Customer Ratings & Reviews

This Alienware monitor may not have the largest real estate, but it is an absolute dream to use. OLED is an absolute delight! And, when paired with 240Hz / 0.03 ms refresh, it is a game changer! My son recently passed along his PC monitor to his aunt when she needed more screen space to start doing some more serious work from home. We snagged this Alienware monitor as a replacement and the whole house has fallen in love. The black levels are astounding! The blacks are so dark that it looks as though pixels are completely turned off in the darkest areas of the screen. They are so rich that my son frequently complains about smudges or dust on the screen. Typically, you cannot see a smudge while a screen is on, but when the image goes dark, more smudges are visible. Luckily, the monitor actually comes with a microfiber cloth. We clean the screen quite often, but my son really seems to be bothered by how often he notices smudges. So, if you are a meticulous perfectionist, just know you may be compelled to clean this screen more often than others. We love that the bezels are small, the monitor is light enough to move, but feels solid. It is easy to adjust the height and the tilt in order to find the absolute perfect position. Menu controls are simple to use and the joystick style input is easy to find below the center of the screen. There are plenty of inputs, although they can be difficult to locate by touch alone - it would be nice if Alienware put a visual indicator or some tactile ridge to help feel the location of the inputs under the screen. Also interesting is that the monitor is actually a midnight blue color. This will never be on display as it is the back of the monitor, but it is a cool and very unique style. Take a look at the attached pictures to get a better idea of what the monitor actually looks like. Ultimately, my whole family loves the richness of the OLED screen and the smoothness of high refresh rate. OLED is simply another level. The price really isn't half bad either. ...And, because it comes with a 3-year warranty, there is no need to plunk down any extra cash to an in-store extended warranty. This is an easy recommendation. Although now the whole family wants OLED monitors.

As someone who has owned the last two generations of Alienware gaming monitors, I came into the AW2725 with high expectations—and it still managed to exceed every one of them. Alienware absolutely hit it out of the park with this model. This 4K, 240Hz QD-OLED panel is simply stunning. The combination of ultra-high resolution and blazing-fast refresh speed gives you crisp detail and unbelievably smooth motion at the same time—something you rarely get in a single package. The blacks are truly black, not the washed-out dark gray you see on lesser displays. Every scene feels deeper and more immersive, especially in darker games where contrast really matters. Performance isn’t the only standout. The controls designed to keep the Q-OLED panel healthy are easy to use, quick, and responsive, giving you peace of mind without adding hassle. Alienware’s on-screen menu system is equally impressive—simple, clean, and free of ambiguity. Adjusting settings is straightforward and fast, so you spend more time gaming and less time fiddling. All in all, the AW2725 doesn’t just improve on its predecessors—it leaps ahead of them. If you’ve enjoyed Alienware monitors before, this 4K 240Hz QD-OLED display will surpass your expectations just like it did mine. It’s one of the most complete and well-executed gaming monitors Alienware has ever produced.

I'll start off by saying this is the first flat monitor I've used as a daily driver for a little over 5 years. My work, workstation (both 3000R), and gaming rigs (1800R) have all had curved setups. I mention this as it took nearly a week or two of using it to really acclimate and be able to give an honest review of this QD-OLED offering from Alienware. Initially things felt warped, out of focus, almost like the screen was bending *away* from me. This led me to making mental notes on a few things I thought I didn't like. But, after adjusting and those little optical tricks my brain and eyes were playing on each other subsided, I quickly realized just how great of a monitor this is. There will be any number of reviews that simply regurgitate specs and data that you can find anywhere. I'll sum it this thing up with one word; crisp. Everything I throw at it just looks CRISP. Games, movies, just browsing around...every single image, video, detail, color looks crisp. Sure, you can elaborate on that and go into any number of market specific lingo to try and sell something. But, that one single word perfectly encapsulates the image you'll be greeted with. Buy this thing; completely worth the price.

