Sweet Baby Jeebus Alienware 55" 4k120 OLED Displayport

Sweet Baby Jeeebus 4k120VRR OLED is Amaze Balls!

Been playing thru the single player campaign on Battlefront 2 and some multi...OMG.....OMG....Dark spacey glowy games are like digital crack @4k120VRROLED!

So amazing to finally have a gaming monitor that does not suffer from shitty contrast, BLB, IPS Glow, VA smear, TN uniformity, etc, etc....
I hope Nvidia has the fortitude to include HDMI 2.1 on its next GPU so that others can smoke digital crack with me!
 
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A phone like that would be an obscene waste of money! I got a ghetto S6 Edge with a very decent crack in the screen :)

Just so that I'm clear - your display has dead pixels? Really excited for you that you got this monitor. If I had $4000 to burn on a monitor... I don't know. I'd still pause and consider getting a Grade A FW-900 from Vito, to be honest... :)
 
I thought your monitor had a cluster of defective pixels? Did it turn out to be something else?

Its got a physical imperfection in the screen that takes up about 15 pixels.

Originally I went the return / refund route with, but after a weekend playing with it, decided I could not live without and changed to exchange for a new one option.

Currently Dell is dropping the ball on the exchange. When they shipped the original they did two day air which was nice. However, they got cheap with the replacement shipping and went with a ground freight shipper, which sucks but they are letting me keep the old one until the new one arrives so at least there is that.

The last tracking update from ground freight carrier was on 10/8 saying their driver was in route to the dell warehouse. I called that shipping company today to get a status update on the tracking since its been six days and they told me their driver did in fact arrive at the dell warehouse on the 8th, however, there was no package for them to collect and nothing has happened since....which is pretty fucking pathetic on Dells part IMHO.

So I called dell and had to do the dick dance with the CSRs again, I had to walk them thru all of their fail points which was annoying hearing them exclaim to me that the shipper was inroute to pick up the package, and I had to remind them...yea SIX days ago my man, then they put me on hold so they could contact the freight shipper and get told the exact same thing I just told them...finally they told me its gotta get escalated to a logistics expert who will contact me within 24 hours. I told them to tell the logistics expert to airship the replacement and stop screwing around.

One thing interesting of note, the ground freight company told me that this is a popular item and they had shipped TEN of them the last week. WHO ARE THESE OTHER TEN PEOPLE??? Lmao and why don't they post here or in any of the other tech forums? I am thinking probably 8 oil shieks and two trust fund babies hahahahahaha or maybe 8 trust fund babies and 2 oil shieks.
 
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Just so that I'm clear - your display has dead pixels? Really excited for you that you got this monitor. If I had $4000 to burn on a monitor... I don't know. I'd still pause and consider getting a Grade A FW-900 from Vito, to be honest... :)

Is unkle vito still around? Have not seen any of his FW900 listings on ebay for a long while and have not seen him post in ages. I assumed he was dead from (a) heavy CRT falling on his head or (b) multiple hernias from deadlifting FW900s.

I gotta FW900 on the closet floor but its out of wack and needs servicing..
 
Why can’t they make a 32” or 40” variant?!?

They aren't 'making' it... they're basically assembling it, although tecnically they aren't even doing that. All this stuff is done by third parties, but in-particular, the panel comes from LG, and as with all monitor manufacturers, they are at the mercy of what panels are available. That said, they can of course encourage and push the process along. See Asus and AUO for example... they work closely together, but few people outside enthusiasts have heard of AUO, but they're the ones making Asus' LCD panels (amongst others).

As and when smaller OLEDs are manufactured, there is a chance we could see them in a monitor... if a monitor manufacturer sees a business case for one.
 
They aren't 'making' it... they're basically assembling it, although tecnically they aren't even doing that. All this stuff is done by third parties, but in-particular, the panel comes from LG, and as with all monitor manufacturers, they are at the mercy of what panels are available. That said, they can of course encourage and push the process along. See Asus and AUO for example... they work closely together, but few people outside enthusiasts have heard of AUO, but they're the ones making Asus' LCD panels (amongst others).

