WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:06.400 Quantum dot OLED monitors have completely taken over the high-end 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:11.679 market, but they have a few key problems. Everyone hates the magenta 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:15.839 look under bright lights. Text clarity ain't exactly perfect, and they are so 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:20.800 delicate that accidentally scratching one is basically a terrifying right of 00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:27.279 passage. At least, that's what I used to say. Ooh, because MSI sponsored this 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:32.480 video so we could show you the solutions that are coming with this new fifth 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:37.120 generation of top tier gaming monitor hardware. I'm talking color layer 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:43.120 optimizations, new traditional RGB stripe sub pixel layouts, and a step up 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:44.800 in hardness all the way from H2 to H3 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:48.559 that [music] will hopefully prevent accidental damage. Stay tuned, by the 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:52.320 way, because I'm testing that last claim myself. And you better believe that I'm 00:00:50.480 --> 00:00:55.360 keeping this monitor regardless of the results. So, I really, really hope it 00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:58.879 doesn't get scratched. Yep. If you have an older OLED, this solves pretty much 00:00:57.120 --> 00:01:02.079 all of your problems except your money problems because [music] when you see 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 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:10.140 lot worse. >> It's already updated. 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.140 [laughter] 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:28.159 Genuinely very excited for this thing. Like MSI's previous 34-in ultrawide 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:31.040 monitors, this is a 21x9 1440p 34 in 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:38.159 display. But unlike their older models, it is now running at a whopping 360 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 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:47.439 panel, which has got both of us pretty darn excited. Whoa, hold on a second, 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.759 though. >> What? >> I'm so disappointed. 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.720 >> And what? >> On the front. Well, there's only one. It 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:58.640 says there's 36 in here. >> Dude, I'm so excited to see this. 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 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.159 people to see this. >> Okay. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:12.720 Dude, I remember how heavy the early ultra wides were. They were like so 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:16.400 unwieldy. This is not too bad, right? Okay. 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:23.040 Got a good little look at the ID. Classic MSI Dragon. Oh yeah. IO is 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:26.879 handled by dual HDMI's DisplayPort as 00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:29.280 well as a 98 watt USBC port that acts as 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:34.080 like a single cable solution as well as a built-in USB3 hub. 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 00:02:35.200 --> 00:02:41.120 refresh rates. Why am I holding this? Yep. >> Perfect. Oh, 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 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:49.120 yes, it does sound like that. >> This is a pretty big moment because 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:55.680 >> we've got some new optimizations on the color layer that are supposed to absorb 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:58.400 more light so that we're left with a 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:03.120 much more black display in bright lights than the typical magenta. That is way 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. 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 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:16.480 around the edges, >> but not much. >> To be clear, I mean, he Daily is a QDLE 00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:19.360 monitor. I've used them extensively. If you're in a light controlled 00:03:17.440 --> 00:03:23.920 environment, it really isn't that big of a deal, >> especially if content is playing. 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:27.280 >> Yes. But it is a complaint that people have had about these monitors. So, 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:32.400 they've been hard at work fixing them. Another big complaint is, of course, the 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:33.120 hardness. My cat has scratched not one 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:38.799 but two. >> No, my monitors. It's bad. It's like all 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:43.120 over here. As soon as content's playing, you can't notice it. But other people 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:48.000 online have also complained about micro scratches with [music] just not taking 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. 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:57.840 I'm going to need a cat. [laughter] >> Do like you do. 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:58.959 >> Okay. Scratch. Scratch. To be clear, 3H 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:02.799 still not super hard, >> but it's harder. >> Yeah. [laughter] 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:07.280 >> One whole H harder. >> I don't see anything. >> Sick. 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 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 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 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:23.600 fire it up. >> They went RGB stripe like everyone's 00:04:20.880 --> 00:04:28.720 been asking for. Finally. For those wondering, RGB Stripe is not inherently 00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:33.759 superior, but what it is is more compatible with Windows's default 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:37.600 expectations for how your monitor handles the sub pixel layout. 