@@Sphyxx that and when you put those handle with care stickers on it you know it was tossed around like a foot ball and had a bunch of other heavy packages stacked on top
Holy Moly that shipping damage... how in the world is this thing stil working?! I have never seen a monitor with literal "rabbit ears" like a used book before!
@@Colin-qz1lu Yeah true I just wondered what kind of torture the whole box was subjected to with that kind of damage and the quite insufficent packaging 😂 Any other kind of panel would probably be shattered as heck
When "ship asap" is the way, the carefulness of handling goes astray. Packages get roughhoused, the sticker doesn't matter. Hell, it'll get kicked to make it "fit" into the roll-container.
@@TheTekknician i can confirm this is true. the amount of returned tech parcels i had to deal with at amazon admin was ridiculous due to parcel negligence
@@FoxrainFuture probably was just on the bottom of a heavy pile instead of impact damage, the haphazard void fill and randomly scattered accessories could've applied uneven pressure and warped it in the box.
It really depends. IPS can survive being stabbed as long as the glass isn't broken, but OLED goes to the great e-waste bin in the sky if anything sharp comes near it, as the actual panel layer is incredibly fragile.
This, how curved can it get before the OLED actually gets mad. Most of these layers inside have no care about their shape, its really just the frame and power that probably wont like being bent anymore.
I have this monitor and there is a setting (one of the last ones I believe) through the remote that allows you to see how long the monitor has been used in hours. Would have been cool to see how much it was used by the previous owner! And great video as always :)
@@HandleIsNewAndBad I have the same monitor in the video - at 3,904 hours. I bought it brand new... and obviously use it extensively. No burn-in or issues whatsoever - positively love this thing!
I bought a Philips 34M2C8600 34" UW OLED for £550 as it was Open Box. The panel age was 0 hours and was in perfect condition. Considering the monitor launched at £1150 it was a proper bargain and it's the same panel as the popular Alienware one but also has Philips Ambilight. Dawid OLED spooging was definitely a factor in buying it.
Funny thing is, most OEMs explicitly state, that you should not ship the monitor just in the original box. (Lenovo for example), because it’s just for storage.
I mean, I´d pay that money even with a slightly bent corner. That thing used to be 1K and in non US places the prices are even worse. I bet while gaming you completely forget the defects.
@@fenixspider5776 Peak views/uploads, but arguably not peak Quality of content. Linus in the old LTT house with Luke reviewing Duckie keyboards and toys was better than the mass produced LTT Store ads disguised as a Tech-quickie - or the multimillionaire ex-CEO complains about rich guy stuff in between bragging about what he can afford videos. I'm happy for Linus, but a lot of people legitimately can't relate to their content anymore, and are outside the financial bubble of 95% of the things they feature on that channel. I wouldn't even call LTT 'aspirational content', so much as pure advertising book-ending videos of Linus bragging about his constant house upgrades while playing victim because people fairly point out that while his life is better than 99% of ours (health, wealth, family, youth, someone else to run his company with he plays with toys, and a road to becoming a billionaire in his lifetime) - he complains more than a lot of people struggling to get by (and can seem borderline ungrateful at times). I think there are a lot of Timmy Joe PC types out there who like Dawid's content, because they are not Engineers or Gen Z kids who want to be Linus - but rather folks who just want down to earth PC content, that reflects maybe their own situation. Someone who values the things you do, and who covers stuff from a angle that Linus once did - but is so detached from now, that he might aswell have never existed as that person. Clearly there is a giant audience for that, type of 'content' - but it's clearly a certain demographic of person, that excludes a lot of us who just want the grounded kind of videos that is a bit harder to find in these days of multi-million sub tech channels and millionaire Tech tubers like Jayztwocents, Gamersnexus and LTT who seem to be always in a production arms race.... *Plus:* In a 13 minute Dawid video, you do not get bombarded with 7 minutes worth of interruptions every 45 seconds, plugging sponsors and advertising for his overpriced tools, lifestyle products and clothing brand! lol. 👍
I love it when your videos drop. They always bring a smile to my face and an audible laugh. Thanks for always bringing a fresh take on tech videos and for brightening my day. I appreciate you!
Tip if ever sending a monitor: find polystyrene foam sheets. The insulation ones are fine and can often be pretty cheap for just a few, cut a hole the exact size and make sure there is 6-8" of foam on all sides.
That denting and warping around the corners made wince. Man, that monitor took a hell of a beating. I'm a bit surprised it led to no noticeable issues with the display itself.
