WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.480 okay so i don't even think it was two weeks ago that i swapped out my OLED tv 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:11.840 for ASUS va based bfgd gaming display with 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:16.160 the objective being that i was going to get variable refresh rate and i was 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:20.240 going to get higher refresh rates for smoother gaming then all of a sudden i 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:26.400 get an email from alienware and they go hey do you remember that OLED 120 hertz 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:30.480 4k gaming monitor we showed at ces i'm like uh-huh well we're shipping it it's 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:34.800 in the mail and i go what so now i've got a three-way decision to 00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:40.079 make is it OLED high refresh rate or 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:43.040 both doesn't seem like a tough decision does 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:47.600 it just like it wasn't a tough decision to 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:52.160 tell you about our sponsor ridge wallet a ridge wallet is a sleek way to keep 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:57.440 wallet bulge down with its compact frame and rfid blocking inner plates use offer 00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:04.560 code LTT to get 10 off and free worldwide shipping 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:13.920 so with a maximum refresh rate of 120 00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:16.080 hertz so 120 refreshes per second a max 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:22.880 resolution of 4k and an OLED panel i'm expecting a few 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:25.119 things one i'm expecting extremely 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:29.119 smooth animations provided that i've got the hardware to drive it which 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:35.280 i do number two i'm expecting completely pitch black 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:39.759 blacks i mean that's one of the key benefits of OLED is that every single 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:45.360 pixel can be turned off individually and then finally the last thing i'm 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:46.399 expecting is something that could be a 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:54.799 huge decision factor for me alienware is claiming less than 0.5 00:01:52.079 --> 00:02:00.240 millisecond pixel response times now in theory this has always been a benefit of 00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:05.680 OLED technology really fast pixel switching which eliminates or at least 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:08.959 dramatically reduces that blurring or ghosting when you've got moving objects 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:14.239 across the screen but it's something that really hasn't been focused on by a 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:16.640 lot of the OLED uh display manufacturers 00:02:14.239 --> 00:02:22.879 up until now because they're just they're not really that uh dialed in to 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:24.160 the gaming community 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:31.040 neat so that's cool i guess that explains where the included vasa adapter goes so 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:36.800 if you're more into using like a monitor ARM or whatever else you can 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:38.959 get right into that but putting that 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:43.920 there and then screwing that into whatever kind of you know wall or desk 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:48.080 mount or whatever else it is that you want is if you're more into just 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:52.160 setting it up on your desk you just slide this puppy in here uh we 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:57.200 can have a look at the i o now so we've got a single usb 3 up link with four 00:02:55.440 --> 00:03:02.959 downlinks two of them are here we've also got optical audio out displayport 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:05.280 1.4 in and two HDMI 2.0 ports and then 00:03:02.959 --> 00:03:09.360 this is cool we've got this cable management 00:03:06.640 --> 00:03:12.319 ow okay well don't run your finger down it so this is how i'm planning to use it 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:16.080 so i'm going to go ahead and pop these screws in 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.360 whoops oh um 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:23.760 shoot i guess you're supposed to do that one first 00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:23.760 oh man 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:30.000 then over on this side we've got power in which is going to run through this 00:03:28.640 --> 00:03:35.519 cable channel which i will keep my fingers out of then when you've got all your cables managed you go ahead you pop 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:39.599 this back on wow that is a nice magnetic backing i don't remember the last time i 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:44.959 saw such an elegant monitor back cover back when they first 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:49.760 showed this it wasn't clear exactly how NVIDIA's 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:53.599 g-sync on freesync monitors thing was going to work and we didn't know if this 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:59.200 was going to be a variable refresh rate display well it turns out it is it's 00:03:55.920 --> 00:04:01.680 freesync and as you know NVIDIA g-sync 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:08.000 can be forced enabled on any freesync display so we definitely want to give 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:10.879 that a shot but there is one big caveat 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:13.200 this while it does feature 400 nitpeak brightness 00:04:11.920 --> 00:04:17.840 is not HDR certified so rather than installing 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:24.080 it at my tv i think i'm going to take the product box literally 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:26.400 did you really put a tv on your table 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:30.880 uh it's not a tv it's a monitor it says on the box 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:33.919 well the box doesn't fit in here it's big andy can you take an end 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:39.120 yup what i wouldn't hold it by the top yeah i would yup i would support it by 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:45.280 that okay good you good there might be an argument to be made 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:46.880 for using a gigantic 4k display instead 00:04:45.280 --> 00:04:51.040 of a smaller one so i'm going to go ahead and 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:56.080 take out my rog swift pg-35 whatever this is 00:04:54.639 --> 00:05:02.960 and we're going to pop that thing in its place i think i'm going to need to move my 3d printer well 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:05.680 