Whoa. A 4K oled that finally makes text look clean? I need to borrow that. Gorgeous on paper, yes. Also sold out at three stores last we checked, and the price will hurt. Hands off. This is the Asus R O G Swift oled PG27UCWM. Someone fell asleep on the keyboard naming it. A 4K oled gaming monitor, 1,199 dollars in the U S, for P C players who want sharp text and speed. This is Tech After Dark! We read three reviews and watched zero hands-ons.

Zero hands touched. Especially yours. New thing one! Red, green and blue pixels in neat stripes. TFTCentral says it's a first for a 4K Tandem woled at this size! Older woleds add a white subpixel. This drops it, aiming for cleaner text. Thing two: up to 27 percent more color volume! Asus's number, not an independent test. Colors should hold up better at high brightness. Thing three! Trade 4K for 1080p and it doubles to 480 hertz!

The similar-sounding PG27UCDM can't, says Notebookcheck. P C Monitors calls it a nice extra, not a reason to buy. Okay, that's fair. Specs? Sold as 27 inches, actually 26.5. About 166 pixels per inch, so text stays very crisp. At full 4K, that's 240 redraws a second, so motion's smooth. And 1,000 nits! That's basically the sun! Only on tiny highlights. A full white screen does 250. Normal for oled.

Burn-in? Three-year warranty covers it, Asus says. What did actual reviewers find? Tom's Hardware: 4 out of 5, and the lowest input lag, that's click-to-screen delay, of any 27-inch 4K oled it's tested. Barely. And P C Monitors says it's the first gaming oled they've used with no fringing! None! That's colored edges on letters. Their one real gripe: variable refresh flicker, and an anti-flicker setting most users won't want on.

Guru3D calls the desktop incredibly sharp too! Everybody agrees! Until the bill. Guru3D questions the premium over discounted Q D-oleds. Tom's Hardware sees a top performer. Fine! How much, and where do I borrow one? Notebookcheck says 1,199 dollars. On November 3, Asus, B and H and Micro Center were sold out. Newegg wasn't. Nova's Catch: P C Monitors says the glossy screen reflects more than Q D-oled finishes.

Bright room, bright reflections. Oh no. Curtains it is. Rivals? Asus's own PG27UCDM: about 100 dollars less, but a Q D-oled that stops at 240 hertz. And Alienware's AW3226Q is 699.99 dollars, and bigger? That's 500 dollars back! Same stripe idea, but 165 hertz and less sharp per inch. I say B U Y! Clean text, fast shooters. 8.2! Great panel, thin stock, fat price. Wait for a drop. 7.0. After Dark Score: 7.6!

Number one in P C parts, past the health monitor's 6.6! Verdict: wait. Rocco, stop trying to borrow the monitor. See you next time.