$1300 is what 34" LG panel monitors cost in 2015 when they were a new thing. I'm wondering how many of these will sell at this price.

I bought the 27" LG IPS panel with the 1ms response time and I love it. I won't be changing monitors for a long while yet until a 4K 32" OLED panel becomes a thing, happily saving the money until then.

rofl that price that is hilarious... good luck with that...

mentor07825:

I bought the 27" LG IPS panel with the 1ms response time and I love it. I won't be changing monitors for a long while yet until a 4K 32" OLED panel becomes a thing, happily saving the money until then.

I tossed my LG 34GN850-B aside and got myself the OLED CX 48in 😀, much better gaming experience.

Krizby:

I tossed my LG 34GN850-B aside and got myself the OLED CX 48in 😀, much better gaming experience.

16:9 sucks. Laugh at people who think big monitors is all about the size vs aspect ratio

Agonist:

16:9 sucks. Laugh at people who think big monitors is all about the size vs aspect ratio

21:9 is even worse IMO, overall I prefer 16:9 for FPS and MOBA games.

Agonist:

16:9 sucks. Laugh at people who think big monitors is all about the size vs aspect ratio

well then i'm just a sucker 😱 😎 i need 16:9 for productivity & media, not just for gaming.:D

It all depends what are we using our panel for. My list: 24" 240Hz for competitive gaming 34" 144Hz for home office/single player games OLED 65 mostly for NBA games and movies 🙂

Krizby:

I tossed my LG 34GN850-B aside and got myself the OLED CX 48in 😀, much better gaming experience.

In my case that would end up being a neckdestroyer. 😀 Found a 32" to be absolute max on my desktop. 34" 21:9 is a tad to wide for me when gaming (even when curved) besides that I don't like those resolutions when watching videos in fullscreen.

mig_07:

Which is funny because for competitive fps the traditional 4:3 with forced black bars is still preferred by many (including myself).

Yeah I know pro CSGO play with 4:3 but I'm too old for some twitch shooter games now 😀. Now I mostly play single players games + PUBG, Warzone, DOTA2 where 4:3 would put me at a disadvantage.

Mineria:

In my case that would end up being a neckdestroyer. 😀 Found a 32" to be absolute max on my desktop. 34" 21:9 is a tad to wide for me when gaming (even when curved) besides that I don't like those resolutions when watching videos in fullscreen.

It took some time to get used to a 48in TV but it's breathtaking when playing AAA games 😀 (CP2077) And yeah I didn't like the 34" curve display all that much despite having them for 5 years, maybe racing games would benefit from 21:9 but for the majority of games 16:9 is much better

Krizby:

Yeah I know pro CSGO play with 4:3 but I'm too old for some twitch shooter games now 😀. Now I mostly play single players games + PUBG, Warzone, DOTA2 where 4:3 would put me at a disadvantage. It took some time to get used to a 48in TV but it's breathtaking when playing AAA games 😀 (CP2077) And yeah I didn't like the 34" curve display all that much despite having them for 5 years, maybe racing games would benefit from 21:9 but for the majority of games 16:9 is much better

34" curved is nice for racing games, but still with some distance, 49" 32:9 is even better. You don't get used to it when you got no more than an arms lenght to the monitor though, I had a 43", simply couldn't get used to having a monitor that wide as close to my face.

Heh, for racing best is good VR headset. On my end, just ordered 48 C1 for 1149€ , at worst case I use it as my bedroom TV, but will try it as monitor first.

GREGIX:

Heh, for racing best is good VR headset. On my end, just ordered 48 C1 for 1149€ , at worst case I use it as my bedroom TV, but will try it as monitor first.

True, but so far I didn't see a VR headset that is good enough when it comes to image quality.

Shut up and... let them rot on the storage shelfs.

