HP HyperX Omen ups its game with a cutting-edge OLED display, lever-free controller, and more

HP Gaming Equipment Consumer Electronics Show 2026 It’s not full of amazing announcements, but there are a few that stand out, including one featuring Samsung’s new V-Stripe OLED panel and HP’s first-ever display. Game control without lever.

The company dropped a brief mention of the partnership with Neurable for its new HyperX headset, as part of its partnership CES advertisements. The headset will likely be similar to the one developed by HP jointly with Master and Dynamic MW75 Neuro LT. Although Neurable “envisions a future in which brain-computer interfaces are as ubiquitous as smartphones,” it probably won’t be plugged into your head.

In what I think is a smart move, HP has decided to combine its Omen and HyperX gaming products into one line under the HyperX banner, keeping Omen as a sub-brand of HyperX. In other words, Omen laptops, monitors, and other products will now be branded as HyperX Omen; Previous HyperX devices remain HyperX. This integration is equivalent to allowing Dell to do so G Series gaming laptops It dies quietly and ports all its games under Alienware in recent years.

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HP is also launching its first leverless arcade controller, the Xbox-licensed HyperX Clutch Tachi. Although a bit late to the game, they are ostensibly the first to incorporate tunneled magnetic resistive switches for buttons (e.g. Hall effect Control, TMR is based on magnetism, but uses a different sensing technology). Current competitors often use TMR technology for sticks.

The HyperX Omen OLED 34, on the other hand, isn’t too late to hit the market, as the new 34-inch HyperX Omen OLED 34 is one of the first devices to include Samsung’s recently announced V-Stripe QD-OLED panel – LG’s competing sub-pixel arrangement is RGB Stripe. Both aim to correct the flaws that plagued the display of items a few pixels wide with previous OLED technologies, which could make things like text difficult to read. Key specs include a 3440 x 1440 resolution at 360Hz refresh and DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification. There’s a headphone hook.

Among gaming laptops, the HyperX Omen Max 16, which comes in Intel or AMD-based versions, is new due to the keyboard with a high polling rate (number of times a signal is transmitted): 1000 Hz. While this speed has become relatively common for external gaming keyboards, it is much rarer for gaming laptops. HP has also reworked the system’s cooling design, which should help squeeze more performance out of high-end configurations.

The laptop generally comes with an AI-happy processor like AMD’s Ryzen AI Max, so HP is pairing it with the beta version of a new utility, Omen AI, its one-click settings optimization tool for system and gaming support.

All of these devices are scheduled to ship in the spring. No pricing available yet.