You can point out all the facts you like Nexus. OP asked who was interested and a few said we was and a couple said they wasn't. If you are not interested, move along.
@smogsy For me it is about lag feel and do you notice it? I had a 4K 60Hz Samsung and really felt the input lag, I have also had a 1440P Dell 60Hz IPS, which seemed to have a fair bit of colour bleed as well as input lag. How is widescreen support in games? What are your impressions on the monitors for IQ?
Those are my questions
Thanks
I'm interested in reading his opinions on what he likes and what he doesn't and the reasons for this.
What I am not interested in reading are the standard pros/cons about 4k/21.9/144hz, which has been done to death and anyone that calls themselves a PC gamer enthusiast should know such things already...
If people want to read such stuff then fair play, go ahead smogsy.
So I will stay in here, thank you very much
For example, your questions are pretty pointless for numerous reasons....
Input lag:
Is very subjective thing, some notice it more than others and unless smogsy has the proper hardware for measuring input lag (even if he does, you can already find this information) then you are better of looking at tftcentral for the report on input lag across more or less every monitor there is (at least the main ones). Not only that but every monitor varies on this even if the panel is the same because of the components used i.e. some versions of my LG 29" have crazy high input lag but the newer revisions have extremely low input lag, one of the best for a 60HZ IPS monitor
Taken from TFTcentral's latest review:
For keeping the chart clean looking, a lot of the monitors are no longer there so if you were wanting to get more idea as to a specific unit then search for it specifically
Colour bleed (I believe you meant to say back light bleed?):
This can happen with any LCD monitor as it is largely down to the assembly of the panel i.e. the plastic chassis that houses the panel. IPS seems to suffer from backlight bleed issues more often as its panel type is more sensitive to pressure. This is where reading various forums/threads on the internet is useful because it gives you an idea on monitor QC. If you google you will see that the 34" IPS monitors are more prominent to back light bleed issues as well as IPS glow
21.9 support:
As I tell everyone that asks about 21.9, google this yourself because it might be great for you or it might not be, taken from my 21.9 thread:
AWPC has a
good thread regarding what supports 21.9 and what doesn't along with workarounds.
There is also now a
dedicated youtube review channel for 21.9 support in games!
On top of that, we also have a
steam community group which lists all the games that have native 21.9 support.
A good thread covering 57 games and their 21.9 support.
Only you can decide if you happy with having to manually add 21.9 support to some games or/and dealing with cut scenes in 16.9 or/and the HUD/UI in 16.9 position. Aside from the HUD/UI, the rest doesn't bother me but it bothers the likes of TNA, which is why they don't buy 21.9.
IQ:
IPS VS TN
4k VS 1080/1440P
All been done to death.
Although for a "preference" side of things, I'm curious to read what smogsy prefers "overall" for IQ too. Do you prefer the sharpness/higher PPI of 4k over 1440 or/and IPS over TN or does the higher refresh rate do more for you during gaming since you should/can make out stuff more easily when running/moving around due to the better/clearer motion (assuming you are maintaining such FPS to get this benefit from a high refresh rate display)
Also, it is worth remembering that outside of refresh rate, TN is generally better for response times/motion clarity than IPS.
Yep that all
peoples views and opinions as well as reviews and first hand viewing all are taken into account when I purchase things so that is all really. Always good to hear feedback on how it works for the person. So out of interest for instance on your monitor if you don't mind answering, what was your reason for your choice other others personally?
Well when I bought mine, it was back in June 2014 so some reasons might not apply as much now i.e. price:
After seeing
mrk's review on 21.9/34", I knew I wanted 21.9 for the more immersive gaming experience that it would provide as well as films filling the entire screen up.
This pretty much sealed my choice down to a handful of monitors really
But I'll go into a bit more detail about the specific specs and why I wanted these specs.
- IPS over TN (not that I had the choice of this for 21.9 screens anyway), better colour reproduction/IQ and excellent viewing angles (I am very rarely sat directly in centre so couldn't deal with the contrast shift of TN [again, this is subjective, some notice it, others don't) + I had been using IPS for 8+ years before my current one so it would be very hard essentially downgrading back to TN. Also, these UW IPS screens use an extremely light anti-glare finish, which provides a clearer image i.e. no graininess/haze effect and as a result the screen pops out more. TN panels are better for this nowadays though
- Price, I wasn't willing to spend the £900 for the 34" version
- Resolution, whilst some view 2560x1080 as a "peasant" res (even though it suits 29" perfectly as the PPI is 95).... it is actually a nice res. for gaming as it is far easier to run than 3440x1440 and I had a 290 at that time (and still do) so needless to say if I went with 3440x1440, I would be needing at least a 1070 to achieve the settings and FPS that I would be satisfied with in games these days. Moving forward with future games I would def. need something of 1080/1080ti power and as I always say..... Give me higher graphic settings/lower res. over low graphic settings/high res. The only thing a higher res./PPI display will do is give a sharper/clearer and more detailed image, it can't add more particle effects, grass/foilage, shadows etc.
As for why I chose the LG 29" over the other 29" models:
AOC - stand looks really bad plus is sat too far forward (problem for me since my desk depth is already very small), build issues
Dell - would have been my choice due to their superb service and swap on door service (wouldn't have minded paying the extra £100 just for that), unfortunately the input lag is very high
ASUS - seems like the best screen all round for performance and image quality etc. but there are quite a few negative posts on their customer service/RMA, issues with build quality, no VESA mounting holes and a £100 more