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Alienware AW3926QW Glossy 39" 5K2K 165Hz w/ RGB Stripe
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There literally was a guy selling a mint one in Facebook marketplace. I watched it go from $1,100 asking all the way down to $450 over the course of a month and a half....finally sold at $400.
I primarily use mine for work productivity and UW gaming novelty and it's priceless for that and not having to worry about burn in issues.
Back on topic.... seems like this Alienware is gonna have annoying ABL dimming.... ughhhh
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It's bottom of the charts when it comes to HDR. I'll admit I'm wrong, that white subpixel does all the heavy lifting and lets the LG top the charts. But I don't want to deal with the other issues it comes with.
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I had google extrapolate that table. Take specific numbers with a grain of salt as it's an AI aggregate scraped from multiple sites (with RTings probably doing most of the heavy lifting). There are likely a few errors and/or differences across fw versions, but the overall theme of the hierarchy is probably pretty accurate.
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So RGB WOLED does have the potential to not dim like crazy in higher APL scenes when running high brightness HDR modes, it's just Dell for whatever reason decided to make it behave like a QD-OLED. PCMonitors is currently reviewing the Asus PG27UCWM which is a 27" 4K RGB striped WOLED with an even higher PPI and less area to dissipate heat compared to the Alienware and he confirmed twice that it does not have the craptastic dimming when using the higher HDR brightness modes:
Pretty disappointing the AW3926QW has QD-OLED style panel dimming. Maybe a firmware update can change that behavior but I'm not holding my breath.
Pretty disappointing the AW3926QW has QD-OLED style panel dimming. Maybe a firmware update can change that behavior but I'm not holding my breath.
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I don't know. I believe they measure the power output of the panel overall at any given time to control the overall heat output. More energy to the emitters = more heat. It could be both, though.
That's interesting. LG's algorithm on their 45 gx950a (which is just WOLED with MicroLensArray), would do a stretch to hit ~ 1300nit highlights where it would dim the normal ~ sdr-ish range. It did it at any higher peak brightness settings. If you instead set your HDR calibrations across windows and games etc to 600peak, it would bring the normal picture range back up, at least to where it wasn't terribly dim. That was probably a cut-off in power/heat output that they set where it would balance the ranges to maintain the same overall output. Some of their terminology of their new chips/AI seems to involve some kind of load balancing.
From what I've read so far, it seems like the alienware3926qw also tempers how aggressive its abl is, and gets less unequal ranges when you use mid or especially when using it's lowest hdr brightness mode rather than the peak hdr mode.
So it would be interesting to see if any desktop OLED monitors in higher modes end up not clamping, suffering very aggerssive abl, robbing from one %window to serve another, etc. From chatting about it in forums things have been suggested like the load balancing thing, but also the form factor of the desktop displays possibly not being able to dissipate heat well enough compared to larger screens, and/or that the manufacturer might be playing it safe due to the included 2yr or 3yr burn-in warranties on screens where the majority of people are going to be using static desktop/app material a lot more often than buyers of gaming tvs, where pc use is still niche/low numbers overall.
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My AW3426DW was delivered yesterday afternoon and I set it up with my basement system this morning. This 34" OLED has similar features to the 39". Succinctly, it really is as nice as reviews indicate. Text is noticeably sharper and the colors look great compared to older OLED displays I have currently (mostly the LG B4 48" I use for my office system's display and a Thinkpad P14S Gen 5 that is my main work laptop).
I will probably buy the 39" version with next month's paycheck given how much I like the 34".
I will probably buy the 39" version with next month's paycheck given how much I like the 34".
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I was at least hoping it could get pretty close to the LG 39 despite losing the white subpixel because the Asus PG32UCWM is pretty much at the same brightness level as it's RGWB counterpart, in fact the highlight gets brighter on the UCWM despite having no white subpixel.
Both are 2026 Tandem WOLEDs, just one is RGB and the other RGWB and there is practically no difference in HDR performance between the two so I was counting on the Alienware to be able to match the LG.
And funny enough, both of them lose out to the 2025 MLA WOLED
Both are 2026 Tandem WOLEDs, just one is RGB and the other RGWB and there is practically no difference in HDR performance between the two so I was counting on the Alienware to be able to match the LG.
And funny enough, both of them lose out to the 2025 MLA WOLED
There is a possibility Dell is gimping it to play it safe in terms of satisfying their 3 year warranty.
