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

I've seen a fair share of 30"+ monitors but none of them come close to the color accuracy of the LG UM95/UM65s.

I've ordered 12 of the 34UM95s for my business to replace the old NEC monitors.
 
jolli said:
I contacted Costco to see if I could setup an exchange, but they told me that the monitor is no longer available. I assume that just means that won't carry it anymore.

Now I have to decide if I want to keep this one, or return it and buy from some other source. :(
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It's tough to get, and it was amazing that Costo had some to begin with. Hopefully as supply catches up they'll stock it.
 
jolli said:
I contacted Costco to see if I could setup an exchange, but they told me that the monitor is no longer available. I assume that just means that won't carry it anymore.

Now I have to decide if I want to keep this one, or return it and buy from some other source. :(
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Seems like it is back in stock.

Edit: looks like i spoke too soon. My order got cancelled :/
 
Any news lately on the Dell U3415W?

I'm very interested in the LG 34UM95, but with all of its problems (DP 1.2 issues, QC issues, good looking but mediocre stand, etc.) it feels like it might be better to wait for the Dell U3415W (likely more $$$, but usually Dell is pretty good with QC) until LG releases a 34UM95 v2.

I'm all for taking risks on new technology, but I'm stationed overseas so I REALLY don't feel like dealing with return shipping because of costs and 1-2week transit time each way.
 
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Mine is arriving via UPS tomorrow. Looking forward to setting it up and doing some benchmarking with a 8320/680 2GB system and my AW17 with 4900mq and a 780m. Hoping the lappy can give me decent performance with med-high settings for now while I plan out my new build to pair with the monitor. Although if the 680 puts u a good fight I might just pick up a second one used and rock with that.

Has anyone tried gaming at something like 1720x720, or any other 21:9 ratio that would work with the monitor, how did it look scaled?
 
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Since I game pretty heavily on the monitor, it's not a huge issue for me but it is one of those things that just nags at the back of my mind, making me regret giving AMD another chance. Not too much longer until I can swap it out with an 880, at least.
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This problem isn't AMD exclusive i believe. 3 posts above Alamone said he experienced the same problem with his nvidia card. BTW could be firmware/driver related. After i upgraded my ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II bios everything worked like a charm using catalyst 14.7 beta.[/QUOTE]

I haven't had any displayport issues with my 295x card running the latest beta besides the desktop getting reset to what looked like 1024x768 res
 
A lot of post of the release of the u3477Pqu today if you do a google search says its going to be in the UK from September with an RRP of £499 inc VAT.. Wondering what it's going to be in the US.
 
Makeroflostsouls said:
A lot of post of the release of the u3477Pqu today if you do a google search says its going to be in the UK from September with an RRP of £499 inc VAT.. Wondering what it's going to be in the US.
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If its £499 in UK then there is 99% chance that it also be $499 in US or even cheaper!

Now I want to buy AOC version too then I got a LG and AOC :D or wait for them to release one with G-sync or Free-Sync (probably next year).
 
Really hate to wait 2 more months for a new monitor there killing me lol.. But for 300 less I think I'll be ok with waiting..
 
Xinmosni said:
Any news lately on the Dell U3415W?

I'm very interested in the LG 34UM95, but with all of its problems (DP 1.2 issues, QC issues, good looking but mediocre stand, etc.) it feels like it might be better to wait for the Dell U3415W (likely more $$$, but usually Dell is pretty good with QC) until LG releases a 34UM95 v2.

I'm all for taking risks on new technology, but I'm stationed overseas so I REALLY don't feel like dealing with return shipping because of costs and 1-2week transit time each way.
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Dell has been very quiet about their large monitors. As for their QC? Lately it has been pretty bad if you look back at the U3014 problems and their rumored 21:9 monitor simply doesn't exist at this point and other than them saying they are going to make one nothing new from them has been heard or seen. I don't see one from Dell in the near future so the wait could be a long while. Just my opinion though.
 
Well I'm committed now...sold my U3011 this week so I have no high resolution displays anymore. Currently back to my S27A950D 1920x1080 120hz monitor and as much as I love this thing, I wouldn't mind a little more resolution for Windows use. Doesn't bother me in games. I've had three 30" monitors and as much as I loved them I think I'll like a 3440x1440 more. Now time to wait on stock to replenish and/or the kinks to be worked out of these. This stuff about black screens, corruption, and half-screen tears has me a bit wary, although reviews are good and most people seem to be enjoying theirs.

