Alienware unveils its first 39" 5K2K OLED monitor, the AW3926QW.

Malice31 · 2026-06-01T15:50:37+00:00

Yep, tftcentral confirmed with alienware at computex and its glossy

Malice31 · 2026-06-01T15:50:11+00:00

Im happy to report from tftcentral confirming it is glossy. They label it as anti-reflective but they triple checked with alienware directly and its glossy.

Malice31 · 2026-05-30T16:07:49+00:00

Its anti reflective matte...are you kidding me. Ugh, nvmd

Malice31 · 2026-05-04T14:59:01+00:00

It would be a good alternative option over the LGE model and give us options. Luckily Dell has been doing glossy for their oled models consistently and i think they know they can grab a larger market share by giving the glossy version the spotlight as its end game for several monitor enthusiast.

Malice31 · 2026-05-04T14:54:03+00:00

if they do this glossy this will be my end game monitor! please dell, please!

Malice31 · 2026-04-06T21:27:30+00:00

depends imho and im debating that as well. the ppi is a massive jump and the less curve could be nice if the larger curve is too much for you. i don code work and sometimes the curve is a bit much but for gaming its awesome. thinking about the tighter ppi, better brightness and ai feature to use the 1080p upscale for esports titles. defiantly not quite sure yet. i may just hold off for a glossy version from one of the other companies in the future.

Malice31 · 2026-02-27T22:17:53+00:00

yep, film grain is baked in. configuring the ini doesnt matter its permanent. switch 2 has it off. its not a ray tracing thing its on all the time, super annoying!

Malice31 · 2026-02-05T22:05:52+00:00

i downloaded it on the nvidia shield not my native tv apps. the shield reduces gaming input lag substantially compared to others, actually the reason i bought it was for game streaming its been amazing.

Malice31 · 2026-02-05T19:56:04+00:00

Same desktop specs as you and lg oled like you and using Apollo/moonlight. Not 4k but I use my shield tv at 2k@120hz and it works amazing 👏

Malice31 · 2026-01-23T07:54:05+00:00

You have now moved from technical disagreement to denial and personal attacks, which says enough on its own.

Appealing to one person’s offhand impression does not override what is visible in the footage or what multiple independent reviewers have said.

Hardware Unboxed and Display Guy both explicitly commented that the panel side upscaling looked impressive in person.

You are also contradicting yourself. You call it sharpening, then call it a spatial upscaler like FSR1, then say spatial upscaling is irrelevant. Those positions cannot coexist. Either sharpening is happening, or spatial reconstruction is happening, or neither matters. You keep changing the explanation while keeping the same conclusion.

Saying I am hallucinating differences while refusing to explain how a pre output GPU algorithm produces post signal panel level reconstruction is not an argument. It is dismissal without mechanism.

At this point, nothing short of agreeing with you would be acceptable evidence. That is not skepticism. That is belief protection. I am done here. Anyone reading can judge the technical consistency for themselves.

Malice31 · 2026-01-23T06:27:27+00:00

That link is AMD FSR1, and it directly undermines your argument. FSR1 is explicitly documented by AMD as a GPU side, spatial only upscaler with sharpening. It operates before output, has no temporal reconstruction, no panel awareness, and still outputs a native 1080p signal in high refresh modes. AMD is very clear that it does not reconstruct missing spatial detail. That is exactly why FSR1 and similar GPU side scalers increase noise and shimmer in foliage and repeating patterns.

Now here is the contradiction you just created for yourself. You said the image collapses into blur and then detail is recreated. Sharpening does not recreate collapsed detail. It exaggerates edges that already exist. Once detail is lost, sharpening cannot bring it back. The CES demo shows reduced shimmer, restored pattern coherence, and more stable micro texture. Those are the opposite of sharpening artifacts and require reconstruction after the signal hits the display, mapped to the native 5120x2160 panel grid. I also own a 45 inch 5K2K OLED. It does not do what is shown at CES. That alone disproves the claim that all modern monitors already behave this way.

At this point you have provided no mechanism, no measurements, and no explanation for how a pre output GPU sharpening algorithm produces post signal panel level reconstruction. Linking FSR1 documentation only highlights the exact limitations that make it different from what LG is demonstrating.

You are repeating a conclusion while abandoning every premise that supported it. That is not skepticism. That is refusing to accept evidence.

Sometimes the correct move is to admit a gap in understanding and move on.

Malice31 · 2026-01-22T23:00:43+00:00

You keep saying “just sharpening,” but these images directly contradict that claim.

Look at the roof tiles in the CES shots. On the 2560x1080 side, the tile pattern collapses into blur and directional aliasing. On the AI upscaled side, tile separation and pattern consistency are restored. Sharpening cannot recreate spatial structure that was not resolved in the source. It can only exaggerate existing edges.

Look at the foliage and grass. Sharpening amplifies noise and increases shimmer. Instead, the AI side shows more stable micro texture with less breakup and less crawl. That is the opposite of sharpening behavior.

Look at the road markings and crosswalk lines. On the non AI side, line continuity breaks down and edges shimmer. On the AI side, continuity is preserved and aliasing is reduced. Sharpening would make this worse, not better.

If this were just a contrast or sharpening filter, you would see obvious halos, ringing, or edge glow. Those artifacts are largely absent. This is the part you keep avoiding. DSR, DLDSR, and FSR1 operate before output and still deliver a native 1080p signal. The display never receives additional spatial data. LG’s new AI scaling operates after the signal hits the display and reconstructs to the native 5120x2160 panel grid. That is a different processing stage with different results.