I gotta admit I'm legit impressed that the monitor is both still working and seemingly working great even though it's got a "dog ear" situation. It's both messed up and truly amazing.
And that's why you should always try to keep the box for these expensive electronics. They do about as well as a toddler in a car on a long road trip when you ship them like that.
I don't know if this trick works with OLED monitors, but I bought a used monitor once that also had a scratch, if you put a tiny bit of vasaline in the crack it dissapears, I used a chap stick, cleaned the edge a bit and now it's fine.
This is the exact monitor I bought open boxed at Best Buy for 700 bucks a few months ago. The brightness isn’t the best and I wish it had a glossy surface but after using for an extended period of time all you see is that OLED goodness. Proper hdr for games and movies is amazing.
Crazy how new tech still has some of the issues old tech had. I remember old CRT TVs & early plasma screens having the 'burn in' issues over time. Granted the process took longer but you'd think companies would have a solution to prevent that kind of damage.
this monitor is solid! quality is great with good burn in care built in for longevity! im really happy with my purchase specially if you get it with a discount!
Bro your one liners kill me lmfao. "The Sultan of Brunei" "Its encounter with gang violence" Have me rolling with those in every video. That being said, holy shit thats a beast of a monitor to take that type of asskicking and come back for more. Jfc 😂😂😂
2:20 it does have a physical button I have that monitor i dont even use the remote i only use the button for color correcting snd everything else and I also have an lg c3 amd that remote always turns on and off my monitor whenever i try to turn my tv on
I wouldn't be surprised it survived because they most likely used some form of plastic to bind the oled pixels to. LCDs are almost universally built on glass so had it been a LCD it would not have survived that. Even though the oled panel this monitor used might not have been intended to be flexible it might still have a bit of flex room without damage due to the non glass material it was likely manufactured on. Not that there isn't OLEDs that use glass substrate too but I bet more and more of them are starting to use more flexible materials as the whole curved monitor/flexible flip phone type stuff becomes more common.
Thanks for all the information. That’s very interesting. Yeah no LCD would have survived. They can be wildly fragile. It’s cool that OLEDs flexibility (If it’s not on glass as you mentioned) leads to some extra durability.
I got an open box 42" C3 for about $500, had about 3000 hours on it, but I can't notice any signs of burn in, even when using a test. It's amazing, so much better than the X85K I had just recently got, luckily was able to return that one
OLED is pretty resilient to bending. There's even that one monitor with "adjustable curvature" - it uses a regular or close to a regular OLED element, just sandwiched between bendable sheets of plastic instead of stiff, AFAIK.
Despite the damage suffered during transit, at least the seller was communicative and willing to work with you on it. Hopefully they'll do a better job at packing stuff up next time... this is also a reason to keep the box for these sorts of things... monitors, tvs... my wife thinks I'm crazy for doing these things, but it makes moving or shipping things WAY easier
Fo such a massive discount I would choose the one with the dents and the scratch over the new one, people above mentioned prices over 1k (Yes my current display is also used and has a scratch down right, but I just forgot its existence xD)
You should review the HP Elitebook 840 g1 or the g2. They both have a dedicated AMD gpu and a massive glory hole. You don't even need to undo a single screw to change out the RAM and everything is visible once you open it up. The glory hole is literally the entire bottom of the laptop. I'm pretty sure you would love that!
You notice white scratches because they are on a black screen, just put car wax on it and it should go dark. You really need to get some MDF board that is bigger than the display and tape it to that, ie, the MDF takes the impacts instead of the monitor.
I mean, that's a pretty good price for what was originally only a scratch. It seemed the seller also did really try his best to make sure he packed the monitor well despite not having the original packaging anymore. The panel bending just looks like typical US/Canada shipping experiences/shenanigans to me.
I only ever tryed vr once on ps4 and man let me tell you having glasses is definetly a living hell for that lol it's cool that zenni makes those perscription plug in lenses tho never seen those before and it's a good idea!
Nice I just bought a KTC mini-led for $330 that's was pretty over saturated with heavy haloing out of the box. Once I tuned the black equalizer and stuff it's been great for a true HDR 10 bit mini led. I don't know If I would have chosen this half curved oled instead... but it's nice that it works!
i could be wrong but LG has a "Total Power On Time" under General & Information. (idk if they do for the OLED monitors aswell but would be weird if not or only on newer models)
Okay, well since you can actually buy monitors that allow you to customise how curved they are, I think then that that's totally what you should do. Rig up some sort of frame that gently and evenly clamps around the outside of the display, and then slide it, twist it, ratchet, tweak that tuning peg until it cries out in a minor key etc.
