WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.919 this feels like I'm definitely gonna break it 00:00:04.140 --> 00:00:10.019 why would anyone do this to a two 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:15.480 thousand dollar monitor well maybe because they waited 10 years for this 00:00:12.780 --> 00:00:20.699 technology to go from hiding away behind a glass barrier at a trade show to being 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:25.920 a product that you can actually buy and take home and also because gosh darn it 00:00:23.699 --> 00:00:30.420 it's really cool it's also practical though depending on what you're doing 00:00:27.599 --> 00:00:36.000 the optimal curvature of a display can change dramatically so from an ergonomic 00:00:33.300 --> 00:00:43.680 standpoint any conventional monitor will at times be too curved or maybe too flat 00:00:40.760 --> 00:00:49.320 and stuck in the paper but the Xenia on Flex from Corsair fixes all that I'll be 00:00:46.739 --> 00:00:54.420 the first to admit that it feels like kind of a bougie gimmick right now but 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:59.460 if you give this a generation or two to come down in price I think this could be 00:00:56.579 --> 00:01:05.519 the on desk equivalent of seed adjustments on your chair it really does 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:07.140 make a huge difference but not in the 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:11.280 way you might expect but you probably expected though was this message from 00:01:09.180 --> 00:01:17.100 our sponsor smart deploy powered by pdq.com smart deploy maintains drivers 00:01:13.979 --> 00:01:18.659 for you with over 1500 driver packs to 00:01:17.100 --> 00:01:22.979 choose from deploy any business class device with a single Windows image get 00:01:20.759 --> 00:01:26.939 your free license with over 500 at smartdeploy.com LTT 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:39.540 most gamers only have one gaming display 00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:43.439 the square one beside it for Discord doesn't count and I think it's fair to 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:49.920 say that they expect it to last a very long time that means that a cool party 00:01:46.979 --> 00:01:56.040 trick is not enough to justify giving the zeni on Flex that coveted place of 00:01:52.740 --> 00:01:57.540 honor front and center on the empty 00:01:56.040 --> 00:02:04.439 Cannon bottle shelf that you call your desk it also has to be a great monitor 00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:08.940 fortunately I took it home for a week and it really is I think I might have 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:14.819 fallen in love with ultra white again I mean it's not that it has the best specs 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:17.099 it runs at a resolution of 3440 by 1440 00:02:14.819 --> 00:02:21.959 while top displays are pushing 4K or more it hits 240 hertz while the best 00:02:20.040 --> 00:02:26.819 Esports displays are flirting with the 500 Hertz barrier and it only hit about 00:02:24.239 --> 00:02:32.459 700 nits brightness in our testing when we've had displays that can do double 00:02:28.440 --> 00:02:34.860 that for years but what it is is a 00:02:32.459 --> 00:02:40.500 complete package from taking it out of the box to firing up your favorite game 00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:42.920 is an absolute treat do we have a stool 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:49.819 by any chance just use this one Linus 440. no no no oh my God no I won't tried 00:02:46.739 --> 00:02:53.660 to stop him Jake he said no 00:02:49.819 --> 00:02:57.540 man does all that ever look good boys 00:02:53.660 --> 00:02:59.580 and the low resolution is actually kind 00:02:57.540 --> 00:03:03.660 of an advantage in a way because if you're gonna push 240 hertz like you 00:03:01.739 --> 00:03:07.500 can't be running at 8K or whatever couple things worth noting it's got a 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:14.159 matte covering on the display but because it's OLED blacks still look 00:03:10.700 --> 00:03:16.260 outstanding man the motion is just 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:20.519 so good this paired with a high-end gaming rig there's just nothing like it 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:24.360 I don't know that this would necessarily be the best you can do for retro games 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:30.319 just because it doesn't include any kind of backlight strobing or a black frame 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:33.060 insertion but for anything else 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:36.120 what the the cops took you out I don't know why wow it took me out really 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:40.140 fast you must be some kind of criminal did I mention by the way it's g-sync 00:03:38.220 --> 00:03:45.420 compatible and freesync premium Pro certified with an advertised range of 40 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:49.620 to 240 hertz but it seems to work all the way down to 10 Hertz and starts 00:03:46.980 --> 00:03:52.799 duplicating frames at 50 hertz talk about the