The first 4K 120Hz monitor arrives with a $1,400 price tag

A company called Wasabi Mango has released the world's first commercially available 4K monitor with a 120Hz refresh rate, beating some established players to the punch, including Acer, Asus, LG, and Samsung.

It's a large size 43-inch monitor with a simple 'UHD430' model name. It has two DisplayPort 1.4 connectors, which support 4K at 120Hz (the DisplayPort 1.4 spec also supports 8K at 60Hz), plus three HDMI 2.0 ports, a Toslink optical audio output, and a USB port.

The UHD430 uses an IPS panel and is advertised as supporting HDR, though the brightness level is only 400 nits. That's the baseline for VESA's entry-level DisplayHDR 400 certification. Note, however, that this is not DisplayHDR certified.

It also lacks G-Sync support. One reason that is notable is because Nvidia and its hardware partners are expected to release 4K 144Hz monitors with HDR and G-Sync very soon, including the Asus PG27UQ and Acer X27.

The UHD430 gets ahead of the pack, albeit with a slightly slower refresh rate compared to those two models, but also a larger display size. Still, it's probably better to wait a bit to see what comes out in the weeks ahead.

If you're really eager to grab a 4K 120Hz monitor, though, you can find this one on Ebay for $1,399.99.

Paul Lilly

Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles on computer hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, but thinks it would be cool to get one that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his off time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is true).

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