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

Robbsy · 1 Aug 2014 at 17:39

Nexus18 said:
Nope not noticed any ghosting at all, monitor feels snappy/responsive for gaming

My first two had very bad back light bleed, 3rd one is a lot better, still some at the bottom left corner and a few other areas but in normal usage, it isn't that noticeable, only when you view a completely black screen.

Colours are superb even out of the box

HDMI shouldn't be used since it doesn't support any higher than 1920x1080 thus image is stretched. I use DVI-D, not had any issues.

I did a brief review covering more about the monitor, link in sig

Mine works fine with HDMI

kmetek · 1 Aug 2014 at 18:47

so no for usual gaming, surfing and PS4/PS3 ?

Nexus18 · 1 Aug 2014 at 18:56

Robbsy said:
Mine works fine with HDMI

It might work fine but it looks pretty poor compared to DVI-D/display port cable. With HDMI, you will be seeing 16:9 stretched across the display.

snips86x said:
Just set colour using the above, will see how it goes. The stock setup is quite bright and harsh on the eyes. Will see how this goes and let you know!

Cool, look forward to hearing what you think

If you keep eco mode on, you might need to increase the brightness a bit more.

I am thinking of putting my brightness down to 11% now....

snips86x · 1 Aug 2014 at 19:01

kmetek said:
so no for usual gaming, surfing and PS4/PS3 ?

This monitor?

I'd recommend if 100%

Nexus18 said:
It might work fine but it looks pretty poor compared to DVI-D/display port cable. With HDMI, you will be seeing 16:9 stretched across the display.

Cool, look forward to hearing what you think If you keep eco mode on, you might need to increase the brightness a bit more.

I am thinking of putting my brightness down to 11% now....

I'm happy with it as it is I think. I've tested BF3, BL2, Batman: AO and about to try COH2 and so far its great.

Downside - just found out my car needs £600 worth or work done to it. Injector seals need replacing which may lead to futher issues but too early to tell

Makes me think this £250 could have been spent elsewhere!!

KiiYzOo · 1 Aug 2014 at 19:56

Just found out I need more files to play blu rays in vlc

two files and I have no Internet or phone!!

My psu is a be quiet 530w I think, pretty sure my 290x tri x is at stock

KiiYzOo · 1 Aug 2014 at 21:16

I think I may have got a good model, as I can't see any backlight bleed, and I think only one corner has noticeable ips glow at the bottom right (slight blue tinge) this is at 70% brightness too

Nexus18 · 1 Aug 2014 at 21:24

Congrats on getting a good one!

snips86x · 2 Aug 2014 at 06:25

I've discovered a few issues with mine and hoping someone can help.

1 - When switching the monitor on, after powering it down, it doesn't seem to save the OSD settings you've set for brightness and colour. I'm also unable to find a profiler which is annoying also.

2 - I also use my dvd player on this monitor and it would seem the monitor doesn't switch between input methods. If I switch the DVD player on and the PC off, I have to search for the input, it won't auto detect.

It would also seem that my DVD player doesn't like my monitor, but I've got more testing to do before considering DSR.

Edit:

Shame!!! The monitor doesn't work with my DVD player so I'm going to have to send it back

Its nasty going from IPS to TN though, the colours are so washed out!!

Nexus18 · 2 Aug 2014 at 11:40

Go to control panel, colour management and make sure nothing is ticked/enabled so your screen should look like this:

Regarding DVD's:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26686350&postcount=2255

snips86x · 2 Aug 2014 at 11:56

Its not dvds through my PC, but my home cinema dvd player. I get yellow pixels flicking around the screen regardless of the HDMI cable used. I had this with my previous 22" monitor, but the 24" I've been using has been fine.

Nexus18 · 2 Aug 2014 at 12:08

Hmm strange :confused:

No idea what could be causing it.

Maybe post in the bigger thread for the 34" model, someone might be able to help there.

KiiYzOo · 2 Aug 2014 at 15:33

Why do blu rays have to be so encrypted? I can't watch either of the Lego movie or the grand Budapest hotel

snips86x · 2 Aug 2014 at 17:06

Nexus18 said:
Hmm strange No idea what could be causing it.

Maybe post in the bigger thread for the 34" model, someone might be able to help there.

KiiYzOo said:
Why do blu rays have to be so encrypted? I can't watch either of the Lego movie or the grand Budapest hotel

Apparently this is all do with copy protection and is used by studios to stop pira y. Pin 13 on the HDMI cable is supposed to exchange a handshake with a HDCP compatible device. If, for what ever reason, this isn't received, the result is a green/yellow Flickr on screen.

Apparently its possible to buy adapters which remove this HDCP signal from competitors. Anyone have or used one?

KiiYzOo · 2 Aug 2014 at 17:13

For me it's the fact that vlc won't read the disc, also the ps3 has hdcp which only certain recording devices can record over hdmi on it iirc, but I've not heard about it on other devices

snips86x · 2 Aug 2014 at 22:02

My day started off incredibly badly but after a good day out I have decided to give the monitor a second chance.

HDCP issue has been resolved by using a quality HDMI cable, which I didn't realise I had. This is now working ok.

The input detection is still a pain, but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

Nexus18 · 2 Aug 2014 at 22:11

Glad to hear you got it sorted snips!

KiiYzOo · 2 Aug 2014 at 22:58

Watching one of my favourite movies just now on my new monitor, vlc went automatically full screen with no bars

looks really good

The movie is bunraku by the way, it's a pretty colourful movie

Nexus18 · 2 Aug 2014 at 23:03

nice!

You really should give MPC a go (once set up with the guide I posted earlier), much prefer it to VLC.

Speaking of colourful movies, check out avatar! :eek:

Doesn't go full screen but you can zoom in

KiiYzOo · 2 Aug 2014 at 23:06

I will once I have Internet again, not had it for almost a month :'(

snips86x · 3 Aug 2014 at 06:52

Nexus18 said:
nice! You really should give MPC a go (once set up with the guide I posted earlier), much prefer it to VLC.

Speaking of colourful movies, check out avatar! Doesn't go full screen but you can zoom in

I've got it installed, but not tried it. Will give it a go. Abut to download Fridays Avatar episodes, so will try them.

Not a fan of the Avatar action film, think its a little poo

KiiYzOo said:
I will once I have Internet again, not had it for almost a month :'(

That sucks.

What's taking them so long?