Unless you're willing to spend $1,000 or more for an OLED gaming monitor, this is about on par in terms of affordable image quality: the Dough Spectrum One starts at just $400, and for that price you get 4K panel technology. However, this is a non-glossy version, and while it doesn't have the jittery, high-contrast goodness of the glossy version of the Dough screen, it is a great high-refresh rate 4K display.

Ostensibly a recent price cut to coincide with the release of the first OLED, the Spectrum Black, the original Spectrum One panel has seen a serious price drop. My pick is the Spectrum One Glossy, which is only $500 on Amazon.

This is LG's full IPS panel, which runs 3840 x 2160 displays at 144Hz and is rated FreeSync Pro and G-Sync compatible. I have also come to understand the HDR experience. For a long time, I resisted the allure of high dynamic range, mainly because it paled in comparison to SDR content and the Windows desktop experience. But now that I know Windows' strongest shortcuts in gaming, I am actually taking advantage of the DisplayHDR 600's reputation and the peak 750 nits of brightness it can actually achieve.

And it made Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty an even more gorgeous experience than a standard screen.

But most importantly, the Dough Spectrum One is available at this price on both Amazon and B&H Photo. This means that there is no longer any need to go directly to the Dough company. This is because the most important news, no less important than Dough's excellent exhibits, is the uproar over unfulfilled pre-orders and general poor customer service that Dough's direct sales activities are known for.

This is definitely not a situation where you want to cut out the middle man. While I am happy to get the Spectrum One from Amazon or B&H Photo, I am less happy with direct sales as I have spoken with people who have had to fight to get their screens or their money back. [I'm a big fan of this glossy display and have been wanting an OLED for my home desktop, and none of the LG or Samsung OLED foundry products can match the clarity, full screen brightness, and color of this 4K display. Until a $1,000+ 4K OLED appeared in the lab.

However, Dough sells the screen and monitor stand separately, which requires an additional $100 on top of the price of the panel itself. This idea was initially part of the crowdsourcing prototype for this display, with the community requesting the option to ship the screen without the stand for those who use VESA-standard monitor arms and do not want to pay for something they will not use.