it passes the first challenge which is 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:10.240 not encroaching on my wife's desk is your 3d printer living on my desk uh 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:14.880 no i'll move that sorry i'm just doing something very important right now i have to play this game and see if i'm 00:05:13.039 --> 00:05:18.400 getting a competitive advantage from my new monitor and i thought this was 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:23.039 interesting it's very unusual for monitor manufacturers to include such a 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:27.840 long displayport cable but this one is a 10 foot cable because clearly 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:31.280 alienware while they are marketing this as a monitor is just not really sure 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:34.639 where people are going to deploy this thing that's why they include a remote 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:39.520 with it now just like with the ASUS bfgd i 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:43.280 already have some concerns about the remote uh because so far alienware 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:47.680 doesn't appear to have done anything specific to integrate with logitech 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:51.360 harmony and their remote doesn't have specific commands for like input one 00:05:50.080 --> 00:05:54.960 input two so um in the living room depending on 00:05:53.360 --> 00:06:00.000 your setup it might not end up making a ton of sense but um 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:03.360 hey i mean at least you have something even if it doesn't perfectly 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:08.800 integrate with like a super advanced setup oh there goes the built-in speakers so 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:14.960 the Windows control panel knows what's wrong there we go all right cool so 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:17.919 ycbcr-422 so 8-bit color they claim 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:21.039 about 98 coverage of the dc ip3 color space 00:06:18.960 --> 00:06:25.199 not bad for a high refresh rate display so you've got all the usual sort of 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:30.000 gaming image presets um personally i've always been partial 00:06:28.080 --> 00:06:33.759 to just you know standard the way the developer intended it there's a 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:37.120 backlighting on the monitor that's kind of glowing off the wall it's cool i 00:06:35.919 --> 00:06:43.280 guess if you're into that sort of thing there are shortcut keys at the bottom of the monitor and you can reconfigure what 00:06:40.479 --> 00:06:48.479 you want them to do there is no option for pixel overdrive because 00:06:44.960 --> 00:06:49.919 theoretically the pixels are plenty fast 00:06:48.479 --> 00:06:55.360 enough on their own and we can do a quick sanity check for that and we are 00:06:51.840 --> 00:06:57.280 getting next to no smearing 00:06:55.360 --> 00:07:01.520 not bad well it don't do 144 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:06.000 okay it's just like 125. so it's not 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:11.120 overclockable i've heard people make the argument to me before like 00:07:08.080 --> 00:07:13.759 hey Linus you know why bother 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:17.199 going for an ultra wide monitor when you could just have 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:21.520 the whole thing and then you could always just 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:26.880 take your window and make it ultra wide or whatever okay so this is a chance 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:31.680 to give the onboard speakers a shot i've certainly heard worse i will say this 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:38.800 though zero complaints so far with respect to input lag and pixel response 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:41.520 times that was crisp oh you know what 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:46.639 anno got an update so one of my biggest complaints about anno up until now has 00:07:44.400 --> 00:07:50.479 actually been that you can't zoom out far enough particularly if you have a 00:07:48.479 --> 00:07:55.520 large monitor now i've got a really big monitor and 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:58.400 they've updated it apparently to have a much greater zoom that was actually like 00:07:57.039 --> 00:08:04.080 a couple months ago but i haven't played it much in the last little bit okay here we go so it's an option under gameplay 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:11.360 increased camera oh restart required okay fine further out 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:11.360 that is so much better 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:18.240 freaking awesome like you can really see enough of an 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:23.280 island to actually make reasonable decisions but like 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:26.639 this is the old limit like i can't even see enough of the island to make a 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:31.680 decision about what kind of layout i want for it like it's stupid this is way 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:35.519 better you can really see what you're doing we've got g-sync enabled and that 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:39.440 is looking g-sync smooth i don't see any tearing 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:43.200 like okay just to be clear guys these weird anomalies that you're seeing here those are an effective draw distance 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:48.080 okay oh here we go actually i have juiced two hot import nights which i have never 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:51.680 played but i specifically installed for an 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:57.839 upcoming video make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss it where i'm gonna go through and play games that 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:01.279 i have never played that are in my steam library i'm sure we can all relate to 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:07.279 that i'd say comfortable distance for this one is a little closer than something like 00:09:04.800 --> 00:09:10.959 an rpg where you really need the context of everything that's going on around you 00:09:08.959 --> 00:09:16.000 all at once but not quite as close as something like 00:09:13.680 --> 00:09:19.120 anno where you're really doing things at your leisure and it's okay to be looking 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:23.360 around here it's okay to have the peripheral vision 00:09:20.880 --> 00:09:26.640 filled up but it's more for immersion and less for actually looking at it like 00:09:24.800 --> 00:09:29.839 really you've got your eyes on the road so i'd say the distance that we're at 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:34.640 right now is okay but i'd recommend a newer game that 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:38.080 doesn't have crashing issues pc gaming 00:09:34.640 --> 00:09:40.560 it's just so easy i'd say to comfortably 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:43.279 play a fast-paced FPS i'd need to be 00:09:45.839 --> 00:09:52.880 more than reasonable