Alienware Rounds Out Its Monitor Lines With Cheaper Options and More
Not everyone pays a lot of money for gaming monitors, no matter how beautiful or fast the screen’s pictures are. To attract gaming monitor buyers who fall in love with OLED but don’t want to spend Alienware’s usual premium price, the company lowered it from its 27-inch AW2725D, a 2,560×1,440-pixel 280Hz 280Hz 280Hz display that is expected to sell for $550 this summer — Ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships.
The company also revealed that the AW2725Q, announced at CES, is a display that includes the new 27-inch 240Hz 4K 4K panel (the older 4K QD-OLEDS 32-inch), and is now shipped for $900. This monitor does not support DisplayPort 2.1 and uses display stream compression for HDR, which is disappointing displayhdr true black 400 Certified, which means it is not too bright. But its HDMI 2.1 supports 4K (via FRL, increasing bandwidth to make 4K’s higher refresh rate) and variable refresh connect to the console (and PC).
Alienware AW3425DW
It is Original 34-inch, 3,440×1,440 pixel QD-oldone of the earliest available products, can be refreshed to a new AW30 design and switched to Indigo, as well as some updates such as bumping to 240Hz, and upgraded to HDMI 2.1 using the FRL port.
However, Alienware has not abandoned other panel technologies. New is:
- Esports-focused 320Hz 25-inch model that uses a 1080p fast IPS screen (AW2525HM, $250)
- Budget 27-inch 1440p IP with 180Hz refresh (AW2725DM, $270)
- Low to 32-inch 1440p, 180Hz display using VA panel ($320, AW3225DM)
- 34-inch, 180Hz 3,440×1,440 Wide version of AW3225DM, also with VA panel ($400, AW3425DWM)
The Alienware AW2725Q announced at CES is now shipped for $900.
Not all monitors are shipped this month. One (34-inch QD-OLED refresh model) will be launched in April, with one couple (including lower-priced OLED models) scheduled to take place in the summer.
- Alienware 27 4K QD-OLED (AW2725Q), $900, available March 4
- Alienware 27 IPS Monitor (AW2725DM), $270, available March 6
- Alienware 32 VA Curved Display (AW3225DM), $320, Available on March 6
- Alienware 34 VA Curve Monitor (AW3425DWM), $400, available on March 6
- Alienware 34 240Hz QD-OLED Display (AW3425DW), $800, Available on April 2
- Alienware 25 320Hz Monitor (AW2525HM), $250, available this summer
- Alienware 27 280Hz QHD QD-OLED (AW2725D), $550, available this summer
Support for monitors was finally made under the Alienware umbrella, with a paid layer called Alienware Care; previously handled by Dell support. The basics are free: access to support technology and basic hardware troubleshooting 24×7, and there is one to two business days turnaround and quick exchange in exchange for what is considered flawed. Alienware Care adds “expert” Alienware Techs and helps with setting up.