WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:05.680 today we've got a bit of a special treat uh Corsair sponsored this video and they 00:00:03.719 --> 00:00:10.799 hand delivered us their new Corsair Xenon Flex can you guess what it's cool 00:00:08.559 --> 00:00:18.600 one party trick is oh my 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:21.560 God it's an OLED panel and it can bend 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:25.119 up to like 800 R curvature this thing is insane I don't know about you guys but 00:00:23.279 --> 00:00:29.320 I've been watching OLED for a long long time and one of the original things that 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:34.280 was a big selling point for me was the fact that it's bendable and you can Flex 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:37.520 the panel and stuff we're finally there we've had bendable phones and foldable 00:00:35.879 --> 00:00:41.680 phones for quite a while like several years actually but no one's really done 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:46.399 it in a monitor yet where you can do it yourself like yeah we've got curved 00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:48.520 screens those are cool but this this is 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:53.199 something else oh my God it just clicks in place 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:56.760 once it's there you can also stop this thing anywhere you want along that 00:00:54.760 --> 00:01:00.480 curvature so say you're doing office work and you're not gaming you want to 00:00:58.160 --> 00:01:05.439 put back to Flat 21 by9 uh but then all of a sudden you're done 00:01:02.199 --> 00:01:06.680 little early it's time to game oh my God 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:15.799 and then it just F just bends out that's so wild uh it's 00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:18.400 1440p 21 by9 covers 99% of the DCI ip3 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:25.159 color space and hits 1,000 nits which it's crazy this thing does 240 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:29.159 Herz absolutely wild this is a prototype 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:30.360 unit so nothing is final final the stand 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:35.439 is going to be a little different these are going to be shorter and a little wider these handles by the way they are 00:01:33.880 --> 00:01:39.119 going to be able to go back into the screen uh but right now we've just got a 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:43.079 prototype unit so they kind of have to stay out once they're out but we've got 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:48.680 pretty good front IO we've got two USB 3.2 ports we've got a headphone jack we 00:01:45.960 --> 00:01:53.439 have an input button power button and then this is probably for navigation our 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:56.680 OSD is locked today because it's a prototype unit they don't want us 00:01:54.719 --> 00:02:00.399 messing around with anything too much uh so we can basically just change input 00:01:58.119 --> 00:02:07.320 and power it on as for the back it does 240 HZ so we've got HDMI 2.1 2.1 uh 00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:12.360 DisplayPort 1.4 but you know DP 2.0 isn't here yet USBC one of these there's 00:02:10.239 --> 00:02:15.239 two USBC one of them can actually do DisplayPort out so if you want to hook 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:19.920 up a laptop really quick or something you can totally do that two more usba 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:23.680 slots and then a power bar one of these USBC is also Upstream so if you want to 00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:27.319 connect it to your PC no problem at all that's why there's no usbb Port which is 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:32.280 kind of crazy I've actually been waiting for usbb to die and uh maybe this is the 00:02:30.239 --> 00:02:36.400 monitor that finally kills it it is a prototype and this is going to be mostly 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:42.440 the same probably they said the big improvements are going to be on the handles uh on the firmware and then on 00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:46.959 the stand itself uh this will be shorter and wider I think it's fine personally I 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:51.720 know if horest was here he'd complain he's like why is there a Contraption on the back of my monitor but let's be real 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:55.959 you're going to set this thing up and then you're just going to leave it there you're not going to poke your head 00:02:54.440 --> 00:03:01.720 around the back unless you've got like your office right in the middle of the room um I think it's totally fine uh if 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:09.080 anything it actually makes me feel a bit more safe because there's like a big support system for the bend I still feel 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.159 a little uncomfortable when flexing it myself but that's kind of just because 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:16.640 it's brand new I've never really done this before um as for everything else 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.159 it's good you know it's all just blacked out there's a small Corsair logo on the 00:03:18.640 --> 00:03:26.480 back of the stand and there's a small Corsair logo on the front of the stand 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:30.159 um the one caveat to this is there is 00:03:26.480 --> 00:03:32.840 basically no adjustment at all when it 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:39.120 comes to like pivot rotation height adjustment um even mounting it you 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:42.959 actually need because all the important brains of this thing are in this back uh 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:46.840 stand right here and there's only a little bit on the panel box right here 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:53.439 so there's a cable that connects the two and what Corsair has said is that you 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:55.599 cannot get a vesa mount for this guy um 00:03:53.439 --> 00:04:00.319 you have to either just leave it desk mounted or they are selling a little 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:03.599 clamp that'll clamp onto desk and attached to this guy I don't know how 00:04:01.959 --> 00:04:07.519 that's going to work they haven't shown us or brought it here but at least 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:10.720 you've got an option as you can see it actually looks