The INNOCN 40C1R Max is a 40-inch ultrawide monitor selling for $449.99 at Amazon, a 25% cut from a $599.99 list price. Amazon's product information table gives its model number as 40B2R, and that is the same code INNOCN prints at the top of the spec sheet for its 144Hz 40C1R.
INNOCN sells that 144Hz monitor direct for $399.99, fifty dollars below the Amazon deal. The two listings describe the same size, the same flat 21:9 IPS panel and the same 3440 x 1440 grid.
The Amazon listing rates the panel at 200Hz, 1ms and 400 cd/m2, with one USB-C port carrying video and 65W of laptop charging. It adds two HDMI ports, DisplayPort, FreeSync, G-SYNC compatibility and built-in speakers.
What INNOCN publishes under the 40B2R model code
INNOCN has no product page for a 40C1R Max. Its store catalogue, its search box and all 16 of its sitemaps return one 40-inch 3440 x 1440 ultrawide, the 144Hz 40C1R.
The first row of that page's spec table reads Product Model: 40B2R/40C1R. The refresh rate row below it says 144Hz.
The port rows are stricter still. INNOCN caps DisplayPort 1.4 at 144Hz, HDMI 2.0 at 100Hz and the USB-C video input at 60Hz, and 200Hz appears nowhere in the table.
Two other figures disagree with the listing. INNOCN rates the USB-C port at 90W rather than 65W, and brightness at 370 cd/m2 typical with a 570 cd/m2 maximum.
Both sets of claims come from the same company. The marketing images on the Amazon page are INNOCN's own, and they badge the monitor WQHD 3440x1440, 200Hz, G-SYNC Compatible and USB-C 65W.
A similar split turned up on the INNOCN CB32U1 at $449.98, where the listing title claimed a refresh mode the spec page never mentioned.
The certification runs the other way. VESA's certified products list carries the 40B2R once, inside the DisplayHDR 600 table, as a family model of the Innocn WR40-PRO at CTS version 1.1.
That is one tier above the HDR400 printed on both the Amazon title and INNOCN's own page. Still, the 370 cd/m2 typical brightness INNOCN publishes sits below the brightness floors those DisplayHDR tiers are built around.
INNOCN 40C1R Max specifications
| Specification | INNOCN 40C1R Max |
|---|---|
| Panel | 40-inch flat IPS, 21:9, matte |
| Resolution | 3440 x 1440 |
| Refresh rate | 200Hz on the listing, 144Hz on INNOCN's 40B2R spec sheet |
| Response time | 1ms on the listing, 2ms overdriven on INNOCN's sheet |
| Brightness | 400 cd/m2 on the listing, 370 typical and 570 maximum on INNOCN's sheet |
| HDR | HDR400 on both, with 40B2R in VESA's DisplayHDR 600 family list |
| USB-C | 65W power delivery on the listing, 90W on INNOCN's sheet |
| Other inputs | 2 x HDMI, DisplayPort |
| Adaptive sync | FreeSync, G-SYNC compatible |
| Colour | 99% sRGB, per the listing title |
| Audio | Built-in speakers |
| Warranty | 1 year manufacturer |
| Price | $449.99, list $599.99 |
A 40-inch screen at about 94 pixels per inch
INNOCN publishes an active display area of 926.22 by 387.72 mm. Spreading 3440 pixels across that width works out at roughly 94 pixels per inch.
The same 3440 x 1440 grid on a 34-inch ultrawide is about 110 PPI, and a 27-inch 1440p screen is about 109. A 24-inch 1080p monitor is about 92.
So this panel is barely finer than an ordinary 1080p office display. Text and interface elements come out large at the same scaling, and edges soften at close viewing distance.
That is the trade for the width, and it is why 200Hz at this resolution is cheaper to drive than it sounds. Smaller 21:9 panels running the same refresh, such as the 34-inch 200Hz ultrawides XPG announced, pack the identical pixel count into less glass.
How the deal compares with other monitor listings
| Monitor | Panel | Price |
|---|---|---|
| INNOCN 40C1R Max | 40-inch flat IPS, 3440 x 1440 | $449.99 |
| Samsung 34-inch Odyssey G5 | 34-inch 1000R curved VA, 3440 x 1440, 165Hz | $349.99 |
| ASUS ROG PG27UCDM | 26.5-inch QD-OLED, 3840 x 2160, 240Hz | $1,099.00 |
The Samsung 34-inch Odyssey G5 fits the same pixel grid into a smaller curved VA panel at 165Hz, for $349.99 against a $399.99 list price. That works out near 110 PPI, with the same desktop in less space.
Its price is moving, though. The same Samsung listing was $249.99 when it was checked on Sunday, October 18, a hundred dollars below where it sits now.
The ASUS ROG PG27UCDM is a different class of screen at $1,099.00. It trades ultrawide desk space for a 26.5-inch 4K QD-OLED panel at 240Hz.
Price and availability at the time of writing
Amazon shows the monitor In Stock and sold by INNOCN's own storefront, with no stock warning on the page. The $449.99 price was consistent across repeat checks of the listing.
The $599.99 anchor cannot be checked against the maker. INNOCN does not sell the Max and publishes no price for it, and the closest published figure is the $549.99 it lists against the 144Hz 40C1R.
The listing also leaves out a contrast ratio, a DCI-P3 figure, a stand adjustment range and an end date for the discount. INNOCN's refurbished 40C1R sells direct for $229.00, which is the cheapest route to this screen size that the company itself publishes.
Retailer prices and stock change without notice, and a listing title is not a spec sheet. On this model the two do not agree.
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