One of OLED's og selling points was being flexible, so knew the bending damage wouldn't have hurt it. Doesn't stop other things from being broken though. 😅
I knew it would work, as foldable OLED phones exist. I would lay it flat and carefully apply pressure from my palms and try to remove some of the bend that way. It wont hurt it much as OLED is flexible and shouldn't have any repercussions.
4:56 the gang members were conflicted on whether or not you'd like a curved monitor or a flat one, so they compromised, bent one corner, dented the other, and you have a partially curved gaming monitor!
3:58 Isn't isopropyl alcohol dangerous for cleaning screens ? Is it different for Oleds ? I remember an LTT short or something mentioning that it could damage the panel
Apparently you can treat scratches with either toothpaste or fat cream (like the ones you use when you have dry skin). I personally tried the fat cream. If you do it a few times, the scratch gets lets visible. Toothpaste apparently works like a polishing agent and removes the upper layer off the panel. Kind of like on faded headlights on old cars. Maybe worth trying.
I took a chance on an open-box display model Samsung G8 34" OLED for a little under half price. 3440x1440p @ 175hz, but it looks better than any of the 4k monitors I've used so far. "Sharper" images can't compare to actual color-blending done well; I can't wait for 4k OLED prices to drop a little more.
I’ve always thought the postal service (any of them) are kinda a scam. Not only do you pay them to ship your item but it you want guarantee that it’ll arrive in good condition you have to buy “insurance” on your package. Why do I have to pay more (sometimes a ridiculous amount more) just to ensure they carry out the service properly?
Ive got an alienware oled, purchased brand new, and I've later noticed some scratches on the screen coating. I don't know where they came from, but in actual usage it's impossible to tell they exist.
The only problem I have with my QD OLED gen 3 is it's too dim. Even at peak 1000 ABL drops the brightness by half. Have to lock it to 400 nits to keep uniformity.
Hi Dawid, strip the monitor down and bend the case back into shape, you might marr the finish slightly but otherwise it's not really a difficult job to strip a monitor. Best Wishes
Honestly the shipping company should be held responsible and pay back every penny for any damaged goods. Maybe then they would fucking learn not to hire idiots that throw everything because they are some lazy useless twats that hate their job. If you can be careful with fragile boxes then you have to business running a shipping company.
if you get a damaged/fake product and the shipper doesn't reply or refuses to refund the money you can just get eBay to refund your money. for example u see a good deal on a graphics card and you purchase it. after a few days you get a brick shipped to your house in a gpu box. the shipper doesn't reply to your msg and ghosts you completely. you can call up the eBay customer support and ask for an refund. if you report them in eligible time (like a week or so) you can get your money back. thats why its recommended to not do your payment off ebay even if 'the seller is saying ebay will take a cut and he doesnt want to pay the cut' its most likely a scam and he will ghost you.
If the seller is unwilling to help you, you can report it to eBay as the product did not arrive in the condition it was sold to you in. I've had pretty good experiences with the eBay team in the past, but typically a reputable seller will be willing to help you out in some way.
I buy/sell on ebay sometimes. Yes, if something gets damaged in shipping, the seller is the one liable and you can get a return, and in any case where the seller is at fault, they also pay the return shipping cost. Sometimes the seller will simply give you a refund if the return shipping cost would be too high, or in some cases they will try to negotiate a partial refund if the item is still usable. That said, haggling the buyer for a partial refund is a tactic that often gets abused by sleazy sellers even when the damage/mistake is entirely on them, and you are within your right to hold your ground and either wait for a return or a full refund. In general, ebay's return policy is reasonably good in my experience, though.
I'm hesitant to buy monitors off ebay because of the likelihood of being damaged in shipping but I've gotten some great deals on monitors at the local thrift store before. I got an LG Ultrafine 24 inch monitor for like 10 bucks recently, and they sell for like 500 dollars on ebay lol. Only downside is they're meant to be used with Apple and not a pc so you have to work some cable wizardry to get them to work with a regular windows pc.
One of these days i'd like to see a comparison between a mini-led monitor and an OLED. I have a mini-LED with a lot of local dimming zones so it looks quite similar to an OLED. I wonder if there is enough quality increase in the OLED display to justify the cost increase for that premium.
The oled panel by itself is bendable, is it not? That’s why LG has TVs that are able to roll up with their high end models. You might be able to bend it back to a straight-ish position, but I think the metal chassis will have a higher risk of shearing apart from bend stress.
