Forget 34UM95, here's 34UC97! (CURVED 34")

I knew it would cost more but still, it is just funny the price all because it is curved... Although I find the 34UM95 and ASUS ROG swift monitors a complete rip of too.

AFAIC, the only thing that would be worth that sort of price tag is OLED monitors

Would much rather put an extra £500+ or so towards a 50+" plasma TV and get an overall superior quality display

I really don't know why this curved idea is taking of, majority of people seem to hate it and this is coming from the guys who are OCD about the very best quality, displays etc. :confused:
 
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I can't imagine that curved displays are as 'cheap' to produce as flat ones. It wasnt going to be the same price though i guess there is probably some price gouging there.

Would much rather put an extra £500+ or so towards a 50+" plasma TV and get a superior quality display.
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Well, perhaps. but it'll be a quarter of the resolution and useless as a monitor....

I really don't know why this curved idea is taking of, majority of people seem to hate it and this is coming from the guys who are OCD about the very best quality, displays etc.
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I do, these monitors are so wide that they need a curve. It's all to do with the difference in the distance between your eyes and the middle of the screen vs the outer edges. The closer you sit and the bigger the screen = the bigger the difference. A curved screen negates this somewhat, as well as addressing the viewing angle issues with a monitor so wide. Useless for tv's, yes, but different story for monitors IMO.
 
jkb said:
Where is PCM2 with a review?
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Busy with other things. :p

I'll being reviewing anything of the sort AOC, Philips or Dell have as soon as I can. But I don't have any good LG contacts from the UK at the moment.
 
james.miller said:
Well, perhaps. but it'll be a quarter of the resolution and useless as a monitor....

I do, these monitors are so wide that they need a curve. It's all to do with the difference in the distance between your eyes and the middle of the screen vs the outer edges. The closer you sit and the bigger the screen = the bigger the difference. A curved screen negates this somewhat, as well as addressing the viewing angle issues with a monitor so wide. Useless for tv's, yes, but different story for monitors IMO.
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I suppose...

Saying that, I certainly wouldn't be spending nearly a £1000 on a monitor just for desktop, work related stuff, browsing etc. :p
 
james.miller said:
I do, these monitors are so wide that they need a curve. It's all to do with the difference in the distance between your eyes and the middle of the screen vs the outer edges. The closer you sit and the bigger the screen = the bigger the difference. A curved screen negates this somewhat, as well as addressing the viewing angle issues with a monitor so wide. Useless for tv's, yes, but different story for monitors IMO.
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Sorry this is just not true

(excluding personal preference of course)

These are not THAT much wider than a standard 30", I just cant believe a curve makes that much difference - its marketing gimmick 100%

Now I totally appreciate some prefer this, Im just suggesting that its not "needed" / required even despite the much closer viewing distances than TV's etc
 
FrankJH said:
Sorry this is just not true

(excluding personal preference of course)

These are not THAT much wider than a standard 30", I just cant believe a curve makes that much difference - its marketing gimmick 100%

Now I totally appreciate some prefer this, Im just suggesting that its not "needed" / required even despite the much closer viewing distances than TV's etc
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a 34" 21:9 screen is ~15cm wider than a 30" 16:10. it's closer in width to a 40" tv than it is a 30" monitor. Stick a 40" tv on your desk and tell me it's not really wide :p

That width plus relative lack of height does make it look very wide (it is called ultra wide after all...) and sitting as you would about 30" away does affect viewing angles and colour shift etc. A curve will help with that, even if it is shallow one. How much one thinks that will help is down to preference but hey, that's my opinion like i said. But at least I've sat down with the 29" and 34" models before deciding this.
 
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it looks so good. but £989 for a monitor???? that's ridiculous. I doubt I'll ever be able to convince myself to spend this much on a screen (even though my build is way more expensive)
 
As a young adult my first expensive purchase was my Dell 2407 which came in at a little over £800. Still my primary monitor to this day. If it's built well it'll be worth it, that's how I see it.

That said I considered these new LG but am happy to wait till Q1 2015 to see how the 144hz IPS panels compare. Cause, it is a lot to spend so it's best to make sure its the one. ;)
 
Jarrastafari said:
As a young adult my first expensive purchase was my Dell 2407 which came in at a little over £800. Still my primary monitor to this day. If it's built well it'll be worth it, that's how I see it.

That said I considered these new LG but am happy to wait till Q1 2015 to see how the 144hz IPS panels compare. Cause, it is a lot to spend so it's best to make sure its the one. ;)
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I'm still using my dell 2407 as a second screen in portrait mode. It's still a fantastic screen. Sadly I think build quality and general quality control has nose dived since those days, even on dells. The LG superwides seem to be plagued with backlight bleed problems, mainly due to build quality and how it's put together from what I've read.
 
Jarrastafari said:
As a young adult my first expensive purchase was my Dell 2407 which came in at a little over £800. Still my primary monitor to this day. If it's built well it'll be worth it, that's how I see it.

That said I considered these new LG but am happy to wait till Q1 2015 to see how the 144hz IPS panels compare. Cause, it is a lot to spend so it's best to make sure its the one. ;)
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gosh i remember that screen! the joy that it bought me, and indeed its still in use by my brother today, so yes indeed price may may high but quality shows through
 
Ouch £989.99 inc VAT, I think I paid similar for my Dell 2407 when they first came out ;)

That said I still use them, think I've owned one of them for 6/7 years (I forget exactly), that monitor would last you years!
 
Under £1k was what I'd wanted it to be and it is. Right at the top of my budget and was secretly dreaming it'd be closer to £800.

Will wait until its in stock, can't see a reason to pre-order one and maybe by then there will be some reviews and AOC/Dell equivalents to compare.

Thanks OCUK, I think you guys are the first UK retailers to have these order-able - there aren't any LG retailers listed on their UK site for this monitor.
 
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a 34" 21:9 screen is ~15cm wider than a 30" 16:10. it's closer in width to a 40" tv than it is a 30" monitor. Stick a 40" tv on your desk and tell me it's not really wide :p

That width plus relative lack of height does make it look very wide (it is called ultra wide after all...) and sitting as you would about 30" away does affect viewing angles and colour shift etc. A curve will help with that, even if it is shallow one. How much one thinks that will help is down to preference but hey, that's my opinion like i said. But at least I've sat down with the 29" and 34" models before deciding this.
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Well done for wordily admitting its down to preference lol

15cm sounds a lot ( and 2 cm of that is likely to be bezel) but its less than the length of a male thumb on each side ( as we are talking about peripheral vision mainly)

I have sat down with the 29" on demo in central London and still think it will be a fad gimmick for a few years ( like 3d) amd will them fade out
 
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