5 Reasons Why You SHOULDN'T Buy The Alienware QD-OLED Monitor

0:00 Unusual subpixel layout
1:10 Use case #1
2:34 Use case #2
3:08 Use case #3
3:50 Use case #4
6:04 Use case #5
7:46 Best settings
9:02 Fan noise?
9:46 vs 42-inch LG C2

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[thrilhouse]

"Not the first time something's improved by making it bigger and thicker." - HDTVTest

[chriss]

The choice of anti-reflective measures really baffles me here. Gray blacks are literally contradicting the main benefit of oled.

[daikucoffee]

This is the type of information only experts like you can provide. Thank you.

[adamek]

The only reviewer worth watching so far. The other tech tubers have mostly been useless.

[Baorihs]

Upcoming 42" C2 vs Alienware QD-OLED comparison video will be one of highlights of 2022 in tv/monitor space, cant wait ...

[PJthePlayer]

That direct comparison video will likely determine my next monitor. Looking forward to it!

[jsalexjs]

Would love it if you could do a follow up with the DWF model! Specifically for colour accuracy, there’s a lot more control for calibration now. Thanks :)

[eiyukabe]

I just got mine yesterday. I loaded visual studio (C++) and eclipse (Java) on it and had absolutely no problems with the text rendering. I had to put my nose nearly up to the screen and drag the window back and forth between the aw3423dw and an LED to even see the slight difference the fringing caused. I wouldn't even know to look for it/be bothered by it if I wasn't told to.

As a professional and hobbyist programmer, I would 100% have no problem doing coding on this monitor. If anything, the true blacks work well with my dark theme habits to minimize eye strain.

[LaymensLament]

still by far the best monitor review channel, i just love your technical and concise reviews. oh and another point: i bought the b9 after your reviews and i had to wait about 2 years for 120hz 4k and it finally came!

[SeanLumly]

I'm guessing that the subpixel arrangement maximises the size of the RED/GREEN sub-pixel while keeping the pixel mostly 'square'. This may be to compensate for the desired brightness contribution of each subpixel to the energy emitted as a function of its area.

[benruss]

I just got my monitor today, and I can notice the subpixel layout (and see the green, blue, and red) bleed through at the edge of black text on stark white layout, but besides that the subpixel layout is a non issue. The issue with text is also greatly mitigated when using dark mode.

[BenReierson]

Really good points. It makes me feel a bit better about waiting to see what else becomes available. I have a very bright room and do a lot of productivity work on my monitor.

[arda_]

I would love to see text clarity addressed on most reviews and please include macOS too. In my experience mac users are pretty active in high end monitor market.

[Mr.DJones]

Thank you for posting and your time. Great info. Other YouTubers don't go into such great detail as you do. Great job.

[thespiritualtraveller]

Hi, Which one between the Alienware QD OLED and LG C2 would you suggest to buy as a productivity monitor? I prefer flat monitors and never used curved before but What prevents me from leaning towards buying the LG C2 as monitor are the higher risk of burn in with no warranty protection and the higher input lag. Could you help me and give me your opinion, please? 🙏

[aZebroadcast]

Thanks for the best and most informative reviews on the internet!
But end the torture, release the C2 comparison video already. :D

[silversonic]

I was eyeing this monitor, but I think I will wait for the 42-inch C2 instead. Mostly because of the console issues. Thank you for your in-depth videos.

[FindecanorNotGmail]

When I zoom in to your "ClearType On" examples, I can not see that the edge pixels have different luminosities of the Red and Blue components.
Are you sure that ClearType really is enabled? Even if you had enabled it, perhaps it turned itself off anyway if the screen has identified its subpixel layout to be something else than horizontal-RGB in its VESA-EDID metadata. Can you extract that somehow and check?

[PedroKin]

May I ask what about if you drop it to 144hz? does it help with the fringing? I read somewhere that this could help so I wonder if its true.

[haiderandazola]

Right to the point, and with timestamps. Top tier information and presentation.