Asus offers the same but seems they are more care free about it due to whatever heatsink design and they want the sales push from being marketed brightest.
Asus offers the same but seems they are more care free about it due to whatever heatsink design and they want the sales push from being marketed brightest.
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I've suspected and said the first part several times here on [H] over time, and in my last reply even:
As for the second part of your reply,
There is also the possibility that asus might not be planning to honor their warranty as reliably. Just a thought. (Edit: The XG32UCWMG is MLA+ with a custom heatsink though, like you suggested. The G series LG gaming tvs also have a heatsink and are much more safe for keeping sustained bright material on them).
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I was at least hoping it could get pretty close to the LG 39 despite losing the white subpixel because the Asus PG32UCWM is pretty much at the same brightness level as it's RGWB counterpart, in fact the highlight gets brighter on the UCWM despite having no white subpixel.
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Both are 2026 Tandem WOLEDs, just one is RGB and the other RGWB and there is practically no difference in HDR performance between the two so I was counting on the Alienware to be able to match the LG.
And funny enough, both of them lose out to the 2025 MLA WOLED
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That reply of yours got me curious. This is a google result so take it as you will :
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Larger panel probably does result in higher draw and thus more limitations on brightness. PCMonitors just reviewed the PG27UCWM which is a 27" RGB striped OLED and there is no ABL dimming in it's high brightness setting. Here's the medium shade measurements he did:
Console HDR with 100 brightness has the same medium shade brightness as TB400, while Gaming over-brightens medium shades by 15%. QD OLED for comparison ends up dimming by 50%. I always thought bigger panel means more area to dissipate heat so more brightness should be possible but I guess smaller panels can have the advantage of using less power and having less heat overall to begin with.
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I was at least hoping it could get pretty close to the LG 39 despite losing the white subpixel because the Asus PG32UCWM is pretty much at the same brightness level as it's RGWB counterpart, in fact the highlight gets brighter on the UCWM despite having no white subpixel.
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Both are 2026 Tandem WOLEDs, just one is RGB and the other RGWB and there is practically no difference in HDR performance between the two so I was counting on the Alienware to be able to match the LG.
And funny enough, both of them lose out to the 2025 MLA WOLED
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Just get the LG.... open box excellent condition are in the $1,300s at best buy. I have one and it's fantastic.
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Nah I don't want matte or the white subpixel problems. At this point I'm just gonna be like Vega and wait for a 240Hz version that doesn't have crazy ABL.
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I've been including that size assumption in discussions more recently, too.
However, the more spec stats that I look at, the more think that it may be a combination of things.
I get the impression that a screen ends up having a main sweet spot where several % windows are less disparate, but that manufacturers allow their screens to have other set points where they aren't clamped that low, which bring the screen more into the red zone power/heat wise, which usually triggers a more extreme juggling act/wack-a-mole . . with more abl/asbl and otherwise makes the difference between the % windows greater. To me, that seems to be shown pretty clearly in both the difference in the % windows and the difference in how aggressive the abl is in 39" alienware's 3 HDR settings, and how on other screens, when you clamp the HDR brightness lower yourself, it brings the mids back up and reduces the aggressive of the abl to a degree.
It could also, additionally, be related to the heat dissipation design of the particular screen. Things like the thickness of the chassis and amount of venting, but more importantly whether it has active cooling on fan profiles and/or whether it has a heatsink.
Also, as some have mentioned, there could also be business decisions involved like warranty concerns vs what power/heat output is allowed on the screen, depending.
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edit - According this, the PG27UCWM you mentioned does have a custom heatsink design and thermal layer, and optimized power vs. added heat :
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You should check out the Pg32ucDM3. Its not ultrawide but that true black coating is very close to glossy. Its colors, brightness and lack of ABL are out of this world. I have one next to my LG39.... both are amazing
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UCDM3 does dim as usual (Unless you use the Dynamic Brightness Boost mode which throws things way off): https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus-rog-swift-pg32ucdm3#HDR
The PG32UCWM RGB stripe OLED he just reviewed though, that actually doesn't dim high APL scenes.
https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus-rog-swift-pg32ucwm#HDR
Besides, UCDM3 is about to be succeeded by the UCDN out next year which is going to be RGB stripe, TB600, and 360Hz.
https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-pr...itors-including-4k-360hz-and-fhd-560hz-models
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