If it doesn't work out I'll either get the 34UM65 (meh..) or a 32" 2560x1440, dot pitch be damned. At least it'd be immersive for gaming. I don't think I have any interest in the 29" 2560x1080 panels at this point.
 
Bobalias_LeShay said:
This happens with all of my monitors when they get switched off or unplugged. It's just how Windows handles "losing" a monitor. Which version of Windows are you running? On 7 the icons usually end up back in their original spots once the monitor is reattached.
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Thanks for the follow-up. I am not used to seeing this as prior to my switch to the 34UM95 I was using my NEC PA271 via a KVM.

I did some digging today while at work (it was work related...) and managed to troll some bug tracking database that inevitably lead back to Technet. Check this out:

Using regedit browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\Configuration. Locate the key for your monitor. Normally the first few characters will match your vendor. In my case, I use a Philips display, and my key starts out with PHL000116843009. Expand this key and both of the 00 subkeys. Under the first 00 key, document the values for PrimSurfSize.cx, PrimSurfSize.cy, and Stride. Next go to the nested 00 key and document the values for ActiveSize.cx and ActiveSize.cy.

Locate the key starting with SIMULATED_. Modify the values listed above to match. Rebooted your PC.
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Source here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...isplay-resizes-open-windows?forum=w7itproperf

I just made this change and it works like a charm, no more resizing windows!

Hope it helps someone else out there in interweb land.


- Stan
 
Skott said:
Dell has been very quiet about their large monitors. As for their QC? Lately it has been pretty bad if you look back at the U3014 problems and their rumored 21:9 monitor simply doesn't exist at this point and other than them saying they are going to make one nothing new from them has been heard or seen. I don't see one from Dell in the near future so the wait could be a long while. Just my opinion though.
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Eek, my bad memory had skipped over the U3014, thanks for that >.<

And yeah, I guess my compromise will be to just purchase a complimentary, separate display (TV or Projector) to use in the meantime while waiting for further news. Not like the price of the 34UM95 is going to go up when AOC's and Dell's versions release *knock on wood*
 
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As an update to 34UM95 DisplayPort 1.2 corruption issues, I finally lugged my other two systems down to hook up to the LG 34UM95 and here are the results of testing:

Intel i5-4670k iGPU + Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H DisplayPort + 15.33.22.64.3621 drivers + 34UM95 DP1.2 = no graphics glitches (cold boot, warm boot, sleep and resume, monitor power cycle)

Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X 4GB TRI-X OC + Catalyst 14.4 drivers + 34UM95 DP1.2 = graphics glitching, especially on sleep and resume or monitor power cycle

MSI GTX 780 6GB + 340.43 drivers + 34UM95 DP1.2 = no glitches (cold boot, warm boot, sleep and resume, monitor power cycle)

EVGA GTX 680 + 340.43 drivers + 34UM95 DP1.2 = no glitches (cold boot, warm boot, sleep and resume, monitor power cycle) - the caveat to this is that I only tested this card for about 15 minutes which might not be a fair amount of time compared to the others.

Ufortunately, the ASUS Maximus VII Hero doesn't have a DisplayPort connection so I can't test that.

I have tickets open with AMD and Sapphire but haven't heard anything back from either company (to be fair, the tickets were opened yesterday with AMD and today with Sapphire). I have not had time to investigate LG's support yet.
 
I have the DisplayPort 1.2 corruption issues when using the monitor with a 2010 Mac Pro via an EVGA GTX 680 with the latest 334.01.02f02 web drivers.

I should have an ASUS Thunderbolt card in hand by end of week and will be passing DisplayPort to the 34UM95 in that manner from an R9 280. That will be an interesting night I'm sure.
 
WaXmAn said:
AOC launches the u3477Pqu 34-inch UltraWide QHD monitor

http://hexus.net/tech/news/displays/72373-aoc-launches-u3477pqu-34-inch-ultrawide-qhd-monitor/
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From another article today..

The model will be available as of September 2014 at an MSRP of 499 GBP incl. VAT.
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Not sure what happened to their *August* availability, and still no word on a US release. Both articles also mention something about Mura uniformity..

AOC has managed to significantly improve the Mura uniformity issue; an effect that looks like clouds on dark screens of many monitors.
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Not sure if that's in reference to the same IPS glow and backlight bleeding that others are experiencing with the LG, or a separate issue.


