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How so ? Review seems to indicate its the same panel & near identical, or am I missing something ? (in fact it seems like a worse deal, the MSI is more expensive with no discounts atm, and the bezel is ugly as all hell)
Cool, thanks for letting us know.
By Critical they mean if you are already using them then you should update to the version specified, probably due to bugs or security issues.
I can confirm the edid values update properly when switching modes now just like the DW.
That's good to know. So Windows calibrated for 0, 1010, 1010 should give you the best result when running it in HDR1000 ? With what or how are you testing the clipping ?
The text is kind of mediocre. It's acceptable, but subpar because of the PPI and the pixel structure. One thing I don't like about this size and PPI is that text is too small without scaling, and at 125% it's a bit too large and consumes too much real estate. I think I need to scale it to 116% or so, which is possible I guess, but I haven't tried that yet.
We'll it looks like your going to find out.
Let us know what you think. I did notice text is not as crisp as on the 27" 1440p monitor it replaced but I was fine with it. I don't use it work/productivity. It's strictly used for web surfing and gaming. As far as gaming I will never go back to a 27" after using this monitor.I think the majority of people's brains will tune out the fringing within a couple weeks. When the DW first came out there were many posts about how the fringing magically got better after a couple weeks of use. I can't see it any more unless I really get my eyes right up to the screen. That being said, there are definitely people who can't "unsee" it.
The only thing I don't like (I'll get used to it) is that the 32" 16:9 monitor was bigger vertically, so now text is a little smaller, but it's not bad so running it 100% scale is fine. Will game after work.
I think it just annoys some people more. Either they are more tuned in to it, or they just like to complain. I don't have this monitor, but I do have a S95B TV which has the same pixel structure and tech. I've gotten up close to it (from couch distance it is too far to see pixels) and ya, you can notice the issues with font hinting that you don't see on a normal RGB square pixel display. However it really isn't a big deal, text is still perfectly readable and looks fine, just not quite as crisp.
I have to have my face planted to the screen to see what I assume is the issue. Still looking good to me after a few days.
I dunno... I got a MiniLED display and I have never felt so conflicted about display technology in my life. I mean there has always been tradeoffs, there has never been one "best" but I've always been able to find the one I clearly liked better. But OLED vs FALD MiniLED is just so damn hard. I have an S95B TV, so same basic tech in the panel as the Alienware. I love it, it has been an absolutely superb gaming TV. I wanted to get an HDR gaming monitor too because of my experience with it, for when I can't/don't want to game on the TV. I was seriously looking at one of these monitors, I mean I like the TV, so it makes sense. However, I ended up getting a MiniLED monitor (ASUS PG32UQX) instead as a compromise because of some of the things that worried me about the monitor like burn in possibility, wanting 4k for both displays, and lower HDR brightness than the TV. I expected the monitor to mostly be a compromise, not as good for gaming, but better for desktop.
I was strongly considering the Q9 Neo as it's a significnatly larger monitor and could be had for about $300 more than the DWF but between my concern of its foot print on my desk and what i have read about Samsung QC lately I went with the DWF. But damn for 1200 more than the DWF I hope that Asus kills it. Spec wise it sounds like an incredible screen.
I mean I can't say it is necessarily "worth" the $1200 more. I'm certainly not going to go around trying to convince everyone that they need to drop $2300 on a display. I was just surprised at how good the MiniLED experience is, and how much I like it as opposed to OLED. I really did expect that it would basically be a compromise, and that I'd end up wanting to game on the OLED primarily, only using it for gaming when needed (mostly when GF is using the TV for gaming). However, in some ways I really prefer it. There are downsides to be sure, this panel in particular has a lot of motion blur on some transitions, but it just amazed me how much I really did appreciate the additional brightness/lack of ABL.
It's really not noticeable for the 16:9 lines. Doesn't matter the brightness - It's basically unavoidable over time since so much video content gets letterboxed like that.
