LG 38GL950G - 3840x1600/G-Sync/144Hz

Born_2_Kill_83 · 7 Aug 2019 at 20:41

How come the LG will only do 8-bit @ 144, sure the Asus reached 10-bit?

VitaminD3 · 7 Aug 2019 at 21:05

Correct me if I'm wrong, but display port 1.4 would only have just enough bandwidth for that resolution 144hz 8bit.

MikeLoader · 7 Aug 2019 at 21:05

Wohoo thanks for the Vid. This one is a big frikking wow. I would love that big IPS. This is the one I could switch out my PG279Q for. Super fast IPS with g-sync. To me thats g-sync Ultimate

Man what a beauty for a screen. The perfect size and high PPI. Hell yeah, give it me now please

Born_2_Kill_83 · 7 Aug 2019 at 21:07

Ah course forgot about the res. The halo on local dimming on the Asus would annoy me to death, is 8-bit RGB a bit of a down grade though or not really noticeable gaming?

JediFragger · 7 Aug 2019 at 21:53

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
The halo on local dimming on the Asus would annoy me to death

Have to agree, a major markdown for me

Greebo · 7 Aug 2019 at 21:56

I could never,ever live with that, it would drive me potty. And the LG has its flaws too

MikeLoader · 8 Aug 2019 at 00:23

Same here, would never be happy about that aweful halo :/

VitaminD3 · 8 Aug 2019 at 09:45

HDR tech in monitors is not mature enough in my opinion, but I am interested to see if the Apple Pro Display XDR brings improvements with it's implementation of FALD. I would also like to see a manufacturer attempt a dual panel display like Hisense has in its new TVs.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 8 Aug 2019 at 09:46

The 38" LG and the current 34" LG "F" are the only contenders for me, I really don't know which to get for taking into consideration the limitation of DP1.4, can any-one help make my mind up?

VitaminD3 · 8 Aug 2019 at 09:54

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
The 38" LG and the current 34" LG "F" are the only contenders for me, I really don't know which to get for taking into consideration the limitation of DP1.4, can any-one help make my mind up?

If you could get a reasonable idea of how well your rig would be able to run either resolution, I'd make a decision off of that, and I would wait for tftcentral's review to see if there is significant improvement to response times. I'm hoping BlurBusters might do some camera tracking tests to give us a more real-world idea of performance.

Edit: If you do simracing and don't have/use VR that would sway me towards to 38.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 8 Aug 2019 at 09:58

I will be running off my 2080ti OC and [email protected], should think it'll near enough max 144fps at UW1440p in current games, and probably 120fps @ UW1600p. Have we seen any response times of the 38" yet we can compare against the 34"?

VitaminD3 · 8 Aug 2019 at 10:02

There has only really been some tests of the 27GL850 which uses a similar panel to the 38 (just a different size and res) but doesn't have the benefits of the G-SYNC module in the 38. But Linus Tech Tips did do a motion tracking test between the 27 and the 34, which did see some improvements, but it wasn't very thorough.

tarsius · 8 Aug 2019 at 19:41

VitaminD3 said:
HDR tech in monitors is not mature enough in my opinion, but I am interested to see if the Apple Pro Display XDR brings improvements with it's implementation of FALD. I would also like to see a manufacturer attempt a dual panel display like Hisense has in its new TVs.

XDR monitor implements dual LCD technology.

VitaminD3 · 8 Aug 2019 at 19:52

tarsius said:
XDR monitor implements dual LCD technology.

I don't see it on the product page, unless it's the layer on top of the leds?

Vega · 8 Aug 2019 at 20:51

The Apple is not dual layer LCD.

Domar · 8 Aug 2019 at 22:19

VitaminD3 said:
There has only really been some tests of the 27GL850 which uses a similar panel to the 38 (just a different size and res) but doesn't have the benefits of the G-SYNC module in the 38. But Linus Tech Tips did do a motion tracking test between the 27 and the 34, which did see some improvements, but it wasn't very thorough.

Linus shared some impression of the 38" model as well. Unfortunately, there was not much information about the monitor in this video.

Is there any other reviewer who could already put his hand on this model?

tarsius · 9 Aug 2019 at 13:03

VitaminD3 said:
I don't see it on the product page, unless it's the layer on top of the leds?

You're right. The only spec that tells me it's a dual-layer LCD is a contrast ratio. But Vincent from HDTVTest in Sony BVM-HX310 review said that it's a dual-layer, as well.
I guess we will know soon enough.

Vega · 10 Aug 2019 at 12:08

Apple did an exploded view of their monitor. It is NOT dual layer. Regular LCD with FALD but using zone blockers between FALD zones like Samsung has done with their TV's.

As for this LG, I keep throwing money at my screen but nothing is happening!

jim-mcintosh · 10 Aug 2019 at 17:05

Kinda regretting buying AMD for my new graphics card earlier this year. I would definitely be getting this if I was Nvidia. Really wish there was a freesync alternative.