Pros
Great measurement and backbone for the worth
Excellent movement readability
Good off-angle viewing
Cons
HDR is not noticeably distinguishable from SDR
Spartan construct high quality
Bare-bones cable administration
No user-adjustable OLED burn-in safety
Warranty lasts solely 1 yr whereas rivals are as much as 2 or 3 years.
The Innocn 49Q1R occupies an odd place within the monitor market; $800 looks as if an incredible deal for a 49-inch, 5,120×1,440, QD-OLED show loaded with productivity-minded options that different screens lack. But truly utilizing it makes you marvel who precisely Innocn’s goal purchaser is given its odd mixture of tradeoffs.For occasion, Innocn charges the monitor for a max brightness of 400 nits. It definitely can hit that top — in a 10% or smaller window and when the brightness-boosting Highlight mode is enabled. Its 144Hz refresh fee is comparatively excessive for such a high-resolution show, particularly one which steadily sells for under $750, however do not anticipate to push that many frames at full decision in additional demanding video games until you have got a strong system. Picture-by-picture (PBP) mode lets the 49Q1R be used as two separate 60Hz, 1440p screens and works nicely sufficient, and 90 watts of energy supply over USB-C permits for a single cable resolution for laptops. But an opaque OLED care system and one-year guarantee undercuts its productiveness potential. The contradictions proceed throughout each aspect of this monitor.Design and featuresUnboxing the Innocn 49Q1R reveals a monstrous show that can possible take up most peoples’ whole desks due to its width and depth. It comes with a considerably flimsy stand: It’s secure and helps the heavy panel nicely sufficient, permitting for a great quantity of tilt and swivel, however affords solely primary cable administration. A single plastic clip on the again towards the underside helps route energy and show cords however in any other case, they’re out within the open (a design we’re seeing on an rising variety of screens). Innocn 49Q1R specs Price $800Dimension (diagonal) 49 in/125cmPanel and backlight QD-OLEDFlat or curved CurvedResolution and pixel density 5,120×1,440 pixels, 109 ppiAspect ratio 32:9Maximum rated gamut 99% P3Rated Brightness (nits, peak/typical) 400 nitsHDR DisplayHDR True Black 400Adaptive sync VESA Adaptive-SyncMax vertical refresh fee 144HzGray/grey response time (milliseconds) 0.03Connections 2 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DP 1.4, 1 x USB-C (90w PD), 2xUSB-A 3.0 (1xUSB-B in), RJ45 Ethernet Audio 3.5mm jackVESA mountable Yes, 100 x 100 mmPanel guarantee 1 yearRelease date January 2025 I additionally seen a good bit of wobble when typing this overview on the identical (secure) desk. If you wish to improve to a beefier monitor arm that may deal with an ultrawide monitor like this, that is an extra expense.This “just okay” construct high quality is constant all through, with a primary design and programmable RGB lighting on the again of the panel that I could not truly see in a darkish room. The lights should not solely dim however ready the place there’s actually nothing for them to mirror off until your room is formed like a polygon with greater than 4 partitions, as they’re barely angled off to the perimeters. The RGB lighting on the again is sort of anemic. Josh Goldman/CNETNavigating the on-screen show is serviceable, achieved by way of a small thumbstick.Even the facet ratio would possibly give some folks complications. Consoles cannot take full benefit of a 32:9 show, and even some big-name PC video games do not, both. If you wish to play Elden Ring, for instance, it seems in a 2,560 x 1,440 window. And even some titles that fill the whole display will push the HUD components to the outer fringes, making it exhausting to concentrate to them and the motion within the center on the identical time. The ordinary set of ports, plus an Ethernet jack. Josh Goldman/CNETNo OLED monitor overview can be full with out mentioning burn-in. Normally, I feel it is overblown; maintain your show by hiding the taskbar when not in use, utilizing an animated (or black) background, and letting the monitor sleep after a brief interval when not in use will often stop it. The Innocn 49Q1R is so massive, although, that most individuals will most likely use it as their main show for gaming and work. There’s a headset hook on the stand, however reaching round or over such an enormous monitor steadily is awkward. Josh Goldman/CNETThe firm makes it exhausting to really feel assured that each one of these static components like spreadsheets or the road down the center the place the 2 1440p home windows meet in PBP mode will not burn in over time; pixel shift (the place the picture sometimes strikes round ever so barely) is enabled by default, and Innocn claims that the monitor intelligently dims brighter static components to assist stop pixels from carrying out however there are not any user-configurable OLED care choices. For occasion, for those who notices picture retention or burn in, there is not any solution to run a guide refresh or cleansing to eliminate it. The guarantee is just for a single yr, too, whereas different producers utilizing the identical panel supply three years of burn-in safety.Performance and qualityOf course, the QD-OLED panel