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hinch on 12 February 2022
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Captain_Yuri said:
hinch said:

Reading comments on tech websites, Reddit, Youtube etc it looks like a lot of people want one and will mostly likely sell out fast. Like this is pretty much the first 'low' priced OLED monitor to launch, so I think you may be right. I'm even awfully tempted to upgrade my G7 to that. Or to Samsung's Odyssey G8QNB - which uses the same panel.

This honestly feels like an Ampere/RDNA 2 moment where I was thinking this would be north of $5,000 but it ended up being only $1,300. PC gamers have been getting rekt with shitty monitors and their shat prices. Asus Mini-LED VA ultrawide monitors for a couple years ago with stupid amounts of ghosting and other nonsense costed $2000+ USD. Asus Mini-LED legit last year with so many issues costs $3000 USD. Samsungs Neo G9 costs $2500 and the list went on. All while LG is able to sell their OLED tvs for $1200-$1500 that runs circles around PC monitors with the biggest downside being their size.

Outcomes Alienware, a brand known to be overpriced, with a panel technology that will circles around even the best LG OLED TVs of this year for a fap worthy price. QD-OLED technology are going to be in TVs that will cost $8000+ USD this year. For the first time in a long time, PC gamers finally get to enjoy a monitor with flagship panel technology for relatively cheap price. Yes $1,300 is expensive but this is equivalent to buying Ferrari for the price of a Toyota Camry.

On top of that, it comes with Alienware's Advanced Exchange warranty that covers burn-in for 3 years. Like 90% of the stores where you can buy a OLED TV does not come with burn-in warranty. Yet Alienware is not only going to include it with an already crazy low price, it's going to be for 3 years!

Like idk what caused Alienware to make this decision but holy fuck. This is the type of news that really makes me excited. Hopefully this will force the other monitor manufacturers to bring down their prices. Cause for $1,300, there's 0 point in buying anything else that's not QD-OLED at this price point.

Yeah at this price it kinda makes everything else a joke in comparison. And that comparison is apt. It could be the turning point like how people have moved on from LCD to OLEDs on phones. And this could be the start.

Granted $1300 is still quite a sum of money like you said its cutting edge tech for sensible cost. Makes me think that these panels are a lot more cost effective from Samsung than LG. Or that LG had been way overcharging OEM's on the large OLED's or something.

And that burn in exchange program is nuts. I don't think I've seen any other manufacter offer any service like that without taking up a premium after sales service.

Really interest to see how Samsung and other manufacter price their OLEDs. Because Alienware has all eyes on them ATM and rightfully so!