Received my new Dell u314 ultrawide from Ocuk today

a66as · 7 May 2015 at 19:11

All i have to say first impressions are this monitor looks amazing, ill post some pictures of my setup

only bummer is i have to put the speakers sideways, i might look into getting some smaller speakers that i can put underneath the monitor. has anyone got this monitor and do i need to calibrate the colours?

Phixsator · 7 May 2015 at 19:58

Congrats on your purchase. I just bought one myself a week ago and overall are very happy with the purchase myself. Does your panel have a bit of inverse ghosting on desktop use? specially if in the darker color area?

Poneros · 8 May 2015 at 00:51

You should do a video of you playing on it, have it shoot over your shoulder, that would be cool.

Clav · 8 May 2015 at 15:00

Monitor looks awesome. I would mount the speakers on the wall tho

Chipper500 · 8 May 2015 at 15:23

Looking gd and nice set-up

aesthetics aside how r u enjoying the new monitor?

hartgeh3 · 8 May 2015 at 17:20

any bleeding?

Combat Fighter · 8 May 2015 at 19:06

hartgeh3 said:
any bleeding?

^^

This is definitely the question!

You would have to be extremely lucky not to have bleed though as most of these 34" are plagued with it.

hartgeh3 · 8 May 2015 at 19:16

Combat Fighter said:
^^

This is definitely the question!

You would have to be extremely lucky not to have bleed though as most of these 34" are plagued with it.

Yep which is why I sent mine back, it was horrible for watching movies which I do a lot of. My Samsung 34er is just as good with better speakers but prefer the Dell stand. Also the Dell isn't as curved as the Samsung either but get used to it pretty quick.

a66as · 8 May 2015 at 20:38

How do i check for backlight bleed? It wouldnt bother me that much though

a66as · 8 May 2015 at 21:50

here is a pic up for you guys, quite noticeable in a black screen but in games i dont notice it, and am not really that fussy when it comes to movies since i only watch em once every 3 or 4 months

for gaming and desktop use its fine. it doesnt look as bad in person though my phone has a crappy camera

old gamer · 8 May 2015 at 22:01

if its ok for gaming then no problem, who stares at a black screen all day

Nexus18 · 8 May 2015 at 22:12

Yup that photo is far too over exposed

What brightness are you using?

I lowered the exposure a bit so I am guessing this is closer to what you see in real life?

old gamer said:
if its ok for gaming then no problem, who stares at a black screen all day

Whilst that is true, there are plenty of games and films that full of dark content i.e. horror genre for games and films, nolan batman films, anything that is scifi/space related etc. etc. and any form of bleed or/and severe IPS glow is very distracting and can ruin the enjoyment of those games/films.

Of course, if people only play "bright" content on their screens then it won't really be an issue.

a66as · 8 May 2015 at 23:14

yep that is a more accurate example