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title: "AW3423DW Curved Gaming Monitor 34.18 inch Quantom Dot-OLED 1800R Display, 3440x1440 Pixels at 175Hz, True 0.1ms Gray-to-Gray, 1M:1 Contrast Ratio, 1.07 Billions Colors - Lunar Light"
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# 175Hz refresh rate + 0.1ms response 1.07B colors & 1M:1 contrast 34.18" ultrawide curved QD-OLED AW3423DW Curved Gaming Monitor 34.18 inch Quantom Dot-OLED 1800R Display, 3440x1440 Pixels at 175Hz, True 0.1ms Gray-to-Gray, 1M:1 Contrast Ratio, 1.07 Billions Colors - Lunar Light

**Brand:** alienware
**Price:** € 888.98
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your visual game — see more, react faster, and own the moment with Alienware AW3423DW!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** AW3423DW Curved Gaming Monitor 34.18 inch Quantom Dot-OLED 1800R Display, 3440x1440 Pixels at 175Hz, True 0.1ms Gray-to-Gray, 1M:1 Contrast Ratio, 1.07 Billions Colors - Lunar Light by alienware
- **How much does it cost?** € 888.98 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ie](https://www.desertcart.ie/products/438691341-aw3423dw-curved-gaming-monitor-34-18-inch-quantom-dot-oled)

## Best For

- alienware enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted alienware brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Speed That Leaves Lag Behind:** 175Hz refresh rate combined with an industry-leading 0.1ms gray-to-gray response time means buttery-smooth, stutter-free gameplay.
- • **Colors That Pop Like Never Before:** Experience over 1 billion colors and a staggering 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio for true blacks and vibrant visuals that make your content sing.
- • **Tailored Comfort Meets Sleek Design:** Height adjustable, swivel, tilt, and anti-glare curved screen with customizable AlienFX lighting and smart cable management for a clutter-free, stylish setup.
- • **Future-Proofed for Creators & Gamers:** Creator Mode with DCI-P3 & sRGB calibration plus NVIDIA G-SYNC Ultimate certification ensures precision color and tear-free gaming — because your work and play deserve the best.
- • **Wrap Yourself in Ultra-Wide Immersion:** 34.18-inch 1800R curved Quantum Dot OLED display pulls you into every frame with cinematic depth and clarity.

## Overview

The Alienware AW3423DW is a premium 34.18-inch ultrawide curved gaming monitor featuring Quantum Dot OLED technology for superior color accuracy and contrast. It boasts a 3440x1440 resolution, 175Hz refresh rate, and ultra-fast 0.1ms response time, delivering smooth, immersive visuals ideal for competitive gaming and creative work. With customizable AlienFX lighting, ergonomic adjustments, and NVIDIA G-SYNC Ultimate certification, it combines cutting-edge performance with sleek design and future-proof features.

## Description

With the Alienware AW3423DW 34.18-inch Quantum Dot-OLED Curved Gaming Monitor, you can immerse yourself in the ultimate gaming experience. With its impressive 3440x1440 pixel resolution and a lightning-fast 175Hz refresh rate, every detail comes to life with stunning clarity. The 1800R curvature wraps around your field of view, pulling you deeper into the action. With a true 0.1ms gray-to-gray response time, motion blur is virtually eliminated, ensuring smooth and precise visuals. The 1Million:1 contrast ratio delivers rich blacks and vibrant colors, enhanced by the support for 1.07 billion colors. The Lunar Light design adds a touch of style to your gaming setup. With a brightness of 250 cd/m2 (typical) and a peak brightness of 1000 cd/m2, the monitor delivers vibrant visuals even in bright environments. Plus, with a maximum power consumption of 200 watts, it provides efficient performance for long gaming sessions. Get ready to take your gaming to new heights with the Alienware AW3423DW.

