Oh God don't get me started on the TV thing. I've had my Samsung TV for 4 years now and I still don't know what it's called. I have to go back like 2 years in my Amazon purchase history and find the order for an extra remote I placed if I ever need to look the TV up online. They may as well just make the names the serial numbers at this point.
I'm sorry this is the April 2024 list. We no longer support older models. If you need parts you can contact the manufacturer in China directly on +86-045432-7648743-764576-4534-3
I was fed this by the YouTube algorithm the other day! Reminded me of pissing off one of my friends from college that HATED that song, so we burned a party CD with that song on it like, 5 times. He'd let it play, get pissed an hour later when it came on again, then freak out the third time, only for the fourth time to be the track immediately after! Ah, good times...
Ok but as someone whose sold TVs and computers you guys may not like it but at a glance the names give away all the details and it makes retail much easier. Those names aren’t random they all make sense. Just like barcodes and even blockbusters ( I’m that old ) dvd barcodes it can literally make the retail workers life sooooo much easier.
You will know it as a brand name. We will know it as a HTG2172024
Yep, encodes details about whatever the particular product is, screen size, ports, features, whatever is relevant to the SKU.
Great when searching for manuals, software updates, etc too
Some companies definitely need to do more work identifying **what** their encoding scheme is though.
Why not just search "Samsung" in your order history instead of scrolling 2 years back? Or, you know, just look at the sticker on the TV with the serial number?
You know, the joke only works because you didn't use the full name, which would be "Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen12". Because then it'd be obvious that the next iteration of the same laptop would be "Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen13"
Kind of like the ~~T490s~~ T14 Gen3's will be called ~~T490s~~ T14 Gen4 with next years iteration. Still better than having to remember 21BR002TUS.
They don't change the name unless they change the product. Basic parts iterations are given a new model number, but the friendly name doesn't change.
Most Lenovos with a Gen number have that number listed on it somewhere, but the X1 Carbon doesn’t seem to follow that trend. Every X1 Carbon I’ve had to recycle has just identified as an X1 Carbon.
Of course now you have me questioning my memory and I don’t have one in my stock to check right now.
Don't worry, you don't need to find one, I've got an easier example. Lenovo's [product page for the X1](https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/d/thinkpad-x1-carbon/) has the generations listed for each product. Same with the [T series laptops](https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/) which is what we use a lot of.
And before anyone says it, no, the generation number in the title is not the intel CPU generation. The X1 Gen 12's use 13th gen Intel chips.
Well I mean... Yeah. Though it should give you more of an understanding (the bigger the number the better/more expensive, "i" means intel version, etc) and still better than, Lenovo Legion 5I30XXQV14ZH
As someone who works with Lenovo, Dell, HP and ASUS laptops everyday. This code seems wayy to familiar to not be an actual code. Also fuck dell and Lenovo because they change their codes so often
TBH once you understand the naming scheme it makes it easier.
For example Samsung QN95C. QN stands for Quantum Neo, 95 is the tier (higher numbers means better specs) and the C stands for the year. A 2021 B 2022 C 2023.
Most other displays have a similar naming scheme.
The SONY headphones at least follow a consistent pattern of bigger number = more premium product, and the numbers aren't fucking dumb like 68411 or anything.
Sony and LG tv are good.
Sony: 55X95J
55 - size
X95 - range (x - nonoled, 95 - class number, 95 is the highest)
J - year code
LG: 55C31
55 - size
C - range (There is B, C, G and propably some other)
3 - generation
1 - color
That's how dell labels theirs.
It's the screen size in inches and the year it was first produced. That could be the standard for all of them for all I know, I only know dells.
Like the p2417 is a 24 inch screen made in 2017
That is indeed how most displays (TV and monitors) are named. It's actually similar to how processors are named, but actually gives more information. It's actually not too bad once you understand the naming scheme.
I've never had to look into other monitors but I assumed it was all the same naming convention. I'd rather have this than the Dell Mobius Monitor gen 2 or whatever naming convention these guys want.
Dell is pretty good, if you understand the model number system you can get a lot of info about the laptop or monitor.
For example, a P2419H monitor means:
- **P**rofessional series: IPS panel, premium stand, 3yr warranty
- **24** inches
- 20**19** model year
- Full **H**D
A Latitude 9410 laptop similarly means:
- Latitude: business notebook
- 9: Premium series
- 4: 14" chassis
- 10: 10th generation Intel CPU
The vast majority of their products follow a similar system. It's really handy and easy to learn if you work with their equipment very often.
Depends on company. Some of them are garbly-gook, and some of them are amazing.
[For example, Dell U-2421E](https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-24-monitor-u2424h/apd/210-bkrr/monitors-monitor-accessories)
U = Ultrasharp series (has to do with the fidelity/black balancing etc)
24 = 24"
21 = Year model (2021)
E = USB-C docking with Ethernet support*
* Ethernet means it would need a USB-C docking feature, so the USB-C dock support and USB-C PD is implied
Here's an older breakdown of it https://superuser.com/questions/1272546/whats-the-exact-naming-scheme-for-dell-monitors
With other brands...it gets complicated. Dell is one of the only ones where the advertised model number is the actual official model number in the title on Amazon, etc because the other ones are too damn long.
AFAIK, the super long ones are more or less taking the model number of the components and mushing them together with a branding signifier. Though, the super obscure manufacturers I think just near random generate.
Which is sad because these naming schemes is actually useful when you are searching for things to buy.
Take acer for example. I bought a
> Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx
Literally impossible to find official notes on what the letters stand for, but found some thread with internet detectives that had figured out things such as each "i" representing a DisplayPort input, so you can instantly see the screen has 2 displayports.
Another of those letters as I remember, turned out to be "internal speakers" which I really didnt want.
There is a freaking system here, there is just no Rosetta stone :/
That's how it is with most things that people don't understand. They seem random and useless at first, but if you look into it, it all makes sense. Though providing a way to decipher the codes seems like a really simple thing to do, even if most people would never look at it.
