Coming soon to an OCUK website near you.......

Daniel - LG · 28 Apr 2017 at 14:52

Hi All,

just a quick thread to let you know that the below 4 monitors should be available from OCUK from mid next week;

24MP59G - 24" IPS, 1ms with Motion blur reduction, Freesync, Black Stabilizer, Dynamic Action Sync & new gaming design

24GM79G - 24" TN 144Hz, 1ms with Motion blur reduction, Freesync, Black Stabilizer, Dynamic Action Sync & new gaming design

29UM69G - Same as the 29UM68 but with new gaming design and 1ms with Motion blur reduction

34UM69G - Same as the 34UM68 but with new gaming design and 1ms with Motion blur reduction

Happy hunting

Nexus18 · 28 Apr 2017 at 15:19

Meh to the 21.9 ones....

Why not push forward with more important advances rather than just rehashing more or less the same model but with a different design, stand etc.? i.e.

- 144HZ?
- Not mentioned but I presume this hasn't changed..... A better scaler or whatever for a better freesync range?
- a higher res. squeezed into the 29" model or something a bit bigger i.e. 30-32"?

TNA · 28 Apr 2017 at 15:35

Nexus18 said:
Meh

+1

Daniel - LG · 28 Apr 2017 at 15:50

Nexus18 said:
Meh

Ever Positive lol

eddiew · 28 Apr 2017 at 15:55

Polariser to reduce glow and BLB? FALD? Class-1 iso standard guarantee? HDR? G-sync option?

Forgive me if I'm a bit uninterested in more of the same stuff that's already in the wild. Not your fault the marketing team is just re-labelling the old stock, I'm just bored of waiting for a proper premium panel with premium quality. Starting to feel like all monitors are made by a single company with 10 different trading names :/

Daniel - LG · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:22

you have to remember there are only 4 panel manufacturers, two large and two small so your comment about a single company isn't entirely off point

G-sync and HDR are both coming over the next few months JFYI

TNA · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:59

Daniel - LG said:
G-sync and HDR are both coming over the next few months JFYI

Nice

Aberfala · 28 Apr 2017 at 17:16

Daniel - LG said:
G-sync and HDR are both coming over the next few months JFYI

Good coz they are must haves for my next screen.

Daniel - LG · 28 Apr 2017 at 17:18

Aberfala - you might be waiting a while for one with both in (I apologise if I confused but we have a HDR screen coming and a G-sync coming, separate screens)

Nexus18 · 28 Apr 2017 at 17:31

Daniel - LG said:
Ever positive lol

I'm not an easy person to please

I'm just tired of seeing the monitor market in general being in such a stagnated state lately, 4+ years on and a lot of monitors are STILL using the same panels from back then but with slightly improved OSD features, freesync thrown in with a fancier design and what makes it even sadder is that prices are either still about the same after 4+ years or they are even higher.... (again, brexit hasn't helped matters for the pricing but still....)

I went to check your site just to show an example but it appears that you have done some spring cleaning as there are only 3 29" monitors showing now, there use to be at least 7 or more LG 29" monitors.... and the only difference was a slightly different stand + design and a few gaming features. Why not do something that people actually want to see improved/added such as a higher refresh rate, FALD, polariser to reduce IPS glow, gsync/freesync with a better range and LFC?

It is just annoying seeing TVs so far ahead of the monitor industry for tech. now as well as monitor manufacturers not driving the industry forward enough + always missing out on something i.e. proper FALD for a "true" great HDR experience, a high refresh rate when it is more than possible i.e. 29" 144HZ 2560x1080 or getting something wrong i.e. glow/bleed issues, crap freesync range, high input lag etc. etc.

Once 4k TVs get "true" refresh rates of 100+HZ and input lag down to gaming monitor levels as well as adaptive/free sync (of which won't be long considering how quickly TVs are advancing as well as how popular console gaming is now), there isn't going to be any reasons left for people to buy a dedicated PC monitor unless they badly want a small or/and gsync display....

hsp70 · 28 Apr 2017 at 18:07

Daniel - LG said:
Hi All,

just a quick thread to let you know that the below 4 monitors should be available from OCUK from mid next week;

24MP59G - 24" IPS, 1ms with Motion blur reduction, Freesync, Black Stabilizer, Dynamic Action Sync & new gaming design

24GM79G - 24" TN 144Hz, 1ms with Motion blur reduction, Freesync, Black Stabilizer, Dynamic Action Sync & new gaming design

29UM69G - Same as the 29UM68 but with new gaming design and 1ms with Motion blur reduction

34UM69G - Same as the 34UM68 but with new gaming design and 1ms with Motion blur reduction

Happy hunting

Would you happen to know when/if the 38uc99 would be back in stock?

Aberfala · 28 Apr 2017 at 18:41

Daniel - LG said:
Aberfala - you might be waiting a while for one with both in (I apologise if I confused but we have a HDR screen coming and a G-sync coming, separate screens)

I thought as much based on what I'd read of other manufacturers plans, shame but not unexpected

TNA · 28 Apr 2017 at 19:37

Daniel - LG said:
you have to remember there are only 4 panel manufacturers, two large and two small so your comment about a single company isn't entirely off point

G-sync and HDR are both coming over the next few months JFYI

Is the HDR one with Freesync at least?