is the star right here. Motion readability — the absence of blur or ghosting — is superb, whether or not within the Blur Busters UFO check or swinging round Manhattan in Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Fast-moving objects fly throughout the display with none seen artifacts or movement trails and this comes with accordingly quick pixel response occasions, too. Input latency ought to be negligible assuming you possibly can push sufficient frames and low-latency gadgets.One large benefit Samsung’s QD-OLED has over LG’s WOLED know-how (which transmits gentle by way of purple, inexperienced, blue and white filters moderately than electronically thrilling quantum dots to supply colours) is a a lot wider coloration gamut: Even simply searching the entrance web page of the Steam retailer seems to be extra vibrant and colourful than on any IPS show. Testing with the Highlight mode enabled, which bumps up the monitor’s peak brightness so far as doable, I measured sRGB gamut protection at 96%, Adobe RGB at 94%, and DCI-P3 protection at 95%. Those numbers are “fine” however fall wanting the 100% sRGB protection that competing QD-OLED screens just like the Alienware AW3225QF supply. Innocn consists of manufacturing facility calibration stories within the field claiming a median delta E of lower than 1, and it measured a wonderfully respectable common dE of 1.2 and a most of two.9 at 100% brightness. That would, in principle, be ok for color-accurate artistic work, however that is solely achievable for a 10% window in the midst of the display. Increasing the check patch measurement decreases accuracy, that means that this most likely is not for creatives. At least viewing angles are uniformly wonderful regardless of the place you are sitting, due to OLED.SDR Color measurements Preset Gamut (% protection)White pointGammaPeak brightness (full display in nits)Accuracy (DE2K common/max)Default/Native 95% P37000K2.02451.2/2.9FPS n/a9050K2.5373n/aRTS/RPG n/a6900K2.0279n/aMOBA n/a6950K2.5438n/a Games look good however not as superb as they may, sadly. That’s possible as a result of the 49Q1R does a comparatively poor job of displaying blacks, which is odd. OLED screens usually show excellent blacks as a result of the pixels flip utterly off after they’re not lively. In each sport I examined — from Alan Wake 2 to Cyberpunk, Returnal, Avowed and extra — the darkish, shadowy areas did not wow, trying hazy or gauzy and dropping nice particulars moderately than moody and atmospheric.Enabling HDR does little to ameliorate the difficulty. In truth, it isn’t price turning on in any respect. The 49Q1R is rated for DisplayHDR 400 True Black however when viewing HDR content material, I actually could not discover a distinction. Playing LG’s HDR OLED check video on Innocn’s monitor with HDR enabled regarded precisely the identical on my laptop computer display with HDR off. On the Innocn, highlights are a bit bit brighter however it trades off by pushing up the brightness globally, leading to brighter shadows as nicely, so it is disappointing total. Therein lies the rub—the Innocn 49Q1R is comparatively cheap and affords an incredible number of ports, however rivals just like the MSI MPG 491CQP are practically an identical and supply extra peace of thoughts for under $100 extra. Innocn bounces upgraded variations of the identical show out and in of availability so usually that it additionally appears like no matter you buy may be discontinued shortly after. As I used to be testing the 49Q1R, it was seemingly delisted from Amazon (though you possibly can nonetheless purchase it immediately from Innocn’s web site) and the identical factor occurred with the the 240Hz 49Q1S mannequin. Gamers contemplating a monitor this massive most likely have a strong — and costly — sufficient rig to drive it. At that time, they need to pay the additional $100 or $200 and get one thing higher.How we check monitorsAll measurements have been carried out utilizing Portrait Display’s Calman Ultimate 2021 R4 and later software program utilizing a Calibrite ColorChecker Display Plus (previously X-Rite i1Display Pro Plus) and a Murideo Six-G sample generator for HDR testing the place crucial, or the Client3 HDR patterns inside Calman, the place doable. How in depth our testing is depends upon the capabilities of the monitor, the display and backlight know-how used, and the judgment of the reviewer.On probably the most primary fashions we could stick to simply brightness, distinction and coloration gamut, whereas on extra succesful shows we could run exams of most user-selectable modes for gaming or color-critical use, uniformity and so forth. For the colour work, we may run exams to confirm how white level accuracy varies with brightness.Color accuracy outcomes reported in models of Delta E 2000 are based mostly on Calman’s commonplace Pantone patch set, plus the grayscale and pores and skin tone patches. White factors outcomes are based mostly on the precise white worth plus the correlated coloration temperature for the whole grey scale (21 patches, 0 to 100%) rounded right down to the closest 50Okay so long as there are not any large variations. We additionally use Blur Busters’ movement exams to guage movement artifacts (similar to ghosting) or refresh rate-related issues that may have an effect on gaming.