WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.360 we recently took a look at the end zone M9 from Sony it's a 4K 144hz display for 00:00:06.600 --> 00:00:15.540 about 900 can the AOC aegon Pro do 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:19.800 better I don't know it's about 900 for 00:00:15.540 --> 00:00:22.619 1440p 27 inches but the big kicker is 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:26.580 it's 240 hertz so for all of you like major epic Gamers out there who really 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:30.119 need that super crazy high fast refresh rate honestly I'm not sure if this is 00:00:28.380 --> 00:00:33.899 the one for you so we're gonna unbox it we're gonna take a look at it and I'm 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:37.559 gonna find out if it's any good first of all I'd like to point out some of the 00:00:35.100 --> 00:00:41.700 really cool stuff like the unbeatable branding I don't know about that hey we 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:45.960 got instructions on the top here David get these instructions for the people so 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:49.379 that they know how to unbox what else we got in here we got a shaving Hood oh 00:00:47.879 --> 00:00:52.739 comes in its own little box it looks like this is great that's how you know 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:56.760 you're a pro when you start using the shading hood or as I like to call it the 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:59.460 horse blinders to like really get you in the game I like that it comes in a 00:00:58.199 --> 00:01:04.680 little separate box sometimes they've just got it tucked up away in the foam what else what else is in here there's a 00:01:02.699 --> 00:01:08.280 few boxes there's boxes within boxes this is uh the aegon pro that's it 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:12.960 that's the monitor I honestly don't know what's in here uh let's see maybe it's 00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:15.840 the stand or something cable box yep 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:21.720 cable box you got some 3M tape on some cable clip stuff HDMI cables a power 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:25.799 cable rest of the beefy power brick that they got there this is uh I don't know 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:32.100 what that is this is a DisplayPort cable this is a USB B cable so you can tell 00:01:28.740 --> 00:01:34.740 it's got USB B on it and an allen key 00:01:32.100 --> 00:01:37.619 slash Phillips to put everything together that's great I like when they 00:01:36.119 --> 00:01:41.159 I'm so torn I don't like I like when they include screwdriver stuff to make 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:46.140 sure that you can assemble something I also don't like it because then I end up with like 50 Allen Keys just sitting in 00:01:44.220 --> 00:01:49.680 my house and they're all useless because I don't know what size they are and then 00:01:47.820 --> 00:01:52.740 we've got this Nifty Puck here I don't know what this is David said it's for 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:58.259 changing your gamer profile and this thing can do a number of different profiles that is a feature it does so 00:01:55.979 --> 00:02:01.020 he's probably right but I don't know for sure it does look like it though it's 00:01:59.220 --> 00:02:06.360 got like little numbers on there one two three four or no sorry one two three and 00:02:03.659 --> 00:02:09.720 then back and then okay oh maybe you can navigate the OSD with this thing that 00:02:07.979 --> 00:02:14.459 actually actually be pretty cool I'm kind of into it the only thing I'm not 00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:16.500 into is this uh connector it's a USB 00:02:14.459 --> 00:02:20.280 mini here's the stand or at least the base of it I'll tell you one thing I 00:02:18.660 --> 00:02:25.260 already like this part of it at least much better than the M9 that was a great 00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:30.000 monitor with a lousy stand oh yeah this thing already looks way better than the 00:02:26.580 --> 00:02:31.560 M9 it uses a 100 by 100 vase amount oh 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.280 there's like a connector here I don't know what these four pins are for maybe 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:39.420 RGB yeah David said RGB I think he's probably right I can't think of anything 00:02:36.300 --> 00:02:41.760 else if there were ports uh somewhere 00:02:39.420 --> 00:02:47.220 along here then I would say maybe it's an extension for USB but I don't see any 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:52.980 ports anywhere so let's plug it in and find out this is kind of a weird take on 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:57.060 the system that I like because it's like this yeah this is right for sure it's 00:02:55.980 --> 00:03:02.700 just kind of weird because the post there's like four posts instead of just one or two I don't think I've ever seen 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:06.120 it done uh this way but you know it was the first time for everything they're 00:03:04.260 --> 00:03:09.480 also a little stubby normally the posts are a little longer to kind of give 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:13.739 better Foundation but I don't know I'm not an