Peak brightness is sticky for me in game mode. I’ve been running at Medium with no problem but I just tested High with both a power cycle and an HDR/SDR round trip. It stayed where set. I don’t have a second input to try switching that, but I did switch to the internal apps and then back. That’s using DP, Game Mode, HDR10+ Basic & Game HDR off. If yours is resetting it might be setting dependent somehow.
Mine does it as well. Only on game mode the peak brightness resets to off Everytime and HDR/SDR doesn't toggle the brightness I set so if it's at 50 it stays that way. I just use graphics picture mode with game mode off and everything saves as it should. Though you lose vrr and 240hz with no game mode but that is not a big deal to me.
@@TonyG86I get different brightness and other settings saved in HDR/SDR but only in Eco or Standard “game genres.” For example, right now I have 20 brightness for Eco SDR and 50 brightness for Eco HDR with Peak set to Medium. That sticks switching back and forth. The other genres (including Custom, annoyingly) share settings between HDR/SDR. That’s where you get a pinned 50 for both. Aside from whether they share between HDR/SDR, I think the genres are otherwise just labeled presets-ie Eco can be totally reconfigured and on mine that’s all seemingly remembered.
@@TonyG86 it does occur to me that if y’all aren’t using Eco or Standard it might be that. Going to SDR forces Peak Brightness off, and maybe that’s turning it off for HDR as well in the other genres since they don’t use separate settings for SDR and HDR. You might try setting up Eco or Standard like you like it and see if that sticks.
@@geoelectric I was using original picture mode with game mode and it was doing the above, didn't try the other picture settings. But I only use it connected to my PC via HDMI but graphics picture mode works well for me. I also think dsc is disabled with game mode off because 120hz becomes the highest refresh rate after that but I'm not sure.
You definitely made me happy I ordered this, getting it next week. I was worried the matte coating would ruin the picture and some reviewers are very anti-matte so lots of people put out misinformation about it. But from your review and everything I’ve seen about this Samsung Anti Glare it seems like an advancement in what we’d traditionally view as something really denigrating the overall picture. Also couldn’t turn down the deal they offered with $300 rewards and EPP pricing! Half of the cost of the Alienware! ❤
Got mine yesterday and I am very happy with it, paired with 4070 ti super and 7800x3d is just great. Now I just have to get a 5090 when it comes out haha. I got mine from bestbuy so used that 300 gift card for a stream deck plus and mic arm such a huge upgrade to my setup with it all.
Disney+ only streams 720p in browsers - Desktop streaming across the board gets completely shafted for streaming quality. With this particular monitor you also get built-in AI upscaling when using the smart apps
Thank you for making this video. Waiting on my unit and you are one of the only true reviews for this product at the moment. Most of the other videos on CZcams appear to be first impressions still. Awesome job!
I have been testing it with my QD-OLED SB95C TV side by side for about a day now. I thought the reflection during the day was not too bad for the TV, but after seeing the monitor I doubt I can use the TV during the day ever again. I don't really realize how bad the reflection is before this. I mean I noticed it, but it didn't bother me too much. Now it just feels so terrible. Also I'm glad that Samsung kept their smart calibration on this monitor, fairly useful. Samsung seems to heavily saturate the colors, personally I need to calibrate it down.
Thanks for addressing all the concerns about the matte coating and QDOLED purple tint! Just ordered the G80SD. Video streaming apps don't work well on Windows so I'm really excited about the Smart TV apps + TV processor used for upscaling. It's a bit of a shame there's no KVM or USB-C PD, that would have made it the perfect multipurpose monitor imo.
@@mpa324 Most monitors that have usb support power delivery as well. So you can use one usb c cable to display your laptop on your monitor while charging.
@@tallguyericreviews ah ok that's neat. Do these laptops ever have an extra video output though, like HDMI. That would suck if it only has charging and video output in one port.
In my geo, I can get this for the same price as the Dell AW3225QF at the introductory price. I'm thinking this monitor provides more value since it could literally be a small tv somewhere else in the house when its run its course. Biggest thing I like about the alienware is for the burn in protection. Your comments on the matte finish makes it even harder to choose vs the glossy alienware.
