Buy a X34A for £400 or wait for the new LG's in march?

Randall8686 · 23 Jan 2018 at 10:45

K1LLER HORNET said:
Hopefully the new 200Hz 1440p ultrawides will be able to do atleast 144Hz without coil whine.
I'll be changing my X34A for one of those unless a higher resolution ultrawide rears its head.

When are these due to drop?

DomBruv · 24 Jan 2018 at 11:31

Any DP Cable will work with this monitor right?

NirK · 24 Jan 2018 at 22:22

Nexus18 said:
There is definitely no need for 100% oled light/brightness. Mine is on 35 (I'll probably drop it to 30 at some point), 45 would be what is suitable for most in bright rooms.

Iirc, the life for lg's 2017 oleds is rated at 100k hours.

I have found that gaming on a TV looks good at high brightness, I would probably use the B7 at 100% brightness if I had one.

Doogles · 24 Jan 2018 at 22:56

Randall8686 said:
When are these due to drop?

I have no idea, they were meant to be around Q1 2018 but seem to keep getting pushed back, expect to pay at least £1500 for them which IMO is too much.

Nexus18 · 24 Jan 2018 at 23:47

NirK said:
I have found that gaming on a TV looks good at high brightness, I would probably use the B7 at 100% brightness if I had one.

You must have a crazy bright room then

As iirc, oled 2017 TV at 100% brightness/oled light is about 700 nits.

Mine is at 30% brightness which is about 130-150 luminance, anything higher and it just strains my eyes.

NirK · 25 Jan 2018 at 00:46

Nexus18 said:
You must have a crazy bright room then As iirc, oled 2017 TV at 100% brightness/oled light is about 700 nits.

Mine is at 30% brightness which is about 130-150 luminance, anything higher and it just strains my eyes.

The LG 2017 OLED is 700 nits PEAK brightness on 1-10% of the screen in HDR, on 100% white screen it is 140nits, on 0-70% APL (average picture level) eg. how much of the screen is bright, it is max 350nits... So in normal SDR content it would be max 350 nits, with HDR it would be max 350 nits or 700 nits peak brightness on small areas and 150 nits on full screen white, because of the ABL on OLED. Your setting of 30% would be about 105 nits. I don't have a bright room at all but I do have a "bias light" behind the TV.

NirK · 25 Jan 2018 at 00:58

I would say the most interesting monitor coming out is the 35" 3440x1440 200hz 512 zone FALD HDR Gsync, quite a mouthful of nice specs there and probably the last monitor you would need until they have microled or similar. The X34 is good but when you compare it to an OLED or FALD LCD, the contrast / black levels are not very good, although it is good for online FPS etc.

Nexus18 · 25 Jan 2018 at 09:21

NirK said:
The LG 2017 OLED is 700 nits PEAK brightness on 1-10% of the screen in HDR, on 100% white screen it is 140nits, on 0-70% APL (average picture level) eg. how much of the screen is bright, it is max 350nits... So in normal SDR content it would be max 350 nits, with HDR it would be max 350 nits or 700 nits peak brightness on small areas and 150 nits on full screen white, because of the ABL on OLED. Your setting of 30% would be about 105 nits. I don't have a bright room at all but I do have a "bias light" behind the TV.

Ah I see.

Still, even 350 is crazy bright imo. I even set my monitor to 100 luminance.

My room is pretty bright too, big ass window that gets the sun for most of the day.

NirK · 25 Jan 2018 at 11:47

Nexus18 said:
Ah I see.

Still, even 350 is crazy bright imo. I even set my monitor to 100 luminance.

My room is pretty bright too, big ass window that gets the sun for most of the day.

Yes I would say that an OLED at the same brightness as an LCD, the OLED would look brighter and also have more eye glare from it.

Stu · 29 Jan 2018 at 12:02

NirK said:
I would say the most interesting monitor coming out is the 35" 3440x1440 200hz 512 zone FALD HDR Gsync, quite a mouthful of nice specs there and probably the last monitor you would need until they have microled or similar. The X34 is good but when you compare it to an OLED or FALD LCD, the contrast / black levels are not very good, although it is good for online FPS etc.

Yes, this does sound like an ultimate monitor based on current tech. Given the price I expect it to be, good job that it will be the last monitor you would need until they have microled or similar. I have a feeling this model will approach £2000 :eek:

nox_uk · 29 Jan 2018 at 12:49

NirK said:
I would say the most interesting monitor coming out is the 35" 3440x1440 200hz 512 zone FALD HDR Gsync, quite a mouthful of nice specs there and probably the last monitor you would need until they have microled or similar. The X34 is good but when you compare it to an OLED or FALD LCD, the contrast / black levels are not very good, although it is good for online FPS etc.

I missed this announcement! any idea of eta/make/model yet?

nox_uk · 29 Jan 2018 at 12:50

nm, found it, asus rog swift PG35VQ

Stu · 29 Jan 2018 at 13:05

nox_uk said:
nm, found it, asus rog swift PG35VQ

Yes, that's the one. Also the Acer Predator X35 will use the same panel.

nox_uk · 31 Jan 2018 at 13:13

ah cool, and most likely a bit cheaper

DomBruv · 31 Jan 2018 at 13:21

I paid £400 for mine and i wouldn't pay a penny more, they are amazing but no way near worth £850+

Randall8686 · 31 Jan 2018 at 19:11

£400 is a pipe dream for this monitor at the moment.

RichardH754 · 24 Feb 2018 at 12:23

X34P is out now, seems good so far