engineer this is a very long 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:18.060 screw and my other issue is that my hands are kind of small and I'm having a 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:20.879 little trouble turning this with getting my hand while getting my hands in there 00:03:19.379 --> 00:03:24.360 but you know what we got there but if you've got big hands 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:27.000 that might be a problem for you and I gotta you know I gotta recognize it 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:31.019 right now we got the g-sync ultimate badge on the side I haven't seen it done 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:33.780 this way either usually it's like a sticker this is like almost silk 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:38.700 screened on there or something I don't even know how to paint it on g-sync 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:42.720 Ultimate does have some latency stuff in it I'm pretty sure but the main thing 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:46.560 that I'm aware of is for like a thousand nits Peak brightness okay I was close we 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:51.120 looked it up really quickly because I was sure that it meant a thousand nits 00:03:48.060 --> 00:03:55.440 that's the old uh descriptor now it's 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:57.420 just for lifelike HDR so this is a Vasa 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:01.680 certified 600 which is a lot better than 400 at least but I don't know 600 is not 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:06.480 that great that being said this thing has like 32 dimming zones which is about 00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:11.400 a third of what the Sony has uh but it's 1440p 10 240 hertz I don't know we'll 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:15.360 see we'll see we'll see but yeah that's why they're not cheating with the g-sync 00:04:12.959 --> 00:04:19.680 ultimate lifelike HDR shirts close enough with dimming zones so all right 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:23.880 well this is neat I've never seen part of it like exposed like that okay I had 00:04:22.139 --> 00:04:27.720 no idea what these contact points were for until we looked back up here and 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:31.380 Bell pointed out that like hey look they fit that and it rotates so yeah this 00:04:29.580 --> 00:04:35.639 makes sense uh because look we slot it in 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:37.259 bada boom and the reason it was obvious 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:42.360 that it's that that's what those were for is because this thing should rotate 00:04:39.960 --> 00:04:46.620 there we go so that's why the contacts were like a crescent so that the pins 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:50.580 could still be in contact with them which is pretty neat uh let's talk about 00:04:49.080 --> 00:04:55.560 the other stuff that's on this display we got a USB B four USB a ports I'm not 00:04:54.240 --> 00:05:00.060 sure what the differences are between the yellow and the green one might be 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:06.000 like the firmware one specifically HDMI 2.0 two ports here it's you know 1440p 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:10.320 240 hertz so that's fine uh DisplayPort 1.4 I don't know when 2.0 is coming but 00:05:08.520 --> 00:05:15.300 I'm ready for it and then we've got looks what looks like our power bar and 00:05:12.479 --> 00:05:18.840 then uh headphone jack a microphone wow there's like two mic slots is that not a 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:23.580 mic they both look like they have the mic symbol and then this looks like it's 00:05:21.479 --> 00:05:28.860 for updating the firmware actually because I've never seen a micro oh it's 00:05:25.979 --> 00:05:32.460 for the OSD thing hey look at that so yeah this hopefully controls the OSD 00:05:30.539 --> 00:05:37.080 stuff and then there's a Kensington lock over here in case you want to lock it up 00:05:33.900 --> 00:05:39.479 we've got our classic navigation nipple 00:05:37.080 --> 00:05:42.960 here in case you don't like the OSD Puck and then on the other side you got a 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:47.340 little headphone hanger hey look at that it's a little small it could be a little 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:51.660 just a smidge longer for any of those wide band headphone users out there but 00:05:49.440 --> 00:05:56.340 that's okay should still work in a pinch back to the stand it feels a little 00:05:54.000 --> 00:06:02.160 wobbly like this thing isn't too bad it can do some side to side you can do some 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:05.580 tilts it can even pivot which is great I think it's height adjustable as well 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:09.360 yeah it is um maybe it's because of the height 00:06:06.780 --> 00:06:14.520 adjustment I don't know but it just doesn't feel super sturdy the way this 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:16.500 red metal piece is connected to the rest 00:06:14.520 --> 00:06:19.080 of the stand here it's just kind of I don't know maybe it's just me but it 00:06:17.520 --> 00:06:23.039 feels a little flimsy a little wobbly they