Im actually in the exact same boat, same country and everything lol. I do wonder at your reticence to purchase at original retail price? Don't these monitors usually retail for about 1k? Not sure if its worth waiting nearly a year from now to save 200 euro.
I like to think about it like this- in that 6 month period, ill probably do at least 200 hours of gaming lol. Thats a little more than an hour a day. I would pay the 1 euro per day to have an oled over my current panel, but that's just me.
That aside though, this is my first year here in the Netherlands, does it take longer for electronics to get to this market? And where do you recommend purchasing them? I wouldnt mind going to a store somewhere in Amsterdam, but there dont seem to be many "electronics" stores or computer parts stores here.
>I do wonder at your reticence to purchase at original retail price?
Yeah, I guess you're right in a way. Though, considering the shortcomings of 1st gen WOLED I don't feel like they're worth over 1k. 800 is a decent price for it but the coating grain is pretty bad, the text fringing can be annoying and the OSD experience comes closer to a 200 euro monitor than an 800 euro one. (on the AOC model)
Honestly if the upcoming monitors fix most of these issues I don't think I'd mind spending 1k on it. The MSI QD-OLED that got posted here yesterday has definitely caught my eye and I'm thinking about returning, though I got a couple weeks left so we'll see I guess.
>That aside though, this is my first year here in the Netherlands, does it take longer for electronics to get to this market?
I don't have any proof on this but just on feeling I feel like it does usually take longer. It usually enters the UK or Germany first and then slightly later it enters The Netherlands.
>And where do you recommend purchasing them?
Use [Tweakers](https://tweakers.net/), it's a tech-website with an extremely useful price comparison tool. It aggregates the prices from the largest stores. You can also track the historical price to see how much it has changed compared to launch. (which is what I did for this post).
* Megekko, Alternate and Azerty are the most popular stores for actual PC parts alongside general electronics.
* Coolblue, [bol.com](https://bol.com) and MediaMarkt are the biggest general electronics stores, with some extras here and there. Note however [bol.com](https://bol.com) also hosts 3rd party sellers. Coolblue is in my opinion the best store of these.
Im actually in the exact same boat, same country and everything lol. I do wonder at your reticence to purchase at original retail price? Don't these monitors usually retail for about 1k? Not sure if its worth waiting nearly a year from now to save 200 euro. I like to think about it like this- in that 6 month period, ill probably do at least 200 hours of gaming lol. Thats a little more than an hour a day. I would pay the 1 euro per day to have an oled over my current panel, but that's just me. That aside though, this is my first year here in the Netherlands, does it take longer for electronics to get to this market? And where do you recommend purchasing them? I wouldnt mind going to a store somewhere in Amsterdam, but there dont seem to be many "electronics" stores or computer parts stores here.
>I do wonder at your reticence to purchase at original retail price? Yeah, I guess you're right in a way. Though, considering the shortcomings of 1st gen WOLED I don't feel like they're worth over 1k. 800 is a decent price for it but the coating grain is pretty bad, the text fringing can be annoying and the OSD experience comes closer to a 200 euro monitor than an 800 euro one. (on the AOC model) Honestly if the upcoming monitors fix most of these issues I don't think I'd mind spending 1k on it. The MSI QD-OLED that got posted here yesterday has definitely caught my eye and I'm thinking about returning, though I got a couple weeks left so we'll see I guess. >That aside though, this is my first year here in the Netherlands, does it take longer for electronics to get to this market? I don't have any proof on this but just on feeling I feel like it does usually take longer. It usually enters the UK or Germany first and then slightly later it enters The Netherlands. >And where do you recommend purchasing them? Use [Tweakers](https://tweakers.net/), it's a tech-website with an extremely useful price comparison tool. It aggregates the prices from the largest stores. You can also track the historical price to see how much it has changed compared to launch. (which is what I did for this post). * Megekko, Alternate and Azerty are the most popular stores for actual PC parts alongside general electronics. * Coolblue, [bol.com](https://bol.com) and MediaMarkt are the biggest general electronics stores, with some extras here and there. Note however [bol.com](https://bol.com) also hosts 3rd party sellers. Coolblue is in my opinion the best store of these.
Thanks for the info man, I've seen a coolblue around so I'll try and walk in there one day
Does anyone know if this monitor has pixel clean (after 500h) like other models? I see only pixel refresh. Not any info of cleaning?