LG 45GX950A Review: The Ultimate OLED Ultrawide?

Today we're looking at quite an exciting new OLED monitor format from LG: it's a 45-inch ultrawide with a 4K-class resolution. This isn't the first time we've seen 45-inch ultrawide OLEDs, but previously they packed an insufficient resolution of just 3440 x 1440, which is far too low for a screen so large. In 2025, LG has bumped this panel up to a 5120 x 2160 resolution, and boy, does it make a difference. The LG 45GX950A is the first of several products we're expecting to use this panel. This is the fixed curve version, but later in the year we're also getting a version with a motorized adjustable curve that we saw at CES – the 45GX990A. Both use a new WOLED panel with a maximum refresh rate of 165Hz, an 800R curve, and all the usual gaming features like adaptive sync and DisplayHDR True Black 400. What we want to talk about first is the size of this display. If you're used to a regular 34-inch ultrawide that has been the standard for years now, or even a 32-inch 16:9 monitor, you m ... Read full article.