WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.319 I really want a 280 Hz tandem OLED, but 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:13.759 one that's affordable. Well, and it's here. Gigabytes MO27Q 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:18.560 28G, a 280 Hz, 1440p, 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:21.359 27 in tandem OLED monitor, flat, 00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:25.519 all for less than you might expect. Wow, this was really hard to get out of the 00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:29.439 box. Ah, it's upside down. Everything's nicely laid out here. We've got our big 00:00:27.279 --> 00:00:35.040 power brick external. And then we've got a bunch of cables in this nice little 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:37.520 bag here. USBB, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 00:00:35.040 --> 00:00:42.239 2.1, and our non-N North American power plug that we're going to replace with a 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:44.559 good old-fashioned C13 cable. And we've 00:00:42.239 --> 00:00:49.680 got a handy dandy color calibration factory report. What does it tell us? 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:51.440 SRRGB deltaE of.59. 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:55.039 That's really good. We measured higher than that, but we did measure something 00:00:53.039 --> 00:01:00.000 very, very, very accurate. So, we'll tell you about it more later. We got the 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:02.559 base of our stand here. Um, the columns 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:06.240 are pretty small, but it's a 27 inch monitor. This is probably more than 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:11.360 enough. I'm expecting this to be plenty sturdy. And then we've got the other 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:12.560 half of our stand, which is like 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:16.635 honestly, I think that's the first time I've actually dropped anything on 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:20.560 camera. [laughter] Seriously, five years. It 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:25.920 almost took me crazy. Yeah, those really are almost comically small columns. 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:29.600 Like, will this work? Absolutely. But are you getting what you pay for? 100%. 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:33.520 They thought, you know, we can save two pennies. Actually, I really like the 00:01:31.759 --> 00:01:38.079 nice grippy bits here, too. All these feet. Uh, and I like how kind of low 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:41.840 profile and, you know, small this footprint is. But let's get our panel 00:01:40.720 --> 00:01:46.799 attached. That's what you guys care about. Uh, but before we do, cable clip 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:52.479 for your cables just to keep them nice and tidy on the stand. That's all that's 00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.799 in the box. Wow. This is also, I think, 00:01:52.479 --> 00:02:01.360 a first. I don't know if I've ever seen like this highgrade 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:03.439 of a wrapper. There's also like 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:06.719 desicant. Yeah, that feels like a desicant pack taped to the inside. So, 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:11.039 they're really worried about moisture with this thing. I don't know. I've I've 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:14.080 never seen that in my life. But then now that we've got it out of our weird 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:21.760 freezer bag, we're just going to pop it in. Click clack and pull it up. 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:23.200 As much as I'm okay with curved monitors 00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:28.400 when it comes to something either ultra wide or bigger than 27 in, I have really 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:33.519 been enjoying unboxing monitors that are flat. They're just so easy to take out 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:35.680 of the box and the box is so small. 00:02:33.519 --> 00:02:40.000 There we go. Wow. Oh, you got to see this. Dominating the game. Belle thinks 00:02:38.239 --> 00:02:43.120 it's weird that the stand is so small. I do agree it looks kind of small, but 00:02:41.440 --> 00:02:46.959 like it's not Come on, man. It's not knocking over like what 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:51.120 >> faces. >> It's It's fine. >> There was real fear there, though. 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:56.480 >> No, there wasn't. I was I was sure of it. We'll take this awful peel off that 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:58.239 has been reapplied. Yours won't uh come 00:02:56.480 --> 00:03:03.440 looking that bad. I promise it'll look a lot nicer. It can pivot 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:06.800 >> and it'll do it just barely. >> I don't think it technically 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:11.440 does it though. >> Yeah, it does. No, it pivots. You just have to tilt it up a little bit and it's 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:14.800 got enough space. You can't pivot the other way. It's only going to go 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:18.560 clockwise. So, if you want to put it on like this side of your monitor, then 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:22.000 you're going to have actually not that much of a bezel to deal with. Sometimes 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:25.920 there's this ugly chin here, but shouldn't be too bad. I will say the 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:30.000 monitor stand is