I ordered the AW3419DW.
The $500 premium is not worth it in my opinion.
When you get an AW that works correctly, minimal BLB and no flickering @ 120hz. What is the most noticed benefits of the LG? Nano IPS (Which is kind of useless in most content...) and a RGB ring on the back?... 1 year warranty vs 3 years on the AW.
Honestly it's not that had to get an AW that works the way we expect, BLB is pure lottery. And I had 2 friends receive LG's with bad enough BLB they returned them. (one had shipping damage as well but that's not LG's fault) Yes it is probably easier to get less BLB on the LG's due to the new panel, BUT the later revisions of the AW aren't to bad. The difference here is that in my experience it's far easier to return AW's than LG's. Based off customer support, etc. But that's only my experience. I could return the AW for a different one 3 times until i get one I like, without hassle.
you are paying a premium for simply a BETTER chance at having minimal BLB and obviously you shouldn't flicker on the LG. I feel like the $500 premium is more like a "Here's $500, give me a binned monitor" as an example. I know the LG's should have less BLB on average, and definitely not flicker. But again, if your AW does, just return it until you get one that doesn't.
LG came into this late as hell and basically says "Here is a monitor that SHOULD be better on your first unit" I understand they priced it accordingly and competitive with AW's MSRP, But they know as well as we do, the AW is rarely 1,400/1,500 these days. They should have just lowered the price, rather than playing the MSRP game and they would have got more sales. I guarantee the AW and even Acer are selling more units than the LG. simply based off price alone.
I almost bought the LG for 1,100 (G-sync one when it was on sale) But the warranty killed it for me. So even at a $300 premium I wasn't interested enough...
If you get a decent AW3418DW there is virtually NO difference besides a RGB ring on the back...