Review: Treat your eyes with eye candy. This is the real deal! - Let me start off by saying I never really write reviews for products because they’re okay and mostly do what they’re advertised to do, but this monitor really blew my mind because I was not expecting it to be this fantastic, to the point that it deserves I take time off my day to write a thorough review about everything this monitor does greatly and beyond, and addressing some of its issues that many complain about. This is coming from a previous 27-inch 1440p 16:9 IPS monitor. I have had issues with most games where I always crank the FOV all the way up in the settings and still feel like it’s not enough for me like I don't get enough view of the entire scene at once and it quite bothered me because I am the type to enjoy having everything visible in the frame so I can quickly glance instead of having to move my camera to see something. It also helps in competitive games because I can see enemies easier around the corner in my peripheral vision. Until I stumbled upon this monitor someday, as if it descended from heaven to bless my reality. At first, I was skeptical and did not like the thought of an ultrawide monitor because not many games and apps support it well and I was worried about things being stretched and making me feel nauseous. But after thorough research and watching every single video and reading every review available on the internet about this monitor, I decided it's worth a shot and pulled the trigger, and let me tell you... I have never been this excited about the arrival of an item before. I felt like a kid waiting impatiently for Christmas. I kept checking the desertcart tracker not just every day, but literally every 1 to 2 hours - that's how freaking excited out of my mind I was. I even went as far as checking my carrier's tracker website when it shipped for more in-depth tracking updates. The setup was also pretty easy and straightforward. Only need to screw the feet to the stand and then latch it into the back of the monitor. Push the quick-release button to detach the stand. The excitement also came with serious paranoia from the bad reviews complaining about the color fringing on text, the audible fans noise, the risk of OLED burn-in, and the bubble wrap marks on the screen from the packaging, let alone the panel lottery with the risk of it arriving with a defective panel or a dead pixel. I may have gotten lucky with this unit but I'll write my experience: - Text fringing: While yes I do agree with everyone, the text fringing IS there and it is noticeable, but only if you rub your nose on the screen. From a normal sitting distance, it's not really that noticeable, especially with workarounds like BetterClearType. Honestly, for me, it's not a big deal. But maybe because I was used to the poor text clarity on my previous monitor. If you're coming from a 4K monitor with a high pixel density, then you will definitely notice the downgrade in text clarity and the fringing, but nothing your eyes won't adjust to in time! Regardless, you might not even notice it if you're too focused on what's actually displayed on the screen instead of nitpicking the little pixels. - Fans noise: Personally, I had never heard either of the fans, even while gaming and when I turned eco mode off as well. At times I forgot this monitor even has fans! If you're always wearing headphones and/or blasting music, the fans' noise won't be an issue for you. - OLED burn-in: Like any OLED monitor, this one is not safe from the inevitable doom of burn-in. However, you can reduce the risk of burn-in significantly if you take good care of your monitor by reducing brightness, doing pixel refreshes frequently, and turning off the monitor when you're not using it. If you do experience image retention (not burn-in!), you can do a full panel refresh which could take about an hour and the problem should be fixed afterward. As for the pixel refresh, it prompts you every 4 hours and if you have eco mode on, the hours won't be counted if your monitor is off but still plugged into power. Pixel refresh usually takes about 7 minutes for me to finish and when it's done, the blinking green light on the power indicator will turn off, letting you know your monitor is ready to rock on again! In case in the long run you do experience burn-in, Dell has you covered with a 3-year warranty. Just make sure you register your product on their website using the service tag available in the OSD menu. - Bubble wrap marks: When I opened the box and whipped out the monitor and removed the bubble wrap cover on the screen, I noticed some marks on the edges of the screen, but rest assured, a few good wipes with tissues and the marks are gone! They're basically like fingerprints. - Panel lottery: This is inevitable for every monitor in existence and you just gotta cross your fingers and pray your luck is good. Thankfully, mine came in perfect condition with firmware M0B201. No dead pixels, no broken panel, no flickering, and no coil whine in fans. I got really lucky. You just gotta hope you get lucky too. Just make sure when you order the monitor, to order it new from trusted sellers. For me, I only order expensive premium products sold and shipped by desertcart themselves. I don't trust marketplace sellers. Side note, while the brightness in SDR is great, it's not that bright compared to some LCD monitors. Don't get me wrong, the brightness is great and it gets bright in SDR at 100% (236 cd/m2)! But I would've liked it if it was slightly brighter, mainly because I'm used to full brightness from my previous IPS monitor (311 cd/m2). A white screen still is a serious flashbang regardless, it's just that in dark scenes, the brightness helps. However, the brightness is not an issue in HDR. The brightness in HDR is amazing and it gets pretty bright when gaming. I use HDR400 TB and never really touched HDR1000 because 400 is bright enough for me and I don't want the ABL to ruin my experiences. Aside from the quirks, this monitor packs a punch! Feature-packed and future-proof imo! Everything you throw at it, it just obliterates it. Nothing can beat this bad puppy at this price! Best investment I have made honestly. Contrast, deep blacks, colors, refresh rate, motion handling, G-Sync, everything is perfected. You can't ask for anything better than this. The colors look genuinely amazing. It's literally candy for your eyes. Sugar-coated, tasty, cherry-flavored! Thanks to the quantum dots, certain colors (like red) just "pop" on the screen. Like you could display a range of colors in one frame, and the first color to catch your eye would be the red! If you want more saturation and for the picture to be more vivid and prettier, you can increase the digital vibrance in NVIDIA control panel to your liking. Personally, I settled with 75% digital vibrance in NVIDIA, with 100% brightness and contrast in the monitor's OSD, using creator mode DCI-P3 and a gamma of 2.6. Just my preference. No camera or picture on the internet could truly capture the beauty of the picture quality of this monitor! You'd have to see it for yourself and experience it in person. This is my first QD-OLED monitor and I am never going back to IPS! Never again! The deep blacks make every scene so much better. You can see a lot more details in the dark. I am not big on monitors nor have I owned or tested a lot in person, but from all the monitors I've been using in the past decade, this one takes the crown easily with no hassle. You will get used to the drawbacks of this monitor in time, like the text fringing and fans noise, etc. It'll also take you a while to get adjusted to the 21:9 aspect ratio if you're coming from 16:9, but it'll be worth it, trust me. Nothing can get better than this. TL;DR: Don't think about it. If you have the money, do what I did and pull the trigger. Get it. You'll never regret it. It's about time you treat your eyes with something they deserve! What's the point of a high-end PC if you can't view its full potential with a good monitor? Invest in this monitor!
