Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was a little sketch at first because it was super inexpensive for an olds monitor but Alienware really showed up with this monitor! The picture is gorgeous and looks just as good as my 1800 dollar monitor. I would totally buy another one if my desk space allowed it! Keep in mind though, this monitor does not have built in speakers but most modern oleds don’t anyhow. Overall amazing monitor and I don’t usually write reviews but this is a crazy good deal on a beautiful monitor

Very good monitor, maybe not the best brightness but still amazing for the price. 240hz 1440p and 0.03ms

This monitor exceeds my expectations! The graphics and refresh rate is exactly what I was looking for. The oled is great!

Going from a standard led 1440p monitor to an OLED is an insane transition that is absolutely worth it. If you’re looking for an OLED monitor with mount breaking the bank this is your absolute best option.

display quality is great being the price and entry point for oled. it is on the dimmer side but nevertheless great quality picture

Not even a gamer reviewer or anything like that just a regular person telling you this monitor is insane. Colors are so vibrant it actually surprised me when I first turned it on. 240hz makes everything look smooth as butter. Wish I bought this sooner honestly. Stop reading reviews and just get it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

This is a great budget monitor for people getting into OLED. Great looking monitor but some small little things. It's glossy so the glare will be pretty bad if you have a window or bright light behind you. Another thing is that it's easily finger printed and dust/spit can put little dots on it (as seen in the picture). It's only noticeable when the screen is black so make sure you have a microfiber cloth and some distilled water handy. Other than that I've been so addicted to games like Destiny 2, Ghost of Tsushima, and more beautiful games. Would definitely recommend!

Would definitely recommend this monitor , the oled is amazingly black and the gloss really shines. Great budget friendly option to get into oleds

Great Monitor. Great 1440p experience with Oled. Significant difference over IPS. Recommend it for gamers

I purchased this for my son. A super upgrade from a LCD gaming monitor. Fast and a pleasure to the eye.

Awesome gaming monitor! I love it! Crystal clear and I can see everything.

Beautiful view every day at work now with this monitor. Helps my eye strain so much!

Alienware - AW2726DM 27" QD-OLED QHD 240Hz 0.03ms FreeSync Premium Pro Gaming Monitor with HDR (HDMI, DisplayPort) – Black The Alienware AW2726DM doesn’t have USB ports or internal speakers, but it does have premium-level gaming performance. It features a 27-inch QHD resolution (2560 x 1440) OLED panel with Quantum Dot technology, covering over 111% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which is slightly above average. The color accuracy is decent straight out of the box, and it can be further improved with a quick calibration for better image fidelity. A 240Hz refresh rate combined with a 0.03ms response time provides ultra-smooth motion and clear visuals without blur. Yes, it truly has a 0.03ms response time, which is amazing. For responsive gameplay, AMD FreeSync™ Premium, G-Sync Compatible, and VESA AdaptiveSync ensure tear-free and stutter-free gaming with any modern GPU. Brightness is one thing that is sacrificed. The monitor has a rating of 400-nit peaks in HDR mode, SDR topped out at around 200 nits. You still get OLED’s perfect blacks, though with stellar contrast. Alienware selected a glossy, highly reflective finish that enhances color saturation and boosts perceived brightness. However, in rooms with abundant sunlight or normal light, it produces significant glare, to the point that it might serve as a mirror. Even with a light source in a dark room, the glare is still distracting. You might see some fringing when comparing to higher-resolution 4K displays. Fringing on a monitor is when unwanted colored outlines or "halos" appear around high-contrast edges, like black text on a white background. As a result, some Word documents and web pages may not appear as sharp as you'd prefer. Build quality is solid and easy to assemble. The base and upright mate with a captive bolt, and you’ll need to find the four screws and use the included tool to attach the panel. It comes with a combo Phillips-head hex key that I have seen used for mounting and adjusting red dot sights, which is pretty cool. The stand for the AW2726DM supports tilt and height adjustment, and it can be rotated into portrait mode. The mount is 100mm VESA compatible. The power supply is internal. Included are an IEC cord and cables for HDMI and DisplayPort. The input panel features a DisplayPort 1.4 with Display Stream Compression (DSC) and two HDMI 2.1 ports, supporting consoles with VRR up to 120 Hz. To achieve the full 240 Hz, use the DisplayPort. Additionally, a 3.5mm headphone jack is included. A small joystick on the back right activates a quick menu, while pressing up opens the full On-Screen Display for adjusting settings. While playing several action games, I noticed no motion blur or breakup of finely detailed textures. For daily tasks, the display was exceptionally sharp and smooth. Although a 27-inch QHD screen has an ideal pixel density of 109 ppi, it's sufficient to hide the dot structure at a viewing distance of 2 feet or more. This is a good monitor for its price, but I feel it is not as bright as I would prefer, and it is not backlit. The highly reflective surface has glare issues to the degree that it could almost be used as a mirror.