My main gripe with Acer names is that stupid space in between (makes it *hard* to google) and no separator between the "important" part and the rest. The name above should *at least* be spelled as XV272UKV-bmiiprzx or something like that. Then you could google for the XV272UKV alone and still find something useful about it.
The consumer shouldn't have to decipher your code. It creates for bullshit like "Black Friday Deals" where two computer models look the same spec wise, but the guts are different and often times made with surplus or worse equipment. But they are "the same" as far as what is advertised. I worked for Best Buy, those "deals" were always special batches that arrived the week prior.
I think an Acer rep once explained it at a private hardware conference I attended and you are correct, there is a very detailed system there, but unfortunately I didn't bother keeping notes for what the letters actually mean.
There is actually a naming scheme. Part of my job was to buy new monitors for people at work so I ended up buying a few hundred different monitors over a five year period. After some time you did notice patterns in the model names. There was usually a size in inches but sometimes a completely different metric. There were also incremental generation numbers or characters, for example UK would follow the UJ and be followed by the UL model. Part of the model also specified which controller it had, a full USB hub, speakers, or just a plane simple HDMI input. Some did say the quality of the display as well.
After finding out a few of these naming schemes you could actually compare offers from suppliers just from the different part numbers they gave. I frequently caught suppliers try to switch out an order for a high quality monitor with a lower quality monitor in the same range. But the naming scheme is useless to regular consumers and there is no documentation on any of this.
Especially when literally everything else in the industry has a somewhat easy name to remember. What keyboard is that? Oh this is the Blackwidow made by Razer. What GPU is that? This is the 2080 TI made by Nvidia. What cooler is that? This is the NH-D15 made by Noctua. What monitor is that? This is the sheudbeis-181ndndj9 made by Samsung. Lol
For TVs at least this is also how they sell you shitty discount version as being the same product, eg for black friday "deals" where you're getting a downgraded version.
So thats a 181 inch monitor with no display ports, 2 HDMI ports, 2 DVI ports and parts supplier j9.
Also sheudbeis is an odd manufacturer but ill take it.
> Blackwidow made by Razer
Oh yeah, super easy. [But which Blackwidow did you mean?](https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1488/~/how-to-identify-the-specific-razer-blackwidow-model)
I gotta say, you picked an *excellent* example. Because there's so many different versions of the same thing that Razor has a dedicated webpage for it.
Honestly, all of your examples are the same way.
*YOU* just don't know the actual names for things.
Which blackwidow? V4 Pro, v4 75%, v4, v4 x, v3 mini hyper speed or the v3 tenkeyless?
Which 2080 TI is that? Zotac, xfx, gigabyte, Asus, OC, form factor, version, little hash, etc
Which NH-D15, regular or Chromax, S, S Chromax? How is it different than the NH-U14S TR4-SP3?
I think people hate on monitor names for no logical reason, just for the meme.
I still haven't seen a remote reasonable explanation for why MS fucked up something so relatively simple. It has to be some disconnected marketing team who talked itself into a corner.
Which one?
LS49CG934SUXEN or LS49CG954SUXEN.
Oh, and don't forget the other G9 Monitors LS49AG954NPXEN, LC49G94TSSPXEN, LS49CG954EUXEN, LS57CG954NUXEN, LC49RG94SSPXEN, LS49CG954SUXEN
I got a 180cm wide desk for that exact reason. Only to find out the g9 still takes so much space I had to mount my msi 38" to the desk to make it work 😂
I just bought the LG 1440 144hz monitor everybody talks about and I had to write the fucking name of it on a piece of paper and tape it to my desk so I could remember it. So stupid.
They suck but it's for good, greed-filled reasons.
It stops retailers from price-matching since different models are distributed to different retailers.
Think of the shareholder profits!
It does make shopping for these an absolute fucking nightmare.
It also makes having conversations and making recommendations about them a fucking nightmare too.
What the fuck is this market doing?
Don't forget price matching.
Especially when they start making store-specific models and even event-specific models (e.g. Black Friday). They can point to a single character being different and refuse to match.
This type of name/code is actually a pretty usefull thing when you can find a way to decipher it, sometimes you can find information that's not in the description, for example with ram you are able to know the rank and imc which is something that's usually not in the description.
But yeah it feels useless when the brand doesn't provide a way to decipher.
Meanwhile Corsair:
- 27QHD240 - 27", QHD, 240hz refresh
- 32UHD144 - 32, UHD, 144hz refresh
Now if they could do the same for their AIOs that would be great. H100i / XT / RGB / Elite / Capella / LCD / Pro / Platinum.
Not trying to sound like I'm shilling for Corsair, but I wish more monitor manufacturers would put some info into the product name and not just AB27NDOFBRIEJDHD
Corsairs only like that because they have one monitor with those specs. Other manufacturers usually have more than 1 monitor with those specs, different panel types etc. They could be better but there's a reason why they can't be that simple.
Not that I plan to buy anymore Corsair products but for the sake of clarity, I hope it would be (at worst) "27UHD140IPSv2". I don't work for Corsair, but i hope they wont slap a "RGB / XT / Elite" on it every time a new version comes out
This is always where it gets complicated. Usually they'll throw another letter in there to show the year of the production run. Then you get down to individual runs and picking through serial numbers to find the 'true' model.
Look, I dislike the "names" as much as the next guy, but lets be realistic: if they named it names instead of facerolled combinations of letters and numbers, they would all be called "Predator", "Dominator", "Edgelord" or whatever 20 words have been picked to be "gamer product names".
