NVIDIA’s 65-inch Big Format Gaming Display Is Here: HP OMEN X Emperium
by Anton Shilov on March 14, 2019 3:00 PM EST
Huge displays for entertainment and productivity are getting increasingly popular these days as prices are falling. Last year NVIDIA proposed a reference design for Big Format Gaming Displays: 65-inch monsters featuring a 120/144 Hz refresh rate along with the company’s G-Sync HDR technology. The initiative was supported by three companies: Acer, ASUS, and HP. But while all of them formally announced their BFGD products at CES 2018, only HP has started to sell one - the HP OMEN X Emperium.
Officially introduced at CES 2019, the HP OMEN X Emperium 65 display is based on a 64.5-inch 8-bit AMVA panel featuring a 3840×2160 resolution, 750-1000 nits brightness (typical/HDR), a 3200:1-4000:1 contrast ratio (minimum/typical), 178° viewing angles, a 120 - 144 Hz refresh rate (normal/overclocked), and a 4 ms GtG response time with overdrive enabled. Just like other G-Sync HDR monitors released to date, this one is equipped with a 384-zone full direct-array backlight to offer a finer-grained HDR experience, and enhanced with quantum dots to guarantee precise reproduction of 95% of the DCI-P3 color space. The ultra-large display can connect up to four devices using one DisplayPort 1.4 as well as three HDMI 2.0b ports.
To make the OMEN X Emperium 65 display more attractive both to gamers as well as those looking for other kinds of entertainment, HP outfitted its BFGD with a soundbar rated for 120 W of output power (with three stereo amps and Low Frequency Array technology) as well as a built-in SHIELD TV console that can be used as a media player to stream content from Amazon Video, Netflix, Hulu and other services.
| Specifications of the OMEN X Emperium 65 | ||
| 4JF30AA#ABA | ||
| Panel | 64.5" AMVA | |
| Native Resolution | 3840 × 2160 | |
| Maximum Refresh Rate | Normal: 120 Hz Overclocked: 144 Hz |
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| Response Time | 4 ms with overdrive | |
| Brightness | Typical: 750 cd/m² HDR: 1000 cd/m² |
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| Contrast | Minimum: 3200:1 Typical: 4000:1 |
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| Viewing Angles | 178°/178° horizontal/vertical | |
| Pixel Pitch | 0.372 mm² | |
| Pixel Density | 68 ppi | |
| Backlighting | 384-zone full direct-array backlight | |
| Color Gamut Support | DCI-P3: 95% | |
| Media Playback Capabilities | Built-in NVIDIA SHIELD TV game console | |
| Inputs | 1 × DisplayPort 1.4 3 × HDMI 2.0a 1x USB-B HDCP 2.2 |
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| USB Hub | 2-port USB 3.0 | |
| Audio | Output power: 120W Impedence: 4 Ohms Frequency range: 40 - 20k Hz Sensitivity: 91 dB @ 1K Hz at 1m full scale volume Magnet Materials: Ferrite Diaphragm: Aluminum Line out: 1 S-PDIF out: 1 HDMI ARC: 1 |
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| Power | Idle | 0.5 W |
| Typical | ? | |
| Peak | ? | |
| Launch Price | $4,999 | |
HP recently started to offer its OMEN X Emperium 65 online at a price of $4,999.99. As of press time, HP’s store stated that only nine units of the OMEN X Emperium were left in stock, so it is possible that there isn't many in the first batch.
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haukionkannel - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
This is Nvidia product... what do you Expect?Dug - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link
Yes, there is a reason. It's called development. You can't just throw parts off the shelf together and hope everything works. Otherwise you would be buying panels yourself. Why do you think it's taken so long to get a 4k screen above 60hz in the first place? How are you going to incorporate fald, connections, gsync, remotes, sound, correct color for pc and tv, write the firmware, design the frame, power supply, etc. Now pay all the people it took to develop, test, qa, manage project, and then get final approval. Then there's an entire manufacturing concept you haven't considered because they aren't going to sell millions of these, so you need to find someone that will do a short supply run. Then, pay for taxes, pictures, packaging, logistics, keeping the lights on, water, insurance, heat & ac, transportation, marketing. And have money left over so you can develop more things.And then add on this is a niche product that 99.8% of the population doesn't care about it.
Dug - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link
Forgot to mention you need to add a warranty and support too, and expect returns that will burn into your 1000 piece run.BenSkywalker - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
The C8 lists at $2700 for this size, the C9 is shipping with HDMI 2.1 but we don't have a price yet so we'll say that'll add another $100(probably will be less if history is an example), then add another $200 on for built in Shield hardware with a controller in the box, then we'll throw nVidia $500 for g sync tax and we end up at $3500. You could pair that with a 2080Ti and still be under what this is going for.guidryp - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
LG, just add Display Port and to OLEDs and you already have a better product.BenSkywalker - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
LG is shipping the 9 series OLED with HDMI 2.1- up to 10k 120Hz. Maybe I missed something, but I thought display port capped out at 8k 60Hz? Yes, I realize there is certain functionality dp has that HDMI doesn't, and vice versa, but *for* TVs HDMI 2.1 is just plain better. I guess having like a legacy hookup for obsolete hardware maybe?godrilla - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
That soundbar could have gone to saving to the consumer! Their marketing team could not even put a pc together to run this thing. Isent HP a Computer company 1st and a accessory company 2nd. When i hear HP i never would think enthusiast anything.guachi - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
$5,000?HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
coburn_c - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link
This would have been a good buy at $1000. As it is Samsung TV's have better specs, freesync, and 1440p/120 input for about $1000.imaheadcase - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link
Pixel Density 68 ppiThat is why TV are not "gaming" displays people.