I'm a sucker for good deals on OLED monitors, plus it was time to replace one of my monitors, so I was excited to pick up the Alienware 27" QD-OLED monitor for my gaming setup. For this review, I'm testing this with an Alienware gaming build, sitting side by side with an ultrawide curved OLED of similar specs.  TL:DR - The monitor feels like it outperforms its specs, I have it side by side with an older OLED QHD monitor, and even though the specs are similar the performance and resolution differences are obvious (see photo for comparison). This monitor has all the right features making it both easy to use for off the shelf gaming setup and customizable enough to meet the needs of those pushing custom builds.  Pros: The border feels like it disappears when gaming, leading to an immersive experience. Refresh rate and low latency response make this QHD monitor perform better than anticipated Cons: The OLED brightness doesn't always overcome the gloss screen, leading to glare if you have overhead lighting. In the box is the monitor, stand, hdmi cable, display port cable, power cord, and paperwork. Setup is straight forward. Physical attributes to note are 2 x HDMI 1.4 ports and one displayport, slim border, and height adjustable stand. Specs to note are the 240 hz refresh rate, 0.03 ms response time, and FreeSync synchronization which really make this monitor's gaming experience seamless.  As far as performance goes, there is no blur, stuttering, or tearing for graphics intensive games. It may be hard to recognize the quality, but when you put this beside a lower refresh rate monitor, the differences are immediately obvious. Things you have taken for granted such as a blurry forest background during dynamic scenes, all of a sudden become individual trees. I say this, because I really see this monitor filling the transition between entry level gaming monitors and high end, high res gaming monitors. The OLED gives a quality black, but the lack of brightness does diminish the true black feel due to the glare.  Bottom line, most of us don't want to spend a fortune on the super high end monitors, but still want the high end gaming experience, that's where this monitor comes in. Yes, it's not as bright as I'd prefer, given that it's in a large open room with lots of natural and overhead lighting. That being said, the response is fantastic and the build specs combined with hardware design really gives you an immersive gaming experience. I recommend this as a solid place to start for OLED gaming monitors. 

There’s nothing like a fresh monitor after years with the same one. Last time I bought a monitor was actually an all in one PC and while it's been looking just fine, Alienware just became my favorite way to game and work on creative outlets. First of all the box arrived looking big, which should have been obvious but I guess I never stopped to consider what 27 inches corner to corner would look like when bundled up in protective packing material. Inside the box you have the monitor protected in a two piece stiff cardboard shell with foam paper wrapped around all the major pieces: screen, stand, and base. There’s a baggie with the four screws and an allen wrench shaped phillips screw driver to secure those into your monitor. There’s also an HDMI cable, a DisplayPort cable, the power cable, and a quickstart paper with setup hieroglyphics for attaching the monitor to your laptop or PC…not super clear but its a monitor so you can pretty much intuit what’s up (or scan the QR code for more indepth instructions from Alienware’s site). The first thing you notice when removing the monitor proper is that it’s quite light and very thin…I worried I was going to break it lifting it out of the box but in a good way, if that makes sense. Ok, so it's hooked up and now you’re ready to rock and roll…it's big and it's beautiful! The base does swivel up and down as well as forward and back to tilt your screen, and the base has the rubber feet on a spinning ring to turn it side to side but without losing the secure hold to your desk…it works pretty well to get any angle you need for your space. I do find that on a less than super heavy desk the monitor does seem to wobble as I type or if I bump the desk, not unsafe for the monitor but annoyingly bouncy. I did like that rather than multipress buttons to navigate the menus, there’s a clicking thumb nub on the back so you can scroll through instead...maybe that’s old and I just haven’t encountered it before but it was a breath of fresh air to me. Some of the menu options will auto adjust for your gaming type: MOBA, RPG, FPS, and SPORTS as well as custom Game profiles, a cool setting, a warm setting, plus the standard and a custom manual input to play with. You can . The usual submenus are still here to adjust the brightness and contrast and swap input too. It's very easy to navigate and make the monitor look like what you want, the customizable profiles will be nice to set up for dark lighting vs. bright sunlight or just fine tuning things for your favorite games without making it difficult to go back when you need to do homework or watch videos. I did try to pickup on the refresh settings from 60 to 120 and 240 but even with a benchmark for refresh I didn’t really notice anything wildly good or bad…maybe I’m just not sensitive to it but it seems perfectly adequate for just about anything you want to do from Borderlands to Resident Evil in my opinion. Speakers are also pretty good, loud enough although you’re never going to put them up against any of your dedicated speaker setups. If you need a monitor then you could do far worse than Alienware’s QD-OLED offering. Its big, bright, beautiful, the power cable seems more than long enough for almost any setup you need, and it is pretty nice they include both an HDMI and a DisplayPort cable in the box considering I’ve had some monitors not include more than the power cable…so thanks Alienware!

