1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,640 You know what's better than ultra-wide? Super ultra-wide! Well, that's kind of arguable, 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:12,960 but we've got the PG-49 WCD from ASUS right here, and all I've got to say is it's cutie OLED Gen2, 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:23,600 it's 5120 by 1440p, which at 49 inches gives you a respectable 108-109 ppi. So you're above 100, 4 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:29,360 which is kind of what most gamers at least are looking for. If you're interested in any sort 5 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,800 of graphic design, you're probably looking for something a lot higher than that, but this is 6 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:38,240 totally okay for everyday use. What have we got here in the box? We've got the really nice bag of 7 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:43,520 cables that the ROG Swift monitors tend to come with, or at least the few that I've opened up have 8 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:49,920 these. I gotta say, I don't usually like getting extra bags of stuff because it just adds and it's 9 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,280 just more stuff I'm going to throw away, but I really like these cases that keep all the cables 10 00:00:53,360 --> 00:01:01,840 kind of in line here. We've got a DisplayPort, USB-C, USB 3.0, I should also note that it is a 11 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:08,240 B to A cable, HDMI cable, it's ultra-certified and ultra-high speed, which basically means it's an 12 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,840 HDMI 2.1 cable, and then we have our C13 power connector. Oh, this is really nice, we get an 13 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:21,440 ASUS VIP member notice. Guess that makes me a VIP, very important ploof. Nice. And then we've got a 14 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:27,040 little booklet here. It's an 1800R curvature radius, that's why this box is so thick. That's not 15 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:32,160 very much curved, but you know, especially when it's on a 49-inch display, the curve shows up a 16 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,560 bit more. There's a color calibration testing report. They're claiming it's quite accurate out 17 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:44,000 of the box. Now, we've got one part of the stand, two parts of the stand. It's huge. Classic, throw 18 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:50,640 the column in and then screw it down. Man, this thing's at least like three or four pounds or 19 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:58,080 something. Just for the stand. Oh, what else? Oh, this is an adapter for if you want to vase 20 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:04,080 amount it to a ARM. And then we're going to do the old click-clack, pull it out. Oh, man, this 21 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:10,080 thing is nice. There we go. Here's a good snap. Always make sure you hear that snaps, that the 22 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,960 mechanism is in place and holding it nice and tight. And then I'm actually going to two-hand 23 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:21,760 this one because it's so hefty. Oh, look at the wingspan on this guy, right? Geez. 24 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,240 Okay, we'll take the protective foam off. I always love to see this little bit of extra 25 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,920 protective foam. I know it's scratched. No, no, David, don't tell me that. Don't tell, is it 26 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:36,320 actually? Oh my God, don't tease me. You're just going to give me a heart attack one of these days. 27 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,960 So on a display this large, you don't always get a ton of wiggle room in terms of stand 28 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,960 capabilities, but this one shouldn't be too bad. We got some tilt. It's actually a lot of tilt, 29 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,600 to be honest, for a display this size. We can go up and down, which is pretty standard. You can't 30 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,600 go all that high though. That's actually really not much. I would have liked a bit more height, 31 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,400 but then this thing would be even bigger. So it's got that nice column rotation, not a ton, 32 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,760 but you know, you're going to set this thing up and then just leave it there. I'm hoping this 33 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:10,880 isn't the kind of thing that you're going to put in an office and then like move it all around. Be like, hey boss, check out the thing I'm working on. No, you're going to set this up on your desk 34 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:17,760 and you are going to game or watch movies or maybe production. I don't know. It'll do 144 hertz, 35 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:26,560 which is slightly less than the 165 or 175 on the Alienware QT OLED panels. Let's be real. 36 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:33,680 As long as you're over 120, 144, you're fine. Because it's OLED, it's boasting a 0.03 millisecond 37 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,880 response time because it's QT OLED. OLED pixels are basically instant. And then on top of that, 38 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:44,160 what's really great, we'll get into the IO in a bit here, but it's got a built-in KVM switch 39 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:50,400 that can do 90 Watts of power delivery over USB-C. Even if you're not charging a laptop or plugging 40 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,120 in a laptop to this thing, that's really nice to just have 90 Watts of power delivery. So if you 41 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,880 want to charge your phone at your desk, just pop a cable into this thing and boop, it'll 42 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,920 draw a bit more power and give it to your phone. Or, you know, maybe you got a handheld that you 43 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,520 want to charge while you're playing games. You don't want to use an extra port somewhere. Now 44 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:10,160 you can just do it from your monitor, which is super cool. As for the IO, we've got our HDMI 45 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:17,040 2.1 port, DisplayPort 1.4. Here is the USB-C connection for our KVM. It'll also do display 46 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:22,960 port and 90 Watts power delivery right there. We've got USB-B for connecting to our computer. 47 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:27,760 We've got USB-A. It's got four total USB-A ports, so we'll talk about it in a bit. And then we've 48 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:33,280 got our SBDIF out. Kensington lock. If you really want to lock this thing down, I guess. I mean, 49 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:38,160 it's a nice monitor, two buttons, and then a navigation nipple, and then a headphone jack. 50 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,720 And then on top of that, we've got that USB-A port on top. You might be a little confused by all of 51 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:47,920 these USB ports, but don't forget it's a KVM switch, so this lets you hook up a number of things to 52 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,960 this device and let it all just work together at the press of a button. And you know what? Let's 53 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,280 press the power button and turn it on and take a look at it. Okay, so first of all, to get this on 54 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:02,000 the desk, we had to move things out of the way because it's enormous. The second thing is that 55 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,240 as soon as I sat down and started looking more at the stand, I noticed that it's got this kind of 56 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:15,920 weird off-axis, non-parallel design, and I really don't like it. It drives me crazy. This is not 57 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,720 the sort of thing that you will, you know, you should pay attention to. It's a pretty minor detail, 58 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,800 but I honestly tried to like, I thought the stand was twisted and I