World first QD-OLED monitor from Dell and Samsung (34 inch Ultrawide 175hz)

Nexus18 · 14 Apr 2022 at 14:22

TNA said:
They never gave me any issues. Got my promised 7% refunded.

I would chase them up if you can be asked, they will give in eventually I recon. Weird how inconsistent they are though.

With Quidco first you need to make sure it shows in your account as tracked which should be within 24hours, after that you just wait for a month or two until they either pay or reject it. Been doing cashback for years, easily got back a four figure sum using Quidco
/TopCashBack over the years

Ah yeah just looking at the control panel on quidco now, bit of a wait that!

RWK2000 said:
Ok, so, phoned Dell customer support, after a bit of to and fro, I was offered a 7% discount on my next order. I politely declined. Asked to speak to the manager, then put on hold and they agreed the 5% so brings the initial cost to £804.65, still waiting on the AMEX cashback. Hopefully should bring the total to £704.65.

Thank you for the motivational push guys.

I will now be nicknamed a 'Karen' on the Dell Customer Support side.

TNA said:
Nice. £14 cheaper than me, but I got tracked cashback which is over fifty quid as I recall. Also got another one on the way which I will sell on so will work out £400ish in the end

Dirty scalper.....

TNA · 14 Apr 2022 at 14:31

Nexus18 said:
Ah yeah just looking at the control panel on quidco now, bit of a wait that!

Dirty scalper.....

Lol. It’s only dirty when you do it as a business. One of here and there on expensive items to make a product you bought a little cheaper is ok in my book. Might be frowned upon by some though :cry:

Plus I would not even be scalping, just selling at rrp

Rawr · 14 Apr 2022 at 14:41

I used topcashback but it didn't actually track, so had to manually submit. Dunno if I'm expecting it to be successful.

VIPER258 · 14 Apr 2022 at 15:45

So after a quick chat with a chick from Dell, she says it should have been delivered today but due to some kinda delay it will arrive on Tuesday. Shes going to send through the tracking details so we will see what happens on Tuesday.
Would have been nice to have it over the easter weekend. Oh well, will just have to lump it until then.

JClarke · 14 Apr 2022 at 16:12

Mine has arrived! Not had much time to do anything with it yet, but I have noticed one pixel stick on red.

Any known fixes?

Haggisman · 14 Apr 2022 at 16:32

silk300 said:
due to some kinda delay it will arrive on Tuesday.

Did she say which Tuesday? :cry:

Robert896r1 · 14 Apr 2022 at 17:00

My AW QD OLED feedback after about 20hrs of use. 3hrs test patterns. 4hrs gaming. 2hrs calibration and tweaking. 3hr LGC1 comparison. 8hrs work/os related

Motion = 10. Beats LGC1
HDR = 10. Beats LGC1
SDR = 10. Same as LGC1
Viewing Angles = 10. Beats LGC1
Black and white Uniformity = 10. Beats LGC1
Out of box settings = 8. Same as LGC1
Text rendering = 7. LGC1 wins
Calibration controls = 4. LGC1 wins

Areas to improve for next version:
- Remove gync ult and get HDMI 2.1(+)
- Less audible fan or no fan
- Either redo pixel arrangement for better text or work with MS to get better OS support
- 3840x1600 38inch variant
- Reduced input lag (per measurements)

Temp.sgk · 14 Apr 2022 at 17:28

So have anyone shipping with DHL arrived yet? My order still says today and is at the terminal/delivery depot, but no email for delay.

Curtis vincent · 14 Apr 2022 at 17:30

Temp.sgk said:
So have anyone shipping with DHL arrived yet? My order still says today and is at the terminal/delivery depot, but no email for delay.

