GIGABYTE S55U, the 55-inch TV to play with Android and consoles

The latest from GIGABYTE is going to draw the attention of many because contrary to what it seems and although it is classified as a monitor, it really is a TV without DTT functions. The GIGABYTE S55U It is a “new” concept that focuses on those players who want to enjoy themselves on Android and their consoles, but… Not so much on PC, which is very curious.

What does this TV or monitor have that makes us doubt? Well, basically, it dispenses with DisplayPort and also breaks with what is established due to its size and its multimedia and connection capabilities, but since it lacks antenna capacity for coaxial as such the decoder for DTT it would be left out of the television ending as such, or not?

GIGABYTE S55U, a new concept for living room and gaming

Until now, differentiating between a gaming TV and a monitor to watch television was very clear, but times change and with it this wonder is born that integrates from Ethernet, to two HDMI 2.1 (one eARC) along with others two HDMI 2.0, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Upstream and Downstream) in addition to un USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac dual band and Bluetooth.

As we can see in terms of connections, it is very complete, but what about the panel? Well, we are talking about a diameter of 54.6 inches based on technology VA with anti reflection that is able to cover the 96% de DCI-P3 and the 140% del sRGB. The resolution remains 4K UHD achieving a typical brightness of 500 cd / m2 with a striking contrast 5000:1.

Its gaming performance is quite impressive because it achieves 120 Hz with 2 ms GTG as minimum or 5 ms as averagewhere to improve the gaming experience we will have FreeSync PremiumHDR con Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG.

As expected in audio we will have Dolby Atmos y DTS HD for both speakers 10 watts which integrates The funny thing is that it supports technology used until now for common brand monitors such as Aim Stabilizer, Black Equalizer or you look on screen for FPS.

Finally, your remote control integrates buttons to Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video y Google Play, and it is that its OS is Android where it seems to integrate a ChromeCast, being therefore compatible with the Google assistant. Unfortunately there is no presentation date or final price, but this GIGABYTE S55U opens a new path that banishes the preconceived ideas that we had until now between TV and gaming monitor.

VIA: GIGABYTE