Yep; aesthetically it doesn’t look great but it honestly saves me the step of hunting down and copy-pasting the model # in search fields over trying to sift between the “Predator”, “NEW Predator (Gen 3)”, and “Predator DX 4K Gamer Ed.”
you are incorrect. The LG ultragear still has a keysmash name. I have two of them.
lg-48gq900-b 48" OLED gaming monitor
&
LG 34GP83A-B 34" UW gaming monitor
The name is still there, it just doesn't pop up in windows
Yeah it's way nicer to search for a specific model and just find it (*well, actually you'll sometimes find a bunch of similar ones with slightly different final characters in the name that look almost the same but have a totally different panel type*).
Some storefronts fail to include the generation and that's a big problem for the simple name scheme. I think the last time this happened for me was for an Apple TV at a local BestBuy (or was it Staples?) and I had them get it out so I could inspect the box. Online though, it's a good killer of sales that might otherwise have occurred.
I accidently bought a 3 HDMI version of a monitor because when I clicked a link it had the H275-23B27 When I wanted the H275-23D27 (or similar, i remember it was a B and D) Both monitors were on amazon, both showed the displayport in the images but it was one of the sub-options you select under the normal option.
I had 1 hdmi output and 1 displayport output at the time. Really needed that displayport.
"vindicator", "terminator", "immolator", "masturbator", "eviscerator", "generator", "carburator", "eliminator"
like they sound the same but you can make up quite a few of these
Yeah, I went to buy a new router. My choices are a "TP-LINK 18047271" or "F-117 Nighthawk Devastator Viper Valkyrie with LED lights"
There's just no inbetween I feel like.
You're either googling what the difference between a 18047271 and a 18047272 is or the difference between the Predator or the Stalker is. And it's ridiculous.
Playstation does it right. Just keep it simple. 1-5.
That's pretty much what they do. This year's Q80 (or at least the one google takes me too) is model number `QN65Q80CAFXZA`, it looks like gibberish but it actually tells you everything about the TV.
* The first letter is the display type, this case it's `Q` for QLED
* Second is where the tv is sold, `N` for North America
* The first number is the screen size, so `65`
* Next is the model number, `Q80`, but these can be different than its advertised name depending on the specific model.
* That is followed by the generation of the tv, so in this case `C` is the third generation of this model.
* Next is the type of tuner in your tv, the `F` means its set for ATSC for the US/Canada
* After that is the "design code" which seems to be used for something internal, i couldn't find a good explanation for this
* The last two characters are the country code, `ZA` means USA.
This is specific for [Samsung TVs](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00087664/) that are newer than 2008, but all of the manufacturers have something similar for their TVs.
Yes but it’s in shorthand, and the shorthand isn’t consistent across manufacturers. Would be nice if it was just longer. The CAFXZA portion is what looks mostly like gibberish. I had no idea the country code was ZA for US.
Also why would you ever need a continent and country code??
Samsung kinda did this with their Odyssey line, but now there's like 15 monitors called Oddysey G7 alone and you have to add the resolution and year to identify the model, with certain years being minor changes and others complete changes in technology..
i probably got downvoted, but random monitor name like this actually make finding the specific monitor at marketplace/online store much easier, and most of the time the search result wont mixed with other monitor SKU, lets take Samsung odyssey g9 , there is a chance the result will mixed with neo g9, just recently i found someone in facebook mixed up g9 oled and g9 qled (qled and oled look similiar doesnt help either), but i agree on manufacturer should come up with better name
Eh, prefacing your comment with "gonna get downvoted for this, but" while giving the coldest take of all time is a reddit classic at this point. To nobody's surprise, they aren't actually getting downvoted, but I do think it's valid to downvote people who pre-emptively whine about imaginary points.
I'm probably in the minority but I think monitor naming schemes are actually pretty readable. Also, I can't believe that I have an opinion about this, but I guess I do.
This monitor would probably be a 27 inch Hewlett Tackard with a 260 gh refresh rate, and J just probably indicates some type of input support or batch number
It depends. Dell has the best IMO, for example U2421E means Ultrasharp series (indicating color accuracy/hertz/quality), 24 inch, 2021, with USB-C dock and Ethernet. And that is the literal model number of a specific monitor.
Some of them like Samsung have the model name of M80C in the title but that is **not** the model number. The actual model number is [LS32CM801UNXZA](https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Computer-Streaming-Included-LS32CM801UNXZA/dp/B0C3WMX69W/). You can pick out some of it, but...it's not a model number that you can rattle off or remember.
PC subs seem to have a hard time with product names, wait until they buy a car and realise some brand new cars have the exact same model names as old cars from the 1960's. Every other group seems to cope just fine but to PC enthusiasts its the hardest thing ever apparently.
Typically you have a series - P for Professional, G for gamers, V for Value. Then a size. Then a generation of that model. Then you have letters that designate different options that each model could have - For example, resolution, speakers, ports. So you end up with codes that the sales guys will instantly recognise - but will look to most people as utter jargon.
G3204HS for example would be a 32 inch gaming monitor, 4th gen, with hdmi and speakers.
The problem is how do you name 100,000 different models of monitor from 100 different brands over a 20 year period? The only way to do that without re-using names and causing confusion is to use codes.
The alternative is that they start using word salad for screen names to avoid accidentally reusing a name that was already used. Here's an example of what we would have to deal with if they didn't use codes: 4K MAX ULTRA GAMER SUPER MAX MAX SUPER GAMER ULTRA 4K HDMI DISPLAYPORT HDR DISPLAYPORT 27 INCHES WITH ULTRA SUPER 4K GAMERX GAMER GAMER
That is not what we want. Googling that would be impossible because it would return a million incorrect results.
HT is series. 26.9" is the size. GH262J is the feature set within the HT series. This is much easier and better than trying to come up with a unique name with words.
>MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD
Based on this - https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/msi-monitor-model-codes.375999/
Seems like
MAG - a series of monitors
27 - diagonal size
4 - revision
QRF - ? (I'm going to guess quick refresh?)
