1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,400 Quantum dot OLED monitors have completely taken over the high-end 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:11,679 market, but they have a few key problems. Everyone hates the magenta 3 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:15,839 look under bright lights. Text clarity ain't exactly perfect, and they are so 4 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:20,800 delicate that accidentally scratching one is basically a terrifying right of 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:27,279 passage. At least, that's what I used to say. Ooh, because MSI sponsored this 6 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:32,480 video so we could show you the solutions that are coming with this new fifth 7 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:37,120 generation of top tier gaming monitor hardware. I'm talking color layer 8 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:43,120 optimizations, new traditional RGB stripe sub pixel layouts, and a step up 9 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,800 in hardness all the way from H2 to H3 10 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:48,559 that [music] will hopefully prevent accidental damage. Stay tuned, by the 11 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:52,320 way, because I'm testing that last claim myself. And you better believe that I'm 12 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:55,360 keeping this monitor regardless of the results. So, I really, really hope it 13 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,879 doesn't get scratched. Yep. If you have an older OLED, this solves pretty much 14 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:02,079 all of your problems except your money problems because [music] when you see 15 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,600 this in action, you might want to buy one. So, um, those are going to get a 16 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:10,140 lot worse. >> It's already updated. 17 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,140 [laughter] 18 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:28,159 Genuinely very excited for this thing. Like MSI's previous 34-in ultrawide 19 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:31,040 monitors, this is a 21x9 1440p 34 in 20 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:38,159 display. But unlike their older models, it is now running at a whopping 360 21 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:43,360 Hz. As I alluded to in the intro, it also uses a new fifth generation QD OLED 22 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:47,439 panel, which has got both of us pretty darn excited. Whoa, hold on a second, 23 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,759 though. >> What? >> I'm so disappointed. 24 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:54,720 >> And what? >> On the front. Well, there's only one. It 25 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:58,640 says there's 36 in here. >> Dude, I'm so excited to see this. 26 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:02,159 >> Yeah, me too. This is fifth gen. This is brand new. They were some of the first 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,159 people to see this. >> Okay. 28 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:12,720 Dude, I remember how heavy the early ultra wides were. They were like so 29 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:16,400 unwieldy. This is not too bad, right? Okay. 30 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:23,040 Got a good little look at the ID. Classic MSI Dragon. Oh yeah. IO is 31 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:26,879 handled by dual HDMI's DisplayPort as 32 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:29,280 well as a 98 watt USBC port that acts as 33 00:02:26,879 --> 00:02:34,080 like a single cable solution as well as a built-in USB3 hub. 34 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:36,480 >> That's DP 2.1 UHVR 13.5. Of course, it would have to be to run those kinds of 35 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:41,120 refresh rates. Why am I holding this? Yep. >> Perfect. Oh, 36 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:45,200 >> I think there's a screw inside my monitor. >> It is an early pre-production unit, but 37 00:02:43,599 --> 00:02:49,120 yes, it does sound like that. >> This is a pretty big moment because 38 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:55,680 >> we've got some new optimizations on the color layer that are supposed to absorb 39 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:58,400 more light so that we're left with a 40 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:03,120 much more black display in bright lights than the typical magenta. That is way 41 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,480 better. It's It's still got a bit of a hue. >> A little bit. Not a bit. 42 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:10,000 >> But it is a lot better than it was before. >> You get a little bit of the pink hue 43 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:16,480 around the edges, >> but not much. >> To be clear, I mean, he Daily is a QDLE 44 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:19,360 monitor. I've used them extensively. If you're in a light controlled 45 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:23,920 environment, it really isn't that big of a deal, >> especially if content is playing. 