# The Problems with OLED, New 2026 Monitors, and Does 5K Gaming Make Sense? (feat. TFTCentral)

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Podcast: [The Hardware Unboxed Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188)
Published: 2026-02-13T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5486

## Resource

Episode 97: Simon from TFTCentral joins us after the wave of announcements at CES 2026 to chat about upcoming monitor technology, the current flaws with WOLED and QD-OLED panels, the types of screens we'd love to see, burn in, G-Sync Pulsar and more TFTCENTRAL Check out Simon's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tftcentral Check out Simon's website: https://tftcentral.co.uk/ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 02:43 - New Ultrawides for 2026 11:19 - New RGB Stripe WOLED 20:36 - Does 5K Gaming Make Sense? 30:16 - 500Hz 1440p LCDs 36:38 - The OLED Formats We'd Like to See & Future of OLED 55:50 - Status of OLED Burn In and Other Flaws 1:14:41 - G-Sync Pulsar SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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