This has been a great, reasonably sized monitor for both work and play. I enjoy the fast refresh rate, OLED blacks and color accuracy for gaming while I love the 4K resolution, connectivity and monitor brightness for work. Pros: - Size - QD-OLED - Refresh rate - Dolby Vision support - Portrait mode Cons: - Plastic non-premium build - Wobbles while typing - No auto-rotate (that I could find) Unboxing: Upon first impression. I was surprised that the monitor is not all black as stated in the description. Most of the monitor is black, but the rear central portion is more of a midnight blue. I captured this in a picture for this review, it is fairly obvious in sunlight. Overall, it is not a huge issue unless you are not a fan of any color in the monitor frame. The material is pretty much all plastic with only two buttons, a power button on the bottom right and a control stick/button in the middle. The two lights are the Alienware logo in the back and the power button on the bottom. Both can be configured with effects and colors within the Alienware Command Center application. Setup is very easy with just a power plug and a video input required (HDMI 2.1 or DP 1.4). I do recommend you install the optional USB cable to your PC for the ability to update the monitor firmware and customize monitor settings and colors. Of random note, there is a pretty nice microfiber cloth that comes with the device that feels more like a thicker material but works very well. Nice touch. Gaming: Outstanding. I am a huge fan of high refresh rate monitors but even 240 Hz is overkill for me with my limitation of a RTX 3070. I did a lot of testing in Overwatch 2 at 1440P to get about 180 Hz. The game is buttery smooth with not a single frame drop. The monitor supports G-Synch and AMD Freesync to ensure no issues there. Response time is amazing at .03 ms gray-to-gray (GTG). Playing something which ran at a bit lower frame rate and had lots of dark areas in some missions is COD Black Ops 6, the OLED shines here with everything being easy to see. With lower frame rates in some areas, there is still no tearing with G-Sync. The screen is also anti-reflective to add to the immersion by reducing reflections in most scenarios. Work: I do various programming tasks and documentation so the high refresh rate and 4k resolution is very easy on the eyes. Text appears extremely crisp here with long sessions causing no eye strain. You likely would be good with a 120hz setting for work since 240hz is highly overkill here, but it is up to the user of course. The best feature is that the monitor can rotate 90 degrees for portrait viewing. This is a killer feature for any productivity, especially as a second monitor for document viewing and programing. The only downside to this monitor I could find for work is the monitor tends to wobble a bit when typing Connectivity: There are plenty of options here. As mentioned earlier, I recommend you hook up the USB cable to the PC to both enable setting updates from the PC and opens the USB port options. There are two HDMI 2.1 ports, one of which supports ARC/eARC which is handy if needed. The DP port is ideal for most users in my opinion, but both options support slightly different features. Per Dell, the DP supports 4K resolution, 240 Hz, DSC and HDR. But, you might want to use HDMI if you need 4K, HDR, Display Stream Compression (DSC), Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Fixed Rate Link (FRL). Additionally, the one with eARC also supports Dolby Atmos passthrough. The 5Gbps USB-B port to PC enables access to 3 USB-A ports at 5Gbps and 1 USB-C port at 5Gbps with Power Delivery (PD) at 15W if you want to charge a phone. One USB-A port and the USB-C port on the front lower left of the monitor.

Can’t go wrong with an Alienware, and this monitor surely represents the brand really well. I got an RTX 5080 setup so it would do so much injustice if I don’t use an OLED 4K monitor. Setting up the Alienware monitor only took several minutes. The monitor stand’s color is deep blue, and I like it a lot. The monitor stand is sturdy, and I can easily adjust the monitor’s height. The monitor supports HDMI Arc with Dolby Atmos signal passthrough, and of course DisplayPort connection. Connection wise there’s two HDMIs and one DP. I’ve connected my PC through DP and a Mac desktop through HDMI. Will connect my XBOX to the open HDMI port in the future. There are several USB ports available including USB-C that supports 15W power delivery. The monitor uses QD-OLED panel capable of outputting 4K resolution with 240hz refresh rate and a very low 0.03 ms input latency. It is capable of outputting HDR images and it supports VRR. The monitor comes pre-calibrated from the factory, so this monitor should be great not just for gaming, but also for photo and video editing. Visual quality is the main highlight of the monitor. The QD-OLED panel outputs outstanding black and dark scenes, and colors are vivid. The monitor is bright with maximum output of 1000 cd/m2 in HDR content. The anti-reflection coating performs effectively under indoor lighting. I played Helldivers 2 and everything looked just great. My previous monitor was an OLED QHD monitor and the Alienware as expected beat it in terms of resolution. I’m seeing details previously just wasn’t there on my QHD monitor and in a game like Helldivers 2, these fine details matter. I was surprised by how much better the Alienware's black level and color performance were compared to my QHD monitor, thanks to its advanced QD-OLED technology. I have not dialed in much with all the settings of the monitor but I’m getting great results out of the box. I changed game mode setting to FPS and have been very pleased with the results. The QD-OLED panel performs really well in FPS games, and the 240 Hz supports is awesome for a QD-OLED panel. There’s a trade-off between getting a 4K panel that supports only up to 240fps or a QHD panel that can go up to 360fps. I go for finer details than opt for more FPS supports. While 360 FPS on paper is awesome, it’s unachievable in any recent AAA games even with the best graphics card available anyway. So, the Alienware QD-OLED with the 240 FPS support is already future proof enough for many years to come. I played several Netflix movies including the one that supports Dolby Vision and all these movies looked great. This monitor is a winner. Like: Visual Quality 240FPS supports Plenty of Ports Anti-Reflective Coating Pre-calibrated, should be great for photo and video editing Don’t Like: Can’t really think of any that matters.

