34" 21:9 UltraWide Displays (3440x1440) - LG UM95/UM65 & Dell U3415W

Just a reminder of the real-estate differences since it comes up from time to time:

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In games 16:9 = 16:9 of course with the differences in most games being the increased definition of the ppi rather than any game world real-estate increase.

For desktop/app use, turning your head side to side isn't any moreso than using multiple monitor arrays so depends what you are doing with it, how many windows/apps/toolboxes and project viewports you are using, etc.
 
batmanwcm said:
I'm one. I sold my Dell 3007WFP-HC and I thought I would get used the LG 34UM95 but I do actually miss some of the vertical real estate. I'm already contemplating going to either the unreleased Philips BDM4065UC or Seiki 40" Pro.
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I was in Korea the past week,

so I've seen the 4065UC in person, and compared side-by-side with the 34UM95.

4065UC is enormous, it's really like having a TV in front of your computer..

I personally preferred the 34UM95, because it involved less panning up and down- I usually plan my workflow sideways, so I didn't want to have to even move up and down in addition to my head already moving..

I know I'm just putting it in terms of words and may be vague to picture, but it is indeed huge.. and involves lots of head movements, up to a degree where I felt it wasn't efficient enough to have on my desk.
 
For those musing about turning your head side to side, I've heard from those who used the curved versions that this isn't so much of a problem, as the subtle curve allows you to just glance from side to side and see what you need. Might be worth considering instead of a massive 40" VA panel.
 
Got my 34UM95 in on Monday so I've had a few evenings to get used to it. Thanks to the newegg deal I picked it up new for 750. The screen as far as I can tell is about as good as this wide format IPS monitor can get. No BLB or stuck pixels. The only thing I can notice is some IPS glow on the bottom left corner in the form of an orangish tinge when I shift in my chair too far to the right, but that's only really obvious in really dark and even color. For actual use I don't really see it.

At the moment I have my two old Viewsonic 23" IPS monitors flanking it, but I think I'm going to ditch one for the sake of sanity. Nearly 6 horizontal feet of screen is just too much for me, especially since they are mismatched resolutions and quality. I have a GTX 770 so it's not like I'm doing any gaming with eyefinity (much less even able to drive that resolution). But mostly I think I want to take one down because they feel crappy now. The jump from a 20" TN to 2 23" IPS was shocking to say the least, but now they look yellowed and fuzzy, like I was using a yard sale CRT that had sat in someone's garage for 20 years.

Gaming is a dream. Having gotten used to IPS gaming a long time ago, the added real estate just fills my field of vision with awesome. As I said before I have a 770 (4gb) and it handles the nearly 150% increase in pixels without batting an eye at high quality. I might mess around with ultra, but I like staying above 60 fps for fairly obvious reasons.

All in all, I love it. I feel like I got a great deal and that the extra hundred bucks was well worth it over the BenQ 32". My only two issues are that the stand is functional but basic and that windows, as far as I can tell, doesn't have a good solution to be able to snap my windows into three segments. I like being able to drag and snap them to take up half a screen, but the extra width really does want to make use of three. The first issue will be solved when I get a VESA arm when I have some funds available. Does anyone have suggestions for the latter? Is there a setting I'm not aware for that stuff?
 
GTX 970s and 980s have HDMI 2.0 so they will support 3440x1440 at 60 Hz as discussed several times in the thread. Other cards without HDMI 2.0 will be limited to 50 Hz as meraki stated.
 
Okay guys, give me a reason to buy which of the three curved monitors? LG 34" curved, Dell 34" curved, or Samsung 34" curved. LG and Dell seem to be equal with a better stand on the Dells and warranty, while the Samsung has a VA panel. I do game, I use my PC for work, web browsing, some photo editing as well.

I currently but just sold an Apple Cinema 27". So that is what I have to compare it too. I also own a MSI Gaming GTX 780 which I have been told will work fine but barely.
 
At current prices, I really can't make a strong case for the LG. Dell wins on warranty, stand, and value. Image quality between those two should be very comparable if not equal.

The Samsung may be worth paying the extra for, depending on how strongly you feel about VA panels. In my case it wasn't worth it because I was able to get the Dell for more than $400 less, but if the two had been priced within $100 of each other...who knows?