Review: Great buy if you can snag it while there's a lull in scalpers - I bought this monitor hesitantly because I usually don't want anything to do with Alienware since Dell bought them years ago out of principle and a usual dislike for all things Dell. However, I needed an OLED monitor because I deal with the medical anomaly of Visual Snow, which includes photophobia/excruciating sensitivity to white light. I'd previously bought an LED smart TV and was running that as my monitor, but, it was traditional LED with backlight which isn't ideal for my condition and lead to things looking blurry, hurting my eyes and made me feel like I needed new glasses because I keep my apartment as dark as possible due to my visual issues. Turns out, no, I didn't need new glasses, despite the size, that TV was causing me severe eye strain even though I wear blue blocker glasses. Sooo, off to searching desertcart for an OLED monitor I went, and, my dear gods, what a search. I was trying to find an OLED that was 27" because space is at a premium, but, was unable to, this was the closest I could find to meet those specs as the other "monitors" I'd seen that were OLED were double the price of this, and, furthermore, were obnoxiously huge.. there's a rant in there regarding monitor size somewhere, but, I've already gone on enough of a tangent, suffice to say, no, I wasn't looking for a 57" pc monitor or anything crazy. Then there was cost, I'd noticed that most of the smaller monitors that claimed OLED were around $3k... Yes, I could've afforded one of them, but, I don't want to be spending more on the monitor than I did on the rig I'm going to be using it for either. This monitor popped up, strangely, as a sponsored ad from desertcart that was in the listing but separate, unlike all the other monitors that I was searching which would mention OLED but then, in the product description sneak in that what they were calling OLED was quantum dot on an LCD screen.... Unlike them, this monitor was the closest I could come to my specs. I understand that there seems to be a scalping issue regarding this monitor, when I bought it, it was at the $1.2k price. I hadn't anticipated paying over $1k for a monitor, but, at the same time, this was the best deal on an OLED monitor I could find, and, not to mention, one from a major company instead of a chinese knock off company. So, I bought it, it shipped via FedEx, though, which to me is a problem because, unlike any other carrier, they do not actually have a functional delivery instructions option... I live in a quadplex, it clearly is listed with apartment numbers, FedEx considers the entire property one address, so, even if I could use their delivery manager, it would attach those delivery instructions to the entire building... Especially with something this expensive, I want to make sure it gets delivered to my front door as that's my rented property, FedEx has a bad habit of delivering things to the first floor where the mailboxes are which is not my property and is an actual mis-delivery. Thankfully, though, the package was delivered to my front door and arrived ahead of schedule. The next challenge, though, was the weight... because holy mother of gods, the weight reminded me of my old CRT monitors and the package was far more awkward than them too. By contrast, my bigger LED TV's package was of course bigger, but wasn't near as heavy. It's not an issue if you live on the first floor, but, in my case there are narrow steps that go up to a t-intersection, it was not fun having to lug that thing carefully up the stairs. So, forewarning, a little bit of umph is required for moving it up or down stairs. Assembly is a cinch and shouldn't require any mechanical skills, the most complex part was screwing in the feet of the monitor stand to the monitor stand itself. Now, that stand... I want to take a moment to talk about it... I think the phrase "Graciously over-engineered in a beneficial way" is about as apt a statement as I can say about it. I'm used to manufacturers selling premium products with flimsy additions... especially with monitors, could have a great monitor, but, then you get the monitor stand unpacked and it's just a flimsy piece of plastic that'll probably break, or lead to the monitor topping over... THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THIS MONITOR STAND. If I found myself in a fight in my house, and I had enough time to do this, I'd take the stand off the back of the monitor and use that as an improve weapon... I kid you not, it's sturdy enough that I'm pretty sure you could bash in a skull, it's definitely heavy enough. That said, some might consider the weight of the stand a no go... I don't, I see why so much attention was paid to it, it's weight is there to ensure that when you swivel your monitor or adjust height, etc, the balance is always on the stand, and the monitor's weight won't lead to issues of tipping, or moving or anything else, essentially, it was designed to let basic Newtonian physics do all the hard work of making the monitor stable and tip resistant. The stand has some wire control features that tie into the monitor, like some flanges at the back to secure the wires/cables, and a recess at the bottom of the stand for wire routing out the other side. I appreciated that feature because my room is so cable/wire undisciplined, I sometimes feel like I'm living in the storage closet for Doc Ock... having a monitor stand that at least alleviates that concern for itself is always welcomed. There's one concern that I can think of regarding the stand, and that's it's best feature, the weight, if you have a surface you're going to be placing the monitor on which has some weight concerns, check the weight of the unit in the specs above and realize most of that weight is from the stand, so, use that to factor on if it'll cause issues, if it does, a VESA mount is included, although IDK what one because I'm not using it. Now for the monitor, it had a decent amount of ports, a DP, several HDMI ports, some throughput charging USB ports at the base and a few others. My only gripe with this, though, is that the HDMI ports are 2.0 and NOT 