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:40.960 >> And that's just because most displays are RGB stripe. 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:45.040 >> So having RGB stripe just means we're going to get better clarity, especially 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:49.199 with clear type fonts. And >> yeah, less fringing. Sensitive to some 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:53.840 people. I'm not really. It does not go portrait, but that's pretty normal for 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 00:04:55.840 --> 00:05:01.040 have height adjust. Question for you. My DisplayPort cables are in my wall. 00:04:59.993 --> 00:05:05.520 [sighs] Do I need DP 2.0 in order to 360? I do, 00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:09.759 right? >> DP 2.1. You need another computer. I can 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 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:17.680 this nice little [music] MSI bag. 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. 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:24.400 Whoopde-doo. >> You know what I do feel cool about 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:29.520 though? >> Ah, >> it's good to be back to ultra wide. I 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. 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:35.680 But you know what? The first game I actually ended up playing after I got it 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:38.960 was ano. >> Ano? And ano does not run at 500 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 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 00:05:48.479 --> 00:05:56.320 it's still >> 360 Hz like like this is 00:05:53.840 --> 00:05:59.759 hardly a downgrade in that regard. >> Another big thing is we did a big 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:02.320 investigation into how much input latency is too much. Have you seen the 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:07.440 results yet? >> No, not yet. >> It turns out it all matters. 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:11.840 >> Yeah, I believe it. I 100% believe it. >> Okay. Well, my assumptions were that 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:15.360 less than, you know, 10 or 15 we'd reach a point of negligible. 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 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:24.880 a great time to shout out our magnetic cable management from ltstore.com. 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:30.240 Getting a cable extracted to plug into a different thing is as simple as popping 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:32.880 off a magnet. Love it. I'm putting it 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:36.639 back. Just throw more magnets around. Let's power it up. And unlike your C2, 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 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 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:51.520 does not turn it on, 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:54.479 which is super confusing for me. 00:06:51.520 --> 00:06:57.520 Oh yeah, that's the stuff. You know, talking about latency earlier, too, like 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:01.520 one of the key things about this is having the lightning fast motion pixel 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 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 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:16.720 huge difference to the clarity of a fastmoving image. [music] Difference in 00:07:14.080 --> 00:07:19.680 the magenta levels is really noticeable. It's really not bad now. 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:22.800 >> Yeah. No, this looks black. >> And offaxis, I'd say it's worse. 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:28.560 >> Sure. >> So, you're probably getting the very worst case scenario from over there, but 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:31.520 dead on looks great. 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.680 >> Yeah. What are the odds that this will work properly on an ultrawide? 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:38.639 >> Try it. >> I am so freaking done with this stupid 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 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:48.960 tactician mode. Yes. >> Unfortunately, they didn't do like a 00:07:46.080 --> 00:07:54.560 proper difficulty scaling with like better AI for the enemies. They just 00:07:52.080 --> 00:07:58.560 juiced the opponent damage and then nerfed my damage and HP. 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. 00:08:01.520 --> 00:08:06.560 But you know what's not BS >> is playing a completely different game 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. 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:16.160 >> Oh, yeah. That makes sense. >> I like playing games with D at work, but 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 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:23.680 and turn on HDR in Windows. Oh, my keyboard's not plugged in. Oh, dude. You 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:27.280 haven't seen HDR on this yet? >> No. >> Even from the menu. 00:08:25.440 --> 00:08:30.639 >> I'm very excited. I stopped playing and then they did the big update where they 00:08:28.479 --> 00:08:33.525 added HDR. Final Fantasy Tactics came out. I've been very busy with that. I 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:36.399 haven't played it in ultrawide either. [music] And a game like this where 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. 00:08:38.560 --> 00:08:43.959 >> Yeah. >> Oh, it's actually really good for that. >> Wow. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:48.399 >> Oh, yeah. There it is. >> Let's go. Oh, dude. Oh, dude. >> What? 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 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 00:08:54.720 --> 00:09:01.040 hand, it's amazing. On the other hand, 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:03.360 if you already have a last gen QD OLED, 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:07.200 >> it's probably good enough, but >> more than good enough. But I'll take the 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:11.200 incremental improvements cuz it's not like it's going to cost you more than a 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 00:09:13.040 --> 00:09:18.160 thing for consumers because it means that the prices are going to come down 00:09:16.160 --> 00:09:22.720 for the older gen tech, which is also very good. >> Yeah, this looks amazing. 