End of the week hopefully.
Since this unit that krzy bought was before the actual release we don't know for certain how the actual product will be. As far as I could understand the unit that badass is reviewing did not have this issue from straight ahead and I really don't care about viewing angles that much.
I still have hope even if krzys unit is horrible. Also thanks again Krzy for the throrough work.
Actual product? I have a retail sample from official distribution. There is no reason to believe that latter units will be better or that the unit to unit variance is going to be that drastic, because it is never the case. Especially that even
Baddass himself confirmed the glow characteristics I have discovered, so small glow when looking from the left and much bigger glow when looking from the right, so it is most certainly characteristics inherent to the technology used, so it is is not going to vary between units. Generally glow is constant and is not varying between units, only backlight bleed is, quite significantly, but my unit has little bleed as shown on initial pictures.
Before I proceed to the second part, strait away I want to say that I don't mean to question anyone's credibility, I am not a reviewer myself and I don't even have the equipment to present what I saw in a scientific way, I just describe the characteristic of the display based on what I see, on my I think I can say rich experience with all kinds of displays and also based on direct comparison with a different screen, 34UC98, that was the first iteration of UW3 panel just like 950G is the first of UW5, that was also bought early, and that was also compared side by side to all real alternatives on the market, including UW2 panel (U3415W, two units), and both iterations of SVA 3440x1440 panels, the first SVA (S34E790C) and the newest QD SVA (CF791), so I have direct comparison with anything worth mentioning.
So as for not seeing the glow on review unit when viewed up front... I suggest going back to the moment when I posted first pictures, and specifically to the part when
Baddass admitted that he "wasn't actively looking for glow" and then updated his review with the picture made from another side. This is exactly what I was talking about somewhere earlier when I said that reviews feel like if reviewer just made measurements (which are of course very important, nobody is questioning that) and never actually looked at the display, never used it and never tested it in practice. This is much more of a cause for a huge disparity between reviews and what you get from actual retail units than alleged cherrypicked review units, because there is very little that you can actually cherrypick. Like I said, I am not fighting with anyone or anything like that, what I am saying is that what you saw in this thread since when I posted first pictures of my 950G is kind of the small clash between theory and practice.
True but it's clear from his shots of the UC98 which are at the same angle that the 950G is considerably worse.
And this is the point that most posts are missing here. People respond like if I just posted some random overexposed pictures of 950G and made a fuss about it and based on that they make all kinds different excuses on why my posts are not accurate. While in fact I posted a direct comparison with a different display of the same type, also 3440x1440 IPS from LG, that is also two times cheaper and much older, so it has no reason to be better. I also have nothing against LG, I am actually a fan of their products, they are very good at offering some exclusive deal making features or just being the only good option. I have two LG TVs (55EG9A7V and 55B7V), LG phone (V30), LG display (34UC98) and now I bought another LG display even despite the fact that it is 50% more expensive than relatively close alternatives like AW3418DW or X34P. It is pretty obvious that I would love 950G to be great, the problem is that it just isn't. I know that after so much waiting a fail of this display would be a massive disappointment, but... what else can I say.
ugh im really getting nervous. im starting to lean towards 2560x1440 area to be honest. im tired of this ****
And what do you expect to find there? Garbage AUO's AHVA panels that have even 10 times more bleed and glow than IPS ultrawides? Or maybe TN panels? ;P
It is losing signal where 5 times less expensive 10m HDMI cable was doing perfectly for over a year. So I will have to get a different one which will take time because the market for long DP cables is obviously not very popular and it generally takes few days for the cable to be shipped.