2.1.. what that means is that if you're running your rig via HDMI to the monitor, you're locked to 100 hz or lower refresh rate, if you, like me, have a rig that is capable of 144 or higher hz, this may cause a concern or two in your mind. All I can say is that the unit comes with a G-Sync Ultimate module and the hardware to connect it that way. I need HDR, so, I stick with the HDMI for simplicity sake. As far as the monitor itself, it's plug and play, although, there are a few things you wan to adjust when you first plug it in and power it on. You access the monitor menu/OSD by a joystick at the base of the monitor, don't worry, you'll find it, it's one of the RGB components. I cannot explain it that easily, but, getting it to run in HDR mode is a bit of a odd affair, on one hand, windows is supposed to manage that, but, windows was saying the monitor doesn't support HDR... which, of course it does... the OSD menu gives you options for selecting HDR 1000 or HDR 400 True Black... but that doesn't enable HDR... In my case I think the issue is that I've got this connected to a laptop, and so, I had to shut the lid of the laptop to ensure that it wasn't reading as the primary screen. That said, the menu takes some getting used to, not bad, everything is set up intuitively mostly, but, in order to access the full menu instead of the pre-loaded shortcuts (you can change those in the regular settings) you have to flick the joystick towards you (or "up). The options are quite competent with a huge selection of modes to choose from regarding color settings. It is important to note that, at least, as of current firmware, you cannot choose the creators mode option while running the monitor in HDR, that's only available in SDR and I have no idea why. Other than that, the settings were pretty standard, some interesting additions were adding an FPS counter, and timer on-screen... To me that's a novel idea for a monitor, whether it's functional, IDK. What I do know is that I don't touch them. One "feature' I recommend turning off ASAP is Eco Mode. It's currently glitchy and can cause various issues. Now, I guess the elephant in the room is "What about burn in?" It's too early for me to say, and it's also too early for me to say if burn in affects the quantum dots too, hypothetically, since the brights are somewhat handled by the quantum dots, that should minimize burn in for the OLEDs, but, that's an unknown because this is a brand new combo of tech. There are included remedies, though, that are supposed to minimize the risk of burn-in further, namely pixel and panel refresh... Pixel Refresh prompts to allow it to run every 4 hours, during the time it's running, you will not be able to use the monitor, keep that in mind before using the joystick to click okay, for pixel refresh, the maintenance takes around 7 minutes, after which, you may find that you need to manually turn the monitor back on, not a biggie, but, once more, not ideal if you're, say, in a marathon gaming session. Panel Refresh is an older solution that was also included, don't do that unless you're about to go to bed or are going to be away from the PC for an hour, otherwise, the monitor will be unavailable for an hour. Thankfully, you do not need to run panel refresh every 4 hours, it's more like "Run it every once in a while" sort of like the De-gauss function on CRT's. I try to run pixel refresh along the prescribed 4 hours of usage thing, but, since I use my PC most of the day and night for various things including gaming, I'm not going to claim that I'm that great at keeping up with it. Now, for other things that some may be wanting to know about, but that I don't really GAF about... RGB lighting... Yes, it has it, Yes there's an option to customize each component's color, etc, yes it supports Alien sync, no I don't think it supports Aura-sync but don't know because, once more, IDGAF about RGB, aside from if something is advertised as RGB and all that it comes with are fixed LED's that are only one color... that's when I have an issue, otherwise, fancy shifting xmas lights that are fully configurable do nothing to add to performance or increase gaming skills... especially since, when I medicate with maryJ, that'd serve as a distraction... Zones are, the area in the back where the stand connects to the monitor, 2 zones for that ring, the Alienware logo on the left side (when facing the back of the monitor), the power button and the Joystick. The only 2 that are practical for me are the power button and the OSD joystick since that helps me find both in the dark. No... How is the picture? Great. OLED is wonderful in terms of accuracy of darker colors, and, conceivably, the quantum dots help to extend the color profile in ways that OLED traditionally don't. All I can say is that, though white text is still hurting my eyes, it's not near as bad, and my eyes thank me any time a black area of a game or window comes up, because it's actual black and not that annoying backlit "black". I didn't do tests on the color efficiency or anything, Linus Tech Tips and a few other reviewers did, according to them, the claim of 1k nits is true, but, it doesn't hold 1k nits as long as other monitors, or something like that, IDK... seems like the more nits there are, the more my eyes get bothered, the more agitated I get, so, I'm sticking with what I bought the monitor for, gaming with True Black. Would I suggest this monitor? If you're one of those extremely rare individuals with Visual Snow and you can afford it, yes, it's not going to make the "everything I see looks like there's film grain/static" stuff you deal with everyday, but, it will help your eyes feel more comfy in regards to light sensitivity. Otherwise, would I suggest this monitor? Yes I would, for as expensive as it seems, there's not another monitor in the price range that does the job good. So, I'm not a fan of Alienware usually, but, I will say that even though their heat discipline for pre-built pc's, and their component selection for said pre-built pc's are, in my opinion, trash, I am actually impressed by their monitors. Also, apparently, the panel manufacturer, Samsung, has some sort of exchange deal where, after 3 years if there's burn in, they'll exchange this monitor for another one... if that actually happens or not, IDK. Also, final thought, there are additional ports I didn't mention, including a physical headphone jack at the base, I don't know if it'll connect the microphone portion of a headset, though, because I haven't tested it and probably won't, I use a Skullcandy Crusher EVO head set with amazing bluetooth, hardly use the headphone jacks as a result. Oh, and, IDK why they thought this was needed, but, apparently, there's a cooling fan in the back of the monitor around where the mount is, it's internal, I didn't see it, only the exhaust fans, but have no idea why they felt they needed a fan in it... can't tell you if it's noisy or not because I haven't had it kick in, and if it did, I wasn't aware of it because I was wearing my headphones. So, if you were wondering about that aspect, there you go.