so light that it feels like I'm like, normally I can move these 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:35.519 monitors around no problem. I think that's why they added those rubber feet for extra protection. You know, there's 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:39.680 tilt and it can even swivel a little bit. 00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:43.599 Just a little bit. It's pretty typical. It's also got a bunch of height 00:03:40.959 --> 00:03:48.080 adjustment. And so I will say the monitor stand 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:51.519 definitely feels flimsy. But how's the monitor look? We've got our earphone 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:57.200 jack. Surprised they called it earphones instead of headphone. But we've got our earphone jack, HDMI 1 and two, both 2.1 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:05.599 ports. And then we've got our DisplayPort 1.4, USB typeC, USB, couple of USBA 00:04:02.959 --> 00:04:09.120 ports, and our power adapter. We've also got our navigational controls here with 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:14.879 the nubbing and a couple of little buttons. I am a big fan of when they 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:18.639 include little directional buttons. Uh the nubbing is great. It it'll do left, 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:22.160 right up, down, whatever. Um but you some very seldomly you might press it in 00:04:20.799 --> 00:04:26.720 while trying to press it to the left or something. So it's a minor feature, but I'm actually really happy to see them 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:30.000 here. Let's get this reassembled and turned on to check it out. But not 00:04:28.320 --> 00:04:34.000 before a word from our sponsor. >> Oh snap. 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There's nothing wrong with that. It's just a design choice that's within the bezel. It's not going to affect 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:24.240 anything on the screen. Um but it's neat 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.080 and a little weird. It's beautiful. Um 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:30.320 the bezel, especially on the bottom, is a bit thicker than I was expecting. Not 00:05:27.919 --> 00:05:38.720 the end of the world. However, this does not feel like 280 Hz. 279.96 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:39.840 hertz. Not quite 280. It's ever so 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:47.680 slightly off. That's fine. This is basically 280 Hz. It doesn't really matter. Oh, also one interesting thing I 00:05:43.520 --> 00:05:50.880 just noticed Windows is reporting this 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:53.039 thing. Where was it? 1532 nits. Now, 00:05:50.880 --> 00:05:57.280 that is what they claim on the box. And with Tandem OLED, we've seen these 00:05:54.560 --> 00:06:01.039 panels reach that height. However, our testing revealed that this one does not 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:04.639 quite meet the claim. Uh, and I think we measured a max of about 1,400 nits and 00:06:03.440 --> 00:06:10.080 it was in a mode that you don't typically want to use. The others measured something more like 1350. It's 00:06:08.080 --> 00:06:15.520 a pretty minor trade-off to be fair. For a lower price, you can lose like 100 150 00:06:13.520 --> 00:06:20.560 nits and it's probably fine. Uh, let's take a look at our OSD first. Gaming, 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:24.400 what do we got? Black super resolution in low input lag set to on. Uh, that's 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:29.840 another talk point that we'll talk about later. HDR peak 1500. Yes, please. Set 00:06:28.400 --> 00:06:34.720 to 100 brightness. So, yeah, we did crank this thing. And um just can't 00:06:33.280 --> 00:06:40.000 quite do it. That's okay. It gets pretty close. KVM Wizard. You can set that to 00:06:36.880 --> 00:06:42.160 the USBB or the Type-C cable. Uh just 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:46.160 helps you run multiple devices through one set of USB ports, which is really 00:06:44.080 --> 00:06:49.280 handy for a lot of people. Not me. I don't really care, but you know, you're 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:57.600 paying a little less for a monitor and you're getting a little more. Um we've also got PIP, PVP. That's great. Uh, 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:59.280 audio volume. 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:06.680 You know, I got to try it. I think this thing has speakers. It does have 00:07:01.280 --> 00:07:06.680 speakers. Hot diggity dam. 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:23.400 Are they good? No, they're okay. 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.400 I don't know if I'd say they're okay. 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:27.479 zero bass, but 00:07:27.919 --> 00:07:33.280 you know that's a monitor. >> It's happening. We're getting smart 00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:38.160 glasses. >> It's not perfect. Definitely sounds 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:43.680 pretty tiny and not ideal, but look, these are for if you have nothing else. 00:07:40.400 --> 00:07:45.360 And I have been in situations where I 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:49.360 I'm out of headphones, they've broken or something, and I need audio from my 00:07:47.840 --> 00:07:55.680 computer. I'll take that over nothing. I'll take 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:57.360 it every time. That looks incredible. 