EDIT: Whoa! Someone here got one already (is the LV343HUPX version)..

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1040975879
 
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Almost dead set on buying this . However I've searched the net and looking for an answer . Has anyone hooked up a ps4 to this and what are the results ?

I'm not looking for 21:9 on ps4 but the ability for full screen scaled down to 1080p.. Is this possible or will I have black bars on each side ? Thanks in advance
 
The press release I got from AOC states, that panel will be launched in September and it's MSRP is 2700 pln -$880 or 652 euro. Taking that LG costs $1200 here (3700 pln) the price difference is quite big, and the display is priced quite nice.
 
unbroken said:
Almost dead set on buying this . However I've searched the net and looking for an answer . Has anyone hooked up a ps4 to this and what are the results ?

I'm not looking for 21:9 on ps4 but the ability for full screen scaled down to 1080p.. Is this possible or will I have black bars on each side ? Thanks in advance
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I'll go out on a limb and list a few possibilities:

1) the PS4 understands the display resolution and displays native 3440x1440@30Hz, struggling horribly to maintain any kind of framerate, and breaking many games that expect 16:9 or 1920x1080 in the process.

2) The PS4 displays 1920x1080p@60Hz and you have black bars on all 4 sides (this is what happens when I pass my 34UM95 a 1920x1080p@60Hz signal via CC over DP).

3) A scaler scales the 1920x1080 to fill the screen along the vertical axis and you have black bars on either side (and the usual LCD non-native-res fuzziness)

4) You try really hard to get a scaler to scale the image horizontally and lose a lot of the image off-screen vertically at the top and bottom.

None of those scenarios are particularly appealing.
 
skimike said:
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X 4GB TRI-X OC + Catalyst 14.4 drivers + 34UM95 DP1.2 = graphics glitching, especially on sleep and resume or monitor power cycle
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What type of glitches are you seeing? The only "real" glitch I had was the desktop resizing itself (once) and I've gotten a warning about Displayport from my ATI drivers not being able to display the proper resolution/refresh rate, even though its perfectly fine? Normally happens overnight when I leave the computer for the evening.

Is there an option in the drivers to make sure you have DP1.2 enabled?
 
GT98 said:
What type of glitches are you seeing? The only "real" glitch I had was the desktop resizing itself (once) and I've gotten a warning about Displayport from my ATI drivers not being able to display the proper resolution/refresh rate, even though its perfectly fine? Normally happens overnight when I leave the computer for the evening.

Is there an option in the drivers to make sure you have DP1.2 enabled?
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It manifests itself as graphical corruption across the screen that looks like colored static, sometimes a few lines wide across the width of the display, and sometimes in much larger rectangular patterns scattered across the panel. The corruption is only there for a split second, but those split second occurrences happen with increasing frequency until the screen is unusuable. FRAPS video does not capture the corruption (unsurprisingly) so I'd have to take external video of the display while it is happening.

If audio is directed over the DP connection to the display, the speakers make nasty popping sounds when the glitching occurs. If audio is directed over some other connection, no audio distortion occurs.
 
AFD said:
Not sure if that's in reference to the same IPS glow and backlight bleeding that others are experiencing with the LG, or a separate issue.
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They are talking about clouding, I've yet to see an LG picture with clouding. It's not the same as backlight bleed or IPS glow. IPS glow isn't fixable, it will always exist on every IPS panel. Backlight bleeding is almost always to do with bezels not being tight enough, or too tight.

skimike said:
It manifests itself as graphical corruption across the screen that looks like colored static, sometimes a few lines wide across the width of the display, and sometimes in much larger rectangular patterns scattered across the panel. The corruption is only there for a split second, but those split second occurrences happen with increasing frequency until the screen is unusuable. FRAPS video does not capture the corruption (unsurprisingly) so I'd have to take external video of the display while it is happening.

If audio is directed over the DP connection to the display, the speakers make nasty popping sounds when the glitching occurs. If audio is directed over some other connection, no audio distortion occurs.
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It happens on all these monitors outside of computers running the newer NVIDIA drivers. Report it to AMD, it's not the monitor causing it, it's DP1.2 drivers.
 
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skimike said:
I'll go out on a limb and list a few possibilities:

1) the PS4 understands the display resolution and displays native 3440x1440@30Hz, struggling horribly to maintain any kind of framerate, and breaking many games that expect 16:9 or 1920x1080 in the process.

