News Alienware Rolls Out More Affordable 34-inch QD-OLED WQHD Gaming Monitor

[Admin]

The Alienware AW3423DWF delivers a 165Hz refresh rate and FreeSync Premium Pro for $1,099.

Alienware Rolls Out More Affordable 34-inch QD-OLED WQHD Gaming Monitor : Read more

 

[Metteec]

One important difference between the AW3423DW and AW3423DWF is that the more expensive AW3423DW includes a G-SYNC Ultimate chip for 1000 nits brightness in HDR 1000 content. The AW3423DWF has an AMD's FreeSync Premium Pro chip and VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack400. I would not be surprised if the AW3423DWF was quieter because its more expensive brother requires a fan to cool the G-SYNC Ultimate chip.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

$1100 for a monitor which will at some point burn in and then burn out...

 

[spongiemaster]

$1100 for a monitor which will at some point burn in and then burn out...

QD-OLED is supposed to be much more resistant to screen burn in than traditional OLED.

 

[helper800]

$1100 for a monitor which will at some point burn in and then burn out...

Yeah, and most likely years after it has relevant uses left to it. How many 8+ year old monitors do you use? By the time there is any meaningful burn in on an OLED you will have a need for a substantially better, much more performant, and cheaper display.

 

[eklipz330]

QD-OLED is supposed to be much more resistant to screen burn in than traditional OLED.

Says who? Samsung who designed, manufactures, and sells the panels? Oh, please. Only time will tell if it is truly more resilient. Enough 3rd party testing has not been done to verify this claim.

If you ask LG, they will also say their panels are now resilient from burn-in. It's not true. They are better than before, but they have not resolved the issue whatsoever.

 

[junglist724]

One important difference between the AW3423DW and AW3423DWF is that the more expensive AW3423DW includes a G-SYNC Ultimate chip for 1000 nits brightness in HDR 1000 content. The AW3423DWF has an AMD's FreeSync Premium Pro chip and VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack400. I would not be surprised if the AW3423DWF was quieter because its more expensive brother requires a fan to cool the G-SYNC Ultimate chip.

It says right in the specs in this article that HDR brightness is 1000 nits. The original gsync AW3423DW is also only DisplayHDR TrueBlack400 certified because of the low full screen brightness.

Says who? Samsung who designed, manufactures, and sells the panels? Oh, please. Only time will tell if it is truly more resilient. Enough 3rd party testing has not been done to verify this claim.

If you ask LG, they will also say their panels are now resilient from burn-in. It's not true. They are better than before, but they have not resolved the issue whatsoever.

The quantum dot layer is much more efficient than the color filters LG uses. Alienware does at least include a 3 year burn in warranty.

The automatic brightness limiter is still too aggressive for me to buy one though.

 

[Gam3r01]

Yeah, and most likely years after it has relevant uses left to it. How many 8+ year old monitors do you use? By the time there is any meaningful burn in on an OLED you will have a need for a substantially better, much more performant, and cheaper display.

Two out of my three monitors are pushing 7 and 9 years, respectively.
I dont consider monitors a piece of performance hardware. It gets the job done, it gets to stay. The vocal minority that is always chasing monitor specs to have the latest and greatest on paper would lead you to believe otherwise.

 

[mo_osk]

I'm surprised it doesn't offer hdmi 2.1. The G-SYNC module was given as the main reason the AW3423DW didn't have them.

 

[helper800]

Two out of my three monitors are pushing 7 and 9 years, respectively.
I dont consider monitors a piece of performance hardware. It gets the job done, it gets to stay. The vocal minority that is always chasing monitor specs to have the latest and greatest on paper would lead you to believe otherwise.

Well I am happy to tell you even w-OLED panels experience only moderate amounts of burn-in after thousands of hours of news stations and otherwise with may static logos on older less burn in resistant OLEDs.

 

[Rexxx01]

You know guys like this cant be reasoned with. The alienware aw3423dw, is the hottest Monitor on the market even in this recession and ALL of the Tech Channels I frequent have given it Top reviews. If any of them had searched around a bit they would know it has a that 3 year warranty plus a software monitor that moves the screen when idle to precent burn in. Oh Well, you can lead a horse to water...........