I wanna start off by saying this monitor is good, and I’m 100% satisfied with it all things considered! But I will say there’s a lot of corners cut on this for a good display. I’ll start off with the speakers are not good, but this should be a given, if you buy a monitor for the built-in speakers then something is wrong with you. That said, there’s no USB ports on it, so NO firmware updates. What you get is what you get! No problematic features fixed later on down the line, etc. That's it! There’s also no way to adjust the display if you turn on HDR. It’s legit stuck at whatever color temp, brightness setting, and contrast setting Dell/Alienware thinks is good for you. Which in my opinion is too “cool” of a color for my tastes. My last gripe on this monitor is the stand, the stand does not pop inside the back of the monitor, instead it rests on it. Which causes the plastic to flex, giving it a very cheap feel. There’s no tilt, or height adjustments, but there is left and right rotation, but honestly it’s pretty cheesy. The bottom of the stand has a “round turn table” so to speak and the entire monitor and stand rotate, but it does what it needs to do. Those are my gripes BUT these are literally set it and forget it gripes. Everything else, from the colors, to the black levels, the resolution and how fine the text looks, etc., all amazing. The panel itself is so good. 240Hz isn’t a problem either. I didn’t notice any PWM flicker and honestly, this is a fantastic display for gaming. I was playing Marathon this weekend,Crimson Desert, as well as WitchFire and I love the display! It looks great. If you’re not picky on the rest of the stuff outside the screen, it’s great, but if want more from your display, then I’d recommend looking elsewhere.

This is a 1440p gaming monitor. Let's just get that out of the way. It has a low latency, 0.03m, 240hz, vrr, checks all the boxes for a good gaming monitor. Right as you open the box, it's a simplistic experience. 3 cables, the base, the neck of the stand, and the monitor. Installation straight forward, able to do it without instructions. The backing is standard VESA , so it's an easy mount without an adapter if you want to use a monitor stand. Hooked it up to my PS5, my PC, my Mac Mini, all work great. Great response time, great refresh rate, a little tricky on the Mac Mini as you will need a DP to Thunderbolt converter if you want to get the full resolution and 240hz. And of note, there's no speaker or usb port. 1x DP1.4 port, 2x HDMI 2.1 port. My biggest problem is I didn't think 200nits was going to be that that dim, but it is pretty dim. I have submitted images of my Samsung G9 Mini LED model against the OLED, may be a little unfair, but just as reference. The G9 is rated as 400-500 nits at SDR, and this Alienware monitor is 200nits at SDR, side by side you can see it is quite dim. Then you add the glossy finish, so any little light will reflect. In a dark room, this is not a problem, but in a place where things behind you, a window, glasses, another monitor, etc, can easily be reflected and be distracting. So although all other features are great for gaming, I would recommend that you keep in mind how dim it is, and put it a place accordingly. Not too dark, not too bright room, nothing reflecting behind you, etc. Otherwise, it is quite the worthy gaming monitor, especially for consoles.

