WEBVTT 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 00:00:07.020 --> 00:00:09.780 I might be ready to downgrade. 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 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 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:35.460 Sounds like 4k for poor people. 360 Hertz? Baby, call me when you got 500. 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:40.020 Except in the real world, that's just not how it works. 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. 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. 00:00:54.820 --> 00:01:01.620 For example, this 0.03 millisecond response time. Check out this pursuit camera test. 00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:07.140 It looks like a still image. This thing offers some of, if not the, 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. 00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:18.380 To be clear, any OLED is going to be fast, much faster than any LCD, 00:01:18.380 --> 00:01:23.020 but this takes things to a whole other level. The next big hint is that 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. 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:35.860 You could have a wide gamut display that, whether due to poor factory calibration or just 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. 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 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 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:02.220 color accuracy we have ever seen on a display ever. 00:02:03.380 --> 00:02:07.300 Remember when gaming monitors had compromises? Yeah, me neither anymore. 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 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. 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 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:30.100 here in our own lab on these Alienware monitors, 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. 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. 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, 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. 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. 00:03:08.540 --> 00:03:11.660 You see that kind of purple cast on the screen. 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, 00:03:20.460 --> 00:03:23.900 especially in a brightly lit environment like the studio we're in right now. 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, 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. 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:43.020 That next to a little bit of purple, you're not going to see it. 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. 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:54.700 But it is something to be aware of because, actually, this is perfect. 00:03:54.700 --> 00:04:00.020 I've got my laptop here for comparison. It just isn't quite as black. 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. 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:12.660 It doesn't have any G-Sync validation of any sort, just FreeSync Premium Pro, though 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. 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, 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. 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:37.460 It's improved, but not nearly as much as the 4K model. 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. 00:04:43.860 --> 00:04:48.020 And compared to the 240 Hz of that bigger display, 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:52.020 Oh, the 360 is just so smooth. 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. 00:05:02.020 --> 00:05:05.700 And I guess this is my chance to prove it. 00:05:05.700 --> 00:05:09.420 Actually, before we play games, I should probably poke around in the settings a little bit. 00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:13.420 First up, is it running at 360 Hz? Yes. 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. 00:05:19.020 --> 00:05:22.020 We're in HDR peak 1000 mode. This is cool. 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. 00:05:26.020 --> 00:05:30.020 It's kind of neat. Are you kidding me? 00:05:30.020 --> 00:05:34.020 Are you f***ing kidding me, Microsoft? 00:05:34.020 --> 00:05:38.020 Sign in with a different Microsoft account. What does that mean? 00:05:38.020 --> 00:05:42.020 It means a different one. I don't know Pluth's password. 00:05:44.020 --> 00:05:49.220 This has been a bug. For at least two years. 00:05:49.220 --> 00:05:54.220 Get it together. Go to control panel at the bottom and sign out. 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:58.220 Press F1. What control panel? I have no control panel. 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:02.220 Other ways to sign in? Nope. 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:05.220 Unbelievable. This is the workaround. 00:06:05.220 --> 00:06:09.220 To remove these credential manager credentials. 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:13.220 I don't know how to describe this other than unbelievable. 00:06:13.220 --> 00:06:17.420 We even got Pluth's password. Want to show them the thing? 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:20.420 Call in. Enter the password. Let's show them the stupid loop. 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:23.420 I hope someone from Microsoft is watching and fixes this immediately. 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:29.420 Here's another. I can't play this game. Sign in is blocked. 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. 00:06:33.420 --> 00:06:36.420 What are you talking about? That's not a thing that happened. 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:39.420 Guarantee you I can sign into that on my laptop right now. 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:44.420 What? Well, when did that happen? 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:49.620 Finally. Confirmed with Pluth. For some reason his locked after one attempt as well. 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:53.620 Something about doing anything with your account on this machine 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:57.620 just immediately locks your Microsoft account 00:06:57.620 --> 00:07:01.620 and makes it so you have to reset your password. Genius. 00:07:01.620 --> 00:07:05.620 Anyway, we're in. Hack the mainframe. 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:09.620 Not in a gaming mindset anymore. Now I have an excuse for not being good. 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:12.620 I have no sound but hopefully I'm going to be able to make this work. 00:07:12.820 --> 00:07:16.820 Do. I don't know what it is. 00:07:16.820 --> 00:07:21.820 It's not about hurts. It's about the smoothness and the motion clarity. 00:07:21.820 --> 00:07:24.820 It's impossible not to click the guy. 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. 00:07:29.820 --> 00:07:32.820 It's crazy. 00:07:32.820 --> 00:07:36.820 Where'd it come from? I don't know this map. 00:07:36.820 --> 00:07:40.820 I also have no sound. I'm using that as a legitimate excuse 00:07:40.820 --> 00:07:44.820 when I don't know where my opponent is coming from. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 00:07:46.820 --> 00:07:49.820 Got him. Come on. Where's my headset? 00:07:50.820 --> 00:07:53.820 Seriously though, you guys have seen me play games before. 00:07:53.820 --> 00:07:57.820 I am not this good. Oh, I fell. See? 00:07:57.820 --> 00:08:02.820 See? Someone who falls off the map should not be getting headshots like that. 00:08:04.820 --> 00:08:07.820 If I wasn't seeing this, I wouldn't believe it. 00:08:07.820 --> 00:08:10.820 Or rather, if I wasn't living it, I wouldn't believe it. 00:08:10.820 --> 00:08:13.820 I have the most kills on the server with no sound. 00:08:14.820 --> 00:08:17.820 Got him. Already popped his shields. 00:08:17.820 --> 00:08:19.820 Now he's dead. 00:08:20.820 --> 00:08:24.820 How dare you. How... 00:08:24.820 --> 00:08:28.820 Oh, wow, they're all... See, that's these guys' problem. 00:08:28.820 --> 00:08:32.820 They are always playing the objective. Dead. 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:36.820 Uh... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. 00:08:37.820 --> 00:08:40.820 Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. 00:08:41.820 --> 00:08:44.820 Man, just... I swear, guys, I cannot click heads like that. 00:08:44.820 --> 00:08:48.820 And yet, there it is. I don't think I have, 00:08:48.820 --> 00:08:52.820 in my memory, encountered a piece of equipment 00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:55.820 that has affected my ability to game like this before. 00:08:55.820 --> 00:08:58.820 Like, it's just so easy to track things. 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? 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:05.820 But just, it does compensate for... 00:09:07.820 --> 00:09:11.820 Just being able to see and track objects on the screen better. 00:09:11.820 --> 00:09:15.820 It's crazy. Yeah, we tried. 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, 00:09:19.820 --> 00:09:23.820 but I think that's only during certain game modes. 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:26.820 The truth is, I don't actually play this game that much. 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:29.820 Actually, here, we can see how much I play. 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:32.820 Oh, yeah, there. 91 hours? No, that's not right. 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. 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:41.820 I suspect there is, but I think that's only during deathmatch mode, 00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:45.820 so I don't know what to tell you other than to subscribe to ShortCircuit.