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[–] bisby@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago (26 children)

My comment from last time this was posted.

The most commonly cited monitor in recent years for this is “AW3423DWF”… Which is AlienWare 34" from 2023, DisplayPort, WQHD, Freesync.

Point is, people see a lot of characters and complain when in reality it is exactly what you are referring to. The name is an encoded version of its capabilities. Its just that the encoding isn’t always clear because if every company used the same encoding they would have the same name. and if there are 2 similar monitors you would need to have every feature in the name to differentiate them, so the shorthand encoding becomes necessary. (Eg, AW3423DW and AW3423DWF only really differ on freesync vs gsync, thus the F at the end)

[–] TemplaerDude@lemm.ee 17 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

Just give it a cool name like Deathstalker and put that information on the box.

[–] bisby@lemmy.world -3 points 20 hours ago

Why does it need a "name" at all.

I just say "I have the Alienware ultrawide OLED" and if anyone cares, the exact model number gives information and is very distinct and googleable.

You can google for "AW3423DWF" very easily and know youve found the right monitor for reviews etc.

Googling for "Macbook Pro" reviews, for example... a pain in the ass.

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