This statement doesn’t contradict yours, they only said they avoid Alienware branded monitors now.
That does not mean the inverse statement is also true, they didn’t say they recommended the whole brand of monitors before.
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teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
it puts me off ever buying or recommending an Alienware monitor
Why would anyone recommend an Alienware monitor? They don’t make displays. You’re just recommending which branding the display has.
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i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Alienware monitors are Dell monitors, which are usually pretty good in my experience. I don’t know what the deal is with Alienware Control Center. It’s kind of annoying but it’s not spyware.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Right, I’m saying Dell doesn’t make displays. Generally LG makes the displays that Dell uses, but apparently they also use Samsung and AU Optronics. But even then, I believe there’s some Chinese middle-man OEM actually making the displays, and in certain countries (including the US) Dell buys those and slaps their Dell and Alienware branding on them.
It makes sense to recommend an LG/Samsung/AUO monitor, it doesn’t make sense to generally recommend all Dell or Alienware monitors. Maybe a specific product worked well for you, but you can’t broad statements about all their monitors because the only thing they have in common is the brand selling them.
i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
It’s more complicated than that. At this point, a Dell/Alienware branded monitor with an LG panel is preferable over an LG branded monitor with an LG panel. Even if Dell doesn’t make any panels, the parts they do contribute and their quality standards can make their monitors better quality than other brands that do make their own panels. I think it’s the same with Apple. They don’t make panels either but their monitors are generally regarded as high quality, if overpriced.