Best monitor around 32-34"

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Next year I will be on the lookout for a new monitor - Hoping OLED and hoping for good HDR performance.

1440P would probably be best as I am using a 3070ti but 4K would probably be fine also.

Any recommendations?
 
Alienware AW3423DW QD-OLED if you're OK with ultrawide.

It's very good. Read up on the downsides (text clarity/fan/burn in) but don't worry too much about them because it's very good - HDR/motion/colours/blacks.

Full array back-light LEDs are OK but the uniformity issues worry me. My laptop has a FALD panel and I'm not a fan.

The alienware has come into consideration alongside the Samsung alternative.

How would you combat the downsides such as burn in?
 
Not seen any on mine yet but mrk did see some in the thread for this monitor. There's built in protections but since mrk reported burn in I've also disabled afterburner OSD, moved my desktop folders onto my second monitor and set the task bar to auto-hide. The warranty covers burn in anyway and Dell's warranty is pretty spot on.

Right ok, the warranty seems good from what I read.

I don't spend a lot of time on the desktop, if my PC is on I am in game but I do play some games with static elements such as FFXIV and Football Manager.

Anyway, cheers!
 
Burn in is result of uneven wear of individual pixels.
So biggest single thing would be avoiding static content.
Unfortunately that's badly incompatible with most PC use with even most games having at least some static elements like HUD...

Next would be controlling light level of environment.
Our vision is really measuring contrasts instead of absolute brightness.
So in less bright room you can keep monitor at lower brightness lowering stress and wear of pixels.

High temperatures would be also things to avoid with organic compounds being in general more fragile at elevated temperatures.
So try to avoid sun shining through window on OLED.


Inorganic quantum dots would have far higher endurance than organic stuff.
So let's hope electrolumiscent mode quantum dots appear in near future, because micro LEDs might be long way away.
(micro LEDs need separate semiconductor like manufacturing and then placing on panel, while quantum dot LEDs can be printed)

Interesting, thanks.
 
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