dell or lg 29 inch ips

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Hi

I need some help.
I'm looking at either a Dell U2913WM 29 inch ips or an LG 29EA93 29 inch ips screen.
Both 2560x1080

I have read a number of reviews and people go on about backlight bleeding.
For general all round use is that really a big deal or should I keep clear of them?

Any advice is welcome
 
I think 99% of the time backlight bleed is not a big issue, its not as though we look at a black screen all the time, just my thoughts but im sure someone who owns one or pcm2 & badass will give better advice
 
Well, I've just got myself the Dell U2913WM. In a word - superb.

I've had a dell 24" for about 5 years (2407WFP) and had a daft upgrade itch recently after seeing the cheapish 27 inch 2560x1440 models knocking around. I ordered the DGM 27 inch from here last week, but it had a number of faults (including awful backlight bleed and clouding) - so I sent it back and picked up the Dell 29 from elsewhere instead.

Now running my old Dell 24 in portrait mode alongside this widescreen monster. It really is a cracking set up for my needs (gaming, photo and video editing).

Everything about the Dell is great - colour rendition (v important for me), no backlight bleed, no dead pixels (and a Dell guarantee to repalce if there are), not PWM backlit so no flicker and less eye strain), build quality is nice, screen and chassis design look premium, OSD is lovely. I even quite like the software that comes with it that lets you set up a few auto preset settings for different programs, game mode for gaming etc.

From the reviews I've read the panel is the same in both the LG and the Dell (ie it's LG), so given they are almost the same price I'd go with looks and which features you need. The fact the Dell has a height adjustable stand really swung it for me over the LG.

I really don't know why there isn't more excitement about the super wide 29 inchers. For gaming the immersion is brilliant, and the performance hit on your GPU is way less than 2560x1440 gaming, which was too much for my 2 670's in SLI in several games.

Very quick and dirty pic of my set up now. Dell 29 inch on the left, Dell 24 (1920x1200) in portrait mode on the right...

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Ask me anything you want to know about the Dell screen if you like...
 
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I don't really have much to add to what wunkley said, but I was actually pleasantly surprised in many ways when using one of these 29" models. The one that I have had most experience with is AOC's q2963Pm which also uses the same panel as the Dell and LG. The overall experience (which you can read about on my website shown in signature) was excellent for gaming. There is a review of the AOC model up there which will give you a good indication of what to expect from the Dell's image quality as well as an article focussing on the 21:9 experience overall.

Backlight bleed is something that can occur on any LCD monitor (even more 'premium' models than this) and is more likely to occur when things are made to be very thin and will flex readily. I have seen a U2913WM and q2963Pm from standard retail stock as well as a q2963Pm engineering sample from AOC's PR department. There was very little bleed on any, but there are no guarantees with that sort of thing! Given the IPS glow occurs in the same regions typically affected by 'bleed' it's not something I would even worry about.
 
Thanks for your advice.
I understand the resolution on the 29" screen is 2560x1080, would it be better to drop down to a 27 " and get a 2560x1440?
 
sybaris said:
Thanks for your advice.
I understand the resolution on the 29" screen is 2560x1080, would it be better to drop down to a 27 " and get a 2560x1440?
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It's a very different experience sitting in front of either. I only had a few days with the DGM and that res, but it is a very impressive amount of screen real estate as they say.

For me I like the novelty of the 29 super wides. It really does feel different and 'fun'.

What monitor are you coming from? Most importantly, what are your main usage needs?
 
Im coming up from a 24 and I use it for everything, web design, office, gaming (all types) and streaming tv and movies
 
I can only echo the comments already mentioned by others in this thread. It really is a different experience to any other monitor I've used, especially brilliant for gaming and movies.

I owned a u2711 before this and they both are great screens, the reason for my switch was for gaming and movies, both of which I enjoy more now that I use this super wide screen, it really envelopes you into games more.

Both the lg and dell use the same panel so choose like wunkley advised, design and features are the only difference. One thing that would be interesting to know is what refresh rates the lg variant can tolerate as the dell can take between 75hz-80hz I believe. 72hz is great for blurays :)

FYI my dell has no backlight bleed, calibrates very well and game mode reduces input lag from an already good level to an even better one.
 
Looking into these monitors as well.

Thanks for reviewing the AOC 21:9 PCM! :) P.S How did you measure input lag ? it states 2ms in your review is this true ? I ask as the dell's input lag is conciderably higher. Does the AOC work at higher refresh rates like the Dell ?
 
LaRZ said:
Looking into these monitors as well.

Thanks for reviewing the AOC 21:9 PCM! :) P.S How did you measure input lag ? it states 2ms in your review is this true ? I ask as the dell's input lag is conciderably higher. Does the AOC work at higher refresh rates like the Dell ?
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See the i2369Vm review for more on the methodology. There is quite a latency penalty on these 29" monitors when setting them to a non-native resolution it seems. As a result we tested alongside a CRT which could be set to a 2560 x 1080 resolution with zero delay as a point of comparison. Prad also measured a similarly low input lag on the AOC using what I believe to be a rather accurate measuring setup.

You can run the AOC at higher refresh rates, yes. I was only able to go up to 75Hz on my old Radeon 7950 but I believe Nvidia cards should be able to get it a bit higher if you want (without frame skipping of course). That's without modifying any of the pixel clock parameters manually. I quite like running monitors at a mild overclock if it's within their capabilities, say 72Hz which the AOC will do very comfortably.
 
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