46 00:03:21,519 --> 00:03:27,280 >> Yes. But it is a complaint that people have had about these monitors. So, 47 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:32,400 they've been hard at work fixing them. Another big complaint is, of course, the 48 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,120 hardness. My cat has scratched not one 49 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:38,799 but two. >> No, my monitors. It's bad. It's like all 50 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:43,120 over here. As soon as content's playing, you can't notice it. But other people 51 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:48,000 online have also complained about micro scratches with [music] just not taking 52 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:52,640 care of the panel super super carefully. >> I have an idea for how we can test this. 53 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:57,840 I'm going to need a cat. [laughter] >> Do like you do. 54 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,959 >> Okay. Scratch. Scratch. To be clear, 3H 55 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,799 still not super hard, >> but it's harder. >> Yeah. [laughter] 56 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:07,280 >> One whole H harder. >> I don't see anything. >> Sick. 57 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:12,400 >> Not the most scientific test we've ever done. >> No. >> But I mean, we got the nail on the 58 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:15,599 thing. What do What do What do people want from me? The last big thing is the 59 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,400 new sub pixel arrangement, but we're not going to be able to see that until we 60 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:23,600 fire it up. >> They went RGB stripe like everyone's 61 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:28,720 been asking for. Finally. For those wondering, RGB Stripe is not inherently 62 00:04:25,919 --> 00:04:33,759 superior, but what it is is more compatible with Windows's default 63 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:37,600 expectations for how your monitor handles the sub pixel layout. 64 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:40,960 >> And that's just because most displays are RGB stripe. 65 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:45,040 >> So having RGB stripe just means we're going to get better clarity, especially 66 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:49,199 with clear type fonts. And >> yeah, less fringing. Sensitive to some 67 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:53,840 people. I'm not really. It does not go portrait, but that's pretty normal for 68 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:57,919 ultra wide monitors, but at least you do get a little bit of leveling. And we do 69 00:04:55,840 --> 00:05:01,040 have height adjust. Question for you. My DisplayPort cables are in my wall. 70 00:04:59,993 --> 00:05:05,520 [sighs] Do I need DP 2.0 in order to 360? I do, 71 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:09,759 right? >> DP 2.1. You need another computer. I can 72 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:16,320 get a computer. I got a computer. >> Okay. Please. While you're setting that up, I'll grab our cable. And it's in 73 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,680 this nice little [music] MSI bag. 74 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:22,000 Look at me. I'm so cool. >> But it's not about that. >> My computer's in a whole other room. 75 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,400 Whoopde-doo. >> You know what I do feel cool about 76 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:29,520 though? >> Ah, >> it's good to be back to ultra wide. I 77 00:05:27,199 --> 00:05:33,120 haven't even turned it on yet. I loved the high refresh rate of my old monitor. 78 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,680 But you know what? The first game I actually ended up playing after I got it 79 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,960 was ano. >> Ano? And ano does not run at 500 80 00:05:37,983 --> 00:05:45,840 [laughter] hertz. >> No. And even if it did, it wouldn't matter. Size is so much better than 81 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:49,840 refresh rate. And there's a new ano. So, this is going to be a welcome change and 82 00:05:48,479 --> 00:05:56,320 it's still >> 360 Hz like like this is 83 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:59,759 hardly a downgrade in that regard. >> Another big thing is we did a big 84 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:02,320 investigation into how much input latency is too much. Have you seen the 85 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:07,440 results yet? >> No, not yet. >> It turns out it all matters. 86 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:11,840 >> Yeah, I believe it. I 100% believe it. >> Okay. Well, my assumptions were that 87 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:15,360 less than, you know, 10 or 15 we'd reach a point of negligible. 88 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:20,080 >> No, I believe you could feel It turns out it just scales. That's wild. This is 89 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:24,880 a great time to shout out our magnetic cable management from ltstore.com. 90 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:30,240 Getting a cable extracted to plug into a different thing is as simple as popping 91 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:32,880 off a magnet. Love it. I'm putting it 92 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:36,639 back. Just throw more magnets around. Let's power it up. And unlike your C2, 93 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:42,400 uh you're not going to have any issues if you try to stream while playing ultrawide on a 16x9 display. You're not 94 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:47,840 going to have that weird black bar in the top. >> Did I I plug in the monitor? The nipple 95 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:51,520 does not turn it on, 96 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:54,479 which is super confusing for me. 97 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:57,520 Oh yeah, that's the stuff. You know, talking about latency earlier, too, like 98 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:01,520 one of the key things about this is having the lightning fast motion pixel 99 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:06,560 response times as well. >> Now, I don't think that that's something that [music] is materially improved over 100 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:12,400 previous generations of QD OLED. >> No, >> but you're not wrong. >> It's just OLED in general. It makes a 101 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:16,720 huge difference to the clarity of a fastmoving image. [music] Difference in 102 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,680 the magenta levels is really noticeable. It's really not bad now. 103 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,800 >> Yeah. No, this looks black. >> And offaxis, I'd say it's worse. 