21.9 Ultrawide Thread

dazzlaa · 21 Jun 2017 at 15:17

Gazzers said:
Are you using the metal bracket that comes with the monitor?

yes I tried it. But its definitely thinner at the lower edges. The stand incorporates the curved profile of the monitor and the bracket is flat. This makes the lower two screws stick out by roughly 3-5mm when screwed in fully.

I would usually message Acer directly in the first instance but I imagined OCUK may have provided an answer sooner

Gazzers · 21 Jun 2017 at 17:44

dazzlaa said:
yes I tried it. But its definitely thinner at the lower edges. The stand incorporates the curved profile of the monitor and the bracket is flat. This makes the lower two screws stick out by roughly 3-5mm when screwed in fully.

I would usually message Acer directly in the first instance but I imagined OCUK may have provided an answer sooner

Admittedly it was a while ago and I have the X34 not the X34A but I just screwed the bracket to the monitor with supplied screws (not the ones that hold the original stand on) and it all fitted nicely.

Evian · 23 Jun 2017 at 01:01

Ordered the X34A and a Ergotron MX desk mount wish me luck with bleed/glow!

iamthenugget · 23 Jun 2017 at 09:57

how does these ultra wide screen monitors compare to using a triple standard monitor setup??? quite interested to hear from guys who have used both for the pros and cons

foster grant · 23 Jun 2017 at 10:13

Well I suppose one monitor wont replace three, but then an ultrawide doesnt replace two either

iamthenugget · 23 Jun 2017 at 10:24

foster grant said:
Well I suppose one monitor wont replace three, but then an ultrawide doesnt replace two either

no ofc not and thats not what i was asking either. never used an ultrawide monitor before and was looking for advice on how it compares vs triple monitors that was all

The1nonly1 · 23 Jun 2017 at 12:18

Thinking about getting an ultrawide to replace my 2 monitors. Anybody have experience with the LG 29UM68-P 29" 2560x1080? Is it good value for money? I need one with Freesync and this looks good for the price.

hornetstinger · 23 Jun 2017 at 12:27

The1nonly1 said:
Thinking about getting an ultrawide to replace my 2 monitors. Anybody have experience with the LG 29UM68-P 29" 2560x1080? Is it good value for money? I need one with Freesync and this looks good for the price.

Compared to the curved monitor 29UC88, the panel is not the same, 6 bit versus 8 bit, number of colours, % colour accuracy.

Evian · 24 Jun 2017 at 16:57

Anyone know any good colour calibrators that's not too expensive ?

Bluntwrapped · 27 Jun 2017 at 18:58

Finally decided to make the jump to UW earlier. I had the opportunity to buy a new U3417W for £560 + shipping so I went for it. Should hopefully be with me in the next few days

nalla · 28 Jun 2017 at 04:23

ive just ordered the x34a for only £768, not had ultrawide before, hope i get a good one with no bleed.

Aberfala · 29 Jun 2017 at 12:27

dazzlaa said:
yes I tried it. But its definitely thinner at the lower edges. The stand incorporates the curved profile of the monitor and the bracket is flat. This makes the lower two screws stick out by roughly 3-5mm when screwed in fully.

I would usually message Acer directly in the first instance but I imagined OCUK may have provided an answer sooner

I had the same problem mounting my X34 to the bracket, I solved it by using a couple of washers each side for the bottom 2 screws.

Evian · 29 Jun 2017 at 18:53

nalla said:
ive just ordered the x34a for only £768, not had ultrawide before, hope i get a good one with no bleed.

Most likely will but it's not too bad tbh.. Camera shots make it look 100x worse.

The1nonly1 · 29 Jun 2017 at 22:08

Purchased the LG 29UM68-P 29" the other day and I love ultrawide! Got it from b grade section for £200 and all plastic was still on the monitor, only the HDMI bag and power cable had been opened. Freesync and overclocked to 80Hz with Freesync range of 32-80 instead of the standard 40-75. Makes games so much smoother.

dazzlaa · 30 Jun 2017 at 10:55

Aberfala said:
I had the same problem mounting my X34 to the bracket, I solved it by using a couple of washers each side for the bottom 2 screws.

Its looking like my only option then. No reply from Acer. Its not exactly an engineering hardship, but it does seem like a really unbelievable oversight.

foster grant · 30 Jun 2017 at 12:36

The1nonly1 said:
Purchased the LG 29UM68-P 29" the other day and I love ultrawide! Got it from b grade section for £200 and all plastic was still on the monitor, only the HDMI bag and power cable had been opened. Freesync and overclocked to 80Hz with Freesync range of 32-80 instead of the standard 40-75. Makes games so much smoother.

Thats a great price

...I got my Swift from B-Grade for around £360...and if I didnt know any better I would have said it was brand new , same with my X34 too.

Bluntwrapped · 2 Jul 2017 at 11:19

My Dell U3417W arrived on Friday, it looks absolutely stunning. One thing which really surprises me is how well my GTX980 copes with 3440x1440. It only seems to struggle when taking AA to the point of dimishing returns. I thought I would end up needing another upgrade, but looks like I'll be able to make do for now

Phixsator · 2 Jul 2017 at 22:03

Well ive had my mx34vq from asus now for about 1½ months and the romance i had with it is certainly over. Im pretty much done with asus for monitors. The overdrive is overdone past 40ish, the overall pixel response of the panel is not impressive and the overshot rather bothersome at sub 85ish hz. I will say that if you run this monitor in static 100hz its not a bad monitor but the freesync part is absolutely horrid. Currently trying to sell this on the 2nd hand market but that has proven difficult unless i want to take a 30-40% loss.

hobib_ali · 4 Jul 2017 at 22:31

Hello

Does anyone use a PS4 and a XBOX ONE on their Acer X34 or a Asus PG348Q ??

does it work and do yo get the sound?

I want get rid of my 32 inch tv and my Asus 144hz monitor for a single wide screen set up, id like to use the monitor mainly for PC gaming but also for console gaming, i kn ow they come with HDMI so does anyone console game on their widescreen?????????

Davanius · 4 Jul 2017 at 23:35

Got to play with a LG 34UC79G today. Had it side by side with my 29UC88 and my impressions were that this 34 inch is a serious gaming monitor. Once you look past the slightly softer image due to the lower ppi everything else just shines.

It showed a clearly higher contrast level and deeper black level which was surprising as I consider my own UC88 to be very good in those areas. But what was crazy was the 120-144Hz motion handling which was stellar to put it mildly. I didn't encounter the dim brightness complaint either as I believe that LG must have revised it or something because this brand new monitor showed no loss in brightness moving up the Hz as some reviewers pointed out. 144Hz had the same brightness as 60Hz.

And there wasn't any obvious extra motion blur or smearing past 120Hz either to my eyes which was highlighted on the model that TFT Central had.

My UC88 did have slightly better color out the box though but after a few tweaks to the UC79G, both were hard to tell apart. That LG icc profile is awful on this as well. It was the same with my monitor which is way too dark. At the same brightness level in the osd the UC79G is actually brighter.

Congrats to those who have this monitor and are happy with it. If I had bought it I would have been happy with it too.

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