WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:07.359 compromises always compromises I'm so 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:09.320 sick and tired of compromises what if 00:00:07.359 --> 00:00:14.799 someone just made a monitor that compromised nothing I want ultrawide I 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:21.960 want an IPS panel I want a high refresh rate I want high resolution I want the 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:25.119 works I want the whole works presents 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.599 and prizes and sweets and surprises and 00:00:25.119 --> 00:00:31.880 is that really what I sounded like okay fair enough but this isn't a movie this 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:39.320 is real life I am not getting turned into a blueberry or drowned in chocolate 00:00:34.360 --> 00:00:44.800 or whatever I am getting the Acer XR 341 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:48.000 cka a monitor that isn't perfect but boy 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:51.060 we are getting really really 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:00.680 close Corsair delivers real Mech or 00:00:58.519 --> 00:01:05.320 nothing with their new strafe mechanical keyboard featuring genuine german-made 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:10.360 Cherry MX key switches click on this spot right here to learn more Acer you 00:01:08.479 --> 00:01:14.400 guys got to look at how everyone else does this you got your standard 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:19.560 corporate site product page with inoffensive color scheme then you need 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:23.640 to have a stylized subsite for your gaming products that communicates the 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:30.400 things that Gamers care about in a direct fashion I was blown away when the 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:37.759 single most interesting specific a of the XR 341 cka for me anyway wasn't on 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:42.200 the product page I mean to be clear the stuff that is on the product page is 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:47.880 pretty sick we're talking 34 in of gloriously curved ultrawide 21 by9 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:53.880 aspect ratio screen here at my ideal resolution of 3440 by 1440 so no scaling 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:59.360 required in Windows but much sharper looking than 1080p at this size a full 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:04.320 srgb color space capable LED back lit IPS panel with a 4 millisecond rated 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:09.319 response time perfect for gaming and content consumption DC backlight control 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:15.200 for zero Flicker and reduced eye fatigue and whoa adaptive sync AKA AMD free sync 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:21.000 if you go through the certification process is included over the display 00:02:17.480 --> 00:02:24.280 port input so say goodbye to the tearing 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:26.200 associated with vsync off my friends now 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:30.599 hold on a minute lonus you're saying there's something cooler about this 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:37.239 monitor from a gaming persp perspective than the fact that it's the first curved 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:39.879 34in 1440p with free sync yes I am this 00:02:37.239 --> 00:02:45.959 monitor runs at a maximum refresh rate of 75 htz and if you don't think that's 00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:52.360 a big deal you're wrong the difference between 100 HZ and 144 htz is possible 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:56.120 but difficult for me to perceive by contrast and I've talked about this 00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:02.519 recently on some of my gaming notebook videos the difference between 60 HZ and 00:02:58.760 --> 00:03:04.040 75 HZ is is night and freaking day now 00:03:02.519 --> 00:03:10.799 some of you will know that while I use an LG 34 u97 at work and I am such an 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:15.200 advocate for ultrawide that LG sent me a 3D printed action figure of myself 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:21.920 standing next to a bunch of ultrawide monitors I'm still running an R Swift 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:25.200 pg278 Q at home because for gaming the 00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:27.959 color Fidelity and immersion tradeoff 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:33.400 has not yet been worth it to me to have to deal with 60 HZ refresh screen 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:36.799 tearing and relatively slow response 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:39.360 times that all changes today gaming on 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:43.760 this sucker is simply put freaking awesome would I recommend it to 00:03:41.239 --> 00:03:47.640 professional Esports competitors no they're still going to want to be using 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:51.840 standard aspect ratios and are going to want every Edge they can get so bring on 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:56.319 the 144 HZ refresh rates and 1 millisecond response times but for folks 00:03:53.920 --> 00:04:01.040 who game simply for enjoyment this is the best experience that I've had yet 00:03:59.239 --> 00:04:05.079 much better than surround with those bezels in the way but I realized I've 00:04:03.640 --> 00:04:08.560 gotten ahead of myself a little bit here I completely forgot to do an actual 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:13.280 overview of the monitor at the back we find buttloads of inputs two full-size 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:18.479 DisplayPort 1.2s and a mini with two HDMI 2.0 ports one of which is MHL 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:22.120 compatible a headphone jack and power for the external power brick and the 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:27.560 Uplink and four down links for the built-in USB 3.0 Hub round out the io 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:31.320 also at the back we discover that vase amount support is more than an 00:04:29.080 --> 00:04:38.000 