From PC World: “5K2K” is a very nerdy kind of term that’s getting a lot of popularity right now. It’s a semi-standard resolution for a monitor, 5120×2160 — essentially the same kind of ultrawide stretch you get for a 27-to-34-inch monitor design, but blown up to 4K. Alienware’s newest OLED gaming monitor pulls this off, with an oversized 39-inch panel. And it’s doing it with a starting price of $1099.
I appreciate that OLED monitor prices are in a lot of flux right now, so let me just state outright: That is a crazy good price. For comparison, the retail price on an LG OLED with the same size and resolution is $1800, though it often goes on sale for considerably less.
But this isn’t just a value play. Dell is packing in a lot of extra features into the new AW3926QW monitor, including dual display modes, with a standard 165Hz refresh rate or a double-speed 330Hz mode for halving the resolution down to 2560×1080. (Again, that’s just 1080p stretched out to a 21:9 aspect ratio.) The monitor also includes USB-C at 90 watts of charging, HDMI eARC, a built-in KVM switch, and G-Sync compatibility.
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