Driving Experience oh yeah 00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:57.239 right somewhere else and then drive through right right right right right right yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I'll 00:03:55.860 --> 00:04:00.659 immersed are you you're so immersed that you stopped making the video yeah well 00:03:58.860 --> 00:04:05.159 that's that's a that's a fair point actually using this thing is just 00:04:03.659 --> 00:04:08.879 there's no other way to describe it other than it's one of the best gaming 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:12.659 experiences that I've had in a long while uh when I first unpacked it at 00:04:10.920 --> 00:04:15.959 home I fired up the Halo infinite campaign just for testing since I'm 00:04:14.580 --> 00:04:21.180 supposed to wait to play a co-op with Luke and I ended up sitting there in the 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:23.520 dark in my garage bench station below 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:28.860 zero with like not even gloves on or anything for almost an hour just sitting 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:34.020 and experiencing it first thing that stood out about it after the size was 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:38.520 absolutely the flexible panel it's not that you're gonna want to switch between 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:42.600 completely flat and completely curved multiple times a day or every time you 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:47.699 launch a different game it's more about being able to adjust it exactly the way 00:04:45.780 --> 00:04:51.960 you like it kind of like the seat in your car I mean occasional tweaks from 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:56.160 one day to the next might make sense maybe you're in the zone and you'd 00:04:53.699 --> 00:05:01.380 prefer a more upright posture right now kind of like RGB I see the real value in 00:04:59.460 --> 00:05:06.660 being able to tailor your setup to your preferences forget about it and 00:05:03.780 --> 00:05:12.840 completely focus on your game or on your work it's about Choice that's what makes 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:15.240 it a safer bet than I think any kind of 00:05:12.840 --> 00:05:18.780 fixed curve display they it flat or curved the thing is most people are 00:05:16.860 --> 00:05:23.880 buying monitors online these days having never actually sat in front of them and 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:28.560 that is a scary proposition when you're spending high-end monitor money I could 00:05:26.520 --> 00:05:32.639 probably make the decision but I've had the benefit of trying a lot of different 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:37.380 displays of different sizes with different curves for most people they 00:05:34.979 --> 00:05:44.520 might not have any idea if they like just a little curve maybe around 1400 R 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:47.160 or if they like a cranked curve you know 00:05:44.520 --> 00:05:52.080 all the way to 800r it is so dependent on how far away you like your display 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:56.460 and how you like to sit I mean if you're lounged back with a controller playing 00:05:54.120 --> 00:06:01.139 Pixel Cup soccer you're probably going to want it you know a little more like 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:06.060 that right the second thing that stands out pun intended is the unique approach 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:10.620 that Corsair took to the stand have you ever seen front i o like this on a 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:15.419 monitor it does have some drawbacks more on those later but we get not only two 00:06:13.080 --> 00:06:20.759 USB a ports for mouse and keyboard dongles or thumb drives but a headphone 00:06:17.880 --> 00:06:25.979 jack and all of our menu navigation in plain sight with easy to read labels 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:28.620 some might find this approach kind of 00:06:25.979 --> 00:06:34.020 ugly especially with the chin bar handle here but it was so refreshing not to 00:06:31.380 --> 00:06:39.479 have to get intimate with my monitor just to make an OSD adjustment or plug 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:46.680 in a cable then on the back we get this long strip of ports two HDMI 2.1s 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:49.919 DisplayPort 1.4 a USB-C DP alt mode 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:52.080 input and two more usbas with a type c 00:06:49.919 --> 00:06:56.580 Upstream port to connect the other ports to your PC finally a DC Barrel plug it's 00:06:55.020 --> 00:07:00.060 kind of cluttered I especially would have hoped for an internal power supply 00:06:58.080 --> 00:07:05.520 with such a large footprint on this thing already but it is so functional 00:07:03.060 --> 00:07:09.780 that for all of its flaws I just don't see how I could ever want to go back to 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:13.919 fumbling with the lock on an upward plugged DisplayPort ever again though I 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:18.060 might not have