Recent content by jphughan

Make sure that you enable GPU scaling when you set that custom resolution. This display might not scale a true 21:9 resolution properly, but with GPU scaling enabled, the GPU actually adds the black bars on the top and bottom of the content as part of the video signal so that the display...

Assuming you're talking about buying new, outside of promo/discount codes and temporary sale prices, a long time. That would be a 37.5% discount off of Amazon's price (and 50% off of US MSRP, apparently), so I don't think this particular display will ever fall that far; it's far more likely to...

Of course this would just add to the cost, but it can do some pretty amazing things to mitigate the ambient light issue. Check out some of the videos: http://www.screeninnovations.com/materials/ambient-materials/black-diamond/

I think the only way to make displays much larger than 40" feasible is if you're sitting in a rolling chair and have either multiple keyboards and mice spanning your desk or have some sort of apparatus on your chair that allows you to take them with you as you roll around. That would allow you...

.... Even if we assume that something larger than 40" is usable as a display (which is unlikely), what happened to people who bought 24" displays when 30" displays came out? What happened to people who bought GTX 800 series GPUs when the 900 series came out? What kind of a question is this...

Could be due to consumer protection laws up there. I know Australia for example has some pretty strong laws in that regard that can cause vendors to have different support/return/warranty policies there. Not sure if it's gas or not, but it doesn't make a popping noise. Why are we talking...

I'll assume that that last sentence should have read "Otherwise the arm could NOT hold the weight", but the purpose of the Tall Pole is for people who might temporarily need to raise their display higher off the desk (e.g. swinging it from one side of their desk to the other if they have a...

Funny how for many people the appeal of this display was that it was the right size to make 4K resolution usable without having to enable OS scaling, and now people want a display this size that requires scaling to be usable. :D 8K at 60 Hz is still a ways off just on an interconnect basis (at...

What is this nonsense about being partly flat and partly curved? Curved displays aren't flat in the midsection and then angled on the sides; they create one continuous arc, so for better or for worse, the entire image you see is curved regardless of how much or what region of the display it...

4K up to 25 ft isn't the same as 4K @ 60 Hz up to 25 ft. Martona's issue was that he could only get 4K @ 30 Hz on his original cable. Whether or not there's a formal 1.2 certification, real-world experience shows that not all DP cables are equal when it comes to pushing 4K @ 60 Hz -- so...

Intel 4600 -- didn't do any gaming with it, but 4K @ 60 Hz works fine, including 4K video playback. Interesting, I've always had good luck with StarTech cables and other equipment. I guess there's always the possibility of a bad product from a solid manufacturer, or maybe just a bad batch of...

Probably not unless you know how to write and flash GPU firmware.

None of the current owners has felt that it's an issue in actual usage. It's measurable if you put up a large perfect circle/rectangle in Photoshop and get out a ruler, but when I had the display, I never said to myself, "Hmm, this image looks a bit stretched," even though I had already biased...

I can't say from direct experience, but I remember you saying you looked through the EDID information and saw 60 Hz there. If you're asking why it's not available in your GPU settings, maybe the GPU tests bandwidth when it's connected to a display and ignores configurations that it determines...

I think it's unrealistic to expect a VA panel to match a good IPS panel on color, never mind a high-end one like the 31UM97. VA can outperform IPS on black level, but probably not color accuracy and definitely not gamut in this particular case (though unless you've got all of the other elements...