Gigabyte has a 120Hz 4K monitor with FreeSync for gamers, which resembles the concept of large BFGDs from Nvidia, but is also a smart TV with all the video services and applications.Special gaming monitors have made a huge boom in a few years and there is a huge range of them today.Now there's a very unusual one from Gigabyte.It emits a large 55-inch LCD, but does not obscure that these screens come from televisions.The S55U monitor, on the other hand, reports and contains the TV function directly.It runs Android, although it also works as a player LCD with FreeSync Premium support.The Gigabyte S55U is a 54.6-inch (138.7 cm) monitor with a resolution of 4K (3840 × 2160 pixels).For reference, you can imagine that the dot density (0.315 mm pitch) is almost the same as on a 27-inch Full HD monitor, but there are four such monitors stacked together.So it's not something you want to have right on the table while playing, but a game monitor in the living room, from which you sit further.Like on TV.The panel is a VA type with quantum dots, thanks to which it has 10-bit colors and an extended gamut (96% DCI-P3, 140% sRGB) and probably some HDR capabilities with support for Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10 + and HLG formats.The monitor does not have any Display HDR certification listed directly on the manufacturer's website, however it may still come.According to specifications, it is said to have a maximum brightness for HDR display of up to 1500 cd / m² (stable typical brightness of 500 cd / m²) and a locally dimmable backlight with 132 zones.Gigabyte refers to it as FALD (Full Array Local Dimming), although the number of zones is slightly lower than usual, especially given the size of the panel.The static contrast is thanks to the VA 5000: 1 technology, which perhaps could be before the local dimming.Gaming use of this screen is made possible by the fact that the panel has a 120Hz refresh rate and at the same time adaptive FreeSync Premium refresh - that is, it achieves low latency when playing (at least in SDR mode) and supports LFC (Low Framerate Compensation).So it has adaptive recovery without twitching and tearing in the entire range from zero to 120 FPS.According to the manufacturer, the panel should have a gray-gray transition response of 2 ms at least and 5 ms on average.Again, despite the high HDR brightness, Gigabyte does not report support for the HDR version of FreeSync (FreeSync Premium Pro, formerly FreeSync 2 HDR).Maybe it doesn't have a certification yet, or some sub-parameter doesn't meet the requirements - in theory, it could be that turning on HDR mode increases latency, so it would be applicable to multimedia and movies rather than gaming.But we're just speculating.For gaming needs, the monitor has the usual properties such as modes with increased brightness in dark parts of the image due to visibility, display of current FPS, sight stabilizer in action games and sight display directly by the monitor in games that do not show it themselves.The specialty is that this "cheat" can be activated using the remote control that comes with the monitor.The control mainly serves the other personality of this semi-television.As already mentioned, the monitor has the Android operating system (what SoC is used and how much storage and RAM it has, unfortunately it is not said).It is not equipped with a tuner, so strictly speaking, it is not a television.However, for the younger generation that doesn't want terrestrial broadcasting and just need web and streaming services and applications, there is all the functionality of Android TV: Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video have their own buttons on the remote control, as well as Google Play and Google Asssistant ( there are also two other buttons on the controller, the function of which can be set optionally).Chromecast support is directly integrated, so you can view it on your monitor from your phone, for example.And from Google Play you can install applications like VLC / Kodi and so on.Therefore, Ethernet (but also integrated Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth) and HDMI 2.1 eARC are included among the TV inputs, in addition to two HDMI 2.0 and another HDMI 2.1.And there are also two USB ports (one USB 3.0) for multimedia discs.DisplayPort is missing, so you will use HDMI 2.1 to connect to the gaming PC - the monitor supports the HDMI 2.1 Variable Rate Refresh standard and also Auto Low Latency Mode when connected to gaming devices.Audio can also be output from the TV via optical output and supports Dolby Atmos and DTS HD.Directly built-in speakers are 2 × 10W.Unfortunately, Gigabyte does not say how much it will cost when this hybrid comes to market.Monitor with Android 🙂, I'm still waiting for the keyboard and mouse with Android.🙂 I hope there will also be a mobile app for that.🙂Andoid monitors have been here for years.I have a slate 21Pro from HP.I liked the idea of running a youtube (or whatever) on your touch screen camera and not having to turn on your desktop a long time ago.As a second monitor to the PC, it wasn't bad at all.Of course, HP walled it up with support (he started and ended on Android 4.2).At the same time, thanks to the camera and speakers, it could be a great device for teams…And where will fit raspberry, there will fit android: Keyboards: https://www.czc.cz/raspberry-pi-400-jednodeskovy-pocitac-uk/303247/produkt?gclid=Cj0KCQjwmuiTBhDoARIsAPiv6L8v8U3O2mWGlIwFwwWiSZS1mouse: https://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/32762/a-raspberry-pi-computer-gets-squeezed-inside-a-mouseBut that's exactly what it's about.The system in the monitor is useless because it will have no support in a while.If you want a smart monitor, buy a smart TV.APPLICATIONS there may work for you a year two more…