It essentially is a 32 inch tv honestly. Alienwares warranty is definitely killer, however I had too much bad luck getting units that were damaged out of the box.
Great video man. To add to the pixelated issue you experienced, I didn’t experience exactly that, my PS5 while plugged into this monitor produced screen artifacts that resembled what happens when your GPU is failing. It wasn’t constant and it mainly happened going from PS4 Games too PS5 Games. It also happened when you’d pull up a game map or menu. Almost like the screen couldn’t handle fast changes. I didn’t experience this on my Xbox Series X however, I wasn’t able to fully recreate those exact scenarios on there so I can’t say for sure. Loading Halo Infinite also caused very minor artifacting that wasn’t necessarily super noticeable. After troubleshooting it to hell and back via different cables, screens, etc I came to the conclusion I just got a defective unit and returned it. While it worked, this was probably the best looking gaming experience I’ve ever had and my first experience with OLED. I will be getting a replacement, it was too awesome to not try again. Again awesome video man, I hope you cleared up your issue you had with the monitor.
i'm considering getting this monitor for gaming/editing photos and videos. the color accuracy looks great and at the mooment it's the cheapest 32" 4k qd oled I can get for around 1000 euro. have you done any color accuracy testing?
In my country this monitor is ~15-20% cheaper than all the other 32" 4k 240 hz OLED. In this situation would you say this is the best choice? (i would like to use it with PC)
Great review, best on youtube atm. You think it's worth upgrading from the g8 OLED to this? I got a friend wanting to buy mine so it'll only cost me an extra $300. It's either that or I'll wait until the 5000 series releases and buy the 5090 + new monitor w DP 2.1 together.
When using this with my elgato hd60x I haven't been able to make it look better than my 1440p lg monitor! Looks amazing on pc, xbox series x + elgato hd60x not so much!
In the EU, or at least Sweden, the G8 is about €1500 with the pre-order discount, while the MSI is at almost €1700, so this was an easy choice for me. Only the Dell is cheaper here at about €1300. Only issue with the Samsung is that deliveries start in mid July. Curious if you could test if the G8 plays well with Nvidia G-sync, as it doesn't list it as officially supported. Usually it works just as well.
Strange that it's so expensive. Over here it's 1300 euro's normally, and one can trade in their old screen and get 100 euro's of (so €1200,-.). The deel is cheapest with €1100 something euro's, the MSI is €1400 just like the LG. And the ASUS is most expensive, but there is just no stock with the MSI and Asus one. The other's are in stock and Samsung = pre-order with around a 6 week waiting period now. I leaning towards the LG and Samsung now.
How do the streaming apps look in the smart monitor features? My Hulu does not look 4k looks like 1080p where as my 4k tv looks great, could just be my eyes though.
I bought and returned it yesterday. I was coming from the alienware ultrawide and even though that has a lower resolution than the samsung, it looked better because the matte coating really does make it look not as good. It kinda just dulls everything
Yes, you can adjust peak brightness with hdr without game mode. And I agree, the g8 ultrawide oled had peak brightness in sdr when it first launched, then samsung removed it.
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Peak brightness is sticky for me in game mode.
I’ve been running at Medium with no problem but I just tested High with both a power cycle and an HDR/SDR round trip. It stayed where set.
I don’t have a second input to try switching that, but I did switch to the internal apps and then back.
That’s using DP, Game Mode, HDR10+ Basic & Game HDR off. If yours is resetting it might be setting dependent somehow.
That's pretty interesting. Mine does it on any input, only in game mode. Someone else on reddit had the same issue as well.
Mine does it as well. Only on game mode the peak brightness resets to off Everytime and HDR/SDR doesn't toggle the brightness I set so if it's at 50 it stays that way. I just use graphics picture mode with game mode off and everything saves as it should. Though you lose vrr and 240hz with no game mode but that is not a big deal to me.
@@TonyG86I get different brightness and other settings saved in HDR/SDR but only in Eco or Standard “game genres.” For example, right now I have 20 brightness for Eco SDR and 50 brightness for Eco HDR with Peak set to Medium. That sticks switching back and forth.
The other genres (including Custom, annoyingly) share settings between HDR/SDR. That’s where you get a pinned 50 for both.
