The Ultra Wide Display: A Game-Changer for Gamers and Multitaskers

As I stood before the MEK Mini's ultra-wide display, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. Look how bright this thing gets! Can you see how bright that is? Like it's like eye-searingly bright, and that might be a slight exaggeration. But I believe this is HDR, what like 600 rated or something? Now I do think Samsung has a newer version of their display which is probably going to be a lot closer, but just looking at this thing in person, it's seriously nice.

And of course, it does have that full 5120x1440 resolution. Dude, this is ridiculous. This is a 2:1 video and look how tiny it is on this display. Also, something I want to mention here, the speakers are actually not that bad. But what it really comes down to with memes, is formatting. A lot of memes are just... With this much screen real estate, this is a multitasker's dream. I mean there is no need to have two monitors when you can fit basically two 1440p windows side by side, and especially if you're working with things like docs or spreadsheets. You can have so much information all at your fingertips. Although I guess it's always at your fingertips. More like all of this information at your eyeballs?

But of course, you're not watching this video for a mere multitasking display. What you want to see is gaming. And what's cool about this, is that it is actually so much wider than most panels that a lot of things like loading screens aren't even fully meant for this. It's a full 32:9 aspect ratio. Okay, yeah, this definitely works. Dude, that is so wide. You know, it's actually pretty impressive. The MEK Mini is able to handle a full 5K by 1440 resolution pretty well. Full up on max settings, obviously I'm just here in the loading screen, but we're at somewhere around 50 frames per second.

You know what else is nice about this display? Just how wide it is. I mean there's so much screen real estate, and literally, I have to look up, left, and right. Like this would be really cool if you had like something like a flight sim or a driving game. It really does feel like instead of using a VR headset, you can just sit right there and be immersed. In fact, sitting this close is actually almost too much. I'm gonna get serious. I'm gonna win a game of Fortnite with the super ultra wide display and my awesome little MEK ultra. Definitely what I'm going to do right now is win a game.

So while having a giant display and overpowered gaming PC is nice, sadly, it does not improve your actual skill. Unless I maybe do a little bit more practice, you know, to confirm this. So one thing I'm actually not sure of, I haven't tried Apex yet, is how well it supports this ultra-wide display. Which it seems to work fine, but some games actually straight up will not stretch out all the way. I mean, you can see that we have black bars in this whole cinematic. But the main thing here is that a lot of games won't actually let you get a super wide field of view as it is a little bit of an unfair advantage, right?

If you're using a monitor that's this big, you can see a little bit more around you if you're able to crank that FOV up. But it very much depends on which games you're actually playing whether or not you get an advantage or whether or not it even supports this resolution. The good news is, it looks like we're also able to play on epic settings at full resolution. I mean right now we're like 45 FPS, but it looks like it's supporting the field of view no problem, although actually, I want to hit the ground and see.

Oh, he looks like he's finding a gun right now. Yeah, he found a gun. I'm gonna run away. Oh, it's a grenade. Nope, nope, no. No, running, running, running. See ya. Peace. Bye. Yeah, don't miss. Easy for you to say... Are They both dead? Oh no, you don't. I'm out of bullets! I'm out of ammo! No, come on! No!