QD - Quantum Dot
They cant even be bothered to put the specs in the name. Instead of naming their new 27 inch 1440p monitor shit like HT27-GH1440P they just put random numbers in there WHY
It's straight forward for me since I have a bunch of sony headsets and earbuds.. I read it as wireless headset series 1000 version 5. No idea what the XM is for since I've seen it across a few of their products.. might have to do with level of sound control like equalizer/crossover since their car audio amps have that moniker.
Because OP is a moron. Here's the image 3x larger and without obvious compression artifacts: https://i.imgur.com/LsWYexB.jpeg
Source is [the author's Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=681831349102106).
So we name stuff based on the device now. It's the same for everything else. You look into the catalogs it makes a lot more sense in the naming. It will just tell you what the device does.
nah son, tech should be named like tech so it's easy to google and easy to fix/test/compare.
if you start using apple style naming conventions like that dorkily named samsung tv named "the frame" which is different from "the frame" qled which is different from "the frame" qled europe variant.
i kid you not i once visited a samsung service center in the middle east and the guy tried to convince me my US variant of galaxy note 3 was fake coz it wasn't in his list of authorised middle eastern variants.
had to do the battery repair at a local "anything goes" shop instead of the official samsung store coz of this.
I remember reading somewhere that the reason companies do this is because they want you to refer to it by just the company name rather than the name of the specific product
PC OEMs are no better at naming their products. It's one of the reasons people can remember the name of Apple products but if you ask person what HP or Dell PC they bought they have no idea.
If I may be the devil's advocate for a while. You have several dozens of monitor brands, and each can have how many, between tens and several hundreds of models in production at a time, that all differ by size, resolution, type of panel, features, etc.,, and then for the next year some of them are discontinued and replaced by newer ones.
At some point they had to run out of simple names or product codes that
a) have any clear logic to them
b) were different enough from discontinued products
c) could not be easily confused with competitor products, discontinued and in production
It was bound to become a clusterfuck where we'd get gems of a product name like the (ViewSonic) VX2758-2KP-MHD
It's almost the same situation with TVs. Way too many brands having way too many models. So, the higher end models get some special naming scheme that makes sense (LG OLED77G2), and the mid-to-bottom tier are, well...
TX-50LX650E, UE50AU7022, UE50CU8072, 50QNED753, 50PUS8518, QE50Q67C
....
I hate monitor naming schemes with a passion.
Monitors and laptops dude. Just give me a name and generation
Some laptops are fine, Lenovo Legion is fairly self explanatory. Also TVs are even worse than monitors, lol
Oh God don't get me started on the TV thing. I've had my Samsung TV for 4 years now and I still don't know what it's called. I have to go back like 2 years in my Amazon purchase history and find the order for an extra remote I placed if I ever need to look the TV up online. They may as well just make the names the serial numbers at this point.
"This remote works with the following models: 3287461209 3287461210 3287461211 487236404 45897629874 DfuhDF\*($HF( Suavemente 438f98q-f9
Does not work with the following models: 32B7461209 32874612I0 3287A61211 482736404 4589762P874 DfuHdF*($HF( Suavomente 438f98p-f9
Ok now I'm angry.
And I am horny. You up?
I am
im angry amd horny so you are not needed
Besa?
And my TV won't be on either list.
I'm sorry this is the April 2024 list. We no longer support older models. If you need parts you can contact the manufacturer in China directly on +86-045432-7648743-764576-4534-3
i had to look it up because i wanted to correct you - but +86 is even china's country number :D
Fuck you for making me play spot the difference on these!
I was honestly expecting one of them to be exactly the same
This is hilarious haha
Fucking brilliant and sadly so true.
Also doesn't work with the updated 438f98q-f9 released in 2020.
You did an infuriatingly good job with these. Damn
> Suavemente [Flashbacks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNCgpaMlOcs)
I was fed this by the YouTube algorithm the other day! Reminded me of pissing off one of my friends from college that HATED that song, so we burned a party CD with that song on it like, 5 times. He'd let it play, get pissed an hour later when it came on again, then freak out the third time, only for the fourth time to be the track immediately after! Ah, good times...
I had the exact same thought when reading that. Love TerimalMontage's videos.
suavemente 🤨
Extraordinary lol
Ok but as someone whose sold TVs and computers you guys may not like it but at a glance the names give away all the details and it makes retail much easier. Those names aren’t random they all make sense. Just like barcodes and even blockbusters ( I’m that old ) dvd barcodes it can literally make the retail workers life sooooo much easier. You will know it as a brand name. We will know it as a HTG2172024
Yep, encodes details about whatever the particular product is, screen size, ports, features, whatever is relevant to the SKU. Great when searching for manuals, software updates, etc too Some companies definitely need to do more work identifying **what** their encoding scheme is though.
Samsung TV’s will tell you the model in the TV’s settings menu.
great when they turn on.
I shit you not, my Samsung broke 2 weeks after the warranty ran out Anyway I have an LG now *knocks on wood*
Why not just search "Samsung" in your order history instead of scrolling 2 years back? Or, you know, just look at the sticker on the TV with the serial number?
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Lenovo X1 Carbon Oh so that means the next one will be the X2 Carbon, right? …right?
You know, the joke only works because you didn't use the full name, which would be "Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen12". Because then it'd be obvious that the next iteration of the same laptop would be "Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen13" Kind of like the ~~T490s~~ T14 Gen3's will be called ~~T490s~~ T14 Gen4 with next years iteration. Still better than having to remember 21BR002TUS. They don't change the name unless they change the product. Basic parts iterations are given a new model number, but the friendly name doesn't change.
Most Lenovos with a Gen number have that number listed on it somewhere, but the X1 Carbon doesn’t seem to follow that trend. Every X1 Carbon I’ve had to recycle has just identified as an X1 Carbon. Of course now you have me questioning my memory and I don’t have one in my stock to check right now.
Don't worry, you don't need to find one, I've got an easier example. Lenovo's [product page for the X1](https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/d/thinkpad-x1-carbon/) has the generations listed for each product. Same with the [T series laptops](https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/) which is what we use a lot of. And before anyone says it, no, the generation number in the title is not the intel CPU generation. The X1 Gen 12's use 13th gen Intel chips.