## Features

- IMPECCABLE DESIGN: The Legend 2.0 ID boasts a sleek QD-OLED curved 1800R panel, customizable stadium loop OLED AlienFX lighting, 360° ventilation, improved cable management, and a centralized OSD joystick for easy settings adjustment..Environmental Parameters - Min Operating Temperature : 0 °C, Max Operating Temperature : 40 °C, Humidity Range Operating : 10 - 90% (non-condensing)..ixel Pitch : 0.23 mm. Maximum Operating Temperature : 104 °F
- STUTTER-FREE SPEED: Experience ultra-low latency gameplay, HDR, cinematic color, and smooth gaming with NVIDIA G-SYNC ULTIMATE certification, industry-fast 0.1 ms GtG response time, and 175 Hz high refresh rate.
- IMMERSE IN INGINITE COLOR: Quantum Dot Display Technology enables a slim panel design and delivers a superior color performance with a higher peak luminance and greater color gamut range vs WOLED (White OLED).
- CRITICIAL CREATIVITY: Creator Mode offers precise color-critical work for content creators and gamers, allowing choice between native DCI-P3 and sRGB color spaces, and adjusting gamma settings.
- Comfort Viewing: This gaming monitor offers height adjustment, anti-glare screen, swivel and tilt adjustments, and a curved display for personalized viewing and engaging pictures, ensuring immersive experiences.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B09VQ48X5Q |
| Best Sellers Rank | #33,380 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #800 in Computer Monitors |
| Brand | Alienware |
| Color | White |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (706) |
| Date First Available | March 16, 2022 |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 12 x 32.1 x 20.7 inches |
| Item Weight | 21.8 pounds |
| Item model number | AW3423DW Gaming Monitor |
| Manufacturer | Dell |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 5 |
| Product Dimensions | 12 x 32.1 x 20.7 inches |
| Screen Resolution | 3440x1440 |
| Series | Alienware AW3423DW 34.18-inch Quantom Dot-OLED Curved Gaming Monitor |
| Standing screen display size | 34 Inches |
| Voltage | 240 Volts (AC) |

## Product Details

- **Aspect Ratio:** 21:9
- **Brand:** Alienware
- **Resolution:** Quantom Dot OLED
- **Screen Size:** 34 Inches
- **Screen Surface Description:** Matte

## Images

![AW3423DW Curved Gaming Monitor 34.18 inch Quantom Dot-OLED 1800R Display, 3440x1440 Pixels at 175Hz, True 0.1ms Gray-to-Gray, 1M:1 Contrast Ratio, 1.07 Billions Colors - Lunar Light - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ufV5NQ44L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Why is there a $500 mark up from the msrp?**
A: I went to Dell's website. It's ten dollars cheaper at Dell; but no Prime shipping. You will have to decide. The other one that's $1,000 is a cheaper model._____Andre's

**Q: Does this monitor support vesa mounts?**
A: This monitor supports VESA compatible 100 x 100 mm mounting holes for flexible mounting options.

**Q: Is this monitor showing up in stock soon?**
A: Please reach out to the Amazon sales support team for the details on the product availability.

**Q: why the price hike was $1200 2 days ago?**
A: I'd imagine scalpers ramping up their scalping for the upcoming Black Friday crunch.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Treat your eyes with eye candy. This is the real deal!
*by A***A on December 30, 2022*