do mention they've got some super 00:06:20.940 --> 00:06:26.220 thin bezels and I can confirm these are pretty thin they've actually got like 00:06:24.780 --> 00:06:29.340 their marketing material with three of these you know side by side and it looks 00:06:27.960 --> 00:06:33.720 pretty decent but you know what 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00:07:22.259 luminance light effects audio I don't 00:07:20.520 --> 00:07:26.160 know which one's correct I'm not going to use the gamer Puck anymore I don't 00:07:23.880 --> 00:07:30.240 like it already but friendship with gamer Puck is over okay I don't like 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:33.660 their OSD at all it's not it's it's no longer about the 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:39.720 puck it's about their OSD being navigable 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:43.979 color setup sure what's in here lobe light 00:07:40.460 --> 00:07:46.740 DC dpycvcrs are to be sure 00:07:43.979 --> 00:07:52.919 not using that okay that's it what's an extra switch DB logo projector okay so 00:07:50.520 --> 00:07:56.759 maybe that is the uh connecting pins that we saw on the back here we think 00:07:55.020 --> 00:08:00.479 it's for the laser otherwise though there's not much in here and you just 00:07:58.440 --> 00:08:04.919 saw a struggle with this OSD it's kind of a pain and I don't like it oh you do 00:08:02.400 --> 00:08:08.280 USB charging but cool they didn't mention that like anywhere you can turn 00:08:06.479 --> 00:08:13.860 Reflex on that comes with a g-sync module so that's cool but that still 00:08:10.440 --> 00:08:16.080 doesn't help why we're stuck at 60 hertz 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:20.280 yeah so it's been about a week and a half two weeks or something since we 00:08:17.580 --> 00:08:24.060 actually shot this unfortunately as you can see the monitor didn't work and it 00:08:22.440 --> 00:08:29.160 was definitely our display we tried a ton of stuff didn't do anything but now 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:32.700 AOC sent us a new display and you can probably do the same thing if yours is 00:08:30.419 --> 00:08:39.419 busted because RMA works but as you can see look boom we're getting it 240 hertz 00:08:35.459 --> 00:08:41.520 getting a bit color oh use HDR see if it 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:44.580 does 10-bit I don't think it does yeah I just ate bit with dithering but that's 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:50.459 okay that's not bad 240 hertz that's crazy so let's check out some UFO tests 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:54.000 it looks pretty good I don't see any much weird overdrive or anything Let's 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:58.620 uh here make it faster though we're at 240 hertz oh that's better yeah he's a 00:08:56.880 --> 00:09:05.339 little blurrier now but like honestly it's still decent I mean the reality is 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:08.640 going from 60 30 to 60 enormous 60 to 00:09:05.339 --> 00:09:10.740 120 144 still a really big jump but as 00:09:08.640 --> 00:09:15.180 soon as you start going from 140 or 120 up to like 240. it's a really like it's 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:20.820 really diminishing returns anytime you do that so um I don't get it really the 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:24.959 hype I mean 240 is good and if I had the option and they were the same price yeah 00:09:22.680 --> 00:09:27.560 of course I want the 241 but I mean so many people don't even play games that 00:09:26.100 --> 00:09:32.880 are going faster than 240 frames per second anyway so unless 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:36.180 you're uh Esports Enthusiast like Dota or Counter-Strike or League or something 00:09:34.380 --> 00:09:40.200 like that I don't know how necessary this is for most people let's open 00:09:38.040 --> 00:09:44.519 Counter-Strike well Yuri come back know about Yuri oh wow that was bad yeah I'm 00:09:42.540 --> 00:09:48.779 pretty bad right now boom Get Wrecked bought Ulysses so one thing that I can 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:53.399 guarantee you is is that a higher frame rate is not going to make you a much 00:09:51.660 --> 00:09:58.140 better player if you're already not very good it does improve things on the 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:03.660 really high end of stuff and obviously going from 30 to 60 or 60 to 120 is 00:10:01.380 --> 00:10:07.140 going to make you personally a little bit better because it's just it is 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:11.040 easier when the frame rate is buttery smooth and the not only the frame rate 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:15.480 of the video game but the refresh rate of your monitor is just buttery smooth 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:19.140 and perfect but it doesn't just fix everything magically so I guess that's 00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:25.140 my main takeaway here is does this monitor work and look pretty and give a 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:27.480 really high refresh rate yes is that 00:10:25.140 --> 00:10:33.420 going to make you better and start winning Counter-Strike or Dota or League 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:35.459 matches no but anyway back to past me 00:10:33.420 --> 