Corsair’s New Gaming Screen Swaps From Flat to Curved With a Simple Yank

As mind-blowing as it’s to see a display screen bend and even fold in half with out taking any harm, we haven’t fairly found out the right use case for versatile OLEDs but. Corsair is taking a swing on the expertise with its new Xeneon Flex gaming monitor that enables customers to bend in either side to create a extra immersive visible expertise.

The Xeneon Flex isn’t an entirely new idea. Back at CES 2021, LG itself had an analogous prototype on show at its sales space, that includes a 48-inch versatile OLED panel that, on the push of a button, would slowly morph between a very flat display screen to 1 with a delicate curve that higher crammed a gamer’s peripheral imaginative and prescient. But as with most prototypes, LG’s demo was hands-off. It additionally used a motorized mechanism to softly bend and unbend the show.

Motors add value, and yet one more factor that may break, to shopper electronics. For the Xeneon Flex, Corsair has changed them with a pair of pop-out handles on both facet of the show. To introduce a delicate curve, you merely seize them and yank, after which do the other to flatten the panel again out once more. You may even create a special degree of curve on either side, which has no actual sensible advantages, however it’s good to comprehend it’s an possibility. Freedom!

The Xeneon Flex’s 45-inch LG W-OLED panel has a beneficiant 21:9 facet ratio pushing a decision of three,440×1440 pixels at a refresh charge of as much as 240Hz, and is totally suitable with Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium adaptive sync requirements. Peak brightness is listed at 1,000 nits, with a 1,350,000:1 distinction ratio, and a well-featured assortment of connectivity ports each on the again of the show and accessible up entrance. The solely factor we don’t know is pricing and availability, which Corsair promises will be shared earlier than the 12 months is out.