THIS is the best monitor. - Alienware AW2725DF

To the untrained eye, this could seem like your run-of-the-mill gaming monitor, but with a high refresh rate, QD-OLED, 1440p resolution, quick response times, and amazing colour accuracy, it's hard to find a complete package better than this. Is Linus ready to "downgrade"?

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Time for a "downgrade"
0:48 LABS proves this isn't actually a downgrade
2:38 Included accessories and ports
3:00 QD-OLED downside and LABS brightness test
4:00 Compromises compared to the 4K model
5:15 Sponsor - be quiet!
5:48 Checking the OSD and Microsoft account RAGE.
7:52 Gaming impressions - Halo Infinite
10:06 Outro

[baset]

Don’t mind me. Doing the thing where I buy a very expensive monitor and then validate my purchase by watching reviews while it ships out.

[mrothird]

That Microsoft account lock thing has been the bane of my existence in IT for a few years now. Our Active Directory account can get locked out at the "Azure" level, but not the Active Directory level, and there is NOTHING we can do as IT.

[nonoone]

Could some of your cameramen make a video about the colour space naming themes and how they are measured? Nice always to get the stats, but I don't personally understand the gamut space. Thanks!

[BBROPHOTO]

This is what I've always wanted. I'm a creative professional, but also like to game! It's really annoying that companies just haven't made good colour accurate monitors with high refresh rates until now. It was always a compromise, so this is awesome to see :D

[watercannonscollaboration]

6:50 Linus if it makes you feel any better, the latest Windows 10 1-9-2024 Security update breaks on a lot of computers because it requires a larger recovery partition, which by default on Windows is ~500MB. The workaround is to run a bunch of commands to resize it because MS’s built-in partition disks doesn’t allow you to move the start of a partition

[Rickyp]

As someone who recently downloaded Halo and had to go through all the troubleshooting to login which finally culminated in deleting gibberish from the credential manager, it's so validating to see Linus go through it

[ruikie]

gotta wait for the rtx 5000 series to use it to its full potential ☠️

[b.a.thomas]

9:21 is the sound of me being convinced I should buy this monitor.

[AK]

This monitor is so good it makes Linus Sebastian good at games! - Alienware marketing team, probably .

[OutsideDuhBox]

I have been chasing CRT motion since I was a young lad...it is funny it has taken this long just to get close to it.

[nukert]

2023 in my mind is the first year since we tossed CRT to the side that we FINALLY have monitors that are comparable in motion clarity. Up until now I always thought CRT was superior in every way except foot print. I am currently gaming on a 55" s95c and it is FAR from perfect for use as a monitor but I cannot go back to anything not oled. I am 100% buying an oled monitor either this year or next... whenever I can get either a 1440p 480hz QD or potentially the 240hz 4k that can do 1080p 480hz (tho I am sad its w oled and not 1440p for the 480hz mode)

[davidritson]

Just got mine yesterday. I can't physically explain how insane this monitor is...even coming from a previous 360hz IPS Panel. It's absolutely mind boggling how fast and beautiful this display is. 10/10 for this review.

[brick_ballistics]

Did he lay the screen flat on the table? What is the world coming to? Linus.... we don't deserve this 😭

[Just_a_commenter]

A 3 year no burn-in warranty? ...Well, OK then, colour me interested. I like to upgrade my gear every 3 or so years, so knowing I've got a warranty to protect against my biggest concern with OLED for 3 years is rather appealing... I'm not familiar with most OLED warranties, but that seems pretty decent.

[zakfein]

Hi, some people reported intense eye strain using this monitor. Is there any way the labs team maybe can run some tests like a spectrum analysis to get to the bottom of this. Or maybe test the same monitor with different people. Symptoms have been reported after just a few hours of usage.

[GAG]

I may be a bit of a nitpick, but the purple tint that's shown on this QD-OLED panel is a bit of a turn-off for me. The 3 year burn-in warranty though, holy cow. Maybe the purple tint thing with the QD-OLED panels can be improved upon on later generations of the QD-OLED technology? Anyway, there's the upcoming LG 27" 1440p 480hz WOLED panel to look forward to, but can it match the 3 year burn-in warranty of this panel?

[WarMachinne]

Tip for next time Linus, you can see your accuracy in Halo by going to the scoreboard tab after the match and arrowing over a few pages.

[lackoliver]

Guys, stop posting so much content. I'm at work and have a project deadline, but can't get anything done...

[estheticdesigns]

The 34" ultrawide is my perfect. I have my basement split into half projector theater room the other half of the room is my pc gaming desk/racing simulator rig. I have amber rope lighting framing out the ceiling of the projector side and im quite pleased how the screen on the DW3423DWF mutes the reflections from it. I was worried it being glossy but its done well.

[yunodiewtf]

Hey Linus, how do you play with that mouse at all?
I mean surely you can't even point with it STRAIGHT