As and when smaller OLEDs are manufactured, there is a chance we could see them in a monitor... if a monitor manufacturer sees a business case for one.

We have covered this over and over already. Dell already made a 30" 4k OLED panel two and a half years ago, but some bonehead bean counter decision not to include displayport 1.4 cost them bigly. If that 30" had 4k120hz it would have been the hearts desire of every enthusiast and sold very well at its $3500 price point.

That display failed because 33ms sucked, 60hz sucked, the strange 120hz strobe over the 60hz sucked. That is why it failed. If they matched that 120hz strobe with 120fps it would have been incredible. To this day, thinking of that display and what could have been angers me lol
 
We have covered this over and over already. Dell already made a 30" 4k OLED panel two and a half years ago, but some bonehead bean counter decision not to include displayport 1.4 cost them bigly. If that 30" had 4k120hz it would have been the hearts desire of every enthusiast and sold very well at its $3500 price point.

That display failed because 33ms sucked, 60hz sucked, the strange 120hz strobe over the 60hz sucked. That is why it failed. If they matched that 120hz strobe with 120fps it would have been incredible. To this day, thinking of that display and what could have been angers me lol


That panel was made by Sony I think, or maybe Samsung (it wasn't LG)... so unless Alienware want to give them a shout and invite them to work on a new version, we ain't gonna be seeing 30" again anytime soon, because no one else is making that size of panel. Well Sony are, but it's £35K and not the spec we want. Plus that monitor is true industry standard 4K at 4096x2160, so not even the right resolution for a PC monitor. We can look to JOLED's plans maybe, but that's for their own thing and still some time off. Not sure if they plan to sell those panels to anyone else.
 
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Is unkle vito still around? Have not seen any of his FW900 listings on ebay for a long while and have not seen him post in ages. I assumed he was dead from (a) heavy CRT falling on his head or (b) multiple hernias from deadlifting FW900s.

I gotta FW900 on the closet floor but its out of wack and needs servicing..

Oh...I hope he is just retired. Sure has been a long time though...
 
That panel was made by Sony I think, or maybe Samsung (it wasn't LG)... so unless Alienware want to give them a shout and invite them to work on a new version, we ain't gonna be seeing 30" again anytime soon, because no one else is making that size of panel. Well Sony are, but it's £35K and not the spec we want. Plus that monitor is true industry standard 4K at 4096x2160, so not even the right resolution for a PC monitor. We can look to JOLED's plans maybe, but that's for their own thing and still some time off. Not sure if they plan to sell those panels to anyone else.
UHD 4K = broadcast standard = 3840x2160
DCI 4K = cinema standard = 4096x2160

Both are "true industry standards." We've been over this before.
 
UHD 4K = broadcast standard = 3840x2160
DCI 4K = cinema standard = 4096x2160

Both are "true industry standards." We've been over this before.

OK but that's entirely besides my point, which was that the monitor in question wouldn't ever be used for PC monitors due to its resolution.
 
OK but that's entirely besides my point, which was that the monitor in question wouldn't ever be used for PC monitors due to its resolution.

That's not the case -- monitors exist in DCI 4K, but they are rare. There's nothing stopping one from using them where available.
 
That's not the case -- monitors exist in DCI 4K, but they are rare. There's nothing stopping one from using them where available.

Yes, but it's not going to happen... i.e a consumer level 4K PC monitor at 4096x2160. Come on, let's be sensible.
 
I agree the HDR isn't always noticeable, especially with poor content or cheaper TVs.

However, on a good setup with proper content, it does look quite breathtaking.
 
I agree the HDR isn't always noticeable, especially with poor content or cheaper TVs.