afterthought but you probably won't even need it because the monitor supports the 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:40.960 essential ergonomic adjustments tilt 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:45.800 and height adjust but there is some disappointing stuff back here too glossy 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:50.600 plastic never looks as good in person as it does on a product page and the way 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:54.320 the connectors stick straight out causes undue strain on them if you change the 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:58.919 height of your monitor not to mention that the top DisplayPort lock can't be 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:02.440 released without finding a skinny tool to help you these kinds of things should 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:08.000 have been caught at some point in the design process moving around to the 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:09.960 front the top and side bezels are thin 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:14.680 perfect but I'm really not a fan of the two-tone chin bar bezels should be like 00:05:12.400 --> 00:05:19.000 children as unobtrusive as possible unless I have a specific reason to 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:23.800 interact with them which leads us to my next negative point the onscreen display 00:05:21.479 --> 00:05:28.800 controls are among the worst I've ever encountered the buttons aren't labeled 00:05:25.960 --> 00:05:33.520 they're mushy it requires three clicks to get into menu the only saving grace 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:36.919 here I think is that there's almost no real reason to go in here for most 00:05:35.479 --> 00:05:43.120 people the default settings on the monitor normal overdrive DP 1.2 and HDMI 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:49.199 2.0 enabled uh low input lag mode and even the default color mode are all 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:52.400 pretty darn good but can you quantify 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:54.960 pretty darn good yes for the first time 00:05:52.400 --> 00:06:00.520 ever I actually can thanks to my brand new i1 basic Pro 2 spectr photometer and 00:05:57.919 --> 00:06:04.840 calman 5 Ultimate Software big thanks to those guys for providing this gear by 00:06:01.960 --> 00:06:11.199 the way I can say that while the XR 341 cka doesn't quite achieve the 100% 00:06:08.520 --> 00:06:16.400 coverage of the standard computer srgb color space that it claims it is damn 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:21.960 close at 99.4% and while our color cheer test 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:26.400 does reveal some deficiencies in orange and yellow accuracy if we throw out a 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:31.039 couple of outliers here almost everything is sitting in the Delta e of 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:36.919 four or less range with a Delta e of less than two considered to be basically 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:41.319 accurate grayscale performance looks pretty good to me as well with a bit too 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:45.240 much emphasis on Blues which is typical of all but the most high-end LED backlit 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:50.199 displays resulting in a cooler appearance and blacks getting crushed a 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:54.319 little bit but nothing too alarming on the subject of backlight there's some 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:58.240 bleed in the corners as seems to be typical of these curved monitors but 00:06:56.039 --> 00:07:02.520 again nothing that I would consider detrimental to the experience of using 00:07:00.400 --> 00:07:06.720 it though your mileage may vary as mine is an early engineering sample but I 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:11.400 guess that's sort of this monitor in a nutshell there is a lot of good here 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:16.120 with complaints that will not affect the usability dayto day and if you're 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:21.160 willing to Shell out it's admittedly very expensive asking price you may get 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:27.080 another happy surprise too using NVIDIA's display overclocking tool I was 00:07:23.479 --> 00:07:30.319 able to get 85 Hertz on this puppy 85 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:34.240 Herz ultrawide 1440p be still my 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:36.160 fluttering heart only the lack of g-sync 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:41.639 prevents this from winning my coveted editor's Choice Award since NVIDIA 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:43.560 currently has a stronger offering at the 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:48.680 high end of their product stack where buyers of this monitor are more likely 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:53.240 to be shopping but we should see that remedy shortly if what I heard from a 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:56.440 little bird is anything to go on speaking of 00:07:54.479 --> 00:08:01.360 birds uh Crunchyroll uh is a site created by 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:04.440 anime fans four anime fans they offer the most current episodes of new shows 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:07.479 straight from Japan like Koko's basketball 3 and JoJo's Bizarre 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:10.759 Adventure I'm really going to have to change that script at some point because 00:08:09.479 --> 00:08:14.039 at some point those aren't going to be like the newest shows and they have a 00:08:12.599 --> 00:08:17.720 large collection of the most popular anime series like Naruto and one piece 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:23.400 all of the content on their site is professionally subtitled and if you head over to crunchyroll.com Linus Linked In 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:28.639 the video description you can get 30 days of Crunchyroll premium for free 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:32.800 that means new shows within hours of airing straight from Japan with 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:35.880 professional 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