LG to Introduce 34-inch IPS 21:9 UltraWide (Model UM95) monitor

D3lirious · 15 Mar 2014 at 00:01

Seems a strange resolution for 21:9 with different PPI horizontal vs vertical... are they using rectangular pixels?

PCM2 · 15 Mar 2014 at 08:17

I'm not sure I follow. How can it be a strange resolution 'for 21:9'. The fact is, it is 21:9 and therefore the ratio of horizontal to vertical pixels is exactly the same as on every other 21:9 monitor. 3440 x 1440 pixels and a screen that is extremely wide comparative to its height.

D3lirious · 15 Mar 2014 at 10:06

What I mean is, the ratio 21:9 does not equal the ratio 3840:1440

PCM2 · 15 Mar 2014 at 11:03

Good typo from me there. The resolution is 3440 x 1440 not 3840 x 1440. The ratio is actually 21.5:9 so some dodgy Korean rounding makes that 21:9

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JediFragger · 20 Mar 2014 at 18:57

Well have seen the UM65-P model floating around for roughly £550 on preorder, not too bad if you don't want your gfx card/s hammering

Be some nice real estate too, think I'm still gonna give it a few months for the competition to catch up

Too Tall · 20 Mar 2014 at 20:50

Seen the 34UM95 on pre order for around £800 delivered.

Dom86 · 24 Mar 2014 at 08:29

I've seen it for £850 to buy which to me isn't that bad in all honesty, especially considering the size and res.

andybird123 · 24 Mar 2014 at 09:08

The only place ive seen it for sale is from South Korea, so import taxes on top it would be north of £1k which would be a deal breaker for me... If it pops up at £850 UK price I will get one if it's available before the Asus gsync one

wunkley · 7 Apr 2014 at 09:49

Now listed on U.S. 'Rainforest' site at $1499 and a release date of 28th April!

james.miller · 7 Apr 2014 at 11:05

wunkley said:
Now listed on U.S. 'Rainforest' site at $1499 and a release date of 28th April!

gulp..

wunkley · 7 Apr 2014 at 11:53

james.miller said:
gulp..

Indeed. As a current owner of the Dell 29" 21:9 superwide (2560x1080), I'm really interested in this new line. 21:9 is brilliant for gaming, but for desktop stuff I really am craving a bit more vertical height, and 1440 is a much nicer figure.

4k screens are just too much strain on current GPU's but I reckon my Ti's should be able to handle this badboy at 3440x1440.

4k screens: 3840x2160 = 8,294400 pixels to push around

34" super wides: 3440 x 1440 = 4,953600 pixels to push around

I'm predicting an £899 price release in the UK, but then prices will come down. I think I'll wait to see what happens. Lots of exciting monitor stuff happening with these, 4k and gsync...

HEADRAT · 7 Apr 2014 at 12:10

I don't think $1499 is the RRP, I think there is a little "gouging" going on

wunkley · 7 Apr 2014 at 12:17

HEADRAT said:
I don't think $1499 is the RRP, I think there is a little "gouging" going on

You're probably right.
Actually maybe they won't release as expensive as I thought. You can buy my Dell 29" for about £350. Can't see them being more than double the cost of the current 2560x1080 range?

andybird123 · 7 Apr 2014 at 12:21

HEADRAT said:
I don't think $1499 is the RRP, I think there is a little "gouging" going on

Yeah, it isnt being sold by them, there arent any genuine UK or US sellers listing it yet

JediFragger · 7 Apr 2014 at 22:19

I've decided to give it 6 months or so. let the prices level out as they have with the current line (more competition etc). Not like I'm slumming it with a HP ZR30w on the go

HEADRAT · 11 Apr 2014 at 11:11

New page from LG:-

http://www.lg.com/uk/ultrawide/UM95...ectronics_01&gclid=CKe0xIbesr0CFa-WtAodf2oAGg

HEADRAT

mrk · 11 Apr 2014 at 11:13

8 bit panel, 1440p vertical. That's more like what I want

I'l be definitely looking to get one of those if the price is reasonable. Will sell both 24 and 27" Dells for it.

Edit*
Oh it's 10bit, hmm...

HEADRAT · 11 Apr 2014 at 11:18

10 bit panel isn't it?

I think I will retire my 3 x Dell 2407FPWs for one of these.

mrk · 11 Apr 2014 at 11:20

Yeah just noticed I read it wrong. Still, if the colour accuracy is good as they claim then it should be better in sRGB applications than current monitors emulating sRGB I suppose.

This would look amazing on my Ergotron MX.

wunkley · 11 Apr 2014 at 11:22

HEADRAT said:
New page from LG:-

http://www.lg.com/uk/ultrawide/UM95...ectronics_01&gclid=CKe0xIbesr0CFa-WtAodf2oAGg

HEADRAT

Ooh mamma. Almost convinced myself yesterday I didn't want to upgrade to this. ****.

The only thing holding me back is Gsync. This size panel, ips, the fact it's 10 bit for photo work, if they had one with gsync it would be THE perfect monitor for me.

Edit - look ing on the specs page it's 8bit + FRC, so not true 10 bit. I'm no expert on this though and what it all means but with my scant knowledge, for many I see that as probably an actual advantage.