Just got my Alienware, its pretty great.

Ya I got the alienware oled and it's pretty amazing.

Exactly. Saving my pennies to get one of those new OLED panels too.

The Alienware QD-OLED or the new LG 45" ultrawide OLED are better options than this

I’m just waiting for a qd-oled with a standard sub pixel layout. I need my monitor to work as well for work as it does for play.

Same, I got the one from Alienware. I woudn't ever switch to MiniLED since there's always noticable blooming.

Same, got the DWF and it really is amazing looking, was always hesitant on OLED due to burn-in/image retention but from the longer term reviews on the DW model it seems like QD-OLED is much much better than the older non QD OLED panels.

@@Niels_f2704 I mean mini LED with enough local dimming zones can be really good, but I still really like the QD-OLED

@@sandrahiltz good thing they have the 3 year burn in warranty, however to play it safe I've been allowing the panel to do the the pixel refresh when the prompt comes up

Same, got the DW last week. You have to see it in person to truly appreciate just how incredible this panel looks, especially in HDR. Also ~0.5ms G2G pixel response gives virtually unbeatable motion clarity.

The price is bc this will sell in tiny numbers compared to your TV

@@Jeffmorgan1991 Not only that, but it's probably also more expensive to make 1100 dimming zones on 34 inches compared to my 250 zone 65 inch

@Luka Tim The alienware is a QD-OLED which is not the same thing

That's the price that comes with 200hz refresh rate. I bet your tv is only 60.

@@rusty10785 Yeah maybe for the 200, but my TV is 144hz VRR mini led and it was 1300 dollars after converting. I think the amount of dimming zones on such a small surface and the small batches is the big thing here. Unless there's something else I'm missing

Monitor model?

@@mahin1926 probably 38GN950. Love mine

Sameeeee! I have the LG UltraGear 38GL950G-B 3840x1600 monitor and I absolutely love it!

Agree. 38" is sweet and A LOT of people want more vertical real estate.

@@damienmason3807 Seriously, seeing a 34" UW at Microcenter the other day felt like looking through a parascope with how much vertical real-estate is missing compared to a 38"/1600p monitor

Really? Web cams are like the perfect thing to plug into them. Wireless dongles for keyboards/mice is also another good one.

What kind of psychopath just does cable management?

I have my PC under my desk and run a very long USB-B cable to my monitor which I plug all my peripherals into. I have my KB, Mouse, Webcam, Wireless Xbox dongle and Wireless headphone receiver all plugged into my monitor

Use mine to have a controller plugged into it, tried mouse and keyboard before but both didn't always get detected by windows for some reason when starting up.

I am just like you. Never realised. Now my question is. What things could you connect to your monitor and what can't you connect? Peripherals and webcam I now know off, but what else?

Changed the game with most burn ins😂

@@hatersbhating Do you know someone with burn in on the Alienware?

@@Chriswelder1 yes

@@hatersbhating yet to see a single burn in

im looking to do the same thing, what graphics card are you using?

@@OneManWolfpack79 I'm hoping I'll be able to buy an RX 7900 XTX when it comes out. You?

My monitor cost me $1500, my headphones cost me $4000, and my computer cost me $600. 😂 Gonna upgrade my computer at some point in the next few months, but in the meantime I'm perfectly happy with my setup.

Exactly man, it’s the same as people who buy top of the line graphics cards to play 1080p cs:go, or put crap tires on a Ferrari. Unfortunately platform costs tend to go in groups and it can add up.

My "monitor" is Hisense 55U8G and my ROG PG279 is back in its box. I was using a 1080Ti and now have a 6900XT.

TBF this monitor is packing much more expensive hardware, I doubt that ViewSonic is making a lot of profits on these

@@christophegroulx7816 That I do understand. But in the current market most people wil just go for the Alienware or Samsung OLED as they cost way less. Maybe it's just we're lucky that these 34'' OLEDs are cheap?

