THIS is the best monitor. - Alienware AW2725DF

Don’t mind me. Doing the thing where I buy a very expensive monitor and then validate my purchase by watching reviews while it ships out.

That Microsoft account lock thing has been the bane of my existence in IT for a few years now. Our Active Directory account can get locked out at the "Azure" level, but not the Active Directory level, and there is NOTHING we can do as IT.

Could some of your cameramen make a video about the colour space naming themes and how they are measured? Nice always to get the stats, but I don't personally understand the gamut space. Thanks!

The 34" ultrawide is my perfect. I have my basement split into half projector theater room the other half of the room is my pc gaming desk/racing simulator rig. I have amber rope lighting framing out the ceiling of the projector side and im quite pleased how the screen on the DW3423DWF mutes the reflections from it. I was worried it being glossy but its done well.

This is what I've always wanted. I'm a creative professional, but also like to game! It's really annoying that companies just haven't made good colour accurate monitors with high refresh rates until now. It was always a compromise, so this is awesome to see :D

6:50 Linus if it makes you feel any better, the latest Windows 10 1-9-2024 Security update breaks on a lot of computers because it requires a larger recovery partition, which by default on Windows is ~500MB. The workaround is to run a bunch of commands to resize it because MS’s built-in partition disks doesn’t allow you to move the start of a partition

You can see your accuracy in any mode. You have to scroll the top menu to the right to where it says scoreboard and then scroll through the different stat pages.

Tip for next time Linus, you can see your accuracy in Halo by going to the scoreboard tab after the match and arrowing over a few pages.

As someone who recently downloaded Halo and had to go through all the troubleshooting to login which finally culminated in deleting gibberish from the credential manager, it's so validating to see Linus go through it

Did you use the default "Creator Mode" with 2.2 Gamma for the color measurements or the Standard on the 27" ? And when you check for SDR color accuracy do you set the gamut from DCI-P3 to sRGB or were the tests done for SDR with DCI-P3 gamut ?

would this not be recommended for a photo video editing monitor / music production using pro tools software for music?

9:21 is the sound of me being convinced I should buy this monitor.

2023 in my mind is the first year since we tossed CRT to the side that we FINALLY have monitors that are comparable in motion clarity. Up until now I always thought CRT was superior in every way except foot print. I am currently gaming on a 55" s95c and it is FAR from perfect for use as a monitor but I cannot go back to anything not oled. I am 100% buying an oled monitor either this year or next... whenever I can get either a 1440p 480hz QD or potentially the 240hz 4k that can do 1080p 480hz (tho I am sad its w oled and not 1440p for the 480hz mode)

I have been chasing CRT motion since I was a young lad...it is funny it has taken this long just to get close to it.

What's the notebook at 7:26? Is the cable sticking upwards a charging/power cable? Is the slit on the side of the screen a vent? Not a disc thingie, surely...

Yes! I waited for this review after recognition of both alien wäre monitors in your former review to Samsungs QD OLED Review! 😄

I just upgraded my TV to a LG G3 last year & OLED is amazing. I'm still waiting for a good reason to upgrade my Acer Predator 27" 165Hz computer monitor though. I don't play FPS so I don't know if I care about super high framerates but I do love inky blacks. I want good contrast at relatively low brightness. This tech looks pretty close to being ready but as long as screen-burn is still an issue that has to be actively managed, I don't think it's worth pulling the trigger yet.

Do these monitors disconnect when turning them off, or do they stay connected? (It's a displayport design flaw that has been a major issue for the last 15 years or so) I need to leave my computer on most of the time, and if the screen "disconnects", some software etc. crashes or outright can't start in an automated fashion due to the operating system not seeing anywhere to draw the application. Obviously leaving and OLED on 24/7 for years just so stuff doesn't crash wouod be... pretty bad for burn-in :P

27" is the perfect size for my use and desk. Unfortunately instead of 360Hz or even 240Hz I need/prefer/use 4K.

Ironic im watching this while working and I'm in credential manager hell trying to fix a onedrive issue. I feel your pain Linus.