Let me start off by saying I never really write reviews for products because they’re okay and mostly do what they’re advertised to do, but this monitor really blew my mind because I was not expecting it to be this fantastic, to the point that it deserves I take time off my day to write a thorough review about everything this monitor does greatly and beyond, and addressing some of its issues that many complain about. This is coming from a previous 27-inch 1440p 16:9 IPS monitor. I have had issues with most games where I always crank the FOV all the way up in the settings and still feel like it’s not enough for me like I don't get enough view of the entire scene at once and it quite bothered me because I am the type to enjoy having everything visible in the frame so I can quickly glance instead of having to move my camera to see something. It also helps in competitive games because I can see enemies easier around the corner in my peripheral vision. Until I stumbled upon this monitor someday, as if it descended from heaven to bless my reality. At first, I was skeptical and did not like the thought of an ultrawide monitor because not many games and apps support it well and I was worried about things being stretched and making me feel nauseous. But after thorough research and watching every single video and reading every review available on the internet about this monitor, I decided it's worth a shot and pulled the trigger, and let me tell you... I have never been this excited about the arrival of an item before. I felt like a kid waiting impatiently for Christmas. I kept checking the Amazon tracker not just every day, but literally every 1 to 2 hours - that's how freaking excited out of my mind I was. I even went as far as checking my carrier's tracker website when it shipped for more in-depth tracking updates. The setup was also pretty easy and straightforward. Only need to screw the feet to the stand and then latch it into the back of the monitor. Push the quick-release button to detach the stand. The excitement also came with serious paranoia from the bad reviews complaining about the color fringing on text, the audible fans noise, the risk of OLED burn-in, and the bubble wrap marks on the screen from the packaging, let alone the panel lottery with the risk of it arriving with a defective panel or a dead pixel. I may have gotten lucky with this unit but I'll write my experience: - Text fringing: While yes I do agree with everyone, the text fringing IS there and it is noticeable, but only if you rub your nose on the screen. From a normal sitting distance, it's not really that noticeable, especially with workarounds like BetterClearType. Honestly, for me, it's not a big deal. But maybe because I was used to the poor text clarity on my previous monitor. If you're coming from a 4K monitor with a high pixel density, then you will definitely notice the downgrade in text clarity and the fringing, but nothing your eyes won't adjust to in time! Regardless, you might not even notice it if you're too focused on what's actually displayed on the screen instead of nitpicking the little pixels. - Fans noise: Personally, I had never heard either of the fans, even while gaming and when I turned eco mode off as well. At times I forgot this monitor even has fans! If you're always wearing headphones and/or blasting music, the fans' noise won't be an issue for you. - OLED burn-in: Like any OLED monitor, this one is not safe from the inevitable doom of burn-in. However, you can reduce the risk of burn-in significantly if you take good care of your monitor by reducing brightness, doing pixel refreshes frequently, and turning off the monitor when you're not using it. If you do experience image retention (not burn-in!), you can do a full panel refresh which could take about an hour and the problem should be fixed afterward. As for the pixel refresh, it prompts you every 4 hours and if you have eco mode on, the hours won't be counted if your monitor is off but still plugged into power. Pixel refresh usually takes about 7 minutes for me to finish and when it's done, the blinking green light on the power indicator will turn off, letting you know your monitor is ready to rock on again! In case in the long run you do experience burn-in, Dell has you covered with a 3-year warranty. Just make sure you register your product on their website using the service tag available in the OSD menu. - Bubble wrap marks: When I opened the box and whipped out the monitor and removed the bubble wrap cover on the screen, I noticed some marks on the edges of the screen, but rest assured, a few good wipes with tissues and the marks are gone! They're basically like fingerprints. - Panel lottery: This is inevitable for every monitor in existence and you just gotta cross your fingers and pray your luck is good. Thankfully, mine came in perfect condition with firmware M0B201. No dead pixels, no broken panel, no flickering, and no coil whine in fans. I got really lucky. You just gotta hope you get lucky too. Just make sure when you order the monitor, to order it new from trusted sellers. For me, I only order expensive premium products sold and shipped by Amazon themselves. I don't trust marketplace sellers. Side note, while the brightness in SDR is great, it's not that bright compared to some LCD monitors. Don't get me wrong, the brightness is great and it gets bright in SDR at 100% (236 cd/m2)! But I would've liked it if it was slightly brighter, mainly because I'm used to full brightness from my previous IPS monitor (311 cd/m2). A white screen still is a serious flashbang regardless, it's just that in dark scenes, the brightness helps. However, the brightness is not an issue in HDR. The brightness in HDR is amazing and it gets pretty bright when gaming. I use HDR400 TB and never really touched HDR1000 because 400 is bright enough for me and I don't want the ABL to ruin my experiences. Aside from the quirks, this monitor packs a punch! Feature-packed and future-proof imo! Everything you throw at it, it just obliterates it. Nothing can beat this bad puppy at this price! Best investment I have made honestly. Contrast, deep blacks, colors, refresh rate, motion handling, G-Sync, everything is perfected. You can't ask for anything better than this. The colors look genuinely amazing. It's literally candy for your eyes. Sugar-coated, tasty, cherry-flavored! Thanks to the quantum dots, certain colors (like red) just "pop" on the screen. Like you could display a range of colors in one frame, and the first color to catch your eye would be the red! If you want more saturation and for the picture to be more vivid and prettier, you can increase the digital vibrance in NVIDIA control panel to your liking. Personally, I settled with 75% digital vibrance in NVIDIA, with 100% brightness and contrast in the monitor's OSD, using creator mode DCI-P3 and a gamma of 2.6. Just my preference. No camera or picture on the internet could truly capture the beauty of the picture quality of this monitor! You'd have to see it for yourself and experience it in person. This is my first QD-OLED monitor and I am never going back to IPS! Never again! The deep blacks make every scene so much better. You can see a lot more details in the dark. I am not big on monitors nor have I owned or tested a lot in person, but from all the monitors I've been using in the past decade, this one takes the crown easily with no hassle. You will get used to the drawbacks of this monitor in time, like the text fringing and fans noise, etc. It'll also take you a while to get adjusted to the 21:9 aspect ratio if you're coming from 16:9, but it'll be worth it, trust me. Nothing can get better than this. TL;DR: Don't think about it. If you have the money, do what I did and pull the trigger. Get it. You'll never regret it. It's about time you treat your eyes with something they deserve! What's the point of a high-end PC if you can't view its full potential with a good monitor? Invest in this monitor!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great buy if you can snag it while there's a lull in scalpers
*by A***R on October 26, 2022*