@Yusheng Cen 1300 for the Alienware DW, this ViewSonic is 1500. The way I see it, the mini-LED will have comparable black levels to an OLED. The $200 premium is like buying an unlimited extended warranty for burn in because the ViewSonic will never get burn in. Not only that, you get HDMI 2.1, KVM, and USB-C, all of which are missing on either Alienware QD OLED monitors. Only issue is the VA panel and ghosting, which Jay barely covered in the video

@@UrdnotAkongo Unfortunately in Canada the price difference is closer to CAD$1000, as OP mentioned. Right now you can buy the AW3423DWF (the version without the g-sync module) for CAD$1299 (plus tax) whereas the cheapest I could find the XG341C-2k is CAD$2259 (plus tax). While I completely agree with you that a $200 difference makes the XG341C-2k a lot more compelling, that falls apart when the difference is over $900 for us up here.

@@ascsupity You can buy it on B&H for 1500 USD and ship it to Canada

Tho most content is optimized for it. In webdesign in lots of cases 16:9 is the default aspect if you dont have a specific reason to choose otherwise, same for other areas of software development and UI.

Once you go ultra wide, you never go back to tight.

Indeed, I could never go back to a normal flat screen now.

You're not going down. You're going up.

@@ertai222 27 * 2 > 34

@@Mqxwell that's not how it works. You have bezels that ruin the immersion/image. One 34 is objectively better.

@@ertai222 Entirely depends on what you use the computer for. You do realize people use computers for more than just games right?

@Husha563 Entirely depends on what you use the computer for. You do realize people use computers for more than just games right?

First thing you see on the Amazon product page is 200hz oc or 165hz normally. I get where you're coming from but they don't hide it

@@alejandropadilla3511 In the item title it says 200. In the description it says 200 (overclocked from 165). It should say 165hz (overclockable up to 200hz). I have one of the 1st Ace Predator x34s overclockable to 100hz. In reality my panel does not go up higher than 95hz.

@@MrGelowe RAM is also advertised with its overclocked speed and it's left up to the consumers to check the JEDEC specs to see what the base speed for any given type is, and a CPU's memory controller may not even be able to handle the advertised OC speed. At least they're kind enough to tell you front and center with minimal scrolling and clicking what the native refresh rate is. Though the description right under the listing could do with saying 165 instead of 180.

@@RealRaynedance That doesn't make it better. If ram is sold as cl14 but cannot hit cl14 stably, it's pretty scammy considering that cl14 is going to be sold for more. Selling OC as stable stats is wrong. If OC is validated and guaranteed, they wouldn't need to say that it is OCable.

@@MrGelowe Well that's how it's done. You have WELL over a decade to go back if you want to complain. All RAM is advertised by its XMP speeds _and_ timings, and XMP has been around since 2007. Even better, remember that Intel _locks you out of XMP entirely_ on budget chipset boards regardless of what the advertised RAM speed is. Monitors have been doing this since _at least_ 2016.

The OLED burn-in issue is about 98% less significant than many consider it to be. How do I know? I owned three plasma displays from 2009 - 2016 and gamed on them considerably. Then I got the OLED C17 display, never had burn-in after 1000+ hours. Now I have an OLED C1 with 2000+ hours of use over the last two years for PC/gaming. And also, I have the LG 48" 48GQ900-B monitor as my main display (with taskbar and desktop icons as standard). The way LG works to cleanse the display is more extreme than needed because... after 14 years of plasma (and later) OLED displays, I have not had ANY burn in. But on top of that, image retention was minimal even with my cheap plasma from 2009. Do you think there hasn't been advancement since then? Burn-in for OLED is a concern ONLY if you decide to be as extreme as possible to cause the event. Normal use these days makes it nearly impossible to be considered a concern.

@@kcmsterpce Do you have a reading impairment? She literally says QD-OLED has come a long way with preventing burn in.

If you look at the top picks on several testing sites, that monitor doesn't even come close, it lacks features, and you can get better ones for 200$ less

Actually wrong I believe having used it I hate it its crap.

@@sicariusperemo3789 I don't know what testing sites you speak of, all the reviews I have seen, and there are many, have praised it. The only reviews ranking something higher overall, are heavily sponsored. Hardware Unboxed (well respected monitor reviewer) has a very detailed review. The few months I've had it, have been pure eye candy, paired with my RTX 3080.

A good monitor gives you a better visual upgrade than a new GPU though.