desk width away from this thing 00:09:51.040 --> 00:09:57.040 yeah i think this is the least 00:09:55.200 --> 00:10:01.360 compelling of the gaming experiences we've tried out today 00:09:58.880 --> 00:10:06.399 by a long shot yeah i can see how if you're prone to motion sickness too like 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:08.959 this would be quite overwhelming for you 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:12.800 what do you think david uh i think there's a reason 00:10:10.880 --> 00:10:15.200 pro shooter gamers play on 24 inch monitors 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:21.040 yeah i'm with you dude now as for third-person adventure type games so 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:25.760 let's just shadow the tomb raider here once again as long as you got a chair 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:28.000 that can do this 00:10:25.760 --> 00:10:32.480 i don't really see the size as a as a huge problem from this distance i'm 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:36.320 pretty comfortable but this game in particular 00:10:34.560 --> 00:10:41.440 definitely brings my attention back to the fact 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:45.120 that this display does not support HDR 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:47.200 this game in HDR looks amazing and the 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:50.640 monitor i took off my desk to put this one here 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:54.640 does support HDR and it's a totally totally different experience 00:10:52.560 --> 00:10:56.880 unfortunately this safe game is stuck at the beginning but 00:10:55.920 --> 00:11:03.920 yeah that's fine i do want to try their so-called smart HDR and see if that does 00:11:00.959 --> 00:11:03.920 anything for me though 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.160 that's worthless 00:11:08.640 --> 00:11:15.120 so all that's fine and good but the one game that more than any other 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:19.760 one i find just impossible to enjoy on anything other 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:23.839 than a crt is this one and to be clear i understand 00:11:22.160 --> 00:11:27.600 that any game that was designed to be displayed with scan lines is never going 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:32.720 to look great on a progressive display like this one 00:11:29.040 --> 00:11:34.959 but when it comes to the input leg 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:40.519 i'm hoping that this will be the first time on anything other than a crt that i 00:11:36.959 --> 00:11:40.519 find this game playable 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:47.360 oh boy oh boy it's been a while 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:54.720 you can see there is 00:11:52.560 --> 00:12:00.959 a perceptible delay 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:00.959 am i just being picky though 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:11.040 so the conclusion for this one is a little bit complicated at 55 inches 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:12.959 compared to how affordable 65-inch tvs 00:12:11.040 --> 00:12:16.639 are and how much more immersive that viewing experience is from a typical 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:22.000 couch distance i don't see alienware's 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:26.959 gaming display or monitor whatever you want to call it making a play for your 00:12:23.920 --> 00:12:29.200 living room anytime soon 00:12:26.959 --> 00:12:34.880 then when it comes to the desktop experience well it ranged from 00:12:32.959 --> 00:12:38.639 really really amazing all the way down to 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:42.880 wow this isn't that playable and i almost feel like i would need an 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:48.079 extension to my desk in order to be able to take in the information that's being 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:51.360 bombarded at me so 00:12:49.040 --> 00:12:56.399 i don't really see a compelling use case for it there either 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:58.720 where i see this display finding its 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:01.839 ultimate niche though is somewhere like this 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:07.079 sorry guys i'm totally blindsiding you with this i don't even know if david's 00:13:03.040 --> 00:13:07.079 gonna be able to fit in here with me 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:15.920 the basement den or the upstairs playroom that is where alienware's 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:20.000 gaming monitor really comes into its own because 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:25.040 lacking HDR kind of kills it for me as a primary display for watching movies or 00:13:22.880 --> 00:13:29.519 for cinematic games but 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:31.760 the image quality the input lag and the 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:36.160 high refresh rate with no glitches that we encountered at least during our 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:40.800 session with g-sync means that as a gaming display it's absolutely fantastic 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:45.360 as long as you're willing to live without HDR which for me for a second 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:48.639 display i absolutely would another reasonable place to deploy it would be 00:13:47.040 --> 00:13:52.800 somewhere like a dorm room where it can be used for everything from schoolwork 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:57.279 to having a bunch of friends over and playing some overcooked too 00:13:55.200 --> 00:14:01.920 the problem with every scenario that i just pitched though is of course the 00:13:59.760 --> 00:14:06.240 price we're talking secondary displays for the den or the bedroom or 00:14:04.560 --> 00:14:10.959 something for a student and the OLED panel is 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:16.720 kind of a killer at that point with that said even if this only applies to point 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:20.720 zero zero percent of customers out there that's still a lot of gaming displays 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:25.600 that they're going to move because quite frankly there is nothing else in the 00:14:22.880 --> 00:14:30.000 market quite like this and so from that perspective i think dell has absolutely 00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:33.519 hit it out of the park here i have no complaints 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:36.639 as long as my use case for it makes sense 00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:40.959 speaking of things that make sense checking out our sponsor freshbooks 00:14:39.040 --> 00:14:44.639 freshbooks is the cloud-based accounting solution that's built for how you want 00:14:42.880 --> 00:14:48.959 to work and you can work anywhere with the freshbooks mobile app you can create 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:52.720 professional looking invoices on the go you can snap pictures of your receipts 00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:56.320 so you don't lose them you'll never miss an update so you can see when a client 00:14:54.720 --> 00:15:00.560 has seen their invoice to put an end to the guessing 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