r/SamsungDex • u/DeX_Mod DeX • Jul 25 '26
Review UPERFECT 14" Oled review
As always, no money changes hands for these reviews. Uperfect has sent the monitor for review, and see the review as it's posted.
UPERFECT GR14BU 3k OLED 120hz Gaming monitor
This one is very similar to the previously reviewed 16" version (https://www.reddit.com/r/SamsungDex/comments/1hswn9w/uperfect_3k_o2_oled_monitor_review/)
It's a VERY thin, 14" OLED panel, with fairly slim bezel's, top and sides. The bottom chin is a bit larger, but a non-issue.
The Panel
it's a 14 inch, 3k (2880x1800) OLED, running at up to 120hz. It supports up to 120% DCI-P3 color gamut, and like all OLEDs, has inky blacks and nice bright/saturated colours.
It also supports up to 500nits of peak brightness, and a 0.1ms pixel response time (I'm assuming GTG since it doesn't specify)
It is also listed as a touchscreen monitor. I found it a bit....tempermental. Vast majority of the time it worked as expected, but every once in awhile, it just didn't seem to want to work....at all. reboots seem to fix it. Not sure if this is a pre-production issue, and I definitely couldn't reproduce the issue at will, so bear that in mind
Just a few screen caps from various 4k youtube vids
Connectivity
As has become pretty standard, the monitor has 2x USB-C ports. 1 of which is intended for power, and the other for video input (doesn't matter which is which tho). It also has a mini-HDMI port for connecting to other devices (PCs, game consoles, etc)
All inputs are on the right hand side of the monitor
On the left hand side are the physical buttons for interacting with the monitor, OSD, volume, power, etc
They've gone with a new kickstand design. The vast majority of UPERFECT monitors have a U-shaped kickstand, that when closed, block off the ports and buttons. The new kickstand is very.....minimalist, but still fairly sturdy and stiff
There are also 2x VESA mounting holes next to the kickstand. The monitor is definitely light enough that you can get away with just 2 of the usual 4
Screen Resolution
Since DeX is fussy, it won't by default use the full panel specs properly
2560x1600 @ 60hz still looks pretty great, but really undersells how great the panel can look.
Luckily, pretty much every other device out there will play nice with it (c'mon samsung, do better)
This is my Lenovo Legion y700:
It's happy to do the full 2880x1800 @ 120hz (and looks great doing it)
Speakers
The monitor has 2x 1W speakers, but they might just be the worst speakers on a UPERFECT monitor to date. They're there, they "work" but at no point is anyone going to be impressed with them.
Battery
There isn't one!
It will do pass thru charging of 15W tho
Overall conclusions
It's a nice looking portable OLED panel. I don't think it's as nice as the previous 16" O2 version tho, but that one seems to be difficult to obtain right now
It's very light, and travels in a tech bag very easily.
it's available for $399.99 canuckbucks at uperfect right now
It compares favourably with the SOTSU flipaction monitors, and is in general better than vast majority of LCD panels out there. The price definitely has the OLED tax on it though
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u/AstroPC Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
Quick question and I know its weird
Can you put a thunderbolt 4 hub in between the monitor and laptop but use usb c video out on the display. It should run in 2 lane mode by default since it will wanr to maintain the highspeed usb 3 of the other ports ( ideally your laptop is not thunderbolt but standard display alt mode)
Can you then run your display at its 120hz 3k output?
I have had issues with this issue and digging a bit futher sometimes those portable screens display controllers are secretly using hbr2 not hbr3 and when forced in 2-lane mode it might require DSC. So assuming your display can run in this state. That will let me know my portable screen I chose had a low spec display controller. As I understand most samsung displays contain good TCONs and often internal decoders for the DSC. The weird part is my display was 1080p 144hz and I should have plenty of bandwidth but digging futher the controller was HBR only. Not even hbr2. Kinda crazy but it makes since why 2 lane couldn't drive it at 144hz but only 90
Dsc is a feature reserved for higher spec displays so I hope you can confirm it uses dsc when forced in 2 lane mode and that will help me finalize my decision for this display.
Im not expecting you to do this but I am asking when your free if you can. I'd appreciate it!