However, on a good setup with proper content, it does look quite breathtaking.
This.
I havent played many HDR games but Shadow of the Tomb Raider looks amazing and BF V benefits nicely.
HDR movies are awesome on a good display.
 
Interesting.
Supply glut....sounds good for the consumer?

Not if it means displays and TVs come with low quality displays because flooding the market with cheap crap has made it difficult to make a profit from good panels. High end computer displays which is what most of us discuss here are a niche in itself so that could mean less options coming to market.
 
OMG......OMG....been playing the new COD MW on this Velvety Black Beast.....OMG....OMG!

I see alot of people saying the new COD single player campaign is meh.....well unfortunately I don't
think they are playing on a AW55 with surround sound....OMG OMG OMG!

The new COD campaign has so many darkish areas / levels I have no idea how anybody could enjoy it on an LCD.
Soooo much gun shootey porn! So cinematic & visceral on 4k120VRR Glossy. Woooo I am so spoiled / lucky and LOVE IT!!!!!

I can't wait until AMD / Nvidia free willy HDMI 2.1 so others can join in on this epicness....kind of hard to be the only kid on the block!
 
OMG......OMG....been playing the new COD MW on this Velvety Black Beast.....OMG....OMG!

I see alot of people saying the new COD single player campaign is meh.....well unfortunately I don't
think they are playing on a AW55 with surround sound....OMG OMG OMG!

The new COD campaign has so many darkish areas / levels I have no idea how anybody could enjoy it on an LCD.
Soooo much gun shootey porn! So cinematic & visceral on 4k120VRR Glossy. Woooo I am so spoiled / lucky and LOVE IT!!!!!

I can't wait until AMD / Nvidia free willy HDMI 2.1 so others can join in on this epicness....kind of hard to be the only kid on the block!

Awesome, can't wait for mine to come in. What kind of blur/clarity are your getting on blur Buster's sidescrolling pictures tests if any?
 
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Awesome, can't wait for mine to come in. What kind of blur/clarity are your getting on blur Buster's sidescrolling pictures tests if any?

Congrats! It was getting lonely on this island :)

It has very good motion clarity, the only displays I have seen with better clarity are the new 240hz Lenovo Legion 1440p and that one curved Asus TN 165hz 1440p.

This video gives a good example of its blur clarity
 
Very good indeed, looking forward to excellent pq and motion clarity with infinite contrast, just amazing!
 
How's the LG C9 in comparison to this now that it's supported by Nvidia? They go for less than 1/2 the price of the Alienware.

Had originally planned to wait for the ASUS/Acer's, but the ASUS looks pretty shit in the recent testing - so I might stick with TVs. My only qualm is that 55 is pushing the limits of what I want to sit 2 feet away from. My Samsung has been great, but after 3 years I finally have 1 stuck pixel and it's annoying the everliving shit out of me but there's nothing in the 43 inch space to upgrade to that's worth an upgrade. Seems like all the TV manufacturers quit making nice 43's.
 
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Here is my C9 setup. Just got it going a few days ago. Gaming at 1440 120hz right now with VRR. Works very well with latest Nvidia drivers and latest OLED firmware. Sorry for mess, still straightening it up. For the $1200 I paid for it, it works great and will last me just fine until an hdmi 2.1 card is available. Id rather keep the $2800 difference in my pocket. IMHO

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Here is my C9 setup. Just got it going a few days ago. Gaming at 1440 120hz right now with VRR. Works very well with latest Nvidia drivers and latest OLED firmware. Sorry for mess, still straightening it up. For the $1200 I paid for it, it works great and will last me just fine until an hdmi 2.1 card is available. Id rather keep the $2800 difference in my pocket. IMHO

That is the exact sort of setup I intend to have for my home office when I get a 40"-55" range 4K monitor.

Wall mounting is so much better for that kind of size.

EDIT: That setup demands a better desk. :)
https://www.sauder.com/furniture/419773/executive-desk
 
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