G'day Dawid, 😱😱😱😱😱The reason I keep my PC Component Packaging when I buy new stuff, especially Monitors. Would have been a really nice buy if not for the Transport Damage, I couldn't live with that.
Cool, I recently was looking for a second monitor, but I found an Asus ProArt display for about $40 because it had some scratches and a white pixel on the display, I bought it and I use it as the main display.
Finding a large (43 inch) 144hz 4k monitor at an affordable price (700) was hard enough, but trying to find an oled that size anywhere near that price is gonna be impossible, especially since I want my monitor to last me at least 5 years.
wouldn't it be possible to straighten the edges by laying it on its face with small weights on it for a while and maybe light heat gun or hair dryer action? And polish the scuffs and scratch?
Man that is such a deal damn! also Is it possible for you to review the LG 24GN60R as a budget monitor? The one you recommended during your 100$ monitor reviews? I'm curious on how well it performs at its price range.
Best burn in test is to run a TV streaming app, disable display sleep in PC and monitor, and find a channel that has a continuous lower-third ticker. Let run for a week!!!
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you always save your monitor boxes. There's no better packaging for shipping a monitor than the packaging it came in.
Next video idea: "Buying used food"
You got Dawid mixed up with Ashens.
Second.
Or a used public library keyboard.
@@rollingtroll I forgot about that guy, I haven't watched him since the Ashens movie dropped. Good times.
"This is the cheapest, used can of tuna money can buy" title shows $.89
Corsair: _has bendable OLED monitor available for new_
Dawid: _has used OLED monitor that was DIY bent by its previous owner_
Son: can I have a curved monitor?
Mom: we have a curved monitor at home!
It was most definitely bent in shipping due to the bloody awful packaging
@@Sphyxx that and when you put those handle with care stickers on it you know it was tossed around like a foot ball and had a bunch of other heavy packages stacked on top
@@perry92964 Delivery man: "Oh look, a fragile package! Quickly, stack everything we have on it!"
and here, I watch this video and comment writing on said Corsair Xeneon Flex. yes, it was 100% worth it.
'Delicate Instrument' is what I call my ol' chap
I hardly ever like comments but you deserved it
Mine's more like 'homeless vagrant sitting on 2 trash bags'
Holy Moly that shipping damage... how in the world is this thing stil working?! I have never seen a monitor with literal "rabbit ears" like a used book before!
it probaply survived because oled panels are flexible
@@Colin-qz1lu Yeah true I just wondered what kind of torture the whole box was subjected to with that kind of damage and the quite insufficent packaging 😂 Any other kind of panel would probably be shattered as heck
When "ship asap" is the way, the carefulness of handling goes astray. Packages get roughhoused, the sticker doesn't matter. Hell, it'll get kicked to make it "fit" into the roll-container.
@@TheTekknician i can confirm this is true. the amount of returned tech parcels i had to deal with at amazon admin was ridiculous due to parcel negligence
@@FoxrainFuture probably was just on the bottom of a heavy pile instead of impact damage, the haphazard void fill and randomly scattered accessories could've applied uneven pressure and warped it in the box.
That is extremely impressive. No VA/IPS/TN panel would be working after that.
The Penal can survive this but the backlight never.
It really depends. IPS can survive being stabbed as long as the glass isn't broken, but OLED goes to the great e-waste bin in the sky if anything sharp comes near it, as the actual panel layer is incredibly fragile.
@@Xorthis But most oled Displays are protectet of glass.
@@terabyte100 They are. But glass doesn't bend easily. Dawid got very lucky the frame wasn't fused to the panel.
Next video: DIY curved OLED monitor.
This, how curved can it get before the OLED actually gets mad. Most of these layers inside have no care about their shape, its really just the frame and power that probably wont like being bent anymore.
This
I have this monitor and there is a setting (one of the last ones I believe) through the remote that allows you to see how long the monitor has been used in hours. Would have been cool to see how much it was used by the previous owner! And great video as always :)
Most LG monitors have it then. My 6-year old one has clocked in at 3160 hours.
@@HandleIsNewAndBad I have the same monitor in the video - at 3,904 hours. I bought it brand new... and obviously use it extensively.
No burn-in or issues whatsoever - positively love this thing!
This
I just got one used on ebay for ~£420. It's at 4291 hours with no burn-in!
I got one used working good
And this is exactly why you keep the boxes of your monitor, just in case you have to ship it you know that it won't get damaged in transit
Dawid: "Doing X is a rally bad idea".