pretty good but what I 00:04:08.959 --> 00:04:15.560 want to know is how does it look turned on uh they actually sent us two if you 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:18.359 haven't noticed that already uh they were worried that you know since it's a 00:04:16.799 --> 00:04:21.959 prototype one of them might be a little finicky or it might fail so we've got 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:25.840 two here today and luckily they're both fine this one over here is set up on a 00:04:23.960 --> 00:04:29.160 Corsair 1 that they brought with them and we're going to check out the HDR 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:35.560 we're going to game on it we're going to just like watch some other content check out the 03 millisecond grade to grade 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:40.240 response time thanks to that delicious OLED panel oh man I can't wait let's 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:45.240 check it out the one kind of feature that the stand does have is uh tilt so 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:49.440 you can tilt it to your liking which is great they found that the size of the screen was just the right amount for 00:04:47.880 --> 00:04:52.479 most people to be kind of in that sweet spot so they're not worried about height 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:56.919 adjustment or anything they've had tall people they've had short people they've had average people come in and daily 00:04:55.720 --> 00:05:02.039 drive this thing or at least check it out in the office apparently it's fine 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:08.680 feels pretty comfortable to me like I've got a 21 by9 1440p Ultra wide at home 00:05:06.039 --> 00:05:14.039 it's a little smaller mine's 34 in I think and this is 45 um but still this 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:18.440 is kind of really good actually it's very comfortable very pleasing to the 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:22.000 eyes we watched their own HDR content that they brought with them it looks 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:26.960 pretty good but what I want to do is do the classics that we always check wow I 00:05:24.440 --> 00:05:32.360 can't type on this keyboard at all um just to see how good it really is 00:05:29.880 --> 00:05:35.319 promising a th000 nits Peak brightness not Vasa certified but apparently 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:40.000 they're working with someone else to set up their own kind of certification process I mean one thing I'm already 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:44.560 noticing just because it's OLED is like the nice black just pure black on either 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:48.479 side here uh cuz the pixels are just turned straight off so that means that 00:05:46.440 --> 00:05:51.840 everything is going to be a dimming Zone every pixel is a dimming Zone uh so 00:05:50.400 --> 00:05:56.520 you're really not going to beat something like an OLED in terms of HDR 00:05:53.960 --> 00:06:00.000 content maybe like even mini LED on a big TV is like 1100 zones or something 00:05:58.880 --> 00:06:05.319 like yeah that looks pretty pretty good don't get me wrong but OLED is like 4 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:10.520 million zones or something if it's Ultra wide 1440p then that's like eight no 00:06:09.039 --> 00:06:15.240 it's not 8 million it's like 6 million pixels 6 million diming zones oh my God 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:18.840 obviously we're not measuring or testing anything today so I can't verify any 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:24.199 sort of claims about like thousand nits or anything like that but it's getting pretty bright wow it's already doing 240 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:27.680 HZ yeah I get this David look at this look at 00:06:25.880 --> 00:06:35.120 this 240 htz like I know it's 1440p it's not 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:38.639 4K 240 but that is insanely fast for an 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:42.000 OLED display 240 HZ with the like 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:44.800 microsc gray to gray um pixel response 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:50.599 time that's wild I love it even my alien wear monitor at home the aw 3423 DW QD 00:06:47.919 --> 00:06:55.639 OED display that thing only does 175 Hertz and once you go to 175 you don't 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:59.800 get 10 bit color anymore I want to see this now I asked them while they were 00:06:57.479 --> 00:07:04.520 here I specifically asked them if this would do 10 bit color at higher refresh 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:08.639 rates they said no but I want to see where we can get away with it so a 00:07:06.479 --> 00:07:13.479 couple things one Windows is saying it's peak of 565 Windows is often wrong about 00:07:12.039 --> 00:07:17.039 this so don't trust that especially when it's like brand new firmware that like 00:07:15.039 --> 00:07:23.039 no one has access to uh but it's saying it's doing 10 bit and it's saying it's 00:07:19.520 --> 00:07:24.560 240 HZ so whatever maybe they're going 00:07:23.039 --> 00:07:31.160 to do it cuz that's kind of my one problem with my Alienware monitor I've got to go down to 144 for truth and bit 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:34.400 uh maybe this is my my next display I don't know but I've been waiting for 00:07:32.440 --> 00:07:37.000 something like this for so long we asked them about price and they wouldn't give 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:42.720 us a direct answer because this isn't coming out until like Q4 maybe q1 next 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.639 year but we did Hazard guesses um I 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:50.840 guess like $2,500 Jeff said 2800 and they both all they said was 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:54.400 that it's lower than that they said it's competitive if they can get this thing 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:58.800 close to like 2 Grand considering the screen size and the other capability is 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:05.919 of it um I don't know this might be basically the best gaming monitor on the 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:07.800 market because yep he's just crisp one 00:08:05.919 --> 00:08:12.360 minor complaint is that it's not gsync ultimate but it is gsync compatible and 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:16.919 it's got AMD free sync premium so the variable refresh rate on this is going 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:19.800 to be pretty good and the reality is I 00:08:16.919 --> 