1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,020 This monitor is less than half the area of my current desktop display, and yet by the end of this video 2 00:00:07,020 --> 00:00:09,780 I might be ready to downgrade. 3 00:00:10,660 --> 00:00:20,160 Obviously not everything about the 2725DF from Alienware is a downgrade. Some things are pretty big upgrades starting of course with 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:28,340 the panel. I mean none of this sounds that new or exciting. QD OLED from Samsung display, seen it. QHD 5 00:00:28,940 --> 00:00:35,460 Sounds like 4k for poor people. 360 Hertz? Baby, call me when you got 500. 6 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,020 Except in the real world, that's just not how it works. 7 00:00:40,380 --> 00:00:45,700 Products can be more than the sum of their parts, and this one is a lot more. 8 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:54,820 And if I hadn't been putting on my best toxic elitist persona before, there were some hints on the packaging. 9 00:00:54,820 --> 00:01:01,620 For example, this 0.03 millisecond response time. Check out this pursuit camera test. 10 00:01:01,780 --> 00:01:07,140 It looks like a still image. This thing offers some of, if not the, 11 00:01:07,460 --> 00:01:13,660 best motion clarity we have ever seen on a display that doesn't use a cathode ray tube. 12 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:18,380 To be clear, any OLED is going to be fast, much faster than any LCD, 13 00:01:18,380 --> 00:01:23,020 but this takes things to a whole other level. The next big hint is that 14 00:01:23,540 --> 00:01:29,620 99.3% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. That in and of itself doesn't make a monitor good. 15 00:01:29,620 --> 00:01:35,860 You could have a wide gamut display that, whether due to poor factory calibration or just 16 00:01:36,140 --> 00:01:43,940 bad product design philosophy with gross, you know, vivid, best-buy display model syndrome, just isn't accurate. 17 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:51,500 But this one is, friends, I am talking in SDR, a maximum Delta E out of the box of 18 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:58,940 0.9, when 2 is considered fine for professional work, and in HDR, some of the best 19 00:01:59,140 --> 00:02:02,220 color accuracy we have ever seen on a display ever. 20 00:02:03,380 --> 00:02:07,300 Remember when gaming monitors had compromises? Yeah, me neither anymore. 21 00:02:08,260 --> 00:02:12,940 A lot of this performance just comes down to Dell's decision to use a third-generation 22 00:02:13,780 --> 00:02:21,940 2024 model QD OLED panel from Samsung. We've got a full video on that over on the LTT channel where you can learn more of the ins and outs of it. 23 00:02:21,940 --> 00:02:26,780 It's sponsored by Samsung Display, but all of the numbers in it were measured by our team 24 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:30,100 here in our own lab on these Alienware monitors, 25 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:36,420 which I am very excited to be able to tell you guys about because they were still under embargo when we did that video. 26 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:42,380 And the thing is, there's more to making a good monitor than just the panel that you integrate. 27 00:02:42,380 --> 00:02:52,580 There's the design and accessory package. This one has integrated cable management, includes DisplayPort, HDMI, DisplayPort to USB-C, and a USB-A to B uplink cable for the integrated hub, 28 00:02:52,620 --> 00:02:59,500 which has, I believe it's three type A ports, one on the bottom, two on the back, and one type C. 29 00:02:59,740 --> 00:03:08,420 It even comes with a little built-in cleaning cloth, which allows us to most easily see the biggest disadvantage of QD OLED. 30 00:03:08,540 --> 00:03:11,660 You see that kind of purple cast on the screen. 31 00:03:11,660 --> 00:03:19,740 Unlike a W OLED, which is LG's competing technology, QD OLED doesn't quite get black black, 32 00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:23,900 especially in a brightly lit environment like the studio we're in right now. 33 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:31,220 It's not going to affect you in your mom's dimly lit basement or whatever because like other OLED displays, when these pixels are black, 34 00:03:31,620 --> 00:03:39,460 they're off. No light. So in Vesa, True Black, 400 mode or whatever it is, this thing will do 500 nits of brightness. 