21.9 Ultrawide Thread

Jasonst888 · 12 May 2016 at 09:12

It is about an inch of black border all the way round plus a small bezel, will try and get a pic.up this evening.

Reality|Bites · 12 May 2016 at 10:22

Yes that's normal, The Dell and the Philips 34" screens have the same border. It's supposed to be like that.

LambChop · 12 May 2016 at 11:28

My Asus pg348q is the same. Little black border round the screen before the bezel.

Phixsator · 12 May 2016 at 15:51

anyone who have had hands on with the 34um67 or 34um68? im wondering if its that they are suppose to be much better in the backlight bleed and ips glow department.

Westie · 12 May 2016 at 22:02

Can wallpapers please be 3440x1440

Its the only real 21:9 resolution..

Thank you come again.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 13 May 2016 at 09:50

Jasonst888 said:
I wonder if anyone has could help with this problem. A mate of mine just picked up a acer xr341ck and a fury x. He is having a problem with the monitor displaying black borders around the image. CCC is not showing overscan options.
He has tried the following. All drivers all the way back to the point of incompatibility. Single monitor, low framerate, high framerate, 1920x1080, lower and higher. CCC wrangling through every possible alteration and variation possible. Complete resets of all files, reinstalls of drivers and resets of everything installed related to the monitor short of a Windows reinstall.

Any ideas for a solution?

eazyrider said:
Its part of the design, its not a completely borderless display

gailjon said:
You have, as eazyrider says, about a 1cm border around the whole display. It is normal.

Jasonst888 said:
It is about an inch of black border all the way round plus a small bezel, will try and get a pic.up this evening.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18716350&highlight=username_born_2_kill_83

Read down the above thread, we had a right laugh at the last plonker that thought this.

Jasonst888 · 13 May 2016 at 11:46

To be fair I hadn't seen the monitor but nonetheless I did feel a plonker for not asking if it was just the bezel! Ah well no harm done!

bayo000 · 14 May 2016 at 18:01

What the people think about Samsung LS29E790CNS? Considering getting one so interested to hear opinions.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 14 May 2016 at 18:30

Jasonst888 said:
To be fair I hadn't seen the monitor but nonetheless I did feel a plonker for not asking if it was just the bezel! Ah well no harm done!

No harm at all, tbh I had to look twice when I first powered mine on

arc@css · 15 May 2016 at 00:52

How does this monitor fare? Can't tell what refresh rate it has either.

If a monitor has 10bit colour, does it just mean the quality of colours will be richer / more vibrant than an 8bit one?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/iiya...s-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-133-iy.html

Edit: I see it has a 24 - 75hz refresh rate. How does that work?

Jasonst888 · 15 May 2016 at 01:52

Arguably 10bit will not make for better colours than 8bit unless the content you choose to view is outputting at 10bit. Some.might argue differently but that is my understanding. For games and such an 8bit panel would be fine....that being said if 10bit alternatives such as this are no more...then win win!

johnnystuff · 15 May 2016 at 06:47

I just wanted to share with you my little experience with a dual AOC U3477PQU setup.

Nothing really about the setup itself rather than about the "one problem" that apparently affects these guys: the buzz&pop they make when they're warming up. Apparently lots of people are (understandably) scared by it and probably pulled from buying one (or two

) but here's what: it's not a monitor's fault. I still don't know exactly what it is but I suspect windows energy and service management is to be held responbible for that.

Very short explanation: I initially had one of these guys, it did buzz&pop at every startup. Nothing I was worried about but it did happen. Always! Then I bought the second one and made it my primary. Now the new one buzz&pops and the first one immediately stopped doing it as soon as it became secondary. Like 0 times, never, ever it did buzz&pop any longer. Science prevents bugged electronic to fix itself overnight so I can't honestly believe it was a monitor's fault in the first place. Again, science!

Then I found this workaround that may tell you something: disable the monitor's audio from the "playback devices" list in windows. This may not completely fix the issue but reduce it remarkably. In my case, it almost completetely fixed it, and I'm talking on the primary of course.

TL;DR: if your AOC U3477PQU buzz&pops at startup disable the monitor's audio (and curse windows). Enjoy! :cool:

arc@css · 15 May 2016 at 11:37

Jasonst888 said:
Arguably 10bit will not make for better colours than 8bit unless the content you choose to view is outputting at 10bit. Some.might argue differently but that is my understanding. For games and such an 8bit panel would be fine....that being said if 10bit alternatives such as this are no more...then win win!

Ahh, I see. Ta.

Things change I've changed · 15 May 2016 at 18:27

I'm reallllly temped to grab a Z35, would I be mad? whats more important, pixel density or the aspect ratio if you had to choose?

I currently own a 24" 1080p screen that I'm quite happy with but really want the 21:9 aspect ratio, and with the lower res I will be able to play any new game for years to come on a single GPU, plus it has G-Sync, 144Hz etc, and I really like the extra large curve....mmmmmm

johnnystuff · 15 May 2016 at 19:04

Don't go Z35, just not the Z35. It's 1080p and VA (and 200hz not 144 btw), both of which are total no go on 21:9 35''

If you have that money to spend, you can go to town with the X34 or the ROG and never look back.

arc@css · 15 May 2016 at 19:55

johnnystuff said:
Don't go Z35, just not the Z35. It's 1080p and VA (and 200hz not 144 btw), both of which are total no go on 21:9 35''

If you have that money to spend, you can go to town with the X34 or the ROG and never look back.

Out of interest, does VA sit in between TN and IPS for quality?

johnnystuff · 15 May 2016 at 20:13

I don't know what you mean since they're basically 3 different technologies but each one has its pros and cons. Specifically VA have a monster contrast ratio, which brings to (supposedly) perfect blacks and.... guess what.... contrasts

. They became quite "the thing" when people found out that they don't suffer of backligh bleed while the very early samples of these 21:9 IPS panels where honestly embarassing in the regard. Problem is that VA panels come with their own load of issues like slower response time, color banding and the infamous VA cones which basically means that your super duper black screen is black in front of you but goes bloom all around your point of view. Something like this

arc@css · 15 May 2016 at 20:35

Yes, pros and cons, as you put it, would be what I was after.

Nexus18 · 15 May 2016 at 21:00

VA does not have "perfect" blacks, the only screen tech. to have "perfect" blacks is OLED. However, VA is a **** load better than TN & IPS for blacks and contrast ratio (which does make a substantial difference with dark content)

IPS is probably the best "overall" panel type atm, the only real downside with it can be IPS glow (depends on your brightness + room lighting + angle that you view the screen from)

TN is the fastest for "overall" response, in other words, usually a bit better for motion clarity.

IMO, unless you are really into your fast paced FPS shooters i.e. CS GO or motion clarity really bothers you, you can't beat a good quality IPS or even VA monitor (only VA screen I would look at would be the Samsung 34" 1440 one though...)

arc@css · 15 May 2016 at 21:09

Thanks.

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