I was looking at monitors the other day and wondering who buys the large format gaming monitors. Gigabyte has a 48" OLED right now that looks pretty good for about $1100. Philips has a 55" VA panel for $1600. Both are 4k/120Hz and support an HDR standard, and afaict these are just monitors, no smarts.
I'm not sure what you give up with these other than the OS.
> Gigabyte has a 48" OLED right now that looks pretty good for about $1100.
I'd recommend against that one. While it's the same panel as the LG OLED, the software is much worse, with an aggressive backlight limiter that can't be turned off and progressively dims the screen, and a panel refresh cycle that demands turning the monitor off every few hours (and doesn't happen automatically when the panel is turned off by the computer going to sleep).
I'd love to find a high-quality 4k+ OLED (or ideally QD-OLED) panel with no associated "smarts".
I'm not sure what you give up with these other than the OS.