Also Dawid: "I'm doing X!"
And that's why we love you.
I stopped loving dawid the moment he publicly revealed he considers left-handed as lesser humans. Something about TRUE colors.
Might as well curve the other side and make a curved monitor🤣
Then you can sell it for more
I bought a Philips 34M2C8600 34" UW OLED for £550 as it was Open Box.
The panel age was 0 hours and was in perfect condition. Considering the monitor launched at £1150 it was a proper bargain and it's the same panel as the popular Alienware one but also has Philips Ambilight.
Dawid OLED spooging was definitely a factor in buying it.
It's time for a law against people who don't care to pack things properly.
yeah, jail time and they are transported to jail in a thin box with little to no bubblewrap via the postal system.
There is in northern Europe, the seller is then the sole person who will cover the costs fully, including eventual return.
I once recieved a monitor padded with newspaper, yea it didn't make it lol
But... I wouldn't have a free VR headset if it wasn't for these people. 😆
@@frederictrm566 Scandinavia?
I'd never want a monitor transported outside it's original box
I was thinking that. I would definitely keep the box and foam it came in for something like that.
Funny thing is, most OEMs explicitly state, that you should not ship the monitor just in the original box. (Lenovo for example), because it’s just for storage.
I mean, I´d pay that money even with a slightly bent corner. That thing used to be 1K and in non US places the prices are even worse. I bet while gaming you completely forget the defects.
Well you can get them used for like 450 all the day now. … I would pay the extra 100 to get a not bend example.
4:05 - Dawid’s idea of cleaning makes me reel haha …
omg that sent me, I can still see the smudging all along the side hahaha
Man, LTT can only dream of providing this level of consumer advice for average gamers who need to use "Sort by price" all the time!
LT who? I thought he was almost irrelevant now.
@@TheCudder4life the hell do you mean LTT is still at their peak gaining a million views every video
@@fenixspider5776 Peak views/uploads, but arguably not peak Quality of content.
Linus in the old LTT house with Luke reviewing Duckie keyboards and toys was better than the mass produced LTT Store ads disguised as a Tech-quickie - or the multimillionaire ex-CEO complains about rich guy stuff in between bragging about what he can afford videos. I'm happy for Linus, but a lot of people legitimately can't relate to their content anymore, and are outside the financial bubble of 95% of the things they feature on that channel.
I wouldn't even call LTT 'aspirational content', so much as pure advertising book-ending videos of Linus bragging about his constant house upgrades while playing victim because people fairly point out that while his life is better than 99% of ours (health, wealth, family, youth, someone else to run his company with he plays with toys, and a road to becoming a billionaire in his lifetime) - he complains more than a lot of people struggling to get by (and can seem borderline ungrateful at times).
I think there are a lot of Timmy Joe PC types out there who like Dawid's content, because they are not Engineers or Gen Z kids who want to be Linus - but rather folks who just want down to earth PC content, that reflects maybe their own situation. Someone who values the things you do, and who covers stuff from a angle that Linus once did - but is so detached from now, that he might aswell have never existed as that person.
Clearly there is a giant audience for that, type of 'content' - but it's clearly a certain demographic of person, that excludes a lot of us who just want the grounded kind of videos that is a bit harder to find in these days of multi-million sub tech channels and millionaire Tech tubers like Jayztwocents, Gamersnexus and LTT who seem to be always in a production arms race....
*Plus:* In a 13 minute Dawid video, you do not get bombarded with 7 minutes worth of interruptions every 45 seconds, plugging sponsors and advertising for his overpriced tools, lifestyle products and clothing brand! lol. 👍
Sort by lowest common denominator.
I love it when your videos drop. They always bring a smile to my face and an audible laugh. Thanks for always bringing a fresh take on tech videos and for brightening my day. I appreciate you!
Every time I see your videos I smile bro, keep doing what you're doing Dawid. Sending love from Jamaica 🇯🇲
Tip if ever sending a monitor: find polystyrene foam sheets. The insulation ones are fine and can often be pretty cheap for just a few, cut a hole the exact size and make sure there is 6-8" of foam on all sides.
That denting and warping around the corners made wince. Man, that monitor took a hell of a beating.
I'm a bit surprised it led to no noticeable issues with the display itself.
That bend looks like it'll buff out easily. The dent in the bottom though, looks a bit trickier.
Guten Tag. DIY curve is a new one for me.
Maybe if you run the pixel cleaning a few times with the monitor upside down it'll bend itself back to proper shape
After working for a shipping carrier. If you dare to put fragile stickers and not pay insurance for shipping. Those packages get absolutely abused.