Same for me

Nexus18 · 14 Apr 2022 at 17:59

deathloop and resident evil village on this with 100+ fps and HDR looks and plays lovely :cool:

Nexus18 · 14 Apr 2022 at 18:05

For comparison, my first and second calibration:

EDIT:

Also, my firmware is m0b101

Sc00p007 · 14 Apr 2022 at 18:13

Robert896r1 said:
My AW QD OLED feedback after about 20hrs of use. 3hrs test patterns. 4hrs gaming. 2hrs calibration and tweaking. 3hr LGC1 comparison. 8hrs work/os related

Motion = 10. Beats LGC1
HDR = 10. Beats LGC1
SDR = 10. Same as LGC1
Viewing Angles = 10. Beats LGC1
Black and white Uniformity = 10. Beats LGC1
Out of box settings = 8. Same as LGC1
Text rendering = 7. LGC1 wins
Calibration controls = 4. LGC1 wins

Areas to improve for next version:
- Remove gync ult and get HDMI 2.1(+)
- Less audible fan or no fan
- Either redo pixel arrangement for better text or work with MS to get better OS support
- 3840x1600 38inch variant
- Reduced input lag (per measurements)

Thanks for your comparison with the C1. Much appreciated.

Ever since the fall of crt, two specs that I have always been chasing is low blacks and motion clarity. Oled quenched the first, but the C9 hasn't quite hit the level on motion clarity (although the best since crt). I really considered jumping on the C1 for 120hz bfi as I still game a lot in sdr and would counter the dimming, maybe now at crt level?. I'm still intrigued and was looking at the 42c2 until I found that 120bfi has been dropped. Would you say that the motion clarity on the AW at 165 looks clearer than your C1 with bfi engaged?

Purdy · 14 Apr 2022 at 18:19

Anywhere to copy recommend settings?

Also what’s dells policy on a dead pixel here because I appear to have one (is massaging it out even a thing if it’s black?)

TNA · 14 Apr 2022 at 18:59

Nexus18 said:
For comparison, my first and second calibration:

EDIT:

Also, my firmware is m0b101

Ooh, that looks very nice. My one is slightly better than your first one, but your second one looks very good.

I could get greedy and keep the next monitor that I get and sell the one I have now if it has a even better report than your. One of the things I wish was better is the time it takes to transition between HDR and SDR more. Should be like 1 second or less imo.

Do you know if it is possible for dell to offer us a firmware file to update these monitor’s ourselves if such improvements come along?

Nexus18 · 14 Apr 2022 at 19:04

TNA said:
Ooh, that looks very nice. My one is slightly better than your first one, but your second one looks very good.

I could get greedy and keep the next monitor that I get and sell the one I have now if it has a even better report than your. One of the things I wish was better is the time it takes to transition between HDR and SDR more. Should be like 1 second or less imo.

Do you know if it is possible for dell to offer us a firmware file to update these monitor’s ourselves if such improvements come along?

Yeah sadly the first one is my current one but honestly I wouldn't even be able to tell the difference!

Not sure tbh on firmware for Dell. Just know that most monitors require sending back for updates generally.

Robert896r1 · 14 Apr 2022 at 19:46

Mine. I'm on FW M0B101 as well.

Robert896r1 · 14 Apr 2022 at 20:10

Sc00p007 said:
Thanks for your comparison with the C1. Much appreciated.

Ever since the fall of crt, two specs that I have always been chasing is low blacks and motion clarity. Oled quenched the first, but the C9 hasn't quite hit the level on motion clarity (although the best since crt). I really considered jumping on the C1 for 120hz bfi as I still game a lot in sdr and would counter the dimming, maybe now at crt level?. I'm still intrigued and was looking at the 42c2 until I found that 120bfi has been dropped. Would you say that the motion clarity on the AW at 165 looks clearer than your C1 with bfi engaged?

Yeah C2 for bfi is a bust esp if play with a PC and can do 120fps+

Let me put it this way. In testufo at 175hz, I can make out the individual white windows on the image at 960lines. At 1200 lines they just about blend a little. I'm talking about the small white windows within each red section.

You get that motion but also superior HDR and no drop in brightness

momo56 · 14 Apr 2022 at 20:49

FFS

TNA · 14 Apr 2022 at 21:10

Nexus18 said:
Yeah sadly the first one is my current one but honestly I wouldn't even be able to tell the difference!

Not sure tbh on firmware for Dell. Just know that most monitors require sending back for updates generally.

Ah shame. Lol.

Yea, to be honest unless one is doing professional work or something the difference won't be a big deal.

pcfarrar · 14 Apr 2022 at 21:16

Nexus18 said:
Not sure tbh on firmware for Dell. Just know that most monitors require sending back for updates generally.

There are quite a few Dell monitors that can be firmware updated with the usb cable so there’s no reason it couldn’t be done with this one too.