2) The PS4 displays 1920x1080p@60Hz and you have black bars on all 4 sides (this is what happens when I pass my 34UM95 a 1920x1080p@60Hz signal via CC over DP).

3) A scaler scales the 1920x1080 to fill the screen along the vertical axis and you have black bars on either side (and the usual LCD non-native-res fuzziness)

4) You try really hard to get a scaler to scale the image horizontally and lose a lot of the image off-screen vertically at the top and bottom.

None of those scenarios are particularly appealing.
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The PS4, XBone, and Wii U will behave the same as any other 1080p source: you'll get black bars on the sides.

See below demo video for an example:

http://youtu.be/zsoR_H2uvIU?t=4m23s (PS3, but menu is 1080p source and I believe Uncharted is one of the few titles that displays in 1080p as well)

Not sure if the 34UM95 will allow you to scale the picture any, but I doubt it. Also still waiting on someone to post a Dual Link video of a gaming console on one side, PC on the other...
 
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Monitor arrived at 11:04 this morning. Almost creamed my pants when I turned it on. No glitching yet over the span of about 2.5 hours, connect via supplied DP cable to GTX680 2GB. IQ is fantastic and I haven't calibrated it yet. Its the PERFECT size in relation to the space it takes up on my desk - with enough space on either end to hold my ProMedia's, a headphone stand, and my ext. storage on the other side. Next up is a trip to BestBuy to pick up a Thunderbolt cord, and to decide if I'm going to mount this thing to the Ergotron or leave as is. Its currently in the higher of the two settings, but Ill probably move it to the bottom as it feels a little too high in its current setting.Heres a pic.

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Yes, that is a OG Wii Bar on my desk. Don't judge me - Dolphin is the shit.
 
^ Awesome, is that with DP 1.2?

Let us know how it goes. So far, I'm only counting one person with the DP 1.2 glitching occurring with an nVidia card. Haven't read every page of the thread, though.
 
Hello guys i am ready to buy this monitor for movies and games...the games i play is dota 2 and world of warcraft which is cpu dependent....anyone here play WOW to tell me fps?? I have right now gtx 770 2gb...
 
dp 1.2 is for 10 bit. for 10bit you need a graphicscard with 10bit support and a program which supports 10bit! everybody who doesnt have nvidia quadro or amd equivalent will have flicker and sound issues. so its not a bug, you just need the hardware for 10bit.
 
imyourzero said:
^ Awesome, is that with DP 1.2?

Let us know how it goes. So far, I'm only counting one person with the DP 1.2 glitching occurring with an nVidia card. Haven't read every page of the thread, though.
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Yes, DP 1.2 - I'll take another couple of pictures tonight of some gameplay and post some performance numbers of 680 at 3440x1440. Trying to decide if I can live with step down graphics or if I will cave and step up to a 780ti to properly drive this thing at native res. I could just deal and do 1720x720 or 2560x1080 but I'm not sure yet. I though I was done with GFX cards for a while... The upgrade bug bites again:p
 
By the way, the dual link up feature is quite nice for some niche applications.
You can also set scaling to aspect or full for each screen side.

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I don't think the AOC monitor supports dual link up.
 
If you choose 1.1 dp option?do you lose performace or less good quality??i speak for games not 10bit programs
 
bubulus said:
dp 1.2 is for 10 bit. for 10bit you need a graphicscard with 10bit support and a program which supports 10bit! everybody who doesnt have nvidia quadro or amd equivalent will have flicker and sound issues. so its not a bug, you just need the hardware for 10bit.
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That makes sense to me, but then why are some people not having problems with "normal" graphics cards and DP 1.2 (mainly nVidia users it seems)?

I know little about this portion of video tech. So by your post I'm assuming that nVidia 680/780 series and AMD R7/R9 series do not support 10-bit, only 8-bit, so users with these cards should be using this monitor with DP 1.2 disabled as they can't take advantage of it anyway? Is that the case?

The glitches are what's making me hesitant about this monitor. If it turns out to be the case that everyone experiencing issues can't take advantage of 10-bit color anyway and simply needs to disable DP 1.2, then it's a non-issue for me. But I was under the impression that 10-bit was widely supported in consumer graphics cards and was preferable to DP 1.0/1.1 due to more accurate color reproduction.