Aside from whether they share between HDR/SDR, I think the genres are otherwise just labeled presets-ie Eco can be totally reconfigured and on mine that’s all seemingly remembered.
@@TonyG86 it does occur to me that if y’all aren’t using Eco or Standard it might be that. Going to SDR forces Peak Brightness off, and maybe that’s turning it off for HDR as well in the other genres since they don’t use separate settings for SDR and HDR.
You might try setting up Eco or Standard like you like it and see if that sticks.
@@geoelectric I was using original picture mode with game mode and it was doing the above, didn't try the other picture settings. But I only use it connected to my PC via HDMI but graphics picture mode works well for me. I also think dsc is disabled with game mode off because 120hz becomes the highest refresh rate after that but I'm not sure.
This comes with built in speakers also! Saves me money and desk space. That’s also why I ordered it. Love the smart TV aspect also.
You definitely made me happy I ordered this, getting it next week. I was worried the matte coating would ruin the picture and some reviewers are very anti-matte so lots of people put out misinformation about it. But from your review and everything I’ve seen about this Samsung Anti Glare it seems like an advancement in what we’d traditionally view as something really denigrating the overall picture. Also couldn’t turn down the deal they offered with $300 rewards and EPP pricing! Half of the cost of the Alienware! ❤
Got mine yesterday and I am very happy with it, paired with 4070 ti super and 7800x3d is just great. Now I just have to get a 5090 when it comes out haha. I got mine from bestbuy so used that 300 gift card for a stream deck plus and mic arm such a huge upgrade to my setup with it all.
One of the benefits of the smart apps is you can get 4k HDR. A lot of streaming video apps won't support more than 1080p in a browser.
Disney+ only streams 720p in browsers - Desktop streaming across the board gets completely shafted for streaming quality.
With this particular monitor you also get built-in AI upscaling when using the smart apps
Thank you for making this video. Waiting on my unit and you are one of the only true reviews for this product at the moment. Most of the other videos on CZcams appear to be first impressions still. Awesome job!
Thanks for the review, ordered the 27” version.
I have been testing it with my QD-OLED SB95C TV side by side for about a day now. I thought the reflection during the day was not too bad for the TV, but after seeing the monitor I doubt I can use the TV during the day ever again. I don't really realize how bad the reflection is before this. I mean I noticed it, but it didn't bother me too much. Now it just feels so terrible. Also I'm glad that Samsung kept their smart calibration on this monitor, fairly useful. Samsung seems to heavily saturate the colors, personally I need to calibrate it down.
Best review of this monitor period!
Thank you, man. You just ease my mind from worrying about the coating. Imma place the order soon.
I don't think I've seen an anti glare coating even come close.
@@tallguyericreviews thanks man, that's really nice to know.
Thanks for addressing all the concerns about the matte coating and QDOLED purple tint! Just ordered the G80SD. Video streaming apps don't work well on Windows so I'm really excited about the Smart TV apps + TV processor used for upscaling. It's a bit of a shame there's no KVM or USB-C PD, that would have made it the perfect multipurpose monitor imo.
Yeah, the lack of usb c is a huge bummer especially at this price. Not sure what samsung and lg are thinking.
What uses is the USB-C, I mean what do you guys use it for?
@@mpa324 Most monitors that have usb support power delivery as well. So you can use one usb c cable to display your laptop on your monitor while charging.
@@tallguyericreviews ah ok that's neat. Do these laptops ever have an extra video output though, like HDMI. That would suck if it only has charging and video output in one port.
In my geo, I can get this for the same price as the Dell AW3225QF at the introductory price. I'm thinking this monitor provides more value since it could literally be a small tv somewhere else in the house when its run its course. Biggest thing I like about the alienware is for the burn in protection. Your comments on the matte finish makes it even harder to choose vs the glossy alienware.
It essentially is a 32 inch tv honestly. Alienwares warranty is definitely killer, however I had too much bad luck getting units that were damaged out of the box.