35 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:43,020 That next to a little bit of purple, you're not going to see it. 36 00:03:43,020 --> 00:03:50,660 And you're especially not going to see it in the 1000 nit peak brightness mode that it'll do, I believe, up to a 2% window. 37 00:03:50,740 --> 00:03:54,700 But it is something to be aware of because, actually, this is perfect. 38 00:03:54,700 --> 00:04:00,020 I've got my laptop here for comparison. It just isn't quite as black. 39 00:04:00,380 --> 00:04:07,900 There are also some other compromises compared to this monitor's bigger 4K or brother, and that's aside from just the size and resolution. 40 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:12,660 It doesn't have any G-Sync validation of any sort, just FreeSync Premium Pro, though 41 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:19,700 I'm not really convinced that matters. We enabled G-Sync with it before and it seemed to work fine, just fine. 42 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:26,060 The bigger one is that because it doesn't have the same increased pixel density compared to the last one, 43 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:33,180 you're going to see more of the text fringing that people had talked about, particularly with the previous generation of this panel technology. 44 00:04:33,180 --> 00:04:37,460 It's improved, but not nearly as much as the 4K model. 45 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:43,860 Of course, I wouldn't be saying that I'm considering upgrading to this one if I thought that any of these were deal breakers. 46 00:04:43,860 --> 00:04:48,020 And compared to the 240 Hz of that bigger display, 47 00:04:49,020 --> 00:04:52,020 Oh, the 360 is just so smooth. 48 00:04:53,300 --> 00:05:02,020 It shouldn't matter that much. But man, guys, shooting that last video, like I was just putting together killstreaks, like I couldn't miss. 49 00:05:02,020 --> 00:05:05,700 And I guess this is my chance to prove it. 50 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:09,420 Actually, before we play games, I should probably poke around in the settings a little bit. 51 00:05:09,420 --> 00:05:13,420 First up, is it running at 360 Hz? Yes. 52 00:05:14,420 --> 00:05:19,020 It's just crazy seeing that number like that. Also, we can poke around in the menu a little bit. 53 00:05:19,020 --> 00:05:22,020 We're in HDR peak 1000 mode. This is cool. 54 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:26,020 You've got a little panel health indicator here. They offer a three year no burn-in warranty. 55 00:05:26,020 --> 00:05:30,020 It's kind of neat. Are you kidding me? 56 00:05:30,020 --> 00:05:34,020 Are you f***ing kidding me, Microsoft? 57 00:05:34,020 --> 00:05:38,020 Sign in with a different Microsoft account. What does that mean? 58 00:05:38,020 --> 00:05:42,020 It means a different one. I don't know Pluth's password. 59 00:05:44,020 --> 00:05:49,220 This has been a bug. For at least two years. 60 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:54,220 Get it together. Go to control panel at the bottom and sign out. 61 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:58,220 Press F1. What control panel? I have no control panel. 62 00:05:58,220 --> 00:06:02,220 Other ways to sign in? Nope. 63 00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:05,220 Unbelievable. This is the workaround. 64 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:09,220 To remove these credential manager credentials. 65 00:06:09,220 --> 00:06:13,220 I don't know how to describe this other than unbelievable. 66 00:06:13,220 --> 00:06:17,420 We even got Pluth's password. Want to show them the thing? 67 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:20,420 Call in. Enter the password. Let's show them the stupid loop. 68 00:06:20,420 --> 00:06:23,420 I hope someone from Microsoft is watching and fixes this immediately. 69 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:29,420 Here's another. I can't play this game. Sign in is blocked. 70 00:06:29,420 --> 00:06:33,420 I just tried to sign in as my own account. Someone entered the wrong password too many times. 71 00:06:33,420 --> 00:06:36,420 What are you talking about? That's not a thing that happened. 72 00:06:36,420 --> 00:06:39,420 Guarantee you I can sign into that on my laptop right now. 73 00:06:41,420 --> 00:06:44,420 What? Well, when did that happen? 