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If you choose 1.1 dp option?do you lose performace or less good quality??i speak for games not 10bit programs
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Performance, no...theoretically 10-bit produces better quality; see skimike's post here, but I think bubulus is saying that your graphics card + cable + monitor have to support DP 1.2 and if your graphics card doesn't and you attempt it, you will encounter issues.

But that doesn't explain why some people aren't having the issues. :confused:
 
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This is my dual LG UM95 setup powered by the new mac pro 6 core 32GB ram D700 gpu. Separate thunderbolt cables. Boots straight up to Windows 8.1, I never use the mac side. Upgraded from a 8 year old monster Dell OptiPlex workstation with triple NEC 2490wuxi. The old fans on the OptiPlex would ramp up to jet turbine speeds and you could cook an egg on the top of those triple NECS. These new monitors are much lighter and cool to the touch after hours of use. The new quiet mac pro is light years faster. I taped LED ribbons on the bottoms of the monitors. The dual stand is an old ergotron. I love these monitors so far. Much sharper than the NEC's. Not as bright, though, which is no big deal. The NEC's had a brightness to them like a CRT monitor. They were always a little to yellow compared to these new LG's which look a little more blue. A lot of the new websites automatically fill your screen and are a pleasure to navigate.
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when u turn on dp 1.2 the monitor outputs 10bit. again, if you do not have a nvidia quadro, which costs around 6500 dollars you will have this flickering. just use dp 1.1 you will get the same quality because your graphics card doesnt support 10bit. i have a titan black and this card also doesnt support 10bit. if you have a nvidia quadro you can have 10bit just in programs which support 10bit. so just forget dp 1.2 theres no benefit.
 
wulfy said:
This is my dual LG UM95 setup powered by the new mac pro 6 core 32GB ram D700 gpu. Separate thunderbolt cables. Boots straight up to Windows 8.1, I never use the mac side. Upgraded from a 8 year old monster Dell OptiPlex workstation with triple NEC 2490wuxi. The old fans on the OptiPlex would ramp up to jet turbine speeds and you could cook an egg on the top of those triple NECS. These new monitors are much lighter and cool to the touch after hours of use. The new quiet mac pro is light years faster. I taped LED ribbons on the bottoms of the monitors. The dual stand is an old ergotron. I love these monitors so far. Much sharper than the NEC's. Not as bright, though, which is no big deal. The NEC's had a brightness to them like a CRT monitor. They were always a little to yellow compared to these new LG's which look a little more blue. A lot of the new websites automatically fill your screen and are a pleasure to navigate.
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That is one attractive setup.
 
bubulus said:
when u turn on dp 1.2 the monitor outputs 10bit. again, if you do not have a nvidia quadro, which costs around 6500 dollars you will have this flickering. just use dp 1.1 you will get the same quality because your graphics card doesnt support 10bit. i have a titan black and this card also doesnt support 10bit. if you have a nvidia quadro you can have 10bit just in programs which support 10bit. so just forget dp 1.2 theres no benefit.
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As I've said before, I have no flickering since updating to the latest Nvidia drivers. I use the display at least 5 hours a day so I'm sure I'd notice any issues.

The differences between DP 1.2 and 1.1 are subtle but they're there. I do a lot of Photoshop work and gradients look smoother under DP 1.2 for example. For just gaming, I wouldn't say it matters much, if at all. I'll put it this way you won't really be missing anything if you have to stick with 1.1.
 
bubulus said:
when u turn on dp 1.2 the monitor outputs 10bit. again, if you do not have a nvidia quadro, which costs around 6500 dollars you will have this flickering. just use dp 1.1 you will get the same quality because your graphics card doesnt support 10bit. i have a titan black and this card also doesnt support 10bit. if you have a nvidia quadro you can have 10bit just in programs which support 10bit. so just forget dp 1.2 theres no benefit.
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Regardless of whether the video cards support 10-bit color, they do absolutely support DP1.2 and should not be experiencing issues with this mode of transport. This reminds me of the first AGP 2x motherboard (I think it was an ASUS board) and the first AGP 2x video card not working together properly in 2x mode (I probably still have them in a closet somewhere in an ugly old 1990s beige case).

10-bit or not, it also doesn't explain why it sometimes works fine, sometimes doesn't, and when it doesn't, why the audio stream becomes horribly distorted in conjunction with the video.

Sapphire got back to me and they want me to RMA the card but I'm not convinced a replacement card would be any better and don't particularly relish the idea of being without a card for 2-3 weeks.
 
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