I bought this monitor hesitantly because I usually don't want anything to do with Alienware since Dell bought them years ago out of principle and a usual dislike for all things Dell. However, I needed an OLED monitor because I deal with the medical anomaly of Visual Snow, which includes photophobia/excruciating sensitivity to white light. I'd previously bought an LED smart TV and was running that as my monitor, but, it was traditional LED with backlight which isn't ideal for my condition and lead to things looking blurry, hurting my eyes and made me feel like I needed new glasses because I keep my apartment as dark as possible due to my visual issues. Turns out, no, I didn't need new glasses, despite the size, that TV was causing me severe eye strain even though I wear blue blocker glasses. Sooo, off to searching Amazon for an OLED monitor I went, and, my dear gods, what a search. I was trying to find an OLED that was 27" because space is at a premium, but, was unable to, this was the closest I could find to meet those specs as the other "monitors" I'd seen that were OLED were double the price of this, and, furthermore, were obnoxiously huge.. there's a rant in there regarding monitor size somewhere, but, I've already gone on enough of a tangent, suffice to say, no, I wasn't looking for a 57" pc monitor or anything crazy. Then there was cost, I'd noticed that most of the smaller monitors that claimed OLED were around $3k... Yes, I could've afforded one of them, but, I don't want to be spending more on the monitor than I did on the rig I'm going to be using it for either. This monitor popped up, strangely, as a sponsored ad from amazon that was in the listing but separate, unlike all the other monitors that I was searching which would mention OLED but then, in the product description sneak in that what they were calling OLED was quantum dot on an LCD screen.... Unlike them, this monitor was the closest I could come to my specs. I understand that there seems to be a scalping issue regarding this monitor, when I bought it, it was at the $1.2k price. I hadn't anticipated paying over $1k for a monitor, but, at the same time, this was the best deal on an OLED monitor I could find, and, not to mention, one from a major company instead of a chinese knock off company. So, I bought it, it shipped via FedEx, though, which to me is a problem because, unlike any other carrier, they do not actually have a functional delivery instructions option... I live in a quadplex, it clearly is listed with apartment numbers, FedEx considers the entire property one address, so, even if I could use their delivery manager, it would attach those delivery instructions to the entire building... Especially with something this expensive, I want to make sure it gets delivered to my front door as that's my rented property, FedEx has a bad habit of delivering things to the first floor where the mailboxes are which is not my property and is an actual mis-delivery. Thankfully, though, the package was delivered to my front door and arrived ahead of schedule. The next challenge, though, was the weight... because holy mother of gods, the weight reminded me of my old CRT monitors and the package was far more awkward than them too. By contrast, my bigger LED TV's package was of course bigger, but wasn't near as heavy. It's not an issue if you live on the first floor, but, in my case there are narrow steps that go up to a t-intersection, it was not fun having to lug that thing carefully up the stairs. So, forewarning, a little bit of umph is required for moving it up or down stairs. Assembly is a cinch and shouldn't require any mechanical skills, the most complex part was screwing in the feet of the monitor stand to the monitor stand itself. Now, that stand... I want to take a moment to talk about it... I think the phrase "Graciously over-engineered in a beneficial way" is about as apt a statement as I can say about it. I'm used to manufacturers selling premium products with flimsy additions... especially with monitors, could have a great monitor, but, then you get the monitor stand unpacked and it's just a flimsy piece of plastic that'll probably break, or lead to the monitor topping over... THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THIS MONITOR STAND. If I found myself in a fight in my house, and I had enough time to do this, I'd take the stand off the back of the monitor and use that as an improve weapon... I kid you not, it's sturdy enough that I'm pretty sure you could bash in a skull, it's definitely heavy enough. That said, some might consider the weight of the stand a no go... I don't, I see why so much attention was paid to it, it's weight is there to ensure that when you swivel your monitor or adjust height, etc, the balance is always on the stand, and the monitor's weight won't lead to issues of tipping, or moving or anything else, essentially, it was designed to let basic Newtonian physics do all the hard work of making the monitor stable and tip resistant. The stand has some wire control features that tie into the monitor, like some flanges at the back to secure the wires/cables, and a recess at the bottom of the stand for wire routing out the other side. I appreciated that feature because my room is so cable/wire undisciplined, I sometimes feel like I'm living in the storage closet for Doc Ock... having a monitor stand that at least alleviates that concern for itself is always welcomed. There's one concern that I can think of regarding the stand, and that's it's best feature, the weight, if you have a surface you're going to be placing the monitor on which has some weight concerns, check the weight of the unit in the specs above and realize most of that weight is from the stand, so, use that to factor on if it'll cause issues, if it does, a VESA mount is included, although IDK what one because I'm not using it. Now for the monitor, it had a decent amount of ports, a DP, several HDMI ports, some throughput charging USB ports at the base and a few others. My only gripe with this, though, is that the HDMI ports are 2.0 and NOT 2.1.. what that means is that if you're running your rig via HDMI to the monitor, you're locked to 100 hz or lower refresh rate, if you, like me, have a rig that is capable of 144 or higher hz, this may cause a concern or two in your mind. All I can say is that the unit comes with a G-Sync Ultimate module and the hardware to connect it that way. I need HDR, so, I stick with the HDMI for simplicity sake. As far as the monitor itself, it's plug and play, although, there are a few things you wan to adjust when you first plug it in and power it on. You access the monitor menu/OSD by a joystick at the base of the monitor, don't worry, you'll find it, it's one of the RGB components. I cannot explain it that easily, but, getting it to run in HDR mode is a bit of a