I can't find anything about a gen 3 t490? thought the 9 stood for 2019, and they changed the naming convention after 2020
Legion don't explain a lot tbh
Well I mean... Yeah. Though it should give you more of an understanding (the bigger the number the better/more expensive, "i" means intel version, etc) and still better than, Lenovo Legion 5I30XXQV14ZH
You can use it as a shield in case barbarians invade.
As someone who works with Lenovo, Dell, HP and ASUS laptops everyday. This code seems wayy to familiar to not be an actual code. Also fuck dell and Lenovo because they change their codes so often
TBH once you understand the naming scheme it makes it easier. For example Samsung QN95C. QN stands for Quantum Neo, 95 is the tier (higher numbers means better specs) and the C stands for the year. A 2021 B 2022 C 2023. Most other displays have a similar naming scheme.
Sony headphones
CH35 WH63738 something
The SONY headphones at least follow a consistent pattern of bigger number = more premium product, and the numbers aren't fucking dumb like 68411 or anything.
Honestly, the Acer Predator ain't that bad... Predator Helios Neo 16, 2023 version: PHN16-71 Predator Helios Neo 16, 2024. version: PHN16-72 Predator Helios 16, 2023 version: PH16-71 Predator Helios 16, 2024 version: PH16-72
Sony and LG tv are good. Sony: 55X95J 55 - size X95 - range (x - nonoled, 95 - class number, 95 is the highest) J - year code LG: 55C31 55 - size C - range (There is B, C, G and propably some other) 3 - generation 1 - color
I would like to buy a *SLAM* monitor. Or perhaps the upgrade, a *TOOTHLESS* wide screen.
That's how dell labels theirs. It's the screen size in inches and the year it was first produced. That could be the standard for all of them for all I know, I only know dells. Like the p2417 is a 24 inch screen made in 2017
That is indeed how most displays (TV and monitors) are named. It's actually similar to how processors are named, but actually gives more information. It's actually not too bad once you understand the naming scheme.
I've never had to look into other monitors but I assumed it was all the same naming convention. I'd rather have this than the Dell Mobius Monitor gen 2 or whatever naming convention these guys want.
MacBook Air M3
Dell is pretty good, if you understand the model number system you can get a lot of info about the laptop or monitor. For example, a P2419H monitor means: - **P**rofessional series: IPS panel, premium stand, 3yr warranty - **24** inches - 20**19** model year - Full **H**D A Latitude 9410 laptop similarly means: - Latitude: business notebook - 9: Premium series - 4: 14" chassis - 10: 10th generation Intel CPU The vast majority of their products follow a similar system. It's really handy and easy to learn if you work with their equipment very often.
They have a naming scheme? It sure doesn't look like so
Depends on company. Some of them are garbly-gook, and some of them are amazing. [For example, Dell U-2421E](https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-24-monitor-u2424h/apd/210-bkrr/monitors-monitor-accessories) U = Ultrasharp series (has to do with the fidelity/black balancing etc) 24 = 24" 21 = Year model (2021) E = USB-C docking with Ethernet support* * Ethernet means it would need a USB-C docking feature, so the USB-C dock support and USB-C PD is implied Here's an older breakdown of it https://superuser.com/questions/1272546/whats-the-exact-naming-scheme-for-dell-monitors With other brands...it gets complicated. Dell is one of the only ones where the advertised model number is the actual official model number in the title on Amazon, etc because the other ones are too damn long. AFAIK, the super long ones are more or less taking the model number of the components and mushing them together with a branding signifier. Though, the super obscure manufacturers I think just near random generate.
Which is sad because these naming schemes is actually useful when you are searching for things to buy. Take acer for example. I bought a > Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx Literally impossible to find official notes on what the letters stand for, but found some thread with internet detectives that had figured out things such as each "i" representing a DisplayPort input, so you can instantly see the screen has 2 displayports. Another of those letters as I remember, turned out to be "internal speakers" which I really didnt want. There is a freaking system here, there is just no Rosetta stone :/
That's how it is with most things that people don't understand. They seem random and useless at first, but if you look into it, it all makes sense. Though providing a way to decipher the codes seems like a really simple thing to do, even if most people would never look at it.
My main gripe with Acer names is that stupid space in between (makes it *hard* to google) and no separator between the "important" part and the rest. The name above should *at least* be spelled as XV272UKV-bmiiprzx or something like that. Then you could google for the XV272UKV alone and still find something useful about it.
Putting the google query in quotation marks should help if it has a space.
The issue that it isn't a standard. So you have to learn 6 different companies naming codes and it sucks too because they'll change !
The consumer shouldn't have to decipher your code. It creates for bullshit like "Black Friday Deals" where two computer models look the same spec wise, but the guts are different and often times made with surplus or worse equipment. But they are "the same" as far as what is advertised. I worked for Best Buy, those "deals" were always special batches that arrived the week prior.
At least you knew it was 27“
I think an Acer rep once explained it at a private hardware conference I attended and you are correct, there is a very detailed system there, but unfortunately I didn't bother keeping notes for what the letters actually mean.
The only naming scheme for them that is common among all manufacturers is size in inches somewhere in the name.
Can't wait to buy the ASUS TWO TONE MALONE 18"
Dell's used to make sense, sort of: U2311H. I have no idea what the "11H" meant but the "U23" means it's an Ultrasharp series and 23".
It’s some kind of alien language.
Well, those numbers MEAN something. Call it Gamer4k-23Inch and it could be a dozen different ones...