Coming from the Apple Cinema, are you biased towards IPS panels or would you be willing to trade some color accuracy for blacker blacks, better contrast and no IPS glow? I will say that the IPS glow is pretty noticeable on these due to the width of the panel, but nothing that most of us haven't been able to get used to.
 
My last few monitors including the ones at my work have all been IPS. My Dell 2405FPW was TNT I believe, and it faded after years of use. The brightness just wasn't there. I am unsure what the Samsung would look like honestly. Maybe like my Sony 46" Bravia Z series? Unsure. There is no place that has these in my town for me to even check out! :(
 
imyourzero said:
At current prices, I really can't make a strong case for the LG. Dell wins on warranty, stand, and value. Image quality between those two should be very comparable if not equal.

The Samsung may be worth paying the extra for, depending on how strongly you feel about VA panels. In my case it wasn't worth it because I was able to get the Dell for more than $400 less, but if the two had been priced within $100 of each other...who knows?

Coming from the Apple Cinema, are you biased towards IPS panels or would you be willing to trade some color accuracy for blacker blacks, better contrast and no IPS glow? I will say that the IPS glow is pretty noticeable on these due to the width of the panel, but nothing that most of us haven't been able to get used to.
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I just bought the Saumsung about a month ago and I'm still in awe at the picture quality. the black levels of the VA are perfect, absolutely no backlight bleed, no dead pixels, no fuxxy text. I did however need to go to a monitor calibration page an djust for gamma but now it is perfect. The colors are not true at crazy viewing angles but I'm always dead center in front of this thing thats why I chose the VA. Those are typically thoe only complaints of a VA are color accuracy and a different viewing angle. Gaming and desktop viewing is awesome, no ghosting, flickering. The stand is incredibly sexy if i say so myself and you can raise and lower this thing with a single finger. its cool, but I did pay the premium price over the Dell. Very thin bezels too.
 
So again, what is the better monitor!!! Let's take warranty and CS out of the picture.

Samsung, Dell or LG curved ones.
 
NIZMOZ said:
So again, what is the better monitor!!! Let's take warranty and CS out of the picture.

Samsung, Dell or LG curved ones.
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Can't compare Samsung to the rest, as it is a different panel.

Love deep blacks, high contrast, and don't want to risk BLB? Go with Samsung.

Colour shift isn't your thing? Want accurate colours above all? Don't mind having to exchange for BLB issues?

Go with the Dell. LG Curved is overpriced compared to it.
 
Tephnos said:
Can't compare Samsung to the rest, as it is a different panel.

Love deep blacks, high contrast, and don't want to risk BLB? Go with Samsung.

Colour shift isn't your thing? Want accurate colours above all? Don't mind having to exchange for BLB issues?

Go with the Dell. LG Curved is overpriced compared to it.
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Excellent summation, but where does response time / ghosting fit in? Any differentiation there?

I'd love to pick up a G-Sync panel, but none of the available options are enough of an upgrade in real estate compared to my current monitor (an older 26" 19x12 TN) to make me really want to spend the money. The Samsung had the best look under the (awful) viewing conditions at Frys, but it was running a demo loop. Couldn't judge input lag or response time. If I wait long enough I'll probably be picking up the Phillips 40" 4K once it's available here, but that might be a while regardless of what Amazon says. I can buy either the Dell or the Samsung right now.

If I hadn't have missed the Samsung $899 deal the other day by a few hours I'd have gotten it regardless right then and there. :mad:
 
Tephnos said:
Can't compare Samsung to the rest, as it is a different panel.

Love deep blacks, high contrast, and don't want to risk BLB? Go with Samsung.

Colour shift isn't your thing? Want accurate colours above all? Don't mind having to exchange for BLB issues?

Go with the Dell. LG Curved is overpriced compared to it.
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No.

Curved in LG's 34UC97 is the best thing that happened to monitors in a long time. That curvature is amazingly good. It is so subtle, but so important, especially at 21:9 which, on the other hand, is also amazing.

The only fail they did is matte AG coating that is simply too aggressive after looking at gloss "Retinas".