This 27-inch Alienware QD-OLED monitor is honestly pretty spectacular from a display standpoint. I’ve only had this for a few days, but even after spending this little time with it and putting it through several display checks, I’ve been very impressed overall. The first thing that stands out is the glossy finish, it’s such a great choice for this panel! A lot of OLED monitors use a more matte coating, but the glossy surface here really helps the colors pop and gives the image a cleaner, more vibrant look. Blacks are exactly what you would expect from OLED, and the contrast is excellent. It crushed the uniformity tests and black-level tests. The panel itself is razor thin, like most OLED displays, with the rear electronics housing on the back. The monitor looks great from basically every angle; I put a nice, angled shot in my photos so you can see it from the side. The stand is also really well designed. It feels sturdy during normal use, but the swivel movement is incredibly smooth and takes almost no effort. You can adjust the height, tilt, swivel, and pivot, so it is very easy to get the monitor positioned exactly how you want it. Gaming performance is where this monitor really shines. The 240Hz refresh rate makes a huge difference, especially on a QD-OLED panel with such a fast response time. Motion looks extremely clean, and the overall smoothness is immediately noticeable. If you buy this monitor, make sure you use DisplayPort, because you absolutely want the full 2560 x 1440 at 240Hz experience. The HDMI ports are useful, but DisplayPort is where it’s at for getting the most out of this panel. I was also impressed by the power efficiency. According to the specs, it uses around 21 watts during typical operation and up to 70 watts maximum, which is very low for a monitor this capable. It is rated at 200 nits typical brightness and up to 400 nits HDR peak in smaller bright areas. On paper that may not sound extremely bright, but in normal use the OLED contrast makes the image feel much more impactful than the brightness number alone suggests. There are a couple of things worth pointing out. This monitor does not have built-in speakers, and it also does not appear to include a USB hub or USB-B upstream port. For a pure gaming monitor, that may not matter to everyone, but I would have liked to see at least some USB connectivity built in. It also doesn’t have integrated speakers. The only real disappointment I found was during a dead pixel test. On white and lighter color screens, I noticed one dead pixel near the center area and another off to the left side. During normal use, I don’t really notice them, but it was a little disappointing after watching the monitor perform so well in nearly every other test. For context, my main monitor is an LG 39-inch 5K2K OLED gaming monitor, which is in a completely different class and much more expensive. Because of that, I expected this Alienware to feel like a major step down, but it held up surprisingly well. I was actually pretty stunned at how well it performed in nearly every test against my primary monitor, which again is in another league of OLEDs. I really can’t find a downside to anything on this panel; Text clarity is good, colors are vibrant, motion is excellent, and the overall gaming experience is fantastic. Overall, I’m beyond happy with this monitor. I think Alienware made a great choice going with a glossy finish, and I see this monitor as being a great option for really anyone who wants a high-performance OLED display. The color is excellent, deep blacks, fast response times, and a very smooth 240Hz refresh rate. I’m strongly considering buying a few of these for my office, especially after how well it performed on the text tests I did. I can forgive a couple dead pixels for everything else this monitor has to offer.

If you’re looking for an OLED monitor but are on a budget, this Alienware QD-OLED is a great option with great specs. Unboxing, in addition to the monitor and adjustable stand you get an HDMI cable and a display port to display port cable and you have two HDMI ports, one display port but no usb ports. The stand has a nice amount of adjustability to it and both the monitor and stand feel very well made. You don’t have any RGB lighting on the back of the monitor but at this price point, that’s understandable. In terms of picture and performance the display delivers vibrant colors and deep blacks. Though this isn’t 4k, you still get a beautiful picture especially considering the price point. With 240 hz and .03ms of response time you get a nice blur free gaming experience especially with FPS and racing games. It’s nice to see Alienware delivering a budget friendly OLED gaming monitor that doesn’t break the bank. If you’re looking for a gaming monitor as your primary or want to run a dual screen setup and want an OLED but don’t have a lot to spend, this Alienware is a great option.

