WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.759 what a time to be alive if you love PC 00:00:04.140 --> 00:00:09.360 gaming don't get me wrong 40 series complete disappointment but monitors 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:13.440 they have been getting better and better and better in the last few years both in 00:00:11.280 --> 00:00:18.660 terms of like panel technology as well as refresh rates and color gamut 00:00:15.660 --> 00:00:19.820 coverage it's just insane today I've got 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:23.520 the aw 2723 DF sorry I've got to read it off 00:00:22.380 --> 00:00:28.380 the Box because I absolutely hate monitor naming conventions and they're not always the easiest to remember but 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:34.079 at least with Alienware they kind of keep it similar like if you've probably heard me rattle off the 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:37.800 aw3423dw several times is the one I have at home it's a cutie Ola it's pretty 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:42.719 nice today we've got this guy and it is unfortunately not qdo-led it's IPS but 00:00:40.739 --> 00:00:46.800 it's got a few tricks up its sleeve that I'm actually really excited to check out 00:00:44.820 --> 00:00:51.920 for myself and show you guys so let's get it out of the box and take a look 00:00:49.559 --> 00:00:59.219 it's 1440p 240 hertz fast IPS uh one millisecond 00:00:55.980 --> 00:01:02.219 graded gray response time and it can go 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:06.720 up to 280 Hertz overclock it also covers 00:01:02.219 --> 00:01:09.000 95 of the DC ip3 color space and comes 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:13.500 Factory calibrated which is great for anyone who actually cares about color 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:15.860 accuracy what's this it's an Alienware monitor 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:25.740 I like one what makes this one so special uh it does 240 or 280 Hertz it's 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:27.540 DCI P3 is like 95 coverage of that your 00:01:25.740 --> 00:01:34.979 games will look so accurate okay they will but it's 650 dollars which for this 00:01:32.820 --> 00:01:38.460 like a display with these specs that's actually pretty good we honestly thought 00:01:36.659 --> 00:01:43.320 it would be more you're one of those people who doesn't put on these panel 00:01:41.220 --> 00:01:48.060 covers and it drives me up the wall oh yeah I don't bother just do it here's 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:51.420 what I need the viewer to hold proof to account is that he's gonna put the back 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:56.100 panel on this because I'd say Alienware makes nice looking monitors sure and 00:01:53.399 --> 00:01:59.340 they they need that just a little bit of help we don't need that don't listen to 00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:03.540 him it's okay you're never gonna look behind your monitor unless you're set up 00:02:01.860 --> 00:02:06.960 in like the middle of your room you're not going to look back there so I just 00:02:04.979 --> 00:02:11.459 personally don't if you want a cable cover and make it real nice and tidy and 00:02:09.539 --> 00:02:15.000 never look at it again by all means please feel free it does feel satisfying 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:19.260 when you actually stop and take the time to do that we've got the big Alienware 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:22.379 branding on the side you know it's a love it or hate it kind of relationship 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:26.400 it's funny me and David were just talking about this we uh grew up when 00:02:24.660 --> 00:02:30.900 Alienware was actually pretty cool I grew up in like the boutique scene so 00:02:28.140 --> 00:02:34.860 lots of like Voodoo PC back when I buy Power was really good but because I grew 00:02:33.540 --> 00:02:39.660 up with it before they got bought out by Dell I've actually got like fond memories of Alienware I don't know horse 00:02:38.459 --> 00:02:45.959 says he likes these I actually think they look pretty clean once they're all set up it's just a really Pure White 00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:48.599 um stand and a white like panel we'll show you that in a sec what else is in 00:02:47.220 --> 00:02:53.940 here we've got usbb 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:57.720 HDMI I think it's 2.0 doesn't have 2.1 00:02:53.940 --> 00:02:59.400 but that's okay DisplayPort this is 00:02:57.720 --> 00:03:04.440 what DisplayPort to DisplayPort mini that's what it looks like I don't know 00:03:02.099 --> 00:03:08.879 if this guy has a power brick it looks like it oh no 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:12.120 we'll have to get our own C13 because as has happened many times in the past 00:03:10.379 --> 00:03:15.840 unless we get some kind of converter in the Box I don't think this is going to 00:03:13.440 --> 00:03:19.620 plug into any of our walls unfortunately and we're gonna do the old click it in 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:24.540 and then pull it out method which works wonders I highly 00:03:22.440 --> 00:03:27.900 recommend if you're setting up a display try to do it that way it works really 00:03:26.819 --> 00:03:35.340 well and you're not going to damage anything and all the packaging stays