Samsung LS34E790C - Curved 34" 21:9 super-wide

Well DPD are coming to pick mine up tomorrow, should hopefully get a replacement soonish. Can't believe I was so unlucky as to get a faulty one. Everything bar that band that covered the span of the screen was perfect :'(

But definitely glad I held out for the Samsung, no bleed whatsoever and the text was sharp don't understand where that review was coming from. I do recommend fiddling with the colour settings, mine seemed a bit on the warmish side out of the box.
 
Question for you guys - might be directly related to this monitor or could be an issue across all monitors that I'm not aware of.

My desktop completely resets when this monitor either goes to sleep or turns off - window positions reset, icons reset, ...

Is this an issue with the monitor? Never had this before - suspect it may be a Display Port issue from a quick Google? I've only ever used HDMI and DVI-D connections before this one.

I bought the monitor to help with work and this is incredibly counter productive. It's driving me insane already! Lovely monitor though - completely solid. The stand is almost too big for my desk so I'm considering my options :(
 
SaL<XXX said:
On the brink of ordering one of these. Could anybody please tell me what Overclocker's return policy is on dead pixels?
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Please remember that if you return a non-faulty item you may not get a full refund.

A certain number of pixel faults can be within specification for a monitor so it may not be classed as faulty.

eggcup said:
Just return under DSR
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CCR - The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
 
dead pixels or not. You always have a certain amount of time to return it even if you just plain don't like it so I wouldn't worry.
 
Thanks for the info guys.

Saw this post from the 34" Dell thread here:

Dell
+ faster response time
+ less issues with motion blur
+ awesome colour reproduction

- IPS glow
- backlight bleed, depending on your luck


Samsung
+ better blacks
+ better contrast

- worse response times
- not able to reproduce as many colours, which leads to
- ghosting issues, between 2 close shades of the same colour
- more motion blur
- worse viewing angles
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Also some guy on YouTube wasn't happy with the ghosting on his Samsung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKF58X8mxs#t=15
Also this: http://www.overclock.net/t/1514141/...e790c-curved-34-21-9-ultrawide-va-monitor/220

Any comments on this?
 
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SaL<XXX said:
Also some guy on YouTube wasn't happy with the ghosting on his Samsung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKF58X8mxs#t=15
Also this: http://www.overclock.net/t/1514141/...e790c-curved-34-21-9-ultrawide-va-monitor/220

Any comments on this?
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The problem is neither IPS or VA are perfect... they both have their issues, and it's entirely possible someone could find fault with both and never attain monitor nirvana. But this is the state of the technology unfortunately. However, with several high refresh IPS monitors in the pipeline, that could be changing. They absolutely need to sort the bleed/glow issues out though, because outside of that I personally think IPS offers more advantages.
 
Well from the limited time I had with it, response times seemed pretty excellent, it's on the faster setting by default. Can't really comment much on ghosting as the only game I could play at the time was League of Legends, but I'll do more thorough testing once I get my replacement unit.

In depth review here though in Korean unfortunately : http://www.playwares.com/xe/45693531
 
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Matson said:
dead pixels or not. You always have a certain amount of time to return it even if you just plain don't like it so I wouldn't worry.
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You do have to worry about it. The new CCR means OcUK can give you a partial refund - which I'm almost certain they will if you return it without reason via CCR (new DSR)

From the OcUK site:

You are liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods. For example, if it goes beyond the sort of handling that might reasonably be allowed in a shop. We will deduct this amount from the value of the refund.
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So if you open it, breaking the seal, they cannot sell it as new and you'll be charged for it.
 
RichIbizaSport said:
You do have to worry about it. The new CCR means OcUK can give you a partial refund - which I'm almost certain they will if you return it without reason via CCR (new DSR)

From the OcUK site:

So if you open it, breaking the seal, they cannot sell it as new and you'll be charged for it.
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That is categorically not true, and the CCR regs are quite clear on this. Nowhere does it state that you cannot open something... on the contrary. But if it's been used beyond what is deemed acceptable (i.e how you would test it in a shop before buying), then yes you could be given a partial refund. You'd have to be pretty careless though, and I have not heard of that happening for anyone with OCUK. Their CS is usually top notch, so I would not worry. It is your legal right to return a product within 14 days, and you do not have to give a reason. No one should feel that they will be penalised for doing so. The only cost will be postage.

How exactly are you supposed to "establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods" if you can't open them lol?!
 
Legend said:
That is categorically not true, and the CCR regs are quite clear on this. Nowhere does it state that you cannot open something... on the contrary. But if it's been used beyond what is deemed acceptable (i.e how you would test it in a shop before buying), then yes you could be given a partial refund. You'd have to be pretty careless though, and I have not heard of that happening for anyone with OCUK. Their CS is usually top notch, so I would not worry. It is your legal right to return a product within 14 days, and you do not have to give a reason. No one should feel that they will be penalised for doing so. The only cost will be postage.

How exactly are you supposed to "establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods" if you can't open them lol?!
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I agree, I never buy online if I cant return no make any sense.
 
I don't think that you can argue that taking a monitor out and putting a rendered image on it is any more than you would expect if you were in a shop buying the product 1st hand and certainly less than "usage" beyond an acceptable amount.
 
Global_Inferno said:
I don't think that you can argue that taking a monitor out and putting a rendered image on it is any more than you would expect if you were in a shop buying the product 1st hand and certainly less than "usage" beyond an acceptable amount.
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Absolutely. And if OCUK or anyone tried to penalise you for that, it would be a blatant breach of your consumer rights. As I say though, I've never heard of this happening. You'd have to be very careless with it, damage it somehow, lose a cable/manual, or wreck the box or something. Personally, whenever I buy ANYTHING I always open it carefully, keep it all intact with the view I might have to return. I never even take that plastic stuff they put on lots of electronic things until I'm sure I'm keeping it, just in case.
 
I think the fundamental problem we seem to have at the moment is there's a whole bunch of us who would like to buy a 34" curved screen but they all seem to have some "faults" to a greater or lesser degree. The fact the manufacturers are happy to say they are not a fault is kinda neither here nor there for me if I'm spending £800 on a monitor.

"Yes sir, I understand you just bought this brand new £20k car and the drivers window keeps opening when you drive, however we have a standard that says 1 dodgy window out of 4 is an acceptable tolerance and not a fault..." :)

With no easy way to get a screen pre checked it's pot luck if you get a good monitor or a pants one - retailers try to dodge the CCR regs then frankly I'm just not going to buy it and take the risk in the first place. As an aside for a £800 monitor I'd happily pay and extra £50 to have it pre checked for dead/bright pixels and backlight bleed *hint, hint Gibbo ;) *

£200 on a monitor and yes, I can rationalise taking a bit of a risk, £800 on a high end expensive piece of kit - no chance, sorry which is a shame as I would buy one tomorrow if I could be sure it wasn't going to have these problems :(
 
@eggcup: Or put the link into Google in any other browser and you'll get the option to translate.

So at this point I'm holding off on the Samsung because of ghosting issues that some users have experienced. However, the image quality and poor out of the box settings have been addressed, so it all looks good otherwise (bar the price).
 
SaL<XXX said:
@eggcup: Or put the link into Google in any other browser and you'll get the option to translate.

So at this point I'm holding off on the Samsung because of ghosting issues that some users have experienced. However, the image quality and poor out of the box settings have been addressed, so it all looks good otherwise (bar the price).
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could the ghosting be down to lack off GPU grunt!

ie Graphics cards not being up to it !
 
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