Amazon is selling LG’s 27GS93QE, a 27-inch Ultragear OLED gaming monitor, for $499.99. The listing shows a $899.99 MSRP, so the current price cuts $400 from the stated retail figure, or about 44%.
For PC gamers, the useful part is not the sale-label theater. The monitor combines a 2560 x 1440 OLED panel with a 240Hz refresh rate, according to the product listing. That is the sweet spot for people who want sharper-than-1080p output without asking a graphics card to feed a 4K panel at high frame rates.
What the panel offers
The 27GS93QE’s OLED panel is listed with 98.5% DCI-P3 color coverage, roughly 139% sRGB coverage, and 95% to 98% or more Adobe RGB coverage. The listing also cites VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 support and a 1.5 million-to-one contrast ratio.
Those numbers point to the usual OLED trade: per-pixel lighting gives black levels LCD panels struggle to match, while the buyer still has to care about brightness, room reflections, and long-term panel behavior. The listing says LG uses an anti-glare, low-reflection coating to cut down ambient light reflections.
The gaming spec sheet is less subtle. Amazon’s listing gives the monitor a 0.03ms gray-to-gray response time and support for AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and Nvidia G-Sync. Variable refresh rate support lets the display adjust to the frame output of a compatible GPU, reducing tearing when frame rates move around instead of sitting on one number like a benchmark slide wants them to.
Ports and mounting
The monitor includes two HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort 2.3 connection, and a 3.5mm headphone jack, according to the listing. It does not include USB ports, so buyers looking for a monitor that doubles as a desk hub will need a separate dock or hub.
The included stand supports tilt from minus 5 degrees to 15 degrees, 110mm of height adjustment, and pivot adjustment from minus 10 degrees to 10 degrees. The panel also supports 100 x 100mm VESA mounting for use with an arm or wall mount.
The listing states that LG covers the monitor with a two-year warranty. At $499.99, the 27GS93QE is being pitched as a discounted path into 27-inch OLED gaming rather than another 1440p LCD with a louder badge. The price is the story, but the missing USB ports are part of it too.
This story draws on original reporting from Tom's Hardware.
