Lots of OLED screens at CES
When it came to the screens, one display type in particular dominated the reporting at CES 2023: OLED panels have finally arrived on PC screens, after the self-illuminating pixels had been used on small smartphone screens and large televisions for years for better contrasts and in the provide superior image quality in most cases - and increasingly so in the middle class or even in entry-level devices.
To date, OLED has been the exception on the PC
For PC screens, however, OLED panels have so far been the exception. On the one hand, there were a few professional models that were primarily aimed at creative users and were associated with a maximum refresh rate of 60 Hertz. And on the other hand, in recent years, some users have opted for comparatively small TV models with a screen diagonal of 48 inches or, most recently, 42 inches.
Most recently, around 40 percent of readers stated that they were using a 27-inch diagonal model as the primary screen. However, almost 7 percent of the participants used a 48-inch television.
How many pixels are recorded with you?
The following is now about how many pixels are pushed back and forth with you per second. The resolution of your primary screen and the total number of monitors connected to the PC were only collected in the community survey mentioned - the corresponding surveys are embedded again at this point for the sake of completeness.
If you are not afraid of another arithmetic task, you are now invited to use the refresh rates of the screens used to actually calculate how many pixels per second your own graphics card or iGPU has to calculate (in theory) and share the result in the comments. If that's too much work for you, you should again refer to the surveys on the refresh rate of the primary screen and whether it is equipped with an adaptive refresh rate such as Adaptive-Sync, G-Sync or FreeSync, which were also part of the community survey.
How is your screen set up? And does HDR matter?
Going in a different direction is how you set up your primary screen. With the included stand on the table? Or is that too low for you and you have found a suitable coaster? Another elegant solution is mounting using a VESA mount, for example on a rigid monitor frame, a flexible and swiveling arm or the wall behind the desk.