00:08:24.280 can't see any issues when following this UFO across one of the benefits to buying 00:08:22.440 --> 00:08:29.639 a Corsair product is that if you're already in their like product Suite of 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:33.959 IQ uh boom this thing will do it I don't think there's any RGB on the back good 00:08:32.640 --> 00:08:39.719 no definitely not hey I don't mind the back RGB but you can control stuff from 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:41.360 a single Hub probably the OSD stuff as 00:08:39.719 --> 00:08:46.800 well we don't have access to that like I said earlier but uh it's a pretty cool 00:08:44.680 --> 00:08:50.959 feature if you actually already use IQ it's just icing on the cake okay now I 00:08:48.959 --> 00:08:57.120 got to game can I game yet oh looks good already I got to be the cool looking 00:08:52.440 --> 00:09:00.360 teide guy give me oh you got some skins 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:02.880 right and look at this look at this 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:08.200 oh this is game oh okay I died right away that's okay sorry thanks Bert but 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:12.000 like it's pretty clear could be yeah it could be a little clear now that being 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:15.640 said though there is uh a ton of firmware updates and stuff for them to 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:20.320 make to this panel this is a super early prototype um so I only expect it to get 00:09:18.079 --> 00:09:26.959 better and the reality is man it still looks pretty good my current monitor is 00:09:21.920 --> 00:09:28.880 the aw 3423 DW the CU OLED guy and uh I 00:09:26.959 --> 00:09:34.720 got to say this is the first time I might actually be tempted to swap it's 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:36.560 got more of a glossy look to it not so 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:39.760 much anti-glare but the reality is I kind of like that anyway cuz the colors 00:09:38.040 --> 00:09:44.959 really pop it's an anti-reflective coating with low blue light and honestly 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:48.800 it looks pretty good it doesn't look like colors are desaturated or anything 00:09:46.880 --> 00:09:54.440 like that it looks just crisp okay we got to look counter- 00:09:51.040 --> 00:09:55.800 strike's great you know it's great but 00:09:54.440 --> 00:10:01.760 uh we got to do something a little more cinematic to show off this like amazing 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:05.360 Ultra wide HDR experience here the one 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:06.160 kind of big drawback to this is that 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:12.120 it's 1440p so you've got a 45 in Ultra wide 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:18.800 display running 1440p and I've already said that like 32 in 16x9 is kind of 00:10:15.920 --> 00:10:25.079 like the max you should run 1440p um this is something around 84 PPI at this 00:10:20.959 --> 00:10:26.680 point and for gaming it's okay I do 00:10:25.079 --> 00:10:31.720 think that when you get a little closer you can kind of start to get a bit of a screen door effect um but gaming and 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:36.800 watching regular content I think it's perfectly fine the problem you're going to run into is if you're some kind of 00:10:34.880 --> 00:10:39.560 designer which is really unfortunate cuz this thing would be great for like oh I 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:44.720 want a game and you pull it out and then oh I want to design stuff and you put it back or maybe you even like designing un 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:51.000 curved I don't know um but that is easily the biggest downfall is that this 00:10:47.920 --> 00:10:53.040 is unfortunately not 4K however 4K 240 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:57.120 HZ ultrawide I don't even think that's a thing yet so Corsair has really kind of 00:10:55.120 --> 00:11:00.240 outdone themselves with this guy here's another super cool feature that they 00:10:58.680 --> 00:11:05.360 mentioned you don't want just one of these no no no you want two of them 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:15.440 because yeah I feel like I should bend more okay whatever um you want two of 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:18.000 them because what you can do is you can 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:21.000 take one side and only curve that one side and then you can put another 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:26.160 monitor up next to it and curve the other side and make like a full like 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:29.040 180° cockpit view which is just super cool so you can have like a flat wind 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:34.079 screen and then curved Windows that kind of Wing out the sides I can't wait the 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:39.040 HDR on this thing is fantastic and the reality is too with 99% of the DCI ip3 00:11:36.839 --> 00:11:43.320 color space this doesn't come pre-calibrated out of the factory but 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:47.040 you it does have access to that whole gamut so if you have a Colorimeter or 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:51.560 something at home you can absolutely color uh correct this thing yourself to 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:56.279 make it dead on there are always concerns with OLED about burning and 00:11:54.440 --> 00:12:00.519 there's also a lot of concerns with monitors in general about dead pixels 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:05.240 the really cool thing is Corsair is offering very similar to Dell's warranty 00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:09.040 with the threeyear um anti- burn and stuff it's got a three-year warranty 00:12:06.800 --> 00:12:13.120 that covers both buron and dead pixels pretty much the two bins of OLED 00:12:10.839 --> 00:12:17.639 monitors so you don't have to worry it is sponsored but I honestly think this 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:22.600 thing is pretty nice I'm waiting to see what they can do with the firmware to 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:24.880 really make the panel shine um but 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:28.360 honestly once this thing comes out in a few quarters or whatever there's a good 00:12:26.760 --> 00:12:33.000 chance I'm going to get it I just upgraded my display and I already need a 00:12:31.160 --> 00:12:37.079 new upgrade thanks for watching ShortCircuit this is the Corsair Zenon Flex 00:12:35.720 --> 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