Any 21:9 panels on their way that are not LG?

guddler · 28 Nov 2014 at 01:57

As title, is anyone bringing any out any time soon?

Having tried a 21:9 I'm pretty much in love with the format but I'm not prepared to play the quality control lottery on pixels, glow and blacklight bleed at £300 - £500 a pop (£700 - £1000 if you go to 1440).

I just came very close to pulling the trigger on the Dell U2913WM as an alternative to the LG because of the supposed premium panel guarantee and 3 year warranty, but looking on another e'tailers site at the reviews, it looks like the issues are just as bad on that as they are any of the others. I guess because inside they're all the same panel.

Right now I'm forcing myself to sit on my hands and wait and use my old 23" TV

Rroff · 28 Nov 2014 at 01:59

My Dell U2913WM is pretty much flawless (other than it doesn't do 120Hz heh) but I think I've got the first revision of the panel and the later revision seems to be the source of most of the complaints so the current ones might be more of a gamble.

guddler · 28 Nov 2014 at 02:13

Just seems to be a complete gamble at the moment

I hope it doesn't mean they're a fad and they'll give up on them. I think any manufacturer that can guarantee a good QC rate will have a hit on their hands!

Baddass · 28 Nov 2014 at 09:44

all current known monitor panels listed here:

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/monitor_panel_parts.htm

at the moment the 21:9 aspect 29" panels are all LG.Display. In the 34" space they are also all LG.Display at the moment, but Samsung are also introducing a 34" 21:9 VA based model soon, so that will be using a different panel. not sure what or whose yet though:

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news_archive/31.htm#samsung_curved_va

guddler · 28 Nov 2014 at 10:09

Thats a really useful link - thank you!