Ummm....is this only a new release in other parts of the world? I live in the US and bought this monitor back in September, replacing a 4K Asus ROG Swift PG27AQ G-Sync monitor that I bought back in 2016. The old monitor still works, but I wanted to move up to something that was more than just 60Hz, especially being paired to my RTX 3090 FE. I needed a new work monitor, so I moved my old monitor to the work PC and bought the LG for my personal PC. While I am going down in resolution, I will make up for it with higher framerates. I initially had a 4K monitor because I used to do a lot of photo editing. Having a 4K monitor on my work PC was helpful since I used to do design work at my last job. The higher refresh rate is very noticeable, even when doing day-to-day tasking. I don't have it set to the 180Hz OC setting, only set to its 144Hz default setting. I wanted to preserve its ability to output at 10bits RGB444 without reverting to compression or subsampling. All in all, the monitor is very nice. Color accuracy out of the box is decent, G-Sync is always a plus for me, design is clean with a sturdy base, screen isn't glossy. I don't have many negatives aside from the price. If I was being picky, I would say that while the bezels are super thin on the top and sides, there is still about an extra 1/4-1/3" of border around the top and sides that are part of the screen. Also, it would be nice if they had a thread mount on the top and sides to secure a webcam to (while it is my personal PC, I do use it for work as well from time to time). Lastly, while I rely mostly on my headphones, it wouldn't have hurt if there was some built in speakers. I was also looking at the Alienware 38" and the LG 38" that were higher resolution, but decided not to. For one, both of those were right on the edge of being too large for my desk setup. The LG 38" was even more expensive, and this 34" was already pushing the limits of what I was initially planning to spend. The Alienware I read too many complaints that it didn't handle SRGB well, and that was a problem for me. Yes, it's a very expensive monitor. But it is a very nice monitor too. My Asus 4K back in 2016 cost me $900. I was hoping this time I was going to stay within $1000, $1100 at most (which I figured was what $900 in 2016 valuation was worth today), but that didn't happen since I couldn't find a monitor that met my requirements in that price range.

mig_07:

For casual play, absolutely. Once the 42" comes out it'll be a game changer. Hows your HDR experience been though? Still having issues with windows?

Yeah I gave up on Windows HDR, too bothersome and buggy. Now I just max out the OLED's Contrast and lower the Gamma to 1.9 and it looks nearly identical to HDR anyways 😀.

mig_07:

A 34" ultrawide at arms length fills my peripheral vision to a point where it's still comfortable. The issue with 16:9 is anything over 32" you'll introduce neck strain (24"-27" is the sweet spot for desktop). My ultimate end-game would be a 34" 4K ultrawide with FALD and HDR1400 - but a 42" OLED is a nice compromise (provided I wall mount). 😀

I actually have less neckpain playing on the OLED CX because I can rest my head back and still play competitive game, instead of having to lean forward

i actually have had good luck with auto-hdr in win11

Krizby:

Yeah I know pro CSGO play with 4:3 but I'm too old for some twitch shooter games now 😀. Now I mostly play single players games + PUBG, Warzone, DOTA2 where 4:3 would put me at a disadvantage. It took some time to get used to a 48in TV but it's breathtaking when playing AAA games 😀 (CP2077) And yeah I didn't like the 34" curve display all that much despite having them for 5 years, maybe racing games would benefit from 21:9 but for the majority of games 16:9 is much better

16:9 blows for any games. Cant not change my mind. Its almost laughable at any one who says 21:9 is really just good for only racing games. As someone who has had 25 inch 21:9, 3x 25 inch 21:9, 29 inch 21:9, 32 inch 4k, custom 29 inch 21:9 eyefinity, 35 inch 21:9 and 49 inch 32:9, Id rather play on a 29 inch 21:9 panel before playing on any 1440p-4k 16:9.

my 1100euro LG34" ultra wide is in the closet after power cut earlier in the year and boom....busted, was nice though

lmimmfn:

my 1100euro LG34" ultra wide is in the closet after power cut earlier in the year and boom....busted, was nice though

Ah, that sucks man. 🙁