So, in other words, to get someone to do their job well, you have to pay a third party. Weird innit
@@djnjoy no.... Just request to pay the insurance on your items...
What was the partial refund?
I gotta admit I'm legit impressed that the monitor is both still working and seemingly working great even though it's got a "dog ear" situation. It's both messed up and truly amazing.
6:03 Dawid playing Squadrons puts a smile on my face. Come play fleet battles Friday nights, EST.
And that's why you should always try to keep the box for these expensive electronics. They do about as well as a toddler in a car on a long road trip when you ship them like that.
just love your content especially the sound track and humor
keep it up bro👍
i have the ultrawide version of this monitor and i love it, mildly wish i had gone for the flat panel version but its still an amazing display.
I don't know if this trick works with OLED monitors, but I bought a used monitor once that also had a scratch, if you put a tiny bit of vasaline in the crack it dissapears, I used a chap stick, cleaned the edge a bit and now it's fine.
This is the exact monitor I bought open boxed at Best Buy for 700 bucks a few months ago. The brightness isn’t the best and I wish it had a glossy surface but after using for an extended period of time all you see is that OLED goodness. Proper hdr for games and movies is amazing.
DAWID TEMU SELLS FULL GAMING PCS!! If you search up gaming pc now it just comes up.
Lets Gooo Dawid!! Watch you don't have an accident fondling that ''OLED'' bro
Crazy how new tech still has some of the issues old tech had. I remember old CRT TVs & early plasma screens having the 'burn in' issues over time. Granted the process took longer but you'd think companies would have a solution to prevent that kind of damage.
They do. That is why his monitor had no signs of burn in. Just DIY bending and some specs of coating missing and a small scratch.
this monitor is solid! quality is great with good burn in care built in for longevity! im really happy with my purchase specially if you get it with a discount!
It wasn't damaged in shipping, it only made it 1/4 way through the curved monitor processing section of the assembly line
Bro your one liners kill me lmfao.
"The Sultan of Brunei"
"Its encounter with gang violence"
Have me rolling with those in every video.
That being said, holy shit thats a beast of a monitor to take that type of asskicking and come back for more. Jfc 😂😂😂
2:20 it does have a physical button I have that monitor i dont even use the remote i only use the button for color correcting snd everything else and I also have an lg c3 amd that remote always turns on and off my monitor whenever i try to turn my tv on
One of the best monitors i bought last year. Lg's burn in prevention tech is the best in the market rn.
I wouldn't be surprised it survived because they most likely used some form of plastic to bind the oled pixels to. LCDs are almost universally built on glass so had it been a LCD it would not have survived that.
Even though the oled panel this monitor used might not have been intended to be flexible it might still have a bit of flex room without damage due to the non glass material it was likely manufactured on. Not that there isn't OLEDs that use glass substrate too but I bet more and more of them are starting to use more flexible materials as the whole curved monitor/flexible flip phone type stuff becomes more common.
Thanks for all the information. That’s very interesting. Yeah no LCD would have survived. They can be wildly fragile. It’s cool that OLEDs flexibility (If it’s not on glass as you mentioned) leads to some extra durability.
I m surprised he didn't try to bend it back to it original shape!!
Impressive it survived for sure! When you first took it out I just thought it was supposed to be a curved monitor
I got an open box 42" C3 for about $500, had about 3000 hours on it, but I can't notice any signs of burn in, even when using a test. It's amazing, so much better than the X85K I had just recently got, luckily was able to return that one
OLED is pretty resilient to bending. There's even that one monitor with "adjustable curvature" - it uses a regular or close to a regular OLED element, just sandwiched between bendable sheets of plastic instead of stiff, AFAIK.
Some monitors you have to pay extra to get curved. You got a DIY curve at a slight discount (if he does adjust it)
Despite the damage suffered during transit, at least the seller was communicative and willing to work with you on it. Hopefully they'll do a better job at packing stuff up next time... this is also a reason to keep the box for these sorts of things... monitors, tvs... my wife thinks I'm crazy for doing these things, but it makes moving or shipping things WAY easier
My OCD would not permit a monitor with a scratch on it, much less a DENT.
Fo such a massive discount I would choose the one with the dents and the scratch over the new one, people above mentioned prices over 1k (Yes my current display is also used and has a scratch down right, but I just forgot its existence xD)
You should review the HP Elitebook 840 g1 or the g2. They both have a dedicated AMD gpu and a massive glory hole. You don't even need to undo a single screw to change out the RAM and everything is visible once you open it up. The glory hole is literally the entire bottom of the laptop. I'm pretty sure you would love that!