Well heres the thing. Monitors are more important per dollar than gpus are. You actually LOOK at the monitor all day, and it will make a far bigger impact to your experience than, for example, the next highest sku of gpu. Not that this particular monitor is good or a good deal, I think it isn't. People have this so backwards so often its kind of sad. Youll have people out here paying 800+$ for a gpu and then just throwing that output onto a 120$ monitor they got at office depot. A good monitor is lifechanging.

No comparison if you want the best actually avoid the neo g9 for certain reasons and also the alien ware, neo g8 is great love it just as responsive as the neo g9 but it has it quirks the neo g9 does.

I was using C8, Bad Reflections on this glossy panel, whats the point of having perfect black if u see your self , Also ABL was way bad when i maximize windows on Explorer or a bright Fullscreen on games was getting darker, Also i got Dead pixels around the corners ( NO BURN IN ) i had no burn in problems after a lot of use , but a lot of dead pixels. Also the panel was getting darker and darker and after 2 years it was like the 100 oled setting look like 60 , and now that they change my panel under warranty i can see how much more bright a new panel is . Oled are amazing for Movies at night thats it . I am back to my IPS Ultrawide monitor that again for sure it has Terrible blacks , but the brightness is the shame what ever i see , also the antireflective matte coating makes it amazing to use at day with a lot of light .

What will you do with FPS that high? Your eyes won't even tell the difference at a certain point.

@@gregthesplintercell Whether or not I would get that high of an FPS, depending on the title, is 1 thing, however, it is so that my monitor isn't bottlenecking any new hardware that I'll upgrade, sure 144 is enough, but I would at least prefer consistency in what I play on max settings - right now it's a hardware thing

Yes!

im with you there!

@@tylerhughes9482 Add a separate comment, more likely to catch Jay's attention!

@@overused6632 lol huh?

2k/32'/144hz? So a 1080p then. Since half of 4K is 2K, and for some reason they call it 4K when it's only 3840x2160 and not 4096x2304. Half of 3840 is 1920 Half of 2160 is 1080 So half of 4 is 2. You have a 1080p? Or do you have a QHD 1440p?

You need a colorimeter for color correction. You cant just eyeball that.

You’d need expensive calibration equipment. The guide would only apply for a specific model of calibration tool on a specific monitor model. I dont think there would be much value for the amount of effort it would take to film a video like that

@@74862 That may be true, but I’ve seen countless of reddit threads of people trying to adjust their monitors for darker/brighter scenes. I tried playing EFT and the night time is almost unplayable if I don’t have a flash light equipped. Maybe more people that are just getting into PC have the same issue. Most of the videos I’ve seen so far tell you what each setting does but no real example of how.

@@digizilla164 true, maybe not for color correction then.

They have significantly worse hdr performance

@@RCmaniac667 they have significantly better prices.

Oof!

Good lord that’s way overpriced

Dell G3223Q, affordable 32 inch, 4k, 144 hz, 1 ms GTG. On sale for cyber monday 600$

I think 2k high refresh rate monitors will be replacing 1080 pretty quick.

@@modernvisionscc I love my 1080P 240Hz monitor!

I hope so, the prices are just to high, I can't justify to pay over 2k for a monitor (EU VAT included)

I agree partially, I would never go back to normal 1080p. I run a 2060 super and use a Scepter UWHD 35 inch 3k monitor and its nothing like that. The experience has been nothing but wonderful. I would spend 300$ on this again and I got it for only 240$ on Christmas. Which was a steal. I dont believe in oLED, HDR, or those stupid big UWHD. I think the Scepter I got is perfect for anyone and thats why I love the Scepter brand, they dont buy into that crap either... Mostly.

@@float32 Yes, you can also use 3840x1440 or the full 2160 with an 4k panel

@@Heathensauce How is the experience with game sthat dont support UW or do it poorly?

Maybe he updated the link, because it goes to the correct 200Hz display now.

@@40yr.Old.Nerdin I see now. The listing has conflicting info still listed in it though. Look at the smaller print beneath the price.

Oh man you are going to be happy, and the 3070 will do great, should be able to max all settings aside from ray tracing for a few years at least.

Depends on which LG model. They make more than one 34" Ultrawide, some are better than others.

Can you expand on that? There's barely any videos on this monitor, just saw a video with horrible ghosting regardless of what refresh setting was set.

I wish i could down vote this comment 100 times

will purexp reduce brightness?