HP Omen X Emperium 65 inch Big Format Gaming Display, NVIDIA G-SYNC HDR, 4K UHD, 144hz Refresh Rate, with 120 Watt Sound Bar

Best deal great for of gaming and has a built in shield for everything else.

The HP Emperium 65" is definitely the "first" to do 4K @ 120Hz and it sure does feel like a first iteration, a beta test. After a long delay and hyped up release, it still feels like an unfinished & not well thought out product.SIZE - 1/5The huge size is the main selling point of this monitor as there are already better alternatives at a much smaller size & price. However, NVIDIA/HP went overkill to the point where it's not good: 65 inches. This means 67 pixels per inch and that's way too low for a monitor. If you sit farther away, this problem becomes less apparent, but text still looks slightly "blurry" and off. For comparison a 27" 1080p monitor is 81 PPI. Then a 32" 1440p monitor is 91 PPI. This monitor would be the equivalent of having a 32" 1080p monitor, so imagine how much further back you would have to sit for it not to be super blurry and all the pixels noticeable. A size such as 55" would have been much better as you could sit at a normal length away and also save some money.The monitor is also extremely heavy and bulky. The delivery guy said it's the single most heaviest screen he has ever delivered. Not only is the panel thick, but the stand is unnecessarily over a foot deep and nearly half a foot high. This means since this is not the "best" panel for viewing angle, the quality for the majority of the screen ends up looking even more faded than it already is, but we'll get back to that.Due to the size and weight, I assume, the shipping wasn't great and the screen looks slightly damaged. There's a few points where the backlight looks damaged, under a black screen. Extra star off for that or else this would be 2/5. This looks like a pattern in a very specific spot, centered perfectly.DISPLAY QUALITY - 1/5The brightness on this screen is impressive, so one star for that. The panel is not curved, which actually makes a huge difference when you're so close up (for a monitor.) It's a VA panel so the viewing angle is not the best either, so combined with that, most the screen looks bad unless your monitor is either on the ground or you use a bar stool. The edges have major backlight bleeding. This an HDR monitor but it's only 8 bits so it feels washed out. The overclocking mode to take it to 144Hz doesn't work too well so it's really just 120Hz. The response time can't get to the minimum without MAJOR ghosting. There are seven "levels" to response time and all the levels except the first 3 slowest levels cause ghosting.SOFTWARE & DESIGN - 0/5Another selling point for this TV is G-Sync, but G-Sync still has a bug from nearly 2 years ago on Windows 10 where your FPS takes a huge hit and dives down to 20 randomly. The settings page looks straight out of the 90's and there's not enough options. This has lower options than a standard TV at this point. There's nothing really for sharpness, brightness (other than the actual backlight), or basically anything that comes standard on most screens. None of the settings are really explained really well. For example, what is level 3 response time? Why not just put the response time?The remote barely has any buttons on it which is not good. It also doesn't use AA batteries, and the IR sensor is all the way in the corner of the monitor. The sound bar takes up huge space and so does the stand as previously mentioned. If anyone is interested in the ambient lighting, you can barely see it because of how far the monitor ends up being from the wall due to the large stand. All the buttons and inputs are either on one side or another, randomly. This might be okay for a TV but this is a monitor the size of a TV so imagine having to have both sides of your desk fully clear as well, adding another few feet of space required.GAMING - 2/5For gaming, this is okay. You definitely feel more immersed and the response time and refresh rate is good enough. For fullscreen gaming at 4K, there's not a lot of games you'll be able to get over 60 fps on, even with two RTX 2080 Ti's at this time. NVIDIA should know this best: we're not really ready for 4K @ 120Hz gaming but they still came out with this for some reason. With ray tracing on, it's even worse. So I'm not knocking off any points for that, but just be prepared to probably play a game at a lower resolution or settings. For multitasking while gaming, this monitor could be great. For example, you can have Discord/Twitch on one part of the screen. But at that point, remember you can get two or three better monitors at a lower price.This is definitely better than my 4K TV for gaming, but worse than any 144Hz monitor.OTHER CONS:1. The anti-glare is very bad. It looks like there's no anti-glare which is a plus I guess since it looks slightly more vibrant, but instead of keeping light off the screen it just reflects it weird and makes it glow. It's worse than my TV with zero anti-glare.2. It seems like you can only turn on HDR in Windows settings and not on the monitor settings, and when this is enabled, your already-low options on the monitor go even lower and become disabled. Brightness takes a huge hit.3. Overclock setting (144Hz) is extremely glitchy. As far as I know you have to disable G-Sync for 144Hz, and then it either messes with your subsampling or just completely breaks the input. I haven't got it to work and be stable.4. Once you get into Nvidia shield, it's hard to get back into settings to switch inputs for some reason. So you'll have to go to the back of the TV to do this since it doesn't seem like it was integrated well into the third party remote.5. As a continuation of the software being bad above, all the "useful" features they have like FPS counter and crosshair have almost zero customization across from some basic presets. So enjoy having your FPS in size 70 font in the corner.Will add more as we go, and if I actually find redeeming factors we'll make a OTHER PROS section.