You notice white scratches because they are on a black screen, just put car wax on it and it should go dark.
You really need to get some MDF board that is bigger than the display and tape it to that, ie, the MDF takes the impacts instead of the monitor.
I mean, that's a pretty good price for what was originally only a scratch.
It seemed the seller also did really try his best to make sure he packed the monitor well despite not having the original packaging anymore.
The panel bending just looks like typical US/Canada shipping experiences/shenanigans to me.
I only ever tryed vr once on ps4 and man let me tell you having glasses is definetly a living hell for that lol it's cool that zenni makes those perscription plug in lenses tho never seen those before and it's a good idea!
Nice I just bought a KTC mini-led for $330 that's was pretty over saturated with heavy haloing out of the box. Once I tuned the black equalizer and stuff it's been great for a true HDR 10 bit mini led.
I don't know If I would have chosen this half curved oled instead... but it's nice that it works!
You could probably heat the bent areas from the back and try to straighten it up a bit.
Hey you should try a ultra gear ultra wide next waybetter color hues
i could be wrong but LG has a "Total Power On Time" under General & Information. (idk if they do for the OLED monitors aswell but would be weird if not or only on newer models)
Man don't ever change, i came here just to see the cheapest stuff.
Okay, well since you can actually buy monitors that allow you to customise how curved they are, I think then that that's totally what you should do. Rig up some sort of frame that gently and evenly clamps around the outside of the display, and then slide it, twist it, ratchet, tweak that tuning peg until it cries out in a minor key etc.
One of OLED's og selling points was being flexible, so knew the bending damage wouldn't have hurt it. Doesn't stop other things from being broken though. 😅
You got a free curved upgrade during shipping. Nice!
The AC/DC power adapters of the 2nd hand monitor always have problems...
I knew it would work, as foldable OLED phones exist. I would lay it flat and carefully apply pressure from my palms and try to remove some of the bend that way. It wont hurt it much as OLED is flexible and shouldn't have any repercussions.
Dawid, I'd love to see a video where you try to straighten out the monitor!
4:56 the gang members were conflicted on whether or not you'd like a curved monitor or a flat one, so they compromised, bent one corner, dented the other, and you have a partially curved gaming monitor!
3:58 Isn't isopropyl alcohol dangerous for cleaning screens ? Is it different for Oleds ? I remember an LTT short or something mentioning that it could damage the panel
Found the one guy who watches Shorts.
It was probably distilled water
I can't stand people who don't know how to package a monitor for shipping.
that pile of alienware vomit in the background just kept punching my eyes.
Apparently you can treat scratches with either toothpaste or fat cream (like the ones you use when you have dry skin). I personally tried the fat cream. If you do it a few times, the scratch gets lets visible. Toothpaste apparently works like a polishing agent and removes the upper layer off the panel. Kind of like on faded headlights on old cars. Maybe worth trying.
I took a chance on an open-box display model Samsung G8 34" OLED for a little under half price. 3440x1440p @ 175hz, but it looks better than any of the 4k monitors I've used so far. "Sharper" images can't compare to actual color-blending done well; I can't wait for 4k OLED prices to drop a little more.
U should carefully bend back the the metal displays frame, but have a backup in case:)
I wonder if you could make a jig to bend it back that applies even pressure to the entire affected area. Might be worth it to save the panel
I’ve always thought the postal service (any of them) are kinda a scam. Not only do you pay them to ship your item but it you want guarantee that it’ll arrive in good condition you have to buy “insurance” on your package.
Why do I have to pay more (sometimes a ridiculous amount more) just to ensure they carry out the service properly?
I love your comments Dawid, they always make me laugh
Ive got an alienware oled, purchased brand new, and I've later noticed some scratches on the screen coating. I don't know where they came from, but in actual usage it's impossible to tell they exist.
Do some more optiplex or precision tower 5820. You will love it. 🥂
how fitting as I was just looking at OLEDs this morning. As I want to move away from my msi VA panel.
Thanks for the awesome video as always Dawid 🙂
Bend those corners right on back
Oled is surprising flexible
The only problem I have with my QD OLED gen 3 is it's too dim. Even at peak 1000 ABL drops the brightness by half. Have to lock it to 400 nits to keep uniformity.