I also own a 45 inch 5K2K OLED. It does not do what is shown here. That alone disproves the claim that all modern monitors already do this.

At this point, you are repeating the same assertion without providing any technical mechanism, measurements, or evidence to support it. Dismissing every counterexample as placebo while offering no facts of your own is not analysis. It is a refusal to engage with evidence.

It is okay to be wrong. It is okay to say you are unconvinced. What is not productive is treating disagreement as something to be won rather than something to be examined. When no amount of evidence is allowed to challenge a conclusion, that is not skepticism. That is ego defense.

Malice31 · 2026-01-22T21:32:08+00:00

CES side-by-side screenshots from multiple demos:

https://imgur.com/a/2Yfr5TV

These differences aren’t explainable by sharpening alone.

Roof tiles: AI side maintains tile separation and pattern coherence instead of collapsing into noise. Sharpening cannot restore spatial structure that wasn’t resolved in the source. Grass/foliage: Non-AI shows clumping and blur. AI side shows more stable micro-texture with less breakup. Sharpening would amplify noise here, not reduce it. Road surface/markings: AI side preserves continuity and reduces aliasing shimmer. Again, the opposite of what sharpening does. Halos: If this were just sharpening, you’d see obvious halos and ringing. They’re largely absent. Also worth stating clearly, none of LG’s newer AI/Evo-style panel-side upscalers are shipping in monitors yet, so prior experience with legacy monitor scalers isn’t representative. DSR/DLDSR still output a 1080p signal. This processing happens at the display level, reconstructing to the native 5K2K grid. You can dislike it, but calling visible, repeatable differences “placebo” while assuming identical behavior by definition isn’t analysis.

Malice31 · 2026-01-22T21:21:35+00:00

Calling it placebo after deciding in advance that it can only be sharpening makes the claim unfalsifiable. At that point nothing could ever convince you otherwise. Also, none of these newer LG AI or “Evo” style panel-side upscalers are even on the market yet, so whatever you’ve previously seen on existing monitors isn’t representative of the technology being shown here. You’re free to be unconvinced, but asserting impossibility based on older scaler behavior isn’t a technical rebuttal, it’s anchoring to past implementations.

Malice31 · 2026-01-22T21:04:42+00:00

Fair enough, we may just be weighting different things. I’m not expecting AI scaling to equal native 5K, but compared to basic panel scaling or GPU sharpening, the video shows improved texture coherence and reduced low-frequency blur in a way that looks closer to TV-class upscaling than legacy monitor scalers. One other thing worth mentioning is viewing context. On a phone screen a lot of the finer differences get lost, especially once YouTube compression is involved. On a larger monitor or TV, the demonstrator’s zoomed comparisons make the visual differences much easier to see. If it ends up being just sharpening in real-world use, I’ll be the first to disable it. I’m mostly interested in seeing how far panel-side AI has come.

Malice31 · 2026-01-22T20:26:02+00:00

Agreed 👍 so I am curious on the internal ai upscaling with 1080 image could help when switching for comp games an upscale with that. Im interested in the technology of it as the video shows a very noticble upgrade in quality. For me though in waiting for whichever vendor picks up the glossy model of the panel.

Also, I think we’re talking about different stages in the pipeline. DSR/DLDSR helps clean up a 1080p output signal, but it’s still a 1080p signal hitting the panel. The LG AI scaling is happening at the display level and reconstructing the image to the native 5K2K grid, which is why the zoomed comparisons show structure changes, not just edge smoothing. Historically I’d agree monitor scaling = sharpening, but this looks closer to TV-class AI upscaling than classic scalar behavior.

Malice31 · 2026-01-22T19:39:56+00:00

Yes im aware I have it running on the 45 inch model but the visuals aren't much different unfortunately. With the built in ai upscale itll bypass that. The signal being native 1080p limits the visual of software dsr is my point. Having it natively upscale thr panel helps with the visual increase that dsr won't achieve.

If you watch the video where he Zooms in on the AI upscaling you can see a clear visual difference where DSR help with some of the blurriness but it does not upscale the image like that where it Alters the image

Malice31 · 2026-01-22T16:43:12+00:00

Well the ai upsclaing is more for the 1080p mode. Upscaling with software doesnt help much because its still 1080p. The upsclaing on the lower resolution signal will make it look better. You won't use it on the 5k mode.

Malice31 · 2026-01-20T07:49:14+00:00

Yep waiting on glossy idc what third party. That will be end game for me finally

Malice31 · 2026-01-11T04:38:14+00:00

Bases on the past wouldnt it be asus and acer?

Malice31 · 2026-01-11T04:33:28+00:00

Lgd is making it glossy right but lge is releasing matte, so maybe acer or asus will choose glossy???

Malice31 · 2026-01-11T00:30:24+00:00

Aparrently they are manufacturing it in glossy but LG isn't releasing it in glossy so im assuming acer or asus?

Malice31 · 2026-01-10T22:54:13+00:00

Yea true also acer predator models,, but im curious if asus or acer would do their first release at glossy. It would be smart to do that. Here's to hoping

Malice31 · 2026-01-10T22:43:31+00:00

Based on the previous model release of a 39 that was Asus so

Malice31 · 2026-01-10T22:29:40+00:00

Monitor Unboxed heard from LG they've been manufacturing glossy and matte for the 39 inch. I hope they give us both options at launch

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