tried to just like lock it in 59 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:29,120 place, but no, that's just how it is. I don't like it at all. It's going to drive me nuts. As for 60 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:34,080 adjustment, oh yeah, let's lower it down. Let's get this like eye level, get the tilt a little bit. 61 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:41,120 It'll do 1000 nits on the adjustable brightness HDR setting, but it is only rated for Vesa at True 62 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:46,320 Black 400, which is a little disappointing because HDR True Black 600 is a thing now, 63 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:53,920 and this can reach 1000 nits peak brightness, just not in that HDR 400 mode. I don't know how much 64 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,880 actually like the menu buttons on the back rather than down here. It's just a minor 65 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,600 annoyance and it's something you kind of have to reach for, whereas down here it's just a little 66 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:10,720 easier. I can't actually see the corners, so I have to like shift my vision and almost shift 67 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:17,120 my whole neck actually and look down to see that this is the start menu and to see that this is 68 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,720 the other side with the clock and everything. I don't want to have to swivel my head to look 69 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,360 at more of my monitor. I don't mind doing that for a whole second screen because I'm fully shifting 70 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:33,360 my attention to that second screen, but I'm just, I really think I'm not made for super ultra-wides. 71 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,320 You know, a few of us really don't want this narrow strip of display because having about this and 72 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:43,600 then just that little bit of extra verticality would really just kind of help suck me in. It's 73 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:49,280 got some RGB. Is there RGB on the back? Oh yes, we got the big ASUS logo on the back doing all the 74 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:55,680 RGB things. The cool thing though is that you basically have two displays at your disposal 75 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:01,040 without any kind of middle bezel. There are a lot of great use cases 432x9. You do a lot of 76 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:07,120 spreadsheets. Maybe you want one single display solution, but you need enough space where you 77 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,640 have like a full screen for discord or your twitch stream or whatever and then you've got your game 78 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,800 over here. It's one of those things kind of like 8k resolution where I don't know how much you really 79 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:20,480 need it, but some people out there want it and so the more the merrier, man this looks good. 80 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,080 Every single thing that was a problem with gen one, like the text fringing, the weird kind of gray 81 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:32,240 or maroon background when it's fully off, both of those things were fixed and then they cranked 82 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,520 the brightness again. Now this is only going to do a thousand nits, which gen one was also able to do. 83 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:42,080 The cool thing that ASUS has done is they've got a graphene thermal dissipation layer instead of 84 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,720 like an aluminum heat sink. They're saying that it should help a little bit with burning. I haven't 85 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:52,800 experienced any on my own cutiola gen one panel at all and I you know I treat it pretty well, 86 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,880 but I've definitely done some dumb things like leaving it on on a static background 87 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,880 for like two days straight as I head out for the weekend or whatever and again nothing. 88 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:09,120 The picture is unbeatable. I have not seen LG's new micro lens array in their OLED technology 89 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,920 and maybe that looks really good. I don't know yet, but man cutiola gen two looks phenomenal. 90 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:19,040 Like that guys, oh the jacket, the white on the cherry blossoms and like her mask, it just looks 91 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,600 lifelike. There is something phenomenal about the technology that I just can't stop just being 92 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:28,240 amazed by, especially if you look at the black on both sides, it's just black. We've also got a 93 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:34,480 really high contrast ratio. I think they're listing 1.5 million to one on their own website. 94 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:40,880 We measured some absurdly high number. Math doesn't like dividing by zero. In HDR 400, 95 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:46,080 we capped out around 490 nits peak brightness. Turn on the adjustable brightness and then it'll go 96 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:51,520 all the way up to 1000. We did test for color accuracy and I can tell you that in HDR true black, 97 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:58,720 we're getting a very impressive average delta E of 5.3 with luminance errors in HDR content. 98 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:04,800 We're hitting a max error of I think 13.5 or so. That's pretty dang good. God, 99 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,120 I want a gen two panel now. Here are some of the problems that you might encounter while playing 100 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:22,960 32 by 9 content. My friends, my friends tab. Oh no, but I can't see the top because it's confused. 101 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:30,480 Oh my God. I can't. I don't know what to do. Even if in-cape, it's got a perfect 102 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:36,480 ultra wide support system. You're not going to have most menus in ultra wide and it's such a minor 103 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:42,160 complaint for me. I was playing the last of us one remake on PC in ultra wide and it brought in 104 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:48,400 when you go to upgrade your gun, for example, it cuts into this black barred mess where Joel is now, 105 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,520 you know, I'm grading the gun and I think that you could adjust it and all of a sudden it works, 106 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,760 but now you can see the animations breaking where he doesn't like his ARM doesn't fully go away or 107 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:04,880 whatever. So many people are still gaming at 1920 by 1080. When you go out and buy an ultra wide or 108 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:11,360 a super ultra wide, you're kind of setting yourself up for some annoying situations. Oh, 109 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:19,520 yo, like this looks great. This looks really good. DOOM actually keeps the UI elements like right 110 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:24,560 here where a normal 16 by 9 screen would be. Some games though, the UI will go to the edge of the 111 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:29,760 screen. So you've got to like tilt your head all the way. Having an ultra wide or super ultra wide 112 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:36,400 aspect ratio is something that is nice most of the time, but every now and then you're just going 113 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:42,560 to run into these like really weird quirks that just kind of bother you. This is the ROG Swift PG 114 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:47,920 49 WCD, beautiful monitor. If you want to check out other short circuits, check out the Yiyi 115 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:52,400 and monitor we looked at. It was a lot cheaper. It wasn't awful, but it had some weird things 116 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,400 that about it that I did not like mostly about the stand.