00:10:38.880 I'm a little more upset we're going to check out the HDR really quick game on 00:10:37.260 --> 00:10:43.800 it a little bit see how it is and then call it a day so let's look at the HDR 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:50.220 looks okay there are 32 dimming zones which is a third of the 96 on the end 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:54.360 zone monitor but it's a lot more than 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:55.500 your like six column HDR 400 display 00:10:54.360 --> 00:11:01.320 that you're going to see a lot of the time does it still justify the cost of 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:04.740 nine hundred dollars I don't know but this looks like okay I really need to 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:09.899 see the dimming zones in action so I need to like Bloom some stuff up here 00:11:07.079 --> 00:11:14.880 yeah that's Tomb Raider I mean all those things moving around look pretty decent 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:16.920 and the lighting looks okay but uh one 00:11:14.880 --> 00:11:23.100 this isn't the best HDR game all of our stuff was uninstalled I'm sorry it looks 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:24.839 okay I mean it's 144 Hertz not 240. it 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:29.459 looks decently clear like when you shake everything around it 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:32.220 does go into its spot pretty quickly and you can still like I can see that bush 00:11:30.839 --> 00:11:35.579 pretty clearly whenever I'm shaking stuff like yeah 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:41.160 it's getting a little blurry but it's like I can still clearly see that that is a bush and it's not just a green blob 00:11:39.060 --> 00:11:43.800 once as you know you start to move the camera 00:11:42.300 --> 00:11:49.620 um still though I'm incredibly disappointed that we can't get this thing up to 240. we're going to do a 00:11:46.920 --> 00:11:54.899 quick local dimming test to see how decent the local dimming is 32 00:11:52.320 --> 00:12:00.300 zones isn't bad I mean that's what like like eight by four it's not perfect and 00:11:59.040 --> 00:12:06.180 I've definitely seen better local dimming but with 32 zones on a screen this size 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:10.260 you're getting to the point where HDR can actually look okay instead of just 00:12:08.459 --> 00:12:14.640 like with these weird splotchy columns and stuff it's not ideal like even the 00:12:12.540 --> 00:12:19.500 96 zones on that end zone were looking pretty sweet and I really don't want to 00:12:17.700 --> 00:12:23.940 have to move backwards down to 32 especially when the price is basically 00:12:22.260 --> 00:12:27.839 the same so you're kind of sitting there thinking do I spend I'm going to spend 00:12:26.040 --> 00:12:30.660 900 on a monitor that's just that's a given that's what 00:12:29.459 --> 00:12:36.899 your budget is you're going to buy a new monitor do you spend 900 on the end zone 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:40.279 with the terrible stand that I hate but 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:44.279 much much much Superior display with 4K 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:46.260 140 Hertz uh 96 dimming zones like that 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:52.019 thing is just a beast or do you spend nine hundred dollars 00:12:47.880 --> 00:12:54.660 on the 27 inch AOC display 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:57.839 I can't do it I just I just can't I like the stand a lot more but you know what 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:03.120 that's what wall mounts are for that's what arms are for especially with the 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:07.440 experience that we've had today with DisplayPort just not wanting to work out 00:13:05.579 --> 00:13:11.639 of the box for whatever reason maybe we got a single bad unit out of the whole 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:15.480 lot and you can send it back and RMA whatever that's fine it happens I've 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:22.260 just it's an issue that I personally have never had to run into or if I have it's 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:26.279 a quick fix it's like oh I just I didn't I didn't have an update that I needed or 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:29.880 oh I had to unlock something in the OSD to unlock these higher uh refresh rates 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:35.220 but that's not that doesn't seem to be the case today so maybe I'm crazy uh if you guys think 00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:39.839 that I'm doing something completely wrong and I've missed it and it's so obvious 00:13:38.160 --> 00:13:43.500 tell me in the comments I'm so sorry uh I wouldn't buy this 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:48.480 thing though not a 900 bucks I I'm sorry AOC I just I 00:13:47.459 --> 00:13:53.940 think that you're better off with the end zone or maybe a different display entirely so that's ShortCircuit thanks 00:13:52.740 --> 00:14:01.100 for watching if you want to see another video maybe check out the End Zone video The Stand sucked but the rest of that 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:01.100 display is actually like pretty sweet