Realistically speaking, this monitor is awesome. It's so hard to go back to something that's normal, mere mortal size after playing with that kind of raw power and fury. If only it wasn't like over $1,000.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey guys, this is Austin.We've taken a look at a lot of crazyand over the top setups,but this new monitormight just take the cake.But, before we get started,I wanna give a huge shoutto today's sponsor, Varidesk.So this is my editing setup.Now I like to sit downand get some work done,but after a few hours I reallydo start feel unhealthy,which is where the Varidesk comes in.All you do is grab by thehandles and pull it up,and it smoothly transitionsinto being a full standing setup.The flexibility really does help meto feel more focused and productive,so definitely be sure tocheck out the ProDesk seriesat the link below, and again,huge shout out to Varideskfor sponsoring this video.So you may recall a video we did last yearon a 49 inch superultra-wide Samsung monitor.Now I really like that for gaming,but the problem was thatthe screen resolution wasa little bit low. Sure theactual screen size was massive.It's basically likehaving two 27 inch panelssort of glued together,but with basically onlya 4K by 2K resolution, as soonas you got outside of a gameit got very blurry very quick.Where as with this, thisbrings things up a notch.Really the main advantage here is,that this should bemuch higher resolution.So essentially opposed to having a pair of1080p monitors that are glued together,instead we have somethingwhich is essentiallyequivalent to a pair of27 inch 1440p displays.Here normally there's a lotof really weird useless thingsin the box, but this handling guideactually seems very relevant,because this monitor is enormous.I actually don't know howI'm going to get it out.Oh, that's actually kind of cool.So it comes with a USB-C cable in the box,which I guess you can drive the full5K resolution over USB-C.Okay I gotta try that.I also have a DisplayPort,HDMI all that kind of fun stuff.The only downside withthis monitor is thatyou need to have a properlyhuge desk to support it.I mean that's just not gonna fit anywhere.Hey guys, today we have theworld's largest monitor.(laughs)I feel like I'm in thethumbnail right now.Can you move that foam so Ican set this on the table?Okay, so with this giantmonitor out of the box,next up is to actually power it,and that is where this comes in.So this is the Zotac MEK Mini.And what better way topair a giant monitorthan with a tiny super powerful gaming PC.See we have a great sense of irony here.At least Ken does. So we'velooked at a lot of weirdand interesting Zotacsystems over the years.This is actually one ofthe most interesting onesthat has caught my eye in quite a while.So inside what you're getting here is apretty properly powerful gaming computer,but in a very very small chassis.Awe, it's so cute. So inside this guy,not only do we have a properCore i7-8700 processor,but there's even a fullGTX- sorry RTX 2070.I'm going to keep saying GTX like forever,you realize that right?Slide? Oh, there we go.Wow, that is- that is packed. Okay,so we've got a two Terabyte hard driveas well as what Ibelieve is a 256 gig SSD.We have what looks to be 16gigs of memory, and a fan.What is on this side? So Iguess it makes sense thatyou have easy access to most of yourupgradeable parts onthis side. I'm curious.I see a few fans inside.How do I open this?Oh, there's a giant not forresale sign on the bottom,AKA this is a review unit,don't open it up dumb--Well actually that's probablynot a direct quote from Zotac,but we all know what they meanwhen they send me something.Oh, that's why it's so small.It has dual external power supplies.So these are each 230 watts, so actuallythat sounds about right.460 watt power supplyfor something of this caliber.So with everything fired up,the first thing I had to sayis this MEK Mini is actually pretty cool,although I keep wanting to say Mac Mini.The MEK Mini. Now It'shard to get a good ideaof the scope of this thing.When you put it side by sidewith a full sized graphics card,it really does things in perspective.This is a lot of performancein a tiny chassis,and generally speaking itactually does perform pretty well.Now yes, it does get a littlebit loud especially under loadand it gets a little bit bursty,so sometimes the fans kindof erratically go fromlike 100 percent down to like 40 percent,which is a little bit on the noisy side.The important thing is, isthat even though you havesuch a tiny form factor,you're not giving upthat performance. You geta decent selection of portsincluding USB-C as well asa pair of Ethernet jacks,one of which does havea Killer NIC inside.But really the main advantage hereis just having a computer that is so tiny.Yeah, the power supplies being