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 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:30.480 anywhere close to this kind of field of view even with my FOV cranked. 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 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 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 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:46.880 wide, I can just exactly throw black 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:50.000 bars on it. But I have literally not once done it. It can also be problematic 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:53.360 because you're trying to force a weird resolution onto a monitor, which they're 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:55.839 usually okay, but if you're playing full screen, it might give a little bit of 00:09:55.360 --> 00:10:01.600 weirdness >> and the subtle curve is nice. 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:02.720 >> Too much curve pretty dumb, but a little 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:08.080 bit >> tasteful. >> It's good. >> And you're not going to find that on a 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:11.360 16x9 42 in. Everything the [music] light touches SBA. While we wait for shaders 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 00:10:14.079 --> 00:10:20.320 and you can be annoyed at the marketing, but some of them are pretty useful. So, 00:10:18.160 --> 00:10:24.480 the care sensor allows you to have the monitor either controlled by the system 00:10:21.920 --> 00:10:28.399 or the monitor itself, turn off when you walk away and turn back on when you 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:33.200 approach. The rest of the OSD is actually really comprehensive. Built-in 00:10:29.839 --> 00:10:35.279 KVM. You can tune your HDR, 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:38.000 >> so you can actually go for true black 500. You can turn up your peak 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:43.760 brightness >> or you can adjust the curve yourself. Yeah. Oh, that's that's actually super 00:10:42.560 --> 00:10:47.279 cool. You can turn display screen compression on and off. I've personally 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. 00:10:50.560 --> 00:10:57.519 Adaptive sync can be enabled and disabled. You can force various aspect 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:59.360 ratios. Obviously, your usual profiles, 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:03.440 all your OLED care options. There's a ton in here, including detection of the 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:07.600 vertical split when you drag Windows to the side using arrow snap. Uh there's 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:10.880 also multi-icon detection, taskbar detection. So, these are going to detect 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 00:11:12.640 --> 00:11:18.320 try to dim them to prevent burnin. And then bunch of cool stuff in here as 00:11:16.560 --> 00:11:21.279 well. RGB brightness. You can change your RG. Where the hell is the RGB? 00:11:19.920 --> 00:11:24.240 >> Probably on the back. >> Okay, this is cool. You can change your 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:28.959 shortcuts. >> Oh, nice. >> For the up, down, left, and right. >> Yeah. 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:33.600 >> So, if you don't want to turn on AI crosshair, whatever the heck an AI 00:11:31.760 --> 00:11:36.640 crosshair is, by pressing down, then you can just not be a filthy cheater. 00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:41.839 >> That's fantastic. Yeah. All right, let's fire up Halo. Dude, that looks amazing. 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. 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:49.200 >> This thing is sick. It really is. I Man, 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:54.240 I want ultra wide. Especially after we looked at that other monitor in your 00:11:50.640 --> 00:11:56.640 office the other day. 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. 00:11:58.543 --> 00:12:04.640 [laughter] Come on, man. Get it together, lens. 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:07.279 Man, the field of view is amazing though for this kind of game. 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:12.000 >> It really is anything first person shooter just man. 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:16.880 >> Who needs audio? Who needs to check corners? Not me. Not this guy. 00:12:14.880 --> 00:12:20.160 >> Gosh, maxed out with HDR. It really does look so >> Doesn't it though? 00:12:18.160 --> 00:12:22.399 >> It really does. Like that's that's what killed me is like the game looks 00:12:21.680 --> 00:12:25.440 amazing. >> Mhm. >> Like >> what just happened? 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:30.959 >> Uh >> did it detect me being gone? >> I wonder if it did because it slowly 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 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:39.360 sitting way over here and it got confused. Okay, well, the dimming 00:12:36.800 --> 00:12:44.639 feature works. Any display that I can go two and one with is a pretty good 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:48.720 display. Well, cool monitor. Good job, 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:50.880 MSI. Is there much else to say? Thanks 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:56.399 for sponsoring this video and helping us take a quick look at fifth gen QD OLED. 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 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 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:11.440 years ago now. Oh my team's going to lose. I haven't been paying 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:15.839 attention. Not carrying hard enough. 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:16.720 >> See you later. Oh shoot. Come here. Come 00:13:15.839 --> 00:13:21.760 on. Come on. Come on. >> This is why we try to not install Halo 00:13:18.959 --> 00:13:24.639 on the computers anymore. >> How did that grenade not get 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.