"I’ve been waiting for a monitor that doesn't force me to choose between resolution and speed, and this is it. The 166 PPI pixel density on a 27-inch screen makes text and fine details look incredibly sharp—much better than the 32-inch 4K models. Gaming at 240Hz on a QD-OLED is buttery smooth with zero ghosting. The colors are vibrant, and the blacks are perfectly deep. If your GPU can handle 4K, this is the best monitor on the market right now

Good anti-reflective coating, good resolution, slight fringing (not a deal breaker for daily use), magenta hue from bright lights in room (expected from QD OLED panel). Calibration of colors were pretty good out of the box. HDR is really good (especially peak 1000 mode), Dolby Vision makes it even better! Though it is not compatible on Mac. Industrial Design is also nice and clean, none of that “gamer” lool that you get with other monitors.

The Alienware AW2725Q is one of the most compelling 27″ 4K OLED gaming monitors available right now. When it works as intended, its combination of resolution, color depth, refresh rate, and responsiveness delivers a premium experience. As long as you’re willing to accept a few tradeoffs (brightness, no speakers, pay attention to burn-in), it’s hard to beat for high-end gaming and media consumption.

Large screen with crisp 4K picture. Plenty of ports to handle 4K feed, HDMI, and multiple USB connections. User interface is a bit clunky at first but easy to use with some practice. A bit pricey but the high quality picture make it worth it.

So i want to start by saying, i liked this monitor(yes, I returned it). It has a sleak clean design and looks super minimal from the front with a cool alienware rgb logo on the back for some gamer esthetics. The panel has nice slims bezels with just a bit of leeway for the pixel shift technology. The panel itself is also good with nice punchy colors and good looking blacks. However, i did feel the brightness wasnt where I would like it to be. I mainly had this connected to my Xbox Series X and my macbook pro m3 pro and using both sdr and hdr, I noticed an oddity with this brightness. SDR was great, everything looked punchy and right in your face. HDR on the other hand felt off, almost dim. It felt like the brightness was at 80% and I just wanted to crank it to 100% but it already was already at max. I tried each and every HDR mode and just couldnt get the right mix of what I had hoped from my first OLED. The two that I used was true black hdr 400 and peak 100 hdr. The true black gave the most punchy colors and obviously best looking blacks but wasn’t bright enough. The peak 1000 felt bright but could be brighter and I noticed it looked a tad bit washed out. And yes, I calibrated each accordingly. But the main issue that I had and was the real reason for the return was the functional issues. On multiple occasions, I had this monitor just turn black. The screen would display an image and all of a sudden…go black. Or I would switch inputs and it went to a black screen. No input missing message or something like that. The power light was on. I had a heart attack the first time. I did some research online and saw other people reporting the same, with some having their monitor bricked. After about 5-6 of these happening within the two weeks i had it, I decided to just return it. Spent $700 for something, I atleast want to look good. To people who are planning on purchasing, I wouldnt shy away from this but I also wouldn’t recommend it.

This is my first 4k monitor. Its night an day difference btween my 2k IPS and my 1080p 360hz Alienware dark side of the Moon. I prefer my 1080p Alienware for CS2 but i use the OLED 4k for everything else. It has build in pixcel refresh which ive found convenient.

Very happy with this monitor! The display is great, I'm not the most qualified when it comes to color accuracy (I live on warm mode and eye care filters) but it looks accurate and great to my eyes. OLED blacks and gaming go hand in hand for immersive single player titles, and the response times excels in competitive gameplay too. Being 4k at 27 inch, there is absolutely no issue with fringing around text like you might here about on oled displays. The pixel density overcomes that. As for longevity, there is 3 year burn in protection so I have no worries at all! 4k is obviously tougher to run, but with modern upscalers I can play brand new titles, such as crimson desert on my 4070ti super with super high graphics and be over 60 fps (DLSS ultra performance). It looks insanely good and with turning off path tracing, etc you can get way higher. Older titles I crank max settings at 4k and get around or over the 240 hz and it is glorious! It lacks some of the frills my other monitors have, such as fancier crosshairs, AI upscaling or whatever buzz words there are these days, but I never cared for that stuff especially when you always pay more for it. This is just a great screen, and in fact the exact same panel as all other 27 inch 4k oleds of this generation, so I am happy alienware offer less frills at a cheaper price, but the same performance. Overall, great monitor once and I do recommend it although in full transparency, I did get a display model at a discounted rate, I think for 4k 240hz OLED, retail is fair at this time too and you can always find sales!