104 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:28,560 >> Sure. >> So, you're probably getting the very worst case scenario from over there, but 105 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,520 dead on looks great. 106 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,680 >> Yeah. What are the odds that this will work properly on an ultrawide? 107 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:38,639 >> Try it. >> I am so freaking done with this stupid 108 00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:44,240 fight. Oh no, you're at the end of the game. I know what fight this is. Yeah. >> Yeah, this fight is while in 109 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:48,960 tactician mode. Yes. >> Unfortunately, they didn't do like a 110 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:54,560 proper difficulty scaling with like better AI for the enemies. They just 111 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:58,560 juiced the opponent damage and then nerfed my damage and HP. 112 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:03,360 >> I'm really glad I chose the normal mode or whatever cuz yeah, that's that's BS. 113 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:06,560 But you know what's not BS >> is playing a completely different game 114 00:08:05,199 --> 00:08:11,759 on this monitor. Should we find something that we can both play? >> Uh, no. I want to be done at 5. 115 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:16,160 >> Oh, yeah. That makes sense. >> I like playing games with D at work, but 116 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,759 I [laughter] want to be done at five. >> Now's as good a time as any to go ahead 117 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,680 and turn on HDR in Windows. Oh, my keyboard's not plugged in. Oh, dude. You 118 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:27,280 haven't seen HDR on this yet? >> No. >> Even from the menu. 119 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:30,639 >> I'm very excited. I stopped playing and then they did the big update where they 120 00:08:28,479 --> 00:08:33,525 added HDR. Final Fantasy Tactics came out. I've been very busy with that. I 121 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,399 haven't played it in ultrawide either. [music] And a game like this where 122 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,880 you've got that first person field of view in the it's like open fields and stuff. 123 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:43,959 >> Yeah. >> Oh, it's actually really good for that. >> Wow. 124 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,399 >> Oh, yeah. There it is. >> Let's go. Oh, dude. Oh, dude. >> What? 125 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,959 >> The sunset. >> Oh, yeah. It's great. That's what I I wanted the horse so I can ride over 126 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:58,000 here. >> That looks sick. We're literally going to ride off into the sunset. On the one 127 00:08:54,720 --> 00:09:01,040 hand, it's amazing. On the other hand, 128 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:03,360 if you already have a last gen QD OLED, 129 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:07,200 >> it's probably good enough, but >> more than good enough. But I'll take the 130 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:11,200 incremental improvements cuz it's not like it's going to cost you more than a 131 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:14,480 last gen QLED did when it launched. And in the longer term, that's always a good 132 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:18,160 thing for consumers because it means that the prices are going to come down 133 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:22,720 for the older gen tech, which is also very good. >> Yeah, this looks amazing. 134 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:25,920 I just can't. I keep looking to the sides cuz I'm like I don't have normally 135 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:30,480 anywhere close to this kind of field of view even with my FOV cranked. 136 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,040 >> Oh, I don't need ultra wide. I don't need ultra wide. I don't need ultra 137 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:40,399 wide. >> You know, it's a funny thing because when I went for a 42 in 16x9, right, I 138 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:45,200 was like, well, this is it. This is the end game because if I want to play ultra 139 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,880 wide, I can just exactly throw black 140 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:50,000 bars on it. But I have literally not once done it. It can also be problematic 141 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,360 because you're trying to force a weird resolution onto a monitor, which they're 142 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,839 usually okay, but if you're playing full screen, it might give a little bit of 143 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:01,600 weirdness >> and the subtle curve is nice. 144 00:09:58,399 --> 00:10:02,720 >> Too much curve pretty dumb, but a little 145 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:08,080 bit >> tasteful. >> It's good. >> And you're not going to find