TWO YEARS Using The Alienware AW3423DW QD-OLED - My Thoughts

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00:00 - Welcome Back to Monitors Unboxed
02:27 - Burn In Updates
04:48 - Firmware Updates
08:50 - Do I Regret My Purchase?
12:39 - Final Thoughts

TWO YEARS Using The Alienware AW3423DW QD-OLED - My Thoughts

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[selectthedead]

TL DR: Tim is happy with his monitor and has next to no burn in and there is a software update for the Alienware AW3423DW

[ericleichliter]

So Ive been using this monitor since launch as well and something I don't see anyone talk about is instead of putting the monitor/computer to sleep, just set a screensaver to color black after 3-5 mins. This will keep your computer out the sleep state if you don't like that, and wont burn in the monitor. Since OLED pixels are effectively turned off when displaying solid black, then there really isn't any opportunity for burn in. Also when you are ready to hop back on, just move the mouse or hit a key and the display will immediately turn back on. The only drawback of this method is an increased amount of pixel correction messages because the monitor thinks its been on for a long period of time.

[Tech-Tempest]

Been using my DWF daily for about 8+ hours a day for over a year with creative work and gaming. Have had 0 issues and 0 burn in. I LOVE IT and have no ragrets!

[josephtominello]

So glad I watched this video and found out that I CAN update the firmware on my AW3423DW. I had heard the same thing about it not being possible because of the gsync module. Thanks for the info.

[TheGamesWin]

Have used the DWF for around ~2000 hours in the last year, no burn in at all

[colossusrageblack]

I've had the AW3423DWF for about 6 months. I switched to it from an LG C1. Don't have any complaints so far. It has also given me a boost in performance going from 4K to UWQHD on my 4080.

[WinnieBlue]

I'm an early adopter of the DW as well and had no idea you could firmware update over display port. I'll be trying this out. Thanks Tim!

[grievesy]

Thank you SOOOO much for this kind of review, Tim! It's rare and incredibly valuable for someone like me is both looking to buy this monitor (but probably in DWF form) and is nervous about its longevity. It goes a long way to putting my mind at ease.

[clster]

I have uneven wear from probably 2000 hours of 16:9 YouTube. I have HDR permanently enabled with SDR brightness at 0%. The other 3000 hours of mostly web browsing and some gaming didn't cause any visible image retention. I cannot recall exactly how many hours the monitor was in use for as the counter was reset after updating the firmware.

You should never disable the mislabled Eco Mode. Disabling it causes the monitor to never power down completely and it continues counting run time.

[mardon]

Completely agree with everything you've said. Fantastic monitor, still really happy with it. I would need a higher PPI and brighter panel to tempt me to upgrade. As it is the the 4090 and AW3423DW are a perfect paring.

[mahal]

Great to hear about the firmware updatability, I had no idea. I just had my third Panel refresh prompt a few weeks ago, and I will say I have no noticeable burn-in in day to day use, though I have not done a test or looked at static colors trying to find any since last year's update video.

My only complaint is that programs which require fullscreen running can prompt the display to be unresponsive / bricked until you manually power cycle it, if you try tabbing out and back in too fast or frequently, or when changing which video input to use across multiple computers. This happened a lot with Jedi Survivor for me, but also really baffling cases like unplugging a different monitor from a laptop dock which had my Alienware connected as well. I am hoping a firmware update might resolve those.

[A_New_Reality]

This review was flawless and answered all my questions about text clarity regarding this monitor and other OLED monitors. You are an asset to the monitor industry, thank you

[flyingpj]

Yes 39” 5120x2160 QD-OLED is what we need next! Please Samsung Display show this at CES 2025 🙏

[Nienormalny]

I'm about a year on AW3423DWF. Usage is basically same like yours. No burn-in so far and updates (7 so far) have solved huge deal of the problems with a display. Still some problems but in overall i'm very happy with my unit. I took the DWF over DW version explicitly for an ability to firmware upgrade.

[godnamedtay]

Bro what’s crazy is your “what id like to see” is literally EXACTLY what im looking for lol. Although i think im gonna pull the trigger on this Alienware in the vid since i think we’re still a lil while away and the Samsung version of this has that garbage tv OS and mini dp/hdmi. Your videos are incredible and have given me such knowledge and insightful info that I’ve considered to inspire me to purchase my next monitor. Much gratitude from the Philadelphia, PA. Keep doin your thing mate.

[__d_u_c_k_]

So happy to see continued updates on your experiences with this monitor.

[DarthV]

Still loving the DWF I bought during boxing day sales in 2022.

[timmy]

I have been using Odyssey OLED G8 for around a year and a half, no burn in at all and picture quality is perfect

[BogdanCarbunescu]

For me after about 10 months, using the DWF version of this monitor for more than 10 hours a day(work from home/gaming/TV/youtube and other media) I do have some burn in, mostly from 16:9 content(little lighter on the sides). It is noticeable with a gray full screen background on almost all brightness levels. I use autohide taskbar and dark mode. I've tried my best not to skip the refresh cycles. I'm curios how much more it would degrade in another year. Usually use the 30/70 split for multiple windows and alternate sometimes the positions, so as to not have similar static images on all the time. I'm still very pleased with the monitor, as the burn in is not distracting for now.

[ConsciousSonder]

I had no idea there was a firmware update tool thanks man!