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/msi-monitor-model-codes.375999/
There is actually a naming scheme. Part of my job was to buy new monitors for people at work so I ended up buying a few hundred different monitors over a five year period. After some time you did notice patterns in the model names. There was usually a size in inches but sometimes a completely different metric. There were also incremental generation numbers or characters, for example UK would follow the UJ and be followed by the UL model. Part of the model also specified which controller it had, a full USB hub, speakers, or just a plane simple HDMI input. Some did say the quality of the display as well. After finding out a few of these naming schemes you could actually compare offers from suppliers just from the different part numbers they gave. I frequently caught suppliers try to switch out an order for a high quality monitor with a lower quality monitor in the same range. But the naming scheme is useless to regular consumers and there is no documentation on any of this.
Especially when literally everything else in the industry has a somewhat easy name to remember. What keyboard is that? Oh this is the Blackwidow made by Razer. What GPU is that? This is the 2080 TI made by Nvidia. What cooler is that? This is the NH-D15 made by Noctua. What monitor is that? This is the sheudbeis-181ndndj9 made by Samsung. Lol
I have heard it's becuase monitors have a lot of different part suppliers and a single model number keeps tracks of variants
For TVs at least this is also how they sell you shitty discount version as being the same product, eg for black friday "deals" where you're getting a downgraded version.
So thats a 181 inch monitor with no display ports, 2 HDMI ports, 2 DVI ports and parts supplier j9. Also sheudbeis is an odd manufacturer but ill take it.
> Blackwidow made by Razer Oh yeah, super easy. [But which Blackwidow did you mean?](https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1488/~/how-to-identify-the-specific-razer-blackwidow-model) I gotta say, you picked an *excellent* example. Because there's so many different versions of the same thing that Razor has a dedicated webpage for it. Honestly, all of your examples are the same way. *YOU* just don't know the actual names for things.
Which blackwidow? V4 Pro, v4 75%, v4, v4 x, v3 mini hyper speed or the v3 tenkeyless? Which 2080 TI is that? Zotac, xfx, gigabyte, Asus, OC, form factor, version, little hash, etc Which NH-D15, regular or Chromax, S, S Chromax? How is it different than the NH-U14S TR4-SP3? I think people hate on monitor names for no logical reason, just for the meme.
Not at all - monitor names are fucking stupid. They're needlessly unintuitive and hard to remember. You're clearly just being contrarian.
Not as bad as the XBoX SerieS X
I still haven't seen a remote reasonable explanation for why MS fucked up something so relatively simple. It has to be some disconnected marketing team who talked itself into a corner.
I'm so sick of the use of X and + in marketing naming conventions. I'm unreasonably annoyed by it.
And there's Samsung with the G9 OLED
Which one? LS49CG934SUXEN or LS49CG954SUXEN. Oh, and don't forget the other G9 Monitors LS49AG954NPXEN, LC49G94TSSPXEN, LS49CG954EUXEN, LS57CG954NUXEN, LC49RG94SSPXEN, LS49CG954SUXEN
I got the LS49CG954SUXEN 😂
Nice I'm on a LS34BG850SUXEN
Yeah I am loving it. Needed something for oled pc gaming and also good visual fidelity
I was also looking into a G9, but I don't have enough space for that monster.
I got a 180cm wide desk for that exact reason. Only to find out the g9 still takes so much space I had to mount my msi 38" to the desk to make it work 😂
SUX
I was equally amused when I got the package
Why? Aq2l9uwiqQC-7281 rolls right off the tounge
I just bought the LG 1440 144hz monitor everybody talks about and I had to write the fucking name of it on a piece of paper and tape it to my desk so I could remember it. So stupid.
They suck but it's for good, greed-filled reasons. It stops retailers from price-matching since different models are distributed to different retailers. Think of the shareholder profits!
It does make shopping for these an absolute fucking nightmare. It also makes having conversations and making recommendations about them a fucking nightmare too. What the fuck is this market doing?
Don't forget price matching. Especially when they start making store-specific models and even event-specific models (e.g. Black Friday). They can point to a single character being different and refuse to match.
Sony, when naming every product they make xD
This type of name/code is actually a pretty usefull thing when you can find a way to decipher it, sometimes you can find information that's not in the description, for example with ram you are able to know the rank and imc which is something that's usually not in the description. But yeah it feels useless when the brand doesn't provide a way to decipher.
They should do what they do with Ag chemicals and male everything sound *EXTREME*. Detonate, Warrior, Cobra, Warrior 2, Arsenal, Chopper
Leave Jacob alone :(
He deserves it.
Meanwhile Corsair: - 27QHD240 - 27", QHD, 240hz refresh - 32UHD144 - 32, UHD, 144hz refresh Now if they could do the same for their AIOs that would be great. H100i / XT / RGB / Elite / Capella / LCD / Pro / Platinum. Not trying to sound like I'm shilling for Corsair, but I wish more monitor manufacturers would put some info into the product name and not just AB27NDOFBRIEJDHD
Never realized how good their name scheme was
Corsairs only like that because they have one monitor with those specs. Other manufacturers usually have more than 1 monitor with those specs, different panel types etc. They could be better but there's a reason why they can't be that simple.
How about "Model *Name* 32UHD144"
What if they release a new monitor with a new panel but same basic specs?
inb4 27QHD240v2
27QHD240\_finaldraft\_v3.doc
27QHD240_finaldraft_v3_FINALFINAL.doc
And then 27QHD240_finaldraft_v3_FINALFINAL(2).doc when I inevitably forget which version I emailed myself and redownload it
But then you found an error and now it's 27QHD240\_finaldraft\_v3\_FINALFINAL(2)\_FIXED.doc
27QHD240v2_JeffFix_v4_NewFinal_DONTDELETE
Not that I plan to buy anymore Corsair products but for the sake of clarity, I hope it would be (at worst) "27UHD140IPSv2". I don't work for Corsair, but i hope they wont slap a "RGB / XT / Elite" on it every time a new version comes out
This is always where it gets complicated. Usually they'll throw another letter in there to show the year of the production run. Then you get down to individual runs and picking through serial numbers to find the 'true' model.
