly worth checking out.