Also any word on Freesync 2 monitors?

eddiew · 28 Apr 2017 at 20:19

Daniel - LG said:
you have to remember there are only 4 panel manufacturers, two large and two small so your comment about a single company isn't entirely off point

G-sync and HDR are both coming over the next few months JFYI

Second sentence I approve of

First one is obviously not your fault, but still irksome. Don't think there's anyone on here doesn't want higher frequencies, FALD, polarisers, wider adaptive-sync frequency ranges, and (in time) OLED... but there's nothing out there to satisfy. We hunger for something really frikking shiny and we are denied :/

Nexus18 · 28 Apr 2017 at 20:39

eddiew said:
Second sentence I approve of

First one is obviously not your fault, but still irksome. Don't think there's anyone on here doesn't want higher frequencies, FALD, polarisers, wider adaptive-sync frequency ranges, and (in time) OLED... but there's nothing out there to satisfy. We hunger for something really frikking shiny and we are denied :/

That's what makes it even more annoying!

A lot of the stuff we are wanting is not brand new tech. and "shouldn't" be costing that much more to implement i.e. polarisers, better scalers for a better freesync range etc. etc. FALD has also been around for quite a while now....

It really does come across to me that either:

- manufacturers just want to milk basic LCD monitors as much as possible (I still laugh at <40" basic LCD "high end" monitors that cost £900+

)
- the monitor market is extremely tiny that manufacturers just don't see much point in investing time/money/resources into it
- the vast majority of customers i.e. not "us" don't really care about true high end monitors and are happy with mediocre products and sub-par QC (although considering that retailers are having to up the price of monitors all round due to the amount of CCRs/RMAs, this would suggest otherwise....)

Like I said above, they need to be careful because if this keeps up, sooner than later, there will be very few people buying monitors....

eddiew · 28 Apr 2017 at 21:36

Nexus18 said:
- the vast majority of customers i.e. not "us" don't really care about true high end monitors and are happy with mediocre products and sub-par QC (although considering that retailers are having to up the price of monitors all round due to the amount of CCRs/RMAs, this would suggest otherwise....)

That might actually be a big part of it... Many people think they can buy a "perfectly good" 24" monitor for £120. Trying to explain that it lacks any digital inputs, has 6 bit colour, awful input lag, etc... somehow bounces off them.

But usually these people will happily spend £800 on a massive tv. I think it's a scale issue... they're not getting that a high-tech, good quality, 27" monitor should cost as much as their 60hz smart tv, and it's what creates this market for 34" ultrawides with 1080 vertical pixels. Size is like Brexit, it must be obtained at any cost :/

(Also sorry Daniel, these grumbles aren't aimed at you personally, we know it's not your fault and we appreciate your time on these forums. But I think a lot of us feel frustrated with the lack of creativity in monitor space and we can't work out why "not that new" features aren't with us yet. If you and others in your position could relay our desire for some proper good tech to the people who can give the nod to make them, that would be swell!)

TNA · 29 Apr 2017 at 06:18

eddiew said:
Also sorry Daniel, these grumbles aren't aimed at you personally, we know it's not your fault and we appreciate your time on these forums. But I think a lot of us feel frustrated with the lack of creativity in monitor space and we can't work out why "not that new" features aren't with us yet.

+1

eddiew said:
If you and others in your position could relay our desire for some proper good tech to the people who can give the nod to make them, that would be swell!

Trouble is, if they did, they would slap a stupid price tag on it and we still won't buy. They need to keep them under 4 figures.

Quartz · 29 Apr 2017 at 09:32

TNA said:
Trouble is, if they did, they would slap a stupid price tag on it and we still won't buy. They need to keep them under 4 figures.

Have you seen the interest in the 144Hz 4K monitors from Asus and Acer, despite the £2K cost?

eddiew · 29 Apr 2017 at 09:41

TNA said:
Trouble is, if they did, they would slap a stupid price tag on it and we still won't buy. They need to keep them under 4 figures.

I'd pay quite a lot for the right specs AND a "perfection guarantee" covering dead pixels and BLB...

Quartz said:
Have you seen the interest in the 144Hz 4K monitors from Asus and Acer, despite the £2K cost?

Tbh I don't get this... what on earth can drive 4k @144 fps?

Greebo · 29 Apr 2017 at 10:10

Quartz said:
Have you seen the interest in the 144Hz 4K monitors from Asus and Acer, despite the £2K cost?

Again why? There is nothing, not even Kaap with his four Titan xp that can drive that monitor at that res.

I would rather see true 10 bit, HDR, proper backlighting and local dimming, good quality control and maybe a decent speed of 100 for some longevity. It's got to be bigger than 27" as well. Using 4K desktop on 27" is painful imo. Got to be a minimum 32"

I can't see a gfx card coming out for five years that will be able push 4K at 144Hz. Then we can but a monitor like that.

I can seriously see my next screen been a Tv which is sad.

You see this is more of what I want. A 32" screen with individual pixel by pixel backlighting. true constant 1m to 1 contrast ratio, HDR. This screen will look stunning as well as costing mor than my kidneys.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11286...nce-cg3145-315-dci4k-98-p3-hdr10-1m1-contrast