Caporegime
Well, if you bagged one of these for £220 then I'd say you've done pretty well by the sounds of it
I did indeed. Tempted to buy a proper colour calibrator now.
ElectriQ 34" 2K Quad HD Freesync Curved Gaming Monitor - £219.97
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I did indeed. Tempted to buy a proper colour calibrator now.
Which settings have you settled on then bud? keep us posted pls - and yeah I see what you mean about the blacks now with that cinema setting.
Soldato
Zoomee by any chance do you play CK2/EU4/Stellaris to tell me how they scale (Stellaris with 1x scalling).
I am looking for a monitor atm, because 27" 2560x1440, I have to drop the res to 1080p to comfortably play those games.
It looks great on the 55" 4K tv, but prefer to using my standing desk in the office, than laying on the bed using the TV.
sorry bud, ain't gamed on a PC for a couple of years now. Darn consoles usurped all my time lol.
Later this week will get origin back on it - got battlefield and others like css in steam but I only as a lowly AMD 550 2Gb or somat (stop gap till AMD release somat kick ass)
Later this week will get origin back on it - got battlefield and others like css in steam but I only as a lowly AMD 550 2Gb or somat (stop gap till AMD release somat kick ass)
You may be waiting some time....
Soldato
I fancy one of these to replace my naff 4k screen thats gone bang but a bit cringey at 300 when they were so cheap before lol
I know what you mean ... or you buy something just because you can get a great deal and not sure if you will even use it. <<< Im guilty of this ... many times.
300 is still a great price for what it is well its 340ish.
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Yea im also looking at an Acer Predator 4k monitor with gsync for 399 so probably get that instead. Shame missed this deal
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I could have gotten this at £219 np but held out as I knew it was just a stupid impulse buy 
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If you search on the .com address of a popular auction site there is a cottage industry of usually S Korean sellers that re-package panels that may have been passed over by the top tier manufacturers. I've not heard of this particular brand. I had to go on reputation and forums feedback when I bought a 40" UHD monitor direct but the one I had was perfectly acceptable with zero pixel defects for example. Cheap case build though but hardly visible in normal use.
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Would have had this at £220 and taken the gamble but at now 100 quid more it's not tempting me enough now
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As the other place comments have also experienced this issue, I would avoid this monitor. Returning because of the below.
Caporegime
As the other place comments have also experienced this issue, I would avoid this monitor. Returning because of the below.
Mines the same, not sure whether to send it back or not. Are you going for a refund or a replacement?
Seems a shame to send it back for a refund because it’s liveable with and the rest of the specs 100hz/res and size are amazing for the price. But I can’t use it for photo work so will end up running it side by side with my U2515H which I was hoping to sell.
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I'm going for a refund. I can see the blotches on other colour backgrounds too which is annoying.
I think I will decide on a large 2560x1080 ultrawide. The 34" native resolution, text was a little to small for my eyes.
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You sure? 1080p 34" is a bit too pixelly, I'd keep it around 94ppi.
Try 29" 1080p UW
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Agreed, I actually find the 34” 1440P a lot less sharp than my U2515H. I think part of that is the pixel structure of a VA panel.
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Not sure about going for 25" 1440p. Probably rather have that in 27" 16:9 or 34" UW. Unless the OS scales properly, so it's more like mobile phone tablet (like 300ppi) and correct size fonts not needing a magnifying glass.