LG Flatron 29UM65-P (29") UltraWide Monitor Owners Thread

Clairvoyant · 18 Sep 2014 at 19:47

Gee Looks like I may have to put up with the back light.

I have no spare monitor to use. And not happy that its not onsite warranty like I thought it was.

Nexus18 · 20 Sep 2014 at 23:21

And they are back in stock at ocuk!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-109-LG&groupid=17&catid=1120

Nexus18 · 21 Sep 2014 at 22:36

Can't get over just how bright this monitor is! I have now reduced my brightness to 7, might even go down to 5 :eek:

BTW, been messing about a bit more with the UFO test site i.e. colours and the speed. Medium response time setting is actually much better than high, trailing is quite obvious on a variety of colours when the speed of the boxes are slowed down to 480 (which I feel is similar to the motion/speed of films and slower paced games), at the fastest speed, high setting is probably better though...

So my settings are now:

brightness - 7 (might put to 5)
contrast - 68
gamma 1
Red value - 48
Blue value - 51
green value - 50

MissChief · 23 Sep 2014 at 19:32

What's the difference between this one and the 29UB65-P that's also available? Only thing I can see is the higher contrast ratio but that's always been an arbitrary number and doesn't factor hugely in my decision.

Nexus18 · 23 Sep 2014 at 20:19

Looks like the UB65 has a much better stand:

- adjustable height
- portrait mode
- nicer looking stand

And perhaps a matte bottom strip? Hard to tell...

Those are the only differences I can see and of course the price.

I read the LG 34UM95 (pretty much the same panel except res., size and a few extra features) review last night and they found gamma 0 setting to be closer to 2.2 figure than the default gamma 1 setting so after a bit of tweaking, I got mine pretty much looking like cinema preset mode

So have just stuck with cinema mode now and 5% brightness!

MissChief · 23 Sep 2014 at 22:00

Nexus18 said:
Looks like the UB65 has a much better stand:

- adjustable height
- portrait mode
- nicer looking stand

And perhaps a matte bottom strip? Hard to tell...

Those are the only differences I can see and of course the price.

I read the LG 34UM95 (pretty much the same panel except res., size and a few extra features) review last night and they found gamma 0 setting to be closer to 2.2 figure than the default gamma 1 setting so after a bit of tweaking, I got mine pretty much looking like cinema preset mode So have just stuck with cinema mode now and 5% brightness!

Got a link to the review?

Nexus18 · 23 Sep 2014 at 22:11

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/lg_34um95.htm

MissChief · 24 Sep 2014 at 23:11

That's the 34" model though?

Nexus18 · 24 Sep 2014 at 23:22

I know, I said that in my post!

Apart from res., size, hardware lut and a few other features/differences, they are quite similar.

I only wanted to know what they thought of the preset modes and calibration stuff.

Nexus18 · 28 Sep 2014 at 20:51

I only just realised that I can control the exposure with my nexus 5, I had to turn HDR+ off first

So this is pretty much what my screen looks like in real life:

As opposed to this where the exposure setting is higher:

The top left is IPS glow and only noticeable in real life when you view the screen from the right side.

And with the LED back lighting turned on, the blacks look a bit better with the IPS glow being pretty much eliminated completely unless viewing from an extreme angle from the right side.

PS. keep response time setting to high, I messed with it again but with a better/more accurate test, reduces motion blur by quite a bit!

Also, for those using cinema preset mode, if you find the image a bit too dark/dull, up the gamma by one notch via nvidia/AMD control panel, so in my CCC, gamma is set to 1.05.

gunnerzz1008 · 28 Sep 2014 at 21:55

Wow. Well i'm looking to upgrade from my Acer G6 1080p. Just bought a ASUS 970. Wanted something a bit more special when it comes to a monitor. This might be the ticket. Can I justify another £250 on a student budget :/

Nexus18 · 28 Sep 2014 at 22:09

Go for it!

gunnerzz1008 · 28 Sep 2014 at 22:14

Sod it.

Who needs food anyway.

Nexus18 · 28 Sep 2014 at 23:18

MissChief · 29 Sep 2014 at 00:29

Of course you can sell your old monitor to fund some of it!

MK999 · 29 Sep 2014 at 23:11

gunnerzz1008 said:
Wow. Well i'm looking to upgrade from my Acer G6 1080p. Just bought a ASUS 970. Wanted something a bit more special when it comes to a monitor. This might be the ticket. Can I justify another £250 on a student budget :/

Just done exactly the same, except I got 2 970s... And some water blocks, and stuff to redo my loop, and a new pump, and a new turbo for the daily because that's on its way out and... No wait, the credit card is actually on fire... Guess that's it for this month.

gunnerzz1008 · 30 Sep 2014 at 10:38

Today's the day. Today's the day!!

gunnerzz1008 · 30 Sep 2014 at 10:49

MK999 said:
Just done exactly the same, except I got 2 970s... And some water blocks, and stuff to redo my loop, and a new pump, and a new turbo for the daily because that's on its way out and... No wait, the credit card is actually on fire... Guess that's it for this month.

I also bought some white braided cable extensions And some stuff for my loop too! Can't afford to add the GPU in yet though. Probably won't if its as quiet as people say.

Nexus18 · 30 Sep 2014 at 11:06

gunnerzz1008 said:
Today's the day. Today's the day!!

Be sure to post your thoughts and some pics!

gunnerzz1008 · 30 Sep 2014 at 15:23

Its here!

A few images of it on my desk. Also tried to show its colours but pictures don't do it justice.

I am only running it on HDMI atm as my new GTX 970 isn't coming until tomorrow. So have it plugged into a GTS 240...

Can't wait to see it running with games.

Haven't noticed any light bleed either, which is a bonus.

Very happy with this monitor. Will take a while to get used to it being so wide though!