Great video man. To add to the pixelated issue you experienced, I didn’t experience exactly that, my PS5 while plugged into this monitor produced screen artifacts that resembled what happens when your GPU is failing. It wasn’t constant and it mainly happened going from PS4 Games too PS5 Games. It also happened when you’d pull up a game map or menu. Almost like the screen couldn’t handle fast changes. I didn’t experience this on my Xbox Series X however, I wasn’t able to fully recreate those exact scenarios on there so I can’t say for sure. Loading Halo Infinite also caused very minor artifacting that wasn’t necessarily super noticeable. After troubleshooting it to hell and back via different cables, screens, etc I came to the conclusion I just got a defective unit and returned it. While it worked, this was probably the best looking gaming experience I’ve ever had and my first experience with OLED. I will be getting a replacement, it was too awesome to not try again. Again awesome video man, I hope you cleared up your issue you had with the monitor.
This is exactly what I was experiencing, in the exact same scenarios!
@@tallguyericreviews oh really? That’s so strange?!? Do you think it might just be the monitor or bad hdmi ports?
Excellent User Experience review, sometimes thats what we really need, rather than just another stats-dump.
i'm considering getting this monitor for gaming/editing photos and videos. the color accuracy looks great and at the mooment it's the cheapest 32" 4k qd oled I can get for around 1000 euro. have you done any color accuracy testing?
In my country this monitor is ~15-20% cheaper than all the other 32" 4k 240 hz OLED. In this situation would you say this is the best choice? (i would like to use it with PC)
Great review, best on youtube atm. You think it's worth upgrading from the g8 OLED to this? I got a friend wanting to buy mine so it'll only cost me an extra $300. It's either that or I'll wait until the 5000 series releases and buy the 5090 + new monitor w DP 2.1 together.
It's brighter, has better image quality since it's 4k and I prefer the aspect ratio. I think its worth it.
Cool video dude! Is that wallpaper in the intro in wallpaper engine?
Does the pillow come with the pillowcase?
When using this with my elgato hd60x I haven't been able to make it look better than my 1440p lg monitor!
Looks amazing on pc, xbox series x + elgato hd60x not so much!
In the EU, or at least Sweden, the G8 is about €1500 with the pre-order discount, while the MSI is at almost €1700, so this was an easy choice for me. Only the Dell is cheaper here at about €1300. Only issue with the Samsung is that deliveries start in mid July.
Curious if you could test if the G8 plays well with Nvidia G-sync, as it doesn't list it as officially supported. Usually it works just as well.
Strange that it's so expensive. Over here it's 1300 euro's normally, and one can trade in their old screen and get 100 euro's of (so €1200,-.). The deel is cheapest with €1100 something euro's, the MSI is €1400 just like the LG. And the ASUS is most expensive, but there is just no stock with the MSI and Asus one. The other's are in stock and Samsung = pre-order with around a 6 week waiting period now. I leaning towards the LG and Samsung now.
Ordered in UK. Launches 19th july. It was 250£ cheaper than the already cheapest new oled from alienware. Couldnt not order kt
How do the streaming apps look in the smart monitor features? My Hulu does not look 4k looks like 1080p where as my 4k tv looks great, could just be my eyes though.
I tried netflix and it didn't look great haha
@@tallguyericreviews I hope that it is just software needing to be updated.
Currently watching so idk if you've addressed it or not. How's the raised blacks when the room isn't pitch black?
Better than other qd oleds thanks to the anti reflection, still not as good as w oleds though.
@@tallguyericreviews do you think it's a problem? Say in a well lit room at night
@@doctorqwerty No. Even when i have my key lights on when streaming it doesn't bother me
@@tallguyericreviews thank you for your answers! Getting mine today!
Is the samsung 26.5" like the alienware?
Game mode has to be on to get 240 hz it seems
I bought and returned it yesterday. I was coming from the alienware ultrawide and even though that has a lower resolution than the samsung, it looked better because the matte coating really does make it look not as good. It kinda just dulls everything
That's disappointing, I currently have the g8 OLED UW and preordered this. I might just cancel it, I really don't want to risk it with a bad coating.
I would still give it a shot, I'm coming from a semi glossy qd oled and I still think this monitor looks just as good.
Can you adjust peak brightness with game mode off? And sdr there is no peak brightness right? That sucks
Yes, you can adjust peak brightness with hdr without game mode. And I agree, the g8 ultrawide oled had peak brightness in sdr when it first launched, then samsung removed it.
Has anyone figured out how to get this thing to start automatically when pc boots (connected through displayport).