nicely here it's not curved it's a flat 00:03:32.459 --> 00:03:39.840 panel but for 27 inches at 16 by nine that's totally okay yeah it's got this 00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:43.739 really cool like 27 on the back here I like the little alien badge on the back 00:03:41.580 --> 00:03:47.580 I think this is RGB there are two or three places that this has RGB on it so 00:03:46.019 --> 00:03:51.000 that might be one of them I should have shown you guys this before I put it on 00:03:49.019 --> 00:03:56.220 the stand while it was nice and flat but that's okay we've got our power plug 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:58.140 here USB B USB a right beside it and 00:03:56.220 --> 00:04:02.280 another USB a I think there's a Kensington lock right here and then 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:06.000 we've got two HDMI 2.0 ports a DisplayPort 1.4 I almost missed this but 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:09.959 further along the bottom we've actually got two more USB a ports and then a 00:04:08.220 --> 00:04:14.640 headphone jack on the bottom here which is actually a really big selling point 00:04:11.939 --> 00:04:18.299 for me personally if I've got a hub let me put it on the bottom or on the side 00:04:16.260 --> 00:04:23.160 somewhere that's really easy to plug in and out of it's got hydrogen assessment 00:04:20.940 --> 00:04:26.280 all the way down all the way up and then it's got a bit of swivel actually it's 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:30.840 quite a bit of swivel to be honest that's pretty good it's got some tilt it's pretty honestly this thing's pretty 00:04:28.979 --> 00:04:34.680 adjustable and it's got my favorite trick 00:04:32.460 --> 00:04:38.940 you can do portrait mode with a 90 degree pivot it's also got a handy 00:04:36.840 --> 00:04:43.199 little headphone hanger here click it in pull it out not bad it's not like the 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:46.440 most dirty yeah it's actually not bad here's the thing though like when are 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:52.139 you ever going to use this in portrait mode you can go both ways by the way which is really nice but I find it 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:57.000 hilarious like this is a 240 hertz display you are not going to use this in 00:04:54.300 --> 00:05:01.020 portrait it's going to be wild the day where you turn this portrait because 00:04:58.919 --> 00:05:04.320 it's it's literally now your secondary display because you've got something 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:07.919 better you know probably five years down the line or something but hey it's uh 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:11.400 it's a nice feature to have and even if you don't like the stand I'm pretty sure 00:05:09.419 --> 00:05:16.800 it's vase unmountable it'd be crazy for them to not make it vase a mountable yep 00:05:14.100 --> 00:05:19.740 100 by 100 vase amounts and then if you do want to stick it on the stand you've 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:23.220 got a ton of cable management options well it's one option really but it can 00:05:21.479 --> 00:05:27.539 fit quite a few cables it just goes in this hole here and then right out the 00:05:24.840 --> 00:05:31.259 bottom and out the back boom all right as for now uh oh I love that click it's 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:35.639 so satisfying we're just going to get this set up at our our sweet gaming rig 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:39.180 over there play some games on it but not before a word from our sponsor thanks to 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:42.840 grammarly for sponsoring this video communicating online through emails 00:05:41.220 --> 00:05:46.259 slack or Discord can be easily misinterpreted and become a huge time 00:05:44.820 --> 00:05:49.800 block this is why all working professionals need a desktop app like 00:05:48.180 --> 00:05:53.280 grammarly grammarly provides comprehensive spelling and grammar 00:05:51.539 --> 00:05:57.419 suggestions and ensures your writing is mistake free professional and Polished 00:05:55.259 --> 00:06:00.479 simply install the free desktop app log in and 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00:06:37.440 little alien head down here okay and then sure if you look from the side yeah 00:06:35.819 --> 00:06:42.240 it says Alienware there and there's an alien on the back we've got a power button on the bottom here lights up 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:47.340 that's always cool another thing I hadn't mentioned yet was this is g-sync 00:06:44.520 --> 00:06:51.060 compatible and then it is also freesync premium Pro and look at the cable 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:54.720 management can you like look how good this looks looks pretty good all right 00:06:53.039 --> 00:06:58.319 please if you're buying a nice monitor make sure to set it up right set it to 00:06:56.460 --> 00:07:01.440 whatever refresh rate it can actually do don't like leave it at 60 or you're 00:07:00.479 --> 00:07:06.180 probably gonna be disappointed we're gonna turn HDR on is it's Vasa certified 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:11.100 HDR 600 I don't think there's dimming zones so we'll see how good it does the 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:12.840 HDR and refresh rate already detected 00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:18.120 