I have a mixed setup where I have a PC, PS5, and a MacBook Pro. The first two work great and this monitor delivers on everything it claims. If you've never had an OLED monitor before, you're in for a treat with this one. If my needs were only PC and console gaming, I'd recommend this without hesitation. When it comes to my MacBook Pro though, it's a different story. I'd give it 1 star. The reason is that every few minutes, the screen goes blank and displays a message to set a specific resolution (the highest) at 60hz refresh. Okay, no problem. I do that but the problem persists. This is consistent on a MacBook Pro M1, MacBook Pro M4 Max, and a MacBook Air M4. The Mac scenario may not be the norm for most people considering this monitor, but if it is, keep looking. If you only have PC or console, you'll be thrilled with this.

I bought two AW2725Q monitors, but unfortunately I had to return them due to incompatibility issues with two identical monitors being detected at the same time by my work laptop (MacBook Pro M4). I wish it had worked because the image is exceptionally vibrant. I got them on sale for $700 for context. The semi-glossy coating is delicate, but really good. Basically all the benefits of full glossy clarity, but when a game scene cuts to black in a lit room, I don't see my own reflection like I do on my replacement monitor (An LG 32GX850A-B glossy WOLED). The purple/ambient black level raise typical of qd-oled is there if you are looking for it, but is pretty much not an issue for me even working in a well-lit room with sunlight. It was much less of a problem than I was expecting. I prefer this qd-oled monitor during the day over my current WOLED replacement with its super glossy screen. The colors on the AW2725Q blew my mind when I watched Wicked, or Avatar: Way of Water for the first time in a dark room. They truly tickle my retinas in a way my current WOLED cannot. I intended to use two AW2725Q's for work and gaming, which currently is not recommended by most people due to burn-in risk. But I say life is too short to stare at IPS-panel light bleed for 10 hours a day. The only annoyance in my mind was the every 4-hour refresh cycle, but it is important for long term care. However, it is peace of mind that Alienware supports burn-in on their warranty for three years, and apparently support is great through Dell. However, I believe there is some limit to the number of hours of on-time, so if you use it for work like I wanted, you would run short of the three-year mark for the burn-in replacement.

This monitor is very compelling at it's MSRP compared to other offerings. The 4th generation QD-OLED panel used is great and Dell's user experience is excellent. The OSD is thoughtfully designed and is a joy to use when needed. There is general black level raise when ambient light is present though minimal. I find it tolerable as brightness, color volume, and clarity is stellar. It's worth noting that this monitor does NOT support DP-alt over USB-C and PBP mode only supports 60Hz. The USB-C port is downstream only so do not plan on connecting a laptop or other USB-C device expecting it to work. I did not see any information regarding the 60Hz restriction for PBP mode which is a little upsetting but input switching is fast so it's not that big of a problem. While being priced competitively with other OLED offerings, Dell/Alienware has put a lot of effort into the design of this product and the packaging, which is appreciated and makes the device just feel a bit more premium. I'd highly recommend this monitor at it's list price and on sale, I think it's an extremely enticing product.

I have to say that I have never seen anything more amazing than this display. Are there more expensive ones out there? Sure, but at 32” they do not have the pixel density that this 27” monitor has. Everything is crisp and responsive with beautiful colors and TRUE black. Seriously, when I first booted my system with this beast I was in disbelief. OLED truly is a game changer and I am not aware of another panel technology that even comes close. The monitor comes pre-calibrated and even gives you a digital test result upon initial boot. The options for tweaking in the firmware are decent but other more expensive monitors offer more fine tuning. However, this monitor doesn’t really need it, in my opinion. The only “con” is that the body is a dark blue. However, I genuinely love it and it fits in just fine with my black-everything system. I only list this because it’s the only con I could think of and wanted to keep this review truthful.

Beautiful OLED monitor. Had for about 2 months so far. Use it for gaming mostly and light productivity use as well. Kinda dim lighting for productivity compared to my other 3 IPS 4K monitors in my setup, but only run it at about 60% brightness to protect the screen a little more against burn in possibility over time. DEEP blacks during gaming, so much so that i think the monitor turns off if there is a black screen moment in games. Love it for FPS games, no issues running at 240 FPS for COD or any other competitive game. Love that it saves your settings for different inputs when switching between DP, HDMI1 and 2 as I switch between a gaming PC and productivity PC. Got it on sale and has been worth it so far

Truly amazing colors. Bought the AW3423DWF when it first came out and was amazed by the colors and dark blacks. Decided i wanted to get a second monitor and go with 4k instead of 2K but wasn't convinced there would be much difference, but not only is the screen crisper because of the higher PPI but the colors seem to pop even more especially with Dolby vision content. Debating on getting a second one.

Fantastic monitor! Using it for both my PC and switch 2. I love OLED monitors and this monitor, in particular, is amazing. I purchased this as an open box and took a chance. The monitor was mostly in excellent condition. The only issue was that the panel did not come with the protective film and there are some scratches.

The best 4K OLED monitor available right now—grab it while it’s on sale. It’s absolutely worth it.