odd affair, on one hand, windows is supposed to manage that, but, windows was saying the monitor doesn't support HDR... which, of course it does... the OSD menu gives you options for selecting HDR 1000 or HDR 400 True Black... but that doesn't enable HDR... In my case I think the issue is that I've got this connected to a laptop, and so, I had to shut the lid of the laptop to ensure that it wasn't reading as the primary screen. That said, the menu takes some getting used to, not bad, everything is set up intuitively mostly, but, in order to access the full menu instead of the pre-loaded shortcuts (you can change those in the regular settings) you have to flick the joystick towards you (or "up). The options are quite competent with a huge selection of modes to choose from regarding color settings. It is important to note that, at least, as of current firmware, you cannot choose the creators mode option while running the monitor in HDR, that's only available in SDR and I have no idea why. Other than that, the settings were pretty standard, some interesting additions were adding an FPS counter, and timer on-screen... To me that's a novel idea for a monitor, whether it's functional, IDK. What I do know is that I don't touch them. One "feature' I recommend turning off ASAP is Eco Mode. It's currently glitchy and can cause various issues. Now, I guess the elephant in the room is "What about burn in?" It's too early for me to say, and it's also too early for me to say if burn in affects the quantum dots too, hypothetically, since the brights are somewhat handled by the quantum dots, that should minimize burn in for the OLEDs, but, that's an unknown because this is a brand new combo of tech. There are included remedies, though, that are supposed to minimize the risk of burn-in further, namely pixel and panel refresh... Pixel Refresh prompts to allow it to run every 4 hours, during the time it's running, you will not be able to use the monitor, keep that in mind before using the joystick to click okay, for pixel refresh, the maintenance takes around 7 minutes, after which, you may find that you need to manually turn the monitor back on, not a biggie, but, once more, not ideal if you're, say, in a marathon gaming session. Panel Refresh is an older solution that was also included, don't do that unless you're about to go to bed or are going to be away from the PC for an hour, otherwise, the monitor will be unavailable for an hour. Thankfully, you do not need to run panel refresh every 4 hours, it's more like "Run it every once in a while" sort of like the De-gauss function on CRT's. I try to run pixel refresh along the prescribed 4 hours of usage thing, but, since I use my PC most of the day and night for various things including gaming, I'm not going to claim that I'm that great at keeping up with it. Now, for other things that some may be wanting to know about, but that I don't really GAF about... RGB lighting... Yes, it has it, Yes there's an option to customize each component's color, etc, yes it supports Alien sync, no I don't think it supports Aura-sync but don't know because, once more, IDGAF about RGB, aside from if something is advertised as RGB and all that it comes with are fixed LED's that are only one color... that's when I have an issue, otherwise, fancy shifting xmas lights that are fully configurable do nothing to add to performance or increase gaming skills... especially since, when I medicate with maryJ, that'd serve as a distraction... Zones are, the area in the back where the stand connects to the monitor, 2 zones for that ring, the Alienware logo on the left side (when facing the back of the monitor), the power button and the Joystick. The only 2 that are practical for me are the power button and the OSD joystick since that helps me find both in the dark. No... How is the picture? Great. OLED is wonderful in terms of accuracy of darker colors, and, conceivably, the quantum dots help to extend the color profile in ways that OLED traditionally don't. All I can say is that, though white text is still hurting my eyes, it's not near as bad, and my eyes thank me any time a black area of a game or window comes up, because it's actual black and not that annoying backlit "black". I didn't do tests on the color efficiency or anything, Linus Tech Tips and a few other reviewers did, according to them, the claim of 1k nits is true, but, it doesn't hold 1k nits as long as other monitors, or something like that, IDK... seems like the more nits there are, the more my eyes get bothered, the more agitated I get, so, I'm sticking with what I bought the monitor for, gaming with True Black. Would I suggest this monitor? If you're one of those extremely rare individuals with Visual Snow and you can afford it, yes, it's not going to make the "everything I see looks like there's film grain/static" stuff you deal with everyday, but, it will help your eyes feel more comfy in regards to light sensitivity. Otherwise, would I suggest this monitor? Yes I would, for as expensive as it seems, there's not another monitor in the price range that does the job good. So, I'm not a fan of Alienware usually, but, I will say that even though their heat discipline for pre-built pc's, and their component selection for said pre-built pc's are, in my opinion, trash, I am actually impressed by their monitors. Also, apparently, the panel manufacturer, Samsung, has some sort of exchange deal where, after 3 years if there's burn in, they'll exchange this monitor for another one... if that actually happens or not, IDK. Also, final thought, there are additional ports I didn't mention, including a physical headphone jack at the base, I don't know if it'll connect the microphone portion of a headset, though, because I haven't tested it and probably won't, I use a Skullcandy Crusher EVO head set with amazing bluetooth, hardly use the headphone jacks as a result. Oh, and, IDK why they thought this was needed, but, apparently, there's a cooling fan in the back of the monitor around where the mount is, it's internal, I didn't see it, only the exhaust fans, but have no idea why they felt they needed a fan in it... can't tell you if it's noisy or not because I haven't had it kick in, and if it did, I wasn't aware of it because I was wearing my headphones. So, if you were wondering about that aspect, there you go.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by D***O on December 7, 2024*

Love the image quality and fast response! Didn't buy it for gaming more for watching movies and work, but wanted a good quality screen at the same time. Size is perfect, I have 2x MSI 30" screens and one dates now over 2 years and you can see the difference on the image quality. Technology changes so fast, will see long term if this was a good purchase or not?! 🤔

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