74 00:06:44,620 --> 00:06:49,620 Finally. Confirmed with Pluth. For some reason his locked after one attempt as well. 75 00:06:49,620 --> 00:06:53,620 Something about doing anything with your account on this machine 76 00:06:53,620 --> 00:06:57,620 just immediately locks your Microsoft account 77 00:06:57,620 --> 00:07:01,620 and makes it so you have to reset your password. Genius. 78 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:05,620 Anyway, we're in. Hack the mainframe. 79 00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:09,620 Not in a gaming mindset anymore. Now I have an excuse for not being good. 80 00:07:09,620 --> 00:07:12,620 I have no sound but hopefully I'm going to be able to make this work. 81 00:07:12,820 --> 00:07:16,820 Do. I don't know what it is. 82 00:07:16,820 --> 00:07:21,820 It's not about hurts. It's about the smoothness and the motion clarity. 83 00:07:21,820 --> 00:07:24,820 It's impossible not to click the guy. 84 00:07:24,820 --> 00:07:29,820 It's crazy guys. I don't think I have to convince anyone that I'm not this good at video games. 85 00:07:29,820 --> 00:07:32,820 It's crazy. 86 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:36,820 Where'd it come from? I don't know this map. 87 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:40,820 I also have no sound. I'm using that as a legitimate excuse 88 00:07:40,820 --> 00:07:44,820 when I don't know where my opponent is coming from. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 89 00:07:46,820 --> 00:07:49,820 Got him. Come on. Where's my headset? 90 00:07:50,820 --> 00:07:53,820 Seriously though, you guys have seen me play games before. 91 00:07:53,820 --> 00:07:57,820 I am not this good. Oh, I fell. See? 92 00:07:57,820 --> 00:08:02,820 See? Someone who falls off the map should not be getting headshots like that. 93 00:08:04,820 --> 00:08:07,820 If I wasn't seeing this, I wouldn't believe it. 94 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:10,820 Or rather, if I wasn't living it, I wouldn't believe it. 95 00:08:10,820 --> 00:08:13,820 I have the most kills on the server with no sound. 96 00:08:14,820 --> 00:08:17,820 Got him. Already popped his shields. 97 00:08:17,820 --> 00:08:19,820 Now he's dead. 98 00:08:20,820 --> 00:08:24,820 How dare you. How... 99 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:28,820 Oh, wow, they're all... See, that's these guys' problem. 100 00:08:28,820 --> 00:08:32,820 They are always playing the objective. Dead. 101 00:08:32,820 --> 00:08:36,820 Uh... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. 102 00:08:37,820 --> 00:08:40,820 Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. 103 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:44,820 Man, just... I swear, guys, I cannot click heads like that. 104 00:08:44,820 --> 00:08:48,820 And yet, there it is. I don't think I have, 105 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:52,820 in my memory, encountered a piece of equipment 106 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:55,820 that has affected my ability to game like this before. 107 00:08:55,820 --> 00:08:58,820 Like, it's just so easy to track things. 108 00:08:58,820 --> 00:09:02,820 It's not going to compensate for not knowing your way around maps and stuff, you know? 109 00:09:02,820 --> 00:09:05,820 But just, it does compensate for... 110 00:09:07,820 --> 00:09:11,820 Just being able to see and track objects on the screen better. 111 00:09:11,820 --> 00:09:15,820 It's crazy. Yeah, we tried. 112 00:09:15,820 --> 00:09:19,820 The big thing I'd be interested to see is if my hit percentage is significantly higher than usual, 113 00:09:19,820 --> 00:09:23,820 but I think that's only during certain game modes. 114 00:09:23,820 --> 00:09:26,820 The truth is, I don't actually play this game that much. 115 00:09:26,820 --> 00:09:29,820 Actually, here, we can see how much I play. 116 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:32,820 Oh, yeah, there. 91 hours? No, that's not right. 117 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:38,820 I probably left it running at some point. What I'd be most interested to see is if there's a difference in my hit percentage. 118 00:09:38,820 --> 00:09:41,820 I suspect there is, but I think that's only during deathmatch mode, 119 00:09:41,820 --> 00:09:45,820 so I don't know what to tell you other than to subscribe to ShortCircuit.