a choice there's one important detail that we need to discuss 00:07:15.960 --> 00:07:24.300 before we move on the waffle shirt from lttstore.com not only looks great but it 00:07:20.819 --> 00:07:27.120 is super comfortable too oh and also you 00:07:24.300 --> 00:07:32.639 cannot vase amount this display you see just because the OLED panel is flexible 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:38.759 doesn't mean that a circuit board is flexible so most of the electronics are 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:41.580 actually housed in the stand rather than 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:45.300 up in here it's a big part of how they got away with putting all the i o and 00:07:43.440 --> 00:07:49.319 physical buttons up front the way that they did I personally didn't find the 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:52.740 default height of it to be a problem I actually didn't even realize that height 00:07:50.880 --> 00:07:55.800 adjustment was missing until ploof brought it up in our review of this 00:07:54.300 --> 00:08:00.419 script you know it's got a little bit of tilt I never thought to change it but 00:07:58.139 --> 00:08:05.099 someone out there will be sorely again pun intended disappointed and it could 00:08:03.539 --> 00:08:09.539 be a deal breaker for them another possible deal breaker is the pixel 00:08:07.020 --> 00:08:15.120 density don't get me wrong any content from movies to gameplay looks amazing on 00:08:13.080 --> 00:08:20.520 this display and and the lower resolution is actually a key part of how 00:08:17.580 --> 00:08:26.520 your GPU might actually have any hope of driving this thing at 240 hertz 00:08:23.220 --> 00:08:29.039 however 83 pixels per inch is a little 00:08:26.520 --> 00:08:34.260 low by today's standards especially for a monitor that might tempt you in close 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:37.260 with such an aggressive curve I mean with a little bit of super sampling 00:08:35.640 --> 00:08:42.839 you're not going to notice it in a fast-paced game like Doom but on the 00:08:39.899 --> 00:08:47.160 desktop text Clarity Is Not Great unless you sit quite a bit farther back 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:55.080 requiring a much deeper desk you could get a similar 4K variant of this idea 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:57.360 with the LG 42 lx3 qpua but it's 16x9 00:08:55.080 --> 00:09:02.519 rather than Ultra wide it's smaller it's only 120 hertz and it costs a thousand 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:06.240 dollars more than this at regular price and that assumes you can even find one I 00:09:04.680 --> 00:09:12.000 genuinely don't think they actually made many and you might want to stay away anyway since two out of the five reviews 00:09:09.420 --> 00:09:16.500 across Best Buy and Amazon mention a defective curve adjustment motor knowing 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:21.839 that this is your only choice then for a bendable monitor how good is it we asked 00:09:20.040 --> 00:09:27.000 our Labs team and here's what they sent back it's using an LG wo-led panel so 00:09:24.959 --> 00:09:32.040 you can expect a beautiful image with Inky blacks and 10-bit color depth we've 00:09:30.060 --> 00:09:36.540 got a Delta e average of less than one in srgb mode after adjusting the color 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:41.940 temperature we weren't happy about having to adjust the color temperature but we were very happy about being able 00:09:39.839 --> 00:09:46.800 to do it since many monitors don't allow it and it manages an impressive color 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:52.260 gamut reaching 98 of the DC ip3 color space and 75 percent of Rec 2020. all of 00:09:49.920 --> 00:09:57.300 that is great and it seems like the days of having to choose between gaming and 00:09:54.540 --> 00:10:03.240 content creation are well behind us at this point with that said though it is 00:09:59.459 --> 00:10:05.279 absolutely a gamer's monitor at 240Hz 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:09.720 refresh rate it is almost double the speed of nearly every other OLED display 00:10:07.140 --> 00:10:14.760 on the market and thanks to its OLED pixels the response times are so fast 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:19.500 that you can pretty much kiss any concerns you might have had about motion 00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:25.920 Clarity bye-bye look at this sea of green that we got with the osr TT V2 00:10:22.580 --> 00:10:29.459 but we did find some downsides this is 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:31.140 the PQ eotf in HDR mode that is the 00:10:29.459 --> 00:10:35.160 display's ability to convert a video signal into the correct brightness value 00:10:33.060 --> 00:10:40.680 and you can see that it's a little off and what this does is it throws off 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:42.420 in-game HDR calibration and HDR color 00:10:40.680 --> 00:10:46.560 accuracy it's still going to impress everyone but your professional colorist 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:52.079 friend but at this price point we can't ignore any flaws and there's an even 00:10:48.959 --> 00:10:53.940 bigger