the monitor correctly our refresh rate 60. oh baby 240. now it can do 280 it 00:07:16.919 --> 00:07:22.080 says so on the box we're going to use our navigation to bolt to open the OSD 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:25.139 usually when it comes to overclock you have to actually enable the overclock 00:07:23.580 --> 00:07:30.360 before it'll show up as an actual setting in Windows and we've got it 00:07:27.599 --> 00:07:34.380 right here game overclock off oh I like this they've actually got a 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:39.000 number of options that are in between 280 and 240. if you go to enable 280 and 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:43.080 it doesn't quite work it's uh you know it crashes get flickers whatever 00:07:41.460 --> 00:07:46.860 um boom go down to 270 see if that's more stable for you let's go to 280 00:07:44.699 --> 00:07:50.580 because we're not messing around here wow 00:07:48.380 --> 00:07:55.319 wow what else we got here we got response time fast super fast extreme 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:59.880 they do say on the box that it's one millisecond grader gray for extreme 00:07:57.419 --> 00:08:03.240 settings so to be fair just on fast it's probably not going to be the fastest 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:07.080 response time so we'll go super fast we'll go in the middle uh this should do 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:11.520 600 nits Peak and I think they mentioned 450 and it's typical which is fine for 00:08:09.900 --> 00:08:15.000 HDR we're going to crank it oh yeah let's see where the RGB is I so they 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:21.000 mentioned three zones and I can see them here and they're all set to the Alienware like kind of turquoise blue 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:25.979 color we've got it here on the alien head I love the 27. it's hilarious how I 00:08:24.900 --> 00:08:31.339 mentioned you know we're just gonna put this up against a wall and that's why we're not putting the cable cover but 00:08:28.979 --> 00:08:35.820 then I like the RGB on the back oh well whatever and then the bottom one 00:08:33.719 --> 00:08:39.959 is probably like on the bottom of the display actually I can't find it it must be the 00:08:38.219 --> 00:08:44.279 power LED which is where they've got that labeled as RGB oh and it does 00:08:41.820 --> 00:08:47.700 10-bit okay so the only reason I saw 8-bit before is because it kicked us out 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:52.080 of HDR when we did our overclocking adjustments now that's all set back to 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:55.560 HDR on 280 Hertz and we're getting 10-bit color which is even better yeah 00:08:53.940 --> 00:09:00.240 this thing just keeps impressing me especially at the like 650 price point 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:07.500 that's not bad let's watch some HDR content it's nothing impressive so far looks 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:11.040 okay we're not seeing any really weird tone mapping like we've seen on some 00:09:09.300 --> 00:09:15.180 other displays so now it's really a matter of the local dimming and I don't 00:09:13.140 --> 00:09:21.000 think they're zones so it's just single panel that's that 95 DCI P3 coverage it 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:23.240 really helps colors pop oh this is a good one 00:09:23.339 --> 00:09:29.760 having trouble no just making sound oh does it look 00:09:27.660 --> 00:09:33.779 prettier now oh I can really tell from this side yeah 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:36.300 you can really see it eh yeah huge difference 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:39.779 this is why I don't bother with these things oh wait we need to plug 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:44.459 in the USB but no but like that's the problem maybe 00:09:42.660 --> 00:09:49.080 you do it a little shut it and forget it no no no no no right the first time yeah 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:52.860 and then it looks beautiful the rest of the time can I make a fingerprint like 00:09:51.300 --> 00:09:56.880 it's not as bad as others we've seen where the whole thing turns into a 00:09:54.300 --> 00:10:02.100 blurry field of green basically yeah admittedly though you're right it's not 00:09:58.800 --> 00:10:04.620 the crispiest uh motion Clarity but man 00:10:02.100 --> 00:10:09.060 the frame rate does feel good it looks really smooth yeah 280 maybe that's 00:10:07.560 --> 00:10:13.320 where it is because I've had 240 before and I'm like yeah you know it's not that 00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:17.700 much better than like 140. but I guess maybe once you go to 280 maybe like 300 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:20.940 or so it really starts to kick up but yeah you're right this is a little 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:24.000 blurry as I move around a little less clear than I'd like it to be it's almost 00:10:22.380 --> 00:10:28.560 like cinematic though it's weird yeah it's a yeah I want to be clear it's not 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:32.220 the same kind of blur that we've complained about in terms of motion 00:10:30.180 --> 00:10:36.540 Clarity on some displays where this is like we've turned on motion blur almost 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:40.440 