00:07:55.680 --> 00:08:03.039 Thanks to Tandem OLED, this thing is seeing 84% of BT 2020, which is a ton of 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:08.080 color volume. On top of that, while it's not as bright as it should be, it's 00:08:04.960 --> 00:08:11.120 accurate. We measured in sRGB mode a 00:08:08.080 --> 00:08:13.680 delta E average of just 1.39 [music] 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:17.599 with a max of 2.97. It's pretty solid. And then in HDR, we 00:08:15.440 --> 00:08:24.160 measured a delta EITP average of a little over seven with a max of under 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:26.879 14. [music] That is really solid. Is it 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:33.360 picture perfect for the most premium of color work jobs? No. But like this is 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:35.839 incredible. HDR 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:39.599 with the right display is just absolutely phenomenal. The highlights in 00:08:37.839 --> 00:08:44.080 a game that does it that does it right. It's looks so good at this point. One of 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:48.399 the big advantages to QD OLED still over tandem OLED is the color shifting and 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:53.440 just how incredible the viewing angles are from literally any angle. And I've 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:55.680 got to say it's not until I get like way 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:58.720 off axis that this starts looking way too [music] blue. But like I don't know, 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:04.240 I could watch it from here. I could watch someone game from here and be like, "Yeah, I understand what's going 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:05.360 on. It looks [music] reasonably fine." 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:08.959 So don't worry about that cuz most of the time you're going to be sitting like this anyway. Come on. 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:17.920 >> Your little brother's going to have a good time watching you. >> Yeah. with OLED's uh microscond 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:19.760 uh pixel response times. It just every 00:09:17.920 --> 00:09:22.240 time feels incredible. >> It looks really good. The mirror of the 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:28.000 gun looks so good, >> right? The shine, the glinting on the 00:09:25.040 --> 00:09:32.080 barrel, um the reflection and everything like God. And then the explo like 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:38.160 everything is just incredible with this thing. So, that's the kind of absolutely 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:44.720 wild part of this is, you know, a few years ago, a 280 Hz 1440p 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:50.800 OLED of any kind, tandem OLED or otherwise, um, would set you back quite 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:57.040 a lot of money, like over $1,000 easy. And I'm happy to say today that uh while 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:58.959 this isn't, you know, the $500 that I 00:09:57.040 --> 00:10:03.920 saw when I initially saw that article back in like August, people did get it 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:10.000 for an introductory price of $550 and then it's currently uh at MSRP of $5.99. 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:13.760 And so this thing will definitely go on sale at some point. And when it does, 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:20.880 you know, just pick it up. Like yeah, okay, sure it only hits 1350,400 nits, 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:22.160 but like I don't care. I really don't. 00:10:20.880 --> 00:10:28.800 That looked amazing. Did you see the little like explosive shining on him? Like, oh my god. Yeah. I I think that 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:32.160 like it doesn't matter uh what displays I have at home. It doesn't matter what 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:35.680 I've unboxed so far this year. I think that at this price point, unless there's 00:10:34.079 --> 00:10:40.800 a very specific feature that you need that this panel has in another monitor 00:10:38.959 --> 00:10:44.320 from a different brand, maybe then pick it up. But like unless someone makes 00:10:43.040 --> 00:10:48.959 something better and cheaper than this thing, this is it. I don't care that the 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:53.760 stand is a little flimsy. I don't put it on an arm, whatever. Now, realistically, 00:10:51.839 --> 00:10:58.399 I'm someone who went from 1440p ultrawide, which is about 5 million 00:10:55.200 --> 00:11:01.040 pixels up to 4K uh just this last year. 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:08.160 And you know, it [laughter] yeah, sure, 4K um even at a 32 in screen size looks 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:13.440 a little sharper. I won't lie, but my games are also way harder to run. And 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:15.279 so, I think that 1440p is still like the 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:20.959 sweet spot for gamers. There you have it. Gigabytes MO27Q28G. 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:28.480 I absolutely hate the name. I wish the numbers and letters were kind of all together, but the monitor itself, 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:32.640 I think it's a really solid value and you're going to be hardressed to find a 00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:37.600 better deal than this thing. And if you do find a better deal than this thing, 00:11:34.079 --> 00:11:39.440 then man, times are looking good for PC 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:42.959 gamers who want to splurge just a little bit on a fancy monitor. I'm PLO. This is 00:11:41.920 --> 00:11:49.480 ShortCircuit. If you want to look at another ShortCircuit, look, Colton's unboxing a chair. 00:11:45.760 --> 00:11:49.480 We can watch it together. 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.760 Okay.