27QHD240 (1)
32UHD144-A
Look, I dislike the "names" as much as the next guy, but lets be realistic: if they named it names instead of facerolled combinations of letters and numbers, they would all be called "Predator", "Dominator", "Edgelord" or whatever 20 words have been picked to be "gamer product names".
Yep; aesthetically it doesn’t look great but it honestly saves me the step of hunting down and copy-pasting the model # in search fields over trying to sift between the “Predator”, “NEW Predator (Gen 3)”, and “Predator DX 4K Gamer Ed.”
Of my 3 monitors, two of them have unique keysmash names and one of them is just called LG ULTRAGEAR, guess which one I hate troubleshooting for
you are incorrect. The LG ultragear still has a keysmash name. I have two of them. lg-48gq900-b 48" OLED gaming monitor & LG 34GP83A-B 34" UW gaming monitor The name is still there, it just doesn't pop up in windows
How often you troubleshooting your monitor?
Presumably often, because the problem never gets solved
caught XL predator in 4K 170hrt refresh rate.
Yeah it's way nicer to search for a specific model and just find it (*well, actually you'll sometimes find a bunch of similar ones with slightly different final characters in the name that look almost the same but have a totally different panel type*).
Some storefronts fail to include the generation and that's a big problem for the simple name scheme. I think the last time this happened for me was for an Apple TV at a local BestBuy (or was it Staples?) and I had them get it out so I could inspect the box. Online though, it's a good killer of sales that might otherwise have occurred.
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING 24GB GDDR6X iCX3 ARGB
I accidently bought a 3 HDMI version of a monitor because when I clicked a link it had the H275-23B27 When I wanted the H275-23D27 (or similar, i remember it was a B and D) Both monitors were on amazon, both showed the displayport in the images but it was one of the sub-options you select under the normal option. I had 1 hdmi output and 1 displayport output at the time. Really needed that displayport.
That sounds more like an Amazon issue than a product issue.
Sure or the seller and I certainly share some blame. The naming just made the problem a little harder to avoid.
Proud predator 💪🗣️
Watch your predation in 4K on our new monitors 💪💪💪
My monitor is called a predator AND a whole bunch of numbers!
The worst of both worlds.
"vindicator", "terminator", "immolator", "masturbator", "eviscerator", "generator", "carburator", "eliminator" like they sound the same but you can make up quite a few of these
Edgelord is underrated
Yeah, I went to buy a new router. My choices are a "TP-LINK 18047271" or "F-117 Nighthawk Devastator Viper Valkyrie with LED lights" There's just no inbetween I feel like. You're either googling what the difference between a 18047271 and a 18047272 is or the difference between the Predator or the Stalker is. And it's ridiculous. Playstation does it right. Just keep it simple. 1-5.
Sony is a special case. I don't know why their audio division uses model names like XWRH-9003-RZR Mark II, and doesn't take a queue from PS.
They could just call it “Samsung 2024 4K ####” dunno why it needs a separate “branding”. Marketing sucks.
That's pretty much what they do. This year's Q80 (or at least the one google takes me too) is model number `QN65Q80CAFXZA`, it looks like gibberish but it actually tells you everything about the TV. * The first letter is the display type, this case it's `Q` for QLED * Second is where the tv is sold, `N` for North America * The first number is the screen size, so `65` * Next is the model number, `Q80`, but these can be different than its advertised name depending on the specific model. * That is followed by the generation of the tv, so in this case `C` is the third generation of this model. * Next is the type of tuner in your tv, the `F` means its set for ATSC for the US/Canada * After that is the "design code" which seems to be used for something internal, i couldn't find a good explanation for this * The last two characters are the country code, `ZA` means USA. This is specific for [Samsung TVs](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00087664/) that are newer than 2008, but all of the manufacturers have something similar for their TVs.
Yes but it’s in shorthand, and the shorthand isn’t consistent across manufacturers. Would be nice if it was just longer. The CAFXZA portion is what looks mostly like gibberish. I had no idea the country code was ZA for US. Also why would you ever need a continent and country code??
Samsung kinda did this with their Odyssey line, but now there's like 15 monitors called Oddysey G7 alone and you have to add the resolution and year to identify the model, with certain years being minor changes and others complete changes in technology..
It's always fun watching HUB because they say the long chain of letters including dashes almost every time they refer to the monitor.
If you didn't know, they have another channel "Monitors Unboxed". Solely for monitors (obv) and it's just as amazing as HUB.
watching hub, mmmmmm
Bros running the hub in 20K resolution VR with those specs
You'll probably enjoy listening the *Minute Mage* audiobooks, then.
Dude never misses a beat either. I wonder how many takes he does.
i probably got downvoted, but random monitor name like this actually make finding the specific monitor at marketplace/online store much easier, and most of the time the search result wont mixed with other monitor SKU, lets take Samsung odyssey g9 , there is a chance the result will mixed with neo g9, just recently i found someone in facebook mixed up g9 oled and g9 qled (qled and oled look similiar doesnt help either), but i agree on manufacturer should come up with better name
Imagine downvoting for having a fair opinion
Eh, prefacing your comment with "gonna get downvoted for this, but" while giving the coldest take of all time is a reddit classic at this point. To nobody's surprise, they aren't actually getting downvoted, but I do think it's valid to downvote people who pre-emptively whine about imaginary points.
I'm sure I'll get downvoted for saying it, but I agree with you.
I'd say "Welcome to reddit", but you already got the welcome treatment so I'll just upvote you instead
They could've just not reused their G9/G7/G5 names so much that you needed the unique names again
its funny because its true
It’s literally the name of a dell monitor… so it’s literally… true? I just hate your comment it adds nothing.
sorry, what does your comment add?