If LG made a high-PPI 6880x2800 curved 21:9 (it can be made using today tech) I'd pay any amount of money for it. If 144Hz, I'd probably buy 2 just to safe-keep one for years to come when I need a replacement.
 
I'm very interested in the Samsung S34E790C but heard that the pixels aren't square. Is this noticeable and if so in what areas? The Philips 40 inch 4k has the same issue, and people aren't buying it because of this. Maybe the Samsung's curve compensates and it's a non-issue?
 
NervousEnergy said:
Excellent summation, but where does response time / ghosting fit in? Any differentiation there?

I'd love to pick up a G-Sync panel, but none of the available options are enough of an upgrade in real estate compared to my current monitor (an older 26" 19x12 TN) to make me really want to spend the money. The Samsung had the best look under the (awful) viewing conditions at Frys, but it was running a demo loop. Couldn't judge input lag or response time. If I wait long enough I'll probably be picking up the Phillips 40" 4K once it's available here, but that might be a while regardless of what Amazon says. I can buy either the Dell or the Samsung right now.

If I hadn't have missed the Samsung $899 deal the other day by a few hours I'd have gotten it regardless right then and there. :mad:
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Exactly what I would like to know. And difference in that. Are the thunderbolt ports worth it over the Dell vs the LG?
 
Moogles said:
I'm very interested in the Samsung S34E790C but heard that the pixels aren't square. Is this noticeable and if so in what areas? The Philips 40 inch 4k has the same issue, and people aren't buying it because of this. Maybe the Samsung's curve compensates and it's a non-issue?
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Err...maybe some people aren't buying it because of that but I'd say it was more a case of "OMG non square pixalz" when that was discovered but then in reality, most people realized that it wasn't a big deal at all.

NIZMOZ said:
Exactly what I would like to know. And difference in that. Are the thunderbolt ports worth it over the Dell vs the LG?
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I guess that depends if you have a Mac and how much you value Thunderbolt connectivity.
 
toncij said:
No.

Curved in LG's 34UC97 is the best thing that happened to monitors in a long time. That curvature is amazingly good. It is so subtle, but so important, especially at 21:9 which, on the other hand, is also amazing.

The only fail they did is matte AG coating that is simply too aggressive after looking at gloss "Retinas".

If LG made a high-PPI 6880x2800 curved 21:9 (it can be made using today tech) I'd pay any amount of money for it. If 144Hz, I'd probably buy 2 just to safe-keep one for years to come when I need a replacement.
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The Dell is also curved. It also has better warranty and support. So, what exactly does the LG have over it again? Looks like you need to re-read my post.
 
NervousEnergy said:
Excellent summation, but where does response time / ghosting fit in? Any differentiation there?

I'd love to pick up a G-Sync panel, but none of the available options are enough of an upgrade in real estate compared to my current monitor (an older 26" 19x12 TN) to make me really want to spend the money. The Samsung had the best look under the (awful) viewing conditions at Frys, but it was running a demo loop. Couldn't judge input lag or response time. If I wait long enough I'll probably be picking up the Phillips 40" 4K once it's available here, but that might be a while regardless of what Amazon says. I can buy either the Dell or the Samsung right now.

If I hadn't have missed the Samsung $899 deal the other day by a few hours I'd have gotten it regardless right then and there. :mad:
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From what I've heard, the Samsung had better overall total lag, with the Dell and LG having around 20ish ms or so. Not too big a deal for most people. The Samsung was <10ms.
 
mbakalski said:
I just got mine from the MS deal and it is making the same ticking rhythmic sound. Not constantly but it is there :mad:. Besides the sound it is a stunning display.
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Just an update - the noise is still there. Spoke to Dell and they said try to get it exchanged from MS Store, but MS store said they will not be stocking it again so they cannot exchange. They were able to knock off another $106 off the price for me which brings the screen down to a total of $730 (inc shipping and taxes) :eek: . I guess for the price I can't complain and should something go wrong, Dell will hopefully take care of it.

Overall it is an awesome screen and it is absolutely one of my best purchases recently!
 
mbakalski said:
Just an update - the noise is still there. Spoke to Dell and they said try to get it exchanged from MS Store, but MS store said they will not be stocking it again so they cannot exchange. They were able to knock off another $106 off the price for me which brings the screen down to a total of $730 (inc shipping and taxes) :eek: . I guess for the price I can't complain and should something go wrong, Dell will hopefully take care of it.