Hi Dawid, strip the monitor down and bend the case back into shape, you might marr the finish slightly but otherwise it's not really a difficult job to strip a monitor. Best Wishes
Both the dent and bent corner can be easily bent back and fixed with a little gentle coaxing. You should at least try 😅
If you get an item on EBay that's damaged on arrival are you left with the loss? Shippers going to pay up?
Honestly the shipping company should be held responsible and pay back every penny for any damaged goods. Maybe then they would fucking learn not to hire idiots that throw everything because they are some lazy useless twats that hate their job.
If you can be careful with fragile boxes then you have to business running a shipping company.
if you get a damaged/fake product and the shipper doesn't reply or refuses to refund the money you can just get eBay to refund your money. for example u see a good deal on a graphics card and you purchase it. after a few days you get a brick shipped to your house in a gpu box. the shipper doesn't reply to your msg and ghosts you completely. you can call up the eBay customer support and ask for an refund. if you report them in eligible time (like a week or so) you can get your money back. thats why its recommended to not do your payment off ebay even if 'the seller is saying ebay will take a cut and he doesnt want to pay the cut' its most likely a scam and he will ghost you.
If the seller is unwilling to help you, you can report it to eBay as the product did not arrive in the condition it was sold to you in. I've had pretty good experiences with the eBay team in the past, but typically a reputable seller will be willing to help you out in some way.
I would have filed for an entire refund and ebay would give it. Thats unacceptable.
I buy/sell on ebay sometimes. Yes, if something gets damaged in shipping, the seller is the one liable and you can get a return, and in any case where the seller is at fault, they also pay the return shipping cost. Sometimes the seller will simply give you a refund if the return shipping cost would be too high, or in some cases they will try to negotiate a partial refund if the item is still usable. That said, haggling the buyer for a partial refund is a tactic that often gets abused by sleazy sellers even when the damage/mistake is entirely on them, and you are within your right to hold your ground and either wait for a return or a full refund. In general, ebay's return policy is reasonably good in my experience, though.
I'm hesitant to buy monitors off ebay because of the likelihood of being damaged in shipping but I've gotten some great deals on monitors at the local thrift store before. I got an LG Ultrafine 24 inch monitor for like 10 bucks recently, and they sell for like 500 dollars on ebay lol. Only downside is they're meant to be used with Apple and not a pc so you have to work some cable wizardry to get them to work with a regular windows pc.
One of these days i'd like to see a comparison between a mini-led monitor and an OLED. I have a mini-LED with a lot of local dimming zones so it looks quite similar to an OLED. I wonder if there is enough quality increase in the OLED display to justify the cost increase for that premium.
The oled panel by itself is bendable, is it not? That’s why LG has TVs that are able to roll up with their high end models. You might be able to bend it back to a straight-ish position, but I think the metal chassis will have a higher risk of shearing apart from bend stress.
Wouldn't be a Dawid video without complications 😂
G'day Dawid,
😱😱😱😱😱The reason I keep my PC Component Packaging when I buy new stuff, especially Monitors.
Would have been a really nice buy if not for the Transport Damage, I couldn't live with that.
Still a lot, I ended up getting the Alienware 34 inch ultra wide QDOLED for 400 on sale from Dell
I kind of wish you did this, but with the cheapest actually brand new OLED monitor.
How is the new office working out? I hope we get a follow up video about it.
Cool, I recently was looking for a second monitor, but I found an Asus ProArt display for about $40 because it had some scratches and a white pixel on the display, I bought it and I use it as the main display.
Finding a large (43 inch) 144hz 4k monitor at an affordable price (700) was hard enough, but trying to find an oled that size anywhere near that price is gonna be impossible, especially since I want my monitor to last me at least 5 years.
wouldn't it be possible to straighten the edges by laying it on its face with small weights on it for a while and maybe light heat gun or hair dryer action? And polish the scuffs and scratch?
Holy crap that screen bent shatters my heart.
OK, but like recently, I’ve been looking at OLED gaming monitors and this video just came out right after😂
Man that is such a deal damn! also Is it possible for you to review the LG 24GN60R as a budget monitor? The one you recommended during your 100$ monitor reviews? I'm curious on how well it performs at its price range.
Please do a part 2 update on the studio and the move.
Now disassemble the monitor and try to make it straight! That panel is quite rigid, good thing it didn't break.
Dawid finally returned after patch 7.36 in dota
Best burn in test is to run a TV streaming app, disable display sleep in PC and monitor, and find a channel that has a continuous lower-third ticker. Let run for a week!!!
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you always save your monitor boxes. There's no better packaging for shipping a monitor than the packaging it came in.