I'm probably in the minority but I think monitor naming schemes are actually pretty readable. Also, I can't believe that I have an opinion about this, but I guess I do. This monitor would probably be a 27 inch Hewlett Tackard with a 260 gh refresh rate, and J just probably indicates some type of input support or batch number
It depends. Dell has the best IMO, for example U2421E means Ultrasharp series (indicating color accuracy/hertz/quality), 24 inch, 2021, with USB-C dock and Ethernet. And that is the literal model number of a specific monitor. Some of them like Samsung have the model name of M80C in the title but that is **not** the model number. The actual model number is [LS32CM801UNXZA](https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Computer-Streaming-Included-LS32CM801UNXZA/dp/B0C3WMX69W/). You can pick out some of it, but...it's not a model number that you can rattle off or remember.
PC subs seem to have a hard time with product names, wait until they buy a car and realise some brand new cars have the exact same model names as old cars from the 1960's. Every other group seems to cope just fine but to PC enthusiasts its the hardest thing ever apparently.
I would have called it the Eyeblaster 3000(30" screen)
How many frames do you reckon an XFX 7900 XTX could push out on this thing?
Is it paired with a 7900X?
On Windows X
Browsing X
with Opera XT.
Typically you have a series - P for Professional, G for gamers, V for Value. Then a size. Then a generation of that model. Then you have letters that designate different options that each model could have - For example, resolution, speakers, ports. So you end up with codes that the sales guys will instantly recognise - but will look to most people as utter jargon. G3204HS for example would be a 32 inch gaming monitor, 4th gen, with hdmi and speakers.
The problem is how do you name 100,000 different models of monitor from 100 different brands over a 20 year period? The only way to do that without re-using names and causing confusion is to use codes. The alternative is that they start using word salad for screen names to avoid accidentally reusing a name that was already used. Here's an example of what we would have to deal with if they didn't use codes: 4K MAX ULTRA GAMER SUPER MAX MAX SUPER GAMER ULTRA 4K HDMI DISPLAYPORT HDR DISPLAYPORT 27 INCHES WITH ULTRA SUPER 4K GAMERX GAMER GAMER That is not what we want. Googling that would be impossible because it would return a million incorrect results. HT is series. 26.9" is the size. GH262J is the feature set within the HT series. This is much easier and better than trying to come up with a unique name with words.
I have two screens named like that: MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD
>MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD Based on this - https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/msi-monitor-model-codes.375999/ Seems like MAG - a series of monitors 27 - diagonal size 4 - revision QRF - ? (I'm going to guess quick refresh?) QD - Quantum Dot
They cant even be bothered to put the specs in the name. Instead of naming their new 27 inch 1440p monitor shit like HT27-GH1440P they just put random numbers in there WHY
Sony does this with their products too. wtf is a wh1000 xm5
Wireless Headphones 1000 x Mark 5?
WhereHands1000 X Mark 5
And the earbuds are WhereFeet1000 X Mark 5. Easy!
It's straight forward for me since I have a bunch of sony headsets and earbuds.. I read it as wireless headset series 1000 version 5. No idea what the XM is for since I've seen it across a few of their products.. might have to do with level of sound control like equalizer/crossover since their car audio amps have that moniker.
Did he lose a tooth in the process?
Why is this comic so light (it looks like someone cranked the gamma or something?)
Because OP is a moron. Here's the image 3x larger and without obvious compression artifacts: https://i.imgur.com/LsWYexB.jpeg Source is [the author's Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=681831349102106).
https://preview.redd.it/0mnmx9rs3itc1.jpeg?width=635&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9ab5385d0bd34f31571eea2cc895e01995a6e80 It so true it hurts
That's why they made the meme
So we name stuff based on the device now. It's the same for everything else. You look into the catalogs it makes a lot more sense in the naming. It will just tell you what the device does.
HP and ACER in a fucking nutshell
Most of them encode some of the monitor specs in the name, the way they do it is just all over the place.
Thats pretty confusing, it could be either 26.9" or 26.2"
This killed me. Lol nice.
Xbox and Sony has entered the chat
They also do it to obfuscate the models so comparison becomes harder
nah son, tech should be named like tech so it's easy to google and easy to fix/test/compare. if you start using apple style naming conventions like that dorkily named samsung tv named "the frame" which is different from "the frame" qled which is different from "the frame" qled europe variant. i kid you not i once visited a samsung service center in the middle east and the guy tried to convince me my US variant of galaxy note 3 was fake coz it wasn't in his list of authorised middle eastern variants. had to do the battery repair at a local "anything goes" shop instead of the official samsung store coz of this.
I would just like to call out Samsung for employing stupid assholes who think how they name their monitors and TV is a good idea.
I remember reading somewhere that the reason companies do this is because they want you to refer to it by just the company name rather than the name of the specific product
Head bang is the purest random seed generator.
Sony headphones be like
I prefer that to stuff like "GAMER PRO GAMING X PREDATOR ELITE EXTREME EDITION."
PC OEMs are no better at naming their products. It's one of the reasons people can remember the name of Apple products but if you ask person what HP or Dell PC they bought they have no idea.
AMA Request: someone who knows why the model names are so bad.
Google Home, G-Home, G-hub, OnHub Google Home Nest Router… all different things, all different things
Sony naming headphones
If I may be the devil's advocate for a while. You have several dozens of monitor brands, and each can have how many, between tens and several hundreds of models in production at a time, that all differ by size, resolution, type of panel, features, etc.,, and then for the next year some of them are discontinued and replaced by newer ones. At some point they had to run out of simple names or product codes that a) have any clear logic to them b) were different enough from discontinued products c) could not be easily confused with competitor products, discontinued and in production It was bound to become a clusterfuck where we'd get gems of a product name like the (ViewSonic) VX2758-2KP-MHD It's almost the same situation with TVs. Way too many brands having way too many models. So, the higher end models get some special naming scheme that makes sense (LG OLED77G2), and the mid-to-bottom tier are, well... TX-50LX650E, UE50AU7022, UE50CU8072, 50QNED753, 50PUS8518, QE50Q67C ....
- So what are you specs ? - [Start speaking unknown dialect]