Overall it is an awesome screen and it is absolutely one of my best purchases recently!
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Oh maybe I should try to talk to the microsoft store to get a price discount too.

Can you detail what exactly you did? Did you go into the store or call on phone? Did you specifically ask to knock down the price?
 
mbakalski said:
Just an update - the noise is still there. Spoke to Dell and they said try to get it exchanged from MS Store, but MS store said they will not be stocking it again so they cannot exchange. They were able to knock off another $106 off the price for me which brings the screen down to a total of $730 (inc shipping and taxes) :eek: . I guess for the price I can't complain and should something go wrong, Dell will hopefully take care of it.

Overall it is an awesome screen and it is absolutely one of my best purchases recently!
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Microsoft support person telling me they will process an exchange for me.

They said I just need to send it back, they will verify condition, then send me a new one.
 
spacecadet said:
Microsoft support person telling me they will process an exchange for me.

They said I just need to send it back, they will verify condition, then send me a new one.
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I opened up a ticket with them and after a few days they said they will not be restocking the item so they cannot exchange it for me. They offered to replace it with an LG and I said no thanks due to the better stand and warranty from Dell. I explained the noise and the guy said that since I was within the 30 days still I can return it for a full refund or if I can live with the noise, he will offer me $100 back and I keep it. I took the $100 as besides the intermittent noise there isn't really wrong with the screen. Hopefully it works out for the best.

NIZMOZ said:
Do all of them have this ticking issue? That would bother the heck out of me.
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Not sure and honestly I don't even notice mine much any more. I am generally using headphones so that helps too, but the sounds isn't very loud so you can learn to not hear it. This will vary from person to person of course.
 
NIZMOZ said:
Do all of them have this ticking issue? That would bother the heck out of me.
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I have never heard that on my dell. I'm also the type of person who water cooled just to keep all of my fans at under 1000rpm and has two pumps just to run them as slowly as possible.

My 2b catleap on the other hand definitely made noise.
 
NIZMOZ said:
So again, what is the better monitor!!! Let's take warranty and CS out of the picture.

Samsung, Dell or LG curved ones.
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I have the Dell but it seems like the samsung. Response time seems better from the review posted earlier. The dell performs like a typical ips. Pixel transitions aren't all that fast and the fast mode introduces a ton of overshoot. Sounds like the Dell is better there.

Input lag is supposed to be far less on the samsung.

BLB is far less of an issues on the samsung. That is my main gripe about the dell.
 
CALLING ALL 34UM94/95 OWNERS

Hey guys, I need your assistance with something.

I just sold my 34UM94 here on the forums and the buyer received it today. He PM'd me a bit ago claiming that there are a ton of stuck pixels, and sent these pics:

http://i.imgur.com/NKHu7bp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cOOmiY3.jpg

Now, two things:

First, I never saw anything like that. There is no way that I would have kept the monitor as is if it had a bunch of bright dots like that.

Second, I don't think there's any way that those can be stuck pixels. I told him that stuck pixels typically occur either individually, or in clumps/groups. The pixels in the pics are very evenly spaced, like a pattern.

What could be causing this? He said he has tried DP and HDMI inputs, and has tried switching between DP 1.1 and DP 1.2 on the monitor.

I feel like we're missing something. Something is suspect here. I never, ever saw anything even remotely close to resembling that.

I really hope someone else here has seen this artifacting or might know what could cause it.

Thanks in advance!
 
My first impression is that this looks like a scam. Does Buyer have good Heatware history?

Also, can he provide photos of what this looks like on multiple backgrounds, and video of said "stuck pixels"? Have him take video and photos outside of Windows (e.g. while no signal is being output to monitor, or during system startup), as this is harder to spoof and indicates hardware issues rather than software.

Maybe buyer's pulling an April Fool's joke, but I don't find it funny :p
 
Yeah, I think it's probably a hardware issue too, or some kind of setting. There is no way that I wouldn't have noticed that. I sent him the link to this thread so he can keep up with the discussion and provide input.
 
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