that on a 146 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:11,360 16x9 42 in. Everything the [music] light touches SBA. While we wait for shaders 147 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:16,240 to compile, we can have a look at the OSD. They've got a bunch of AI features 148 00:10:14,079 --> 00:10:20,320 and you can be annoyed at the marketing, but some of them are pretty useful. So, 149 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:24,480 the care sensor allows you to have the monitor either controlled by the system 150 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:28,399 or the monitor itself, turn off when you walk away and turn back on when you 151 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:33,200 approach. The rest of the OSD is actually really comprehensive. Built-in 152 00:10:29,839 --> 00:10:35,279 KVM. You can tune your HDR, 153 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:38,000 >> so you can actually go for true black 500. You can turn up your peak 154 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:43,760 brightness >> or you can adjust the curve yourself. Yeah. Oh, that's that's actually super 155 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:47,279 cool. You can turn display screen compression on and off. I've personally 156 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:52,399 never noticed a difference having it on, but if you want it off, you can do that. 157 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:57,519 Adaptive sync can be enabled and disabled. You can force various aspect 158 00:10:54,399 --> 00:10:59,360 ratios. Obviously, your usual profiles, 159 00:10:57,519 --> 00:11:03,440 all your OLED care options. There's a ton in here, including detection of the 160 00:11:01,279 --> 00:11:07,600 vertical split when you drag Windows to the side using arrow snap. Uh there's 161 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:10,880 also multi-icon detection, taskbar detection. So, these are going to detect 162 00:11:08,959 --> 00:11:14,800 when you have icons and it'll just kind of like dim them or the taskbar, it'll 163 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:18,320 try to dim them to prevent burnin. And then bunch of cool stuff in here as 164 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:21,279 well. RGB brightness. You can change your RG. Where the hell is the RGB? 165 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:24,240 >> Probably on the back. >> Okay, this is cool. You can change your 166 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:28,959 shortcuts. >> Oh, nice. >> For the up, down, left, and right. >> Yeah. 167 00:11:26,399 --> 00:11:33,600 >> So, if you don't want to turn on AI crosshair, whatever the heck an AI 168 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:36,640 crosshair is, by pressing down, then you can just not be a filthy cheater. 169 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:41,839 >> That's fantastic. Yeah. All right, let's fire up Halo. Dude, that looks amazing. 170 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:47,440 This might be the best I've seen it look. >> Right. And now it's an ultra wide. 171 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:49,200 >> This thing is sick. It really is. I Man, 172 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:54,240 I want ultra wide. Especially after we looked at that other monitor in your 173 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:56,640 office the other day. 174 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:59,519 What am I doing with my life? Not living if I don't have an ultra wide. 175 00:11:58,543 --> 00:12:04,640 [laughter] Come on, man. Get it together, lens. 176 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:07,279 Man, the field of view is amazing though for this kind of game. 177 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:12,000 >> It really is anything first person shooter just man. 178 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:16,880 >> Who needs audio? Who needs to check corners? Not me. Not this guy. 179 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:20,160 >> Gosh, maxed out with HDR. It really does look so >> Doesn't it though? 180 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:22,399 >> It really does. Like that's that's what killed me is like the game looks 181 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:25,440 amazing. >> Mhm. >> Like >> what just happened? 182 00:12:24,959 --> 00:12:30,959 >> Uh >> did it detect me being gone? >> I wonder if it did because it slowly 183 00:12:28,959 --> 00:12:34,880 dimmed and then it it's coming back. Hold on, dude. I was I was not I was 184 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:39,360 sitting way over here and it got confused. Okay, well, the dimming 185 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:44,639 feature works. Any display that I can go two and one with is a pretty good 186 00:12:40,959 --> 00:12:48,720 display. Well, cool monitor. Good job, 187 00:12:44,639 --> 00:12:50,880 MSI. Is there much else to say? Thanks 188 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:56,399 for sponsoring this video and helping us take a quick look at fifth gen QD OLED. 189 00:12:54,160 --> 00:13:01,760 The future is here, or at least it's here for us. Um, and it looks bright. If 190 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:08,399 you like this video, maybe check out the one where we first saw QD OLED like 5 191 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:11,440 years ago now. Oh my team's going to lose. I haven't been paying 192 00:13:09,279 --> 00:13:15,839 attention. Not carrying hard enough. 193 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:16,720 >> See you later. Oh shoot. Come here. Come 194 00:13:15,839 --> 00:13:21,760 on. Come on. Come on. >> This is why we try to not install Halo 195 00:13:18,959 --> 00:13:24,639 on the computers anymore. >> How did that grenade not get 196 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:29,000 >> I don't know. I wasn't watching. I was trying to finish the video. I'm >> so upset.