If you’ve been wanting to get an OLED or QD OLED gaming monitor, but the expense is too much, then Dell’s Alienware AW2726DM has you covered. But there are a few caveats to it. It’s not the brightest you can get and it lacks some features more expensive monitors of its type have such as also being a USB hub, but it’s got punchy vivid color and a fast refresh rate for a reasonable price, and a 3 year warranty that even includes burn in damage. I think it will make a lot of gamers and content creators happy. The monitor is packed in eco-friendly carboard packaging in the box and easy to remove and assemble. Even includes an Allen wrench style Phillips screwdriver to mount the post to the back of the monitor. However, the quick guide is just a QR code to Dells site for the PDF manuals for it. There are several. I suggest getting the user manual because it tells you everything you need to know to assemble it, set it up, and use it. Best to read that manual on a tablet or laptop or something larger than a phone. ;-) The base was easy to mount to the monitor. You can adjust the height, tilt, and rotate the screen, landscape, and portrait modes. It feels stable and stays where you put it with no creep. Out-of-the-box default settings give vivid and punchy color and contrast, and there’s several presets for different types of games and color temps as well. You can also tweak and customize color, brightness, contrast, and gamma as well. Color is where things can be interesting. So, what exactly are Quantum Dots? QDs are not a passive color filter: It doesn't subtract light or block wavelengths like standard LCD color filters do. It isn’t just a fancy phosphor formulation. It is an active semiconductor crystal that photoluminesces based on quantum confinement, not molecular chemistry. It’s an energy converter. It absorbs high-energy blue photons and efficiently translates them into mathematically precise red or green photons with almost zero wasted energy or light bleed. QD OLED is like regular OLED on steroids! By default, Windows and GPU setting are for 8 bit color and you have to switch that manually to 10 bit color to get the color performance. If colors seem too saturated, switching to 10 bit color will tone them down a bit. When I tested the color with my datacolor Spyder X Pro I tested it in the default SDR 8 bit color mode because this is what most people will use. If you’re a content creator working with photos and video you will want to use 10 bit color and a calibrate it with a colorimeter like my Spyder X Pro. Measured color coverage (Spyder X Pro): DCI‑P3 98 %, Adobe RGB 96 %, sRGB 100 %. See photos. Peak brightness in SDR is 200 NITS and I measured 196.8 with the Spyder X Pro. Brightness is where this monitor falls the shortest. Reflections can be a problem depending on where it’s located. Especially in an area where what is behind you is well lit and the content on the screen is dark. Yes, reflections do have a purple-ish magenta cast to them. The screen is glass, from what I could find out, and didn’t scratch when I tested a corner with a microfiber cloth and paper towel. The monitor has some automated and user adjustable features to maintain and enhance the life of the panel. One is pixel shift and you can see it do it sometimes. Not a flaw. You can have several color profiles and switch them when you want to play games, edit photos, or edit text and general office work. I have mine set to turn off the screen after 10 minutes of inactivity. Text doesn’t look as good on QD‑OLED and OLED panels as LCD panels, and here’s why. Windows ClearType. For decades, Windows ClearType was engineered for standard LCD screens, which almost universally use a standard RGB (Red, Green, Blue) horizontal striping layout. ClearType uses "subpixel rendering" to smooth out the edges of fonts by anti‑aliasing them at the subpixel level. OLEDs throw a massive wrench into this system because they don't use standard RGB rows. QD‑OLED panels typically use a triangular RGB structure (with the green subpixel often sitting on top). Because the physical subpixels aren't where Windows thinks they are, standard ClearType tries to smooth text using the wrong coordinates. The result? Nasty, distracting red or green color fringing on the edges of text, making letters look blurry or chromatic. Running the Windows Clear Type Tuner can do a lot to fix the problem. When you run the tuner, Windows walks you through five screens of text samples, asking you to pick the one that looks cleanest. Under the hood, it's changing the subpixel rendering contrast and swapping between RGB and BGR horizontal rendering patterns to see which alignment minimizes color fringing on your specific panel. This made the text look much better when I did it. Includes power cable, HDMI and Display Port cables. For Desktop Users, they are completely golden right out of the box. Plug that DP-to-DP cable straight from their dedicated GPU into the monitor, and the GPU control software will immediately unlock the full resolution, the max 245 Hz refresh rate, and full color depth. No extra purchases are required. If you're running a high-end gaming laptop, just grab a USB-C to DisplayPort 1.4 cable to unlock the full 245 Hz potential. For those that don’t know, you must use Display Port to get 245 hz Refresh at any color depth. HDMI tops out at 120 hz 8 bit color and 60 hz 10 bit color. The monitor includes two HDMI 2.1 inputs, one DisplayPort 1.4, a headphone/line‑out jack, and power input. It does not have built-in speakers. NOTE: Best Buy’s site lists HDMI 1.4 in the specs, which is incorrect. Dell’s official PDF manual confirms HDMI 2.1. NOTE: Lack of built-in USB ports affects firmware updates. You can’t just flash this monitor over a regular video cable. It must have a dedicated USB port connection to your PC, or you're locked out of updates Build wise, it feels pretty good. I can tell the back of the panel is aluminum with the electronics and power supply that drive it in the middle where the mount connects. I ran benchmarks, edited photos and videos, watched videos and played games. I was pleased with the monitor’s performance for color depth and refresh. In a moderately lit to low lit room, I thought it looked great. I used different color profiles for games versus photo and video editing. You don’t want to edit photos and video with it in 8 bit mode and uncalibrated as the color saturation will be too high. I think 27 inches is a nice, sweet spot for screen size. If you can live with the limited 200 NITS brightness, bit of a reflective screen and lack of USB ports, I think you get a pretty good deal for the price. Especially when you add in the 3 year warranty. Recommended!