externalis a little bit annoying, butfor this kind of form factorit's really not something you canvery easily build on your own.Now at $1,600 it is not thecheapest system in the world,but realistically Ican see a lot of peoplewho are interested in a verysmall form factor build,going with something like the MEK Mini.And importantly, italso has plenty of powerto handle our giant ultra wide display.Once you get past thesheer size of this display,one of the main things thatseparates it from the Samsungis, which I was a really big fan of,is just the screen quality itself.Now sure, the resolutiondoes make a big difference,but it's also a very bright panel.I mean right now we're at like20 something percent brightness,but if I make Ken really upset here,crank it all the way up. Lookhow bright this thing gets.Can you see how bright that is?Like it is like eye searingly bright,and that might be a slight exaggeration.But I believe this is HDR, whatlike 600 rated or something?Now I do think Samsung has anewer version of their displaywhich is probably goingto be a lot closer,but just looking at this thing in person,it is seriously nice. And of course,it does have that full5120x1440 resolution.Dude this is ridiculous.This is a 2:1 videoand look how tiny it is on this display.Also something I want to mention here,the speakers are actually not that bad.- What itreally comes down to with memes,is formatting. A lot of memes are just--- With this much screen real estate,this is a multitasker's dream.I mean there is no needto have two monitorswhen you can fit basically two1440p windows side by side,and especially if you'reworking with things likedocs or spreadsheets. Youcan have so much informationall at your fingertips. AlthoughI guess it's always at your fingertips.More like all of thisinformation at your eyeballs?But of course you'renot watching this videofor a mere multitasking display.What you want to see is gaming.And what's cool about this,is that it is actually so muchwider than most panelsthat a lot of things likeloading screens aren'teven fully meant for this.It's a full 32:9 aspect ratio.Okay, yeah this definitely works.Dude that is so wide.You know it's actually pretty impressive.The MEK Mini is able to handlea full 5K by 1440 resolution pretty well.Full up on max settings, obviouslyI'm just here in the loading screen,but we're at somewherearound 50 frames per second.You know what else isnice about this display?Just how wide it is.I mean there's so muchscreen real estate, andliterally I have to look up,left and right. Likethis would be really coolif you had like something like a flight simor a driving game. Itreally does feel likeinstead of using a VR headset,you can just sit righthere and be immersed.In fact sitting this closeis actually almost too much.I'm gonna get serious. I'mgonna win a game of Fortnitewith the super ultra wide displayand my awesome little MEK ultra.Definitely what I'm going todo right now is win a game.(laughs) An excellentstart. I landed somewhereand someone hasn't shot me yet.Really a key to my stealth technique isto make as much noise as possibleso they're all afraid of me.(yells) What the--So while having a giant displayand overpowered gaming PC is nice,sadly it does not improveyour actual skill.Unless I maybe do alittle bit more practice,you know, to confirm this. So one thingI'm actually not sure of,I haven't tried Apex yet,is how well it supportsthis ultra wide display.Which it seems to work fine,but some games actuallystraight up will notstretch out all the way.I mean you can see that we have black barsin this whole cinematic.But the main thing hereis that a lot of gameswon't actually let youget a super wide field of viewas it is a little bit ofan unfair advantage, right?If you're using a monitor that's this big,you can see a little bit more around youif you're able to crank that FOV up.But it very much depends onwhich games you're actuallyplaying whether or notyou get an advantage orwhether or not it evensupports this resolution.The good news is, it looks like we're alsoable to play on epicsettings at full resolution.I mean right now we're like 45 FPS,but it looks like it's supportingthe field of view no problem,although actually I wantto hit the ground and see.Oh, he looks like he'sfinding a gun right now.Yeah he found a gun. I'm gonna run away.Oh, it's a grenade. Nope, nope, no.No, running, running, running. See ya.Peace. Bye.Yeah don't miss. Easy for youto say-- Are They both dead?Oh no you don't. I'm out of bullets!I'm out of ammo! No, come on!No! So that my friends,that is how to playon a super ultra wide displayas well as the MEK Mini.Realistically speaking,this monitor is awesome.It is so hard to go backto something that's normal,mere mortal size afterplaying with that kind ofraw power and fury. If onlyit wasn't like over $1,000.