it is really just the edges hey like I can actually make out like even this 00:10:38.040 --> 00:10:45.060 logo up here PO5 or whatever it might be the game it might also be because we're 00:10:41.940 --> 00:10:46.320 only in Faster instead of extreme is 00:10:45.060 --> 00:10:52.079 where they're talking about that one millisecond graded gray I just don't like turning up the the motion response 00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:56.100 too much like I don't like turning it up to extreme or whatever because you 00:10:53.579 --> 00:10:59.339 usually end up with a lot of um inverse ghosting because they're trying to 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:02.519 overdrive it a little too hard that's pretty good like as much as like this 00:11:01.079 --> 00:11:07.560 looks not the greatest you're never really gonna do that in a real world environment you're gonna flick right to 00:11:05.700 --> 00:11:12.720 try to headshot someone and these are catching up like right away that's just 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:16.019 crisp like instantly so it's a little bit bad in between but that's okay I can 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:19.680 totally deal with that this looks pretty good though like that much shine there 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:24.660 and the Darkness around it yeah I will give this thing a pass in terms of HDR 00:11:22.140 --> 00:11:27.300 it's not bad it's not like amazing if you get a bunch of dimming zones in here 00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:31.079 it's probably better but you know what that is definitely acceptable you know 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:34.920 what for the UFO test I'm going to crank this up too extreme and there's also 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:40.440 preset modes we're in standard right now RPG Sports Creator whoa Creator's so dim 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:43.380 oh it's got a picture and picture and picture by picture for anyone who cares 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:47.940 about that I'm not crazy about it because I never use it but it's actually a really handy feature for those who 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:51.360 need it one thing I absolutely love is when you just go into the OSD it brings 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:56.160 up this top bar here that shows you a bunch of stuff like it shows me my mode that I'm in shows me that I'm in smart 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:59.820 HDR for desktop shows them in response time extreme and the dark stabilizer 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:03.540 stuff it's stuff that you often want to know quickly without having to go into 00:12:01.920 --> 00:12:08.100 some kind of sub menu it's having some issues but it's pretty good for the most 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:10.260 part there's like no ghosting though 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:13.200 and no inverse ghosting I'm going to go to none because I find the Stars a 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:17.880 little distracting and I'm going to crank up the speed I want these to go 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:22.740 they're at 960 pixels per second let's basically double that cancel too fast 00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:24.720 I'm crazy I'm crazy 1200. yeah there's a 00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:29.160 little bit of a trail on the back end of the ship it's pretty crisp I'm pretty 00:12:26.940 --> 00:12:35.600 sold yeah I don't know there's not a whole lot else to say it's a pretty 00:12:31.140 --> 00:12:39.360 decent display for an actually not 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:40.800 inexpensive price 650 is still a lot of 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:47.940 money to a lot of people I totally understand that but if you want a 280 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:50.160 Hertz IPS display that does okay HDR 00:12:47.940 --> 00:12:53.459 this might be the monitor for you now if you're really against Alienware and you 00:12:51.839 --> 00:12:58.820 can't deal with the logo or The Branding or whatever feel free to just put it on 00:12:55.920 --> 00:13:03.420 a vase amount this thing is not too thin but it will still fit on your wall 00:13:01.079 --> 00:13:06.899 pretty nicely for those of you who are interested it's already available in I 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:11.100 think Japan and China and it's going to be available to the rest of the world on 00:13:08.760 --> 00:13:14.279 October 6th so maybe by the time this video comes out you can just click buy 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:16.620 and check it out for yourself otherwise you might just have to wait a little 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:23.100 while I don't it's right here and I like it thanks for 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:27.420 watching that's ShortCircuit if you want to watch another fun ShortCircuit 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:31.139 maybe check out the zoom 65 that should be coming up sometime soon it's a really 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:36.680 nice keyboard not a monitor but another expensive hobby that I kind of have uh 00:13:33.660 --> 00:13:36.680 yeah see you later