one as much as I love gaming on 00:10:52.079 --> 00:10:58.680 this thing and didn't personally find the brightness to be an issue Corsair 00:10:56.040 --> 00:11:03.540 claims that thanks to their use of the latest LG panel technology they should 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:09.959 be able to hit 1000 nits in a three percent window in HDR and we just could 00:11:06.839 --> 00:11:11.940 not get anywhere close to that both of 00:11:09.959 --> 00:11:16.500 our units we had two of them fell short of 700 nits let alone a thousand nits 00:11:14.579 --> 00:11:20.760 which along with analysis of the subpixel arrangement seems to suggest 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:26.519 test that rather than using LG's top of the line ex panel technology like you 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:28.440 might find in their 2022 TVs Corsair is 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:34.019 actually using something more similar to LG's 2021 models a later firmware update 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:38.399 did improve our results netting roughly 200 extra nits of peak brightness but it 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:42.000 still fell short it's weird because their testing results are seeing a 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:45.660 thousand nits so it could be a calibration issue on their end or our 00:11:43.920 --> 00:11:50.100 end or it could be down to the panel Lottery it's not a huge problem for 00:11:48.060 --> 00:11:54.540 performance I mean nothing really would prevent Corsair from pushing the Xenia 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:59.040 on Flex to that rated thousand nits even if it doesn't have an ex panel but if 00:11:57.420 --> 00:12:03.360 it's using the older panel type Which is less efficient that could affect the 00:12:01.260 --> 00:12:08.519 longevity of the pixels which as you know is a major concern for any OLED 00:12:06.180 --> 00:12:12.000 type display Corsair has taken steps to address this through the inclusion of 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:16.620 pixel shift and pixel cleaner routines and they're backing the Xenia on Flex 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:20.640 with a three year warranty but if my personal experience is anything to go by 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:26.459 I would definitely recommend a plain black desktop wallpaper with hidden 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:28.860 icons and an auto hide taskbar with that 00:12:26.459 --> 00:12:33.720 said if you see anything like this don't freak out we noticed uniformity 00:12:30.660 --> 00:12:35.459 anomalies at between 10 and 30 gray on 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:40.019 both of our units but we found that it wasn't distracting in real day-to-day 00:12:37.800 --> 00:12:43.560 use and it could be easily remedied by burning in the display for a while I've 00:12:41.640 --> 00:12:47.579 got high hopes that some of our other concerns will go away in time as well 00:12:45.300 --> 00:12:51.300 one of Corsair's biggest advantages compared to even some other high-end 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:54.899 displays is that they've designed the xeni on Flex with user upgradable 00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:58.500 firmware I mean I guess you might need that for the IQ RGB software integration 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:03.060 that they're planning for next year sounds cool they won't be able to fix 00:13:01.079 --> 00:13:07.500 everything with firmware though the 24 gigabit per second HDMI 2.1 ports mean 00:13:05.760 --> 00:13:11.880 that you'll probably always be stuck with lower color depth on the PS5 and 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:15.899 you're going to get some fringing on high contrast text borders until 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:20.940 Microsoft fixes clear type with support for this subpixel Arrangement but if 00:13:18.660 --> 00:13:25.320 your primary concern is PC gaming I doubt that these or any of the Xenon 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:29.639 flex's other flaws are going to stand in your way it's far more likely to be your 00:13:27.420 --> 00:13:32.820 so when they see how much it costs at least you can give them Comfort when 00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:36.899 they know that it doesn't cost as much as our sponsor paid for this Segway too 00:13:34.920 --> 00:13:40.320 thanks to grammarly for sponsoring this video when it comes to work 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:43.860 communication is key even if you don't have a writing job Miss this 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:47.459 communication can cause confusion with your team and lead to delayed projects 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:51.240 that's why we recommend checking out grammarly's premium Advanced tone 00:13:49.260 --> 00:13:54.600 suggestions which can help reframe your communication to be positive and 00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:58.139 productive grammarly's premium tone rewrite suggestions also 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