I feel obligated to write a review, partly in response to the first review posted for this product. This is definitely not a one-star product. Is it perfect? No. It is, however, an extremely good device for the niche that it is designed to fill. In keeping with a response, I will follow the general outline similar to the review by Aviv M.SIZE – 5/5At 65 inches, this monitor is not designed to be a desktop device. It is designed to be in either a living room environment, or in my case, a bedroom-sized office that due to space limitations in my house has to serve as both an office and the entertainment center for the family. I now use this display as my primary computer monitor, but also somewhere the family can gather to watch movies or play games. In that type of setting this monitor excels. Previously I had a 32-inch 4K monitor that sat on my desk. I was 2 to 3 feet away from this monitor and it had a retina-like display. I run Windows without any scaling on a 4K display, as I appreciate the real estate that such a display gives. I’ve never had a problem with small typefaces. The 65-inch monitor now sits 5 to 6 feet away from me and gives me exactly the same experience. To have a monitor this size, and expect to sit just a couple feet away, would require four times the resolution. That would be a 16K monitor. It is not intended to be on a desktop. It is designed to function as an entertainment center type device. And as such, it excels.DISPLAY QUALITY – 4/5I would agree that this monitor is a first-generation product. There are improvements that could be made. With that said, it absolutely fills the function that it is designed for. It is a VA panel and has all the restrictions that such a panel would have. It does not have as good of viewing angles as an IPS panel. But when gaming centered in front of it, or even with a family of four sitting together 8 to 9 feet away, it looks wonderful. Inherent to VA panels, it also excels over IPS monitors in the depth of blacks and contrast (greater than 4500:1 in my own measurements and calibration). Its HDR characteristics are incredible, especially considering that this is also used as a computer monitor. Watching HDR content on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or YouTube gives an experience that I have never had with a computer monitor. Playing HDR gaming titles such as Destiny 2 is incredibly engrossing. It is an 8 – bit plus FRC monitor. I do wish it was a true 10-bit monitor, but the colors it produces are still vibrant and satisfying. I am an amateur but enthusiast photographer, and it was important for me that this monitor be able to do photo editing work. I’m extremely pleased with its ability to produce reference quality colors out of the box. With simple calibration, it becomes incredibly accurate. In photography, I normally work within the sRGB color space, and this monitor is fantastic. I’ve included a picture of my post calibration report on this monitor with Average ΔE*00 significantly <1. This monitor produces images easily equivalent to my professional level BenQ 32 inch 4K monitor.The display does have some limitations, though. There is some noticeable although slight vignetting at the extreme edges and corners of the display. There is also very faint, but noticeable, banding that can be seen across the display when displaying a full-screen image of a white screen. This is a little disappointing for such an expensive device. In real-world use, however, it is only barely noticeable. I will have no problems editing photos on this display. I will keep my 32 inch Ben Q monitor, however, as a backup device for critical work.SOFTWARE & DESIGN – 4/5I have found just a few inconveniences with the control function on the display. As a gaming monitor with G sync, it has worked flawlessly for me. I am a personally competitive, but hobby gamer. This display is a joy to game on and definitely does not restrict my gameplay. The overall settings available for the monitor are consistent with most other monitors I have ever purchased. You can configure individual settings for every overall display setting, including backlight brightness, RGB controls, and pixel response times. There is a seven-level choice for response time, but level 3 is the best selection for overall image quality without ghosting. One has to remember that this is a computer monitor first and functions as a “TV” second. The menu selections are very consistent with what is expected with a computer monitor. It allows color calibration very well.The remote is the same remote included with the Nvidia shield. This does pose some limitations in controlling the monitor itself. I have seen several reviews complaining about the inability to do some basic functions such as change input on the monitor easily from this remote. That is because others have not simply read the manual for this device. You always have the ability to directly access the input menu for the monitor through a long press of the back button on the remote. Some remote functionality changes depending on whether you are within the Nvidia shield and apps. This can cause some confusion, but you are always able to quickly change the input of the monitor through the remote, and access the monitor menu within the same input list.My biggest complaint with the function of the overall software/firmware within the device is the difficulty in getting surround sound signals out of the monitor. I had hoped before purchase to have a single display port cable from my computer to the monitor, then an optical digital cable to my entertainment receiver, that would allow me to have Dolby Digital or DTS content simply passed through to my receiver. This has not been possible. Windows 10 sees this device as only a stereo channel device. I have found no way to pass a 5.1 signal out of windows into the monitor and then to my receiver. I still must maintain a separate optical digital cable from my computer to my receiver for this purpose. As of this writing, there is no specific driver or monitor.INF file for this monitor. I suspect that this may be improved with simple software updates. I have also found that if the soundbar is plugged in, even the Nvidia shield refuses to pass a 5.1 signal to my receiver, limiting it to two-channel stereo only. Again frustrating, but it seems a software/firmware update would be able to fix this.GAMING – 5/5OMG! This is what this device is designed for. HDR titles are incredibly engrossing. Just having a huge screen draws you into virtually any game, whether arcade or intense driving or flying simulations. Yes, 4K gaming is still in its infancy in being able to do greater than 60 FPS. However even with older games, that can easily run at 4K > 100 Hz, this monitor excels. I have a GTX 1080 Ti, and I had no problem maxing out Destiny 2 4K HDR and it looks brilliant! And if 4K can’t run at fast enough refresh for you, downsampling to 1080p still looks great. This is the best screen I’ve ever bought for pure entertainment. I sense no perceivable input delay. My calibration software calculated input delay of around 30 ms.SUMMARY:For my personal need as both a computer monitor and entertainment center, this display functions perfectly. The design is not perfect. It is a first generation device, and I expect it will improve in subsequent versions. There are some mild display quality issues, but in general daily use, it is minimal. I particularly find compression artifact in watching some SDR content, something I did not find on my 32 inch Ben Q monitor. Again, it feels like a software or firmware update could improve this. I’m hopeful this will occur in the future. 4K HDR content is impeccable. It truly rivals any OLED screen I have seen, but I have not personally owned recent modern televisions. As far as a computer monitor, it is by far the best that I have ever seen in visual quality with this type of content. I am pleased with my purchase but hopeful that some modifications will still occur.

LG C9 Oled is Gsync certified 4k@120hz for $2000. This is an absolute price gouge and no one should buy this thing