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

PCM2 · 23 Feb 2015 at 19:15

Nexus18 said:
Samsung seem to be taking forever to provide review samples and then when the likes of badass and pcm2 get them, it will take a few weeks/months (?) to review them

Unfortunately so and I share the pain.

I may be able to acquire one by other means if they don't get one to me by early March.

Dashik · 23 Feb 2015 at 19:22

old gamer said:
have you checked the box, i got 2 pin and 3 pin plugs

Do you have any idea how annoying that is? When you go back and double check the box to find the plug in the bottom?......

Cheers lol

The comments re the cutting off of the phone lines still stands though.

Matson · 23 Feb 2015 at 19:57

argh which to pick lol. The dell pre order offer is crazy so cheap....the Philips 40 inch 4k very cheap too for what you get and then theres the Samsung which is the most expensive of the three...I do a lot of photography so colour reproduction has to be really good for me and the LG model I had was perfect for that especially once calibrated. Very hard to choose.

eggcup · 23 Feb 2015 at 21:00

I will never buy a dell ever again, I had 2 and they both had horrifific back light bleed.

silvagti · 23 Feb 2015 at 21:01

Yeah, that Dell pre-order deal is a cracking price. I'd probably have been tempted to take a punt on the U3415W if I'd seen it that cheap and it actually appears in stock!

Still, my Samsung is being delivered tomorrow so will post my thoughts tomorrow evening after setting it up!

eggcup said:
I will never buy a dell ever again, I had 2 and they both had horrifific back light bleed.

That was the thing that kind of put me off the Dell in favour of the Samsung. It's thread is rapidly mirroring the comments regarding similar bleed issues on the LG models. From the comments here and elsewhere people seem to be generally happier with the Samsung overall. I don't know if it's really as big a deal as some are making out but some people are obviously pretty unhappy with their Dell ultrawide monitors.

@eggcup
How did you find the Dell compared to the Samsung other than bleed. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts as someone who's used both as several others posting here are obviously trying to decide between them....!

hartgeh3 · 23 Feb 2015 at 21:25

Loving mine, only wish the stand was similar to the Dell one as the curved Sammy one takes up too much space

Matson · 23 Feb 2015 at 21:30

Seems like a lot of us are in the same situation with these ultra wide monitors. With the deal on the dell it doesn't make it a little harder to choose. If there was an IPS with no bleed then id go for that in a heartbeat but at the moment that's not likely to happen.

From what im seeing IPS = bleed and glow VA = ghosting(maybe) and not as good colours. The screen on the LG was Matte right? as it was beautiful.

skarpinis · 23 Feb 2015 at 22:24

Yes only design I don't like Samsung glossy out of box scratched regard colours I don't see any difference but black is much better.

eggcup · 23 Feb 2015 at 22:45

silvagti said:
@eggcup
How did you find the Dell compared to the Samsung other than bleed. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts as someone who's used both as several others posting here are obviously trying to decide between them....!

Sorry I guess i should have been more specific , i didn't have 2 ultra wide dells, i had 2 dells years ago lol, which put me off for life.

eggcup · 23 Feb 2015 at 22:46

Matson said:
Seems like a lot of us are in the same situation with these ultra wide monitors. With the deal on the dell it doesn't make it a little harder to choose. If there was an IPS with no bleed then id go for that in a heartbeat but at the moment that's not likely to happen.

From what im seeing IPS = bleed and glow VA = ghosting(maybe) and not as good colours. The screen on the LG was Matte right? as it was beautiful.

For the love of god, there is no ghosting! LOL! you get overshoot if you set the pixel response to anything other than standard in my experience.

Matson · 23 Feb 2015 at 22:56

Thats why I put a maybe in brackets next to it. As much as I want to believe that too many have said they have seen it for it to be none existant and theres no professional reviews anywhere that I can find that say otherwise.
I would love there not to be any and there might not be...but I can't spend over £700 on a monitor without knowing for sure.

old gamer · 23 Feb 2015 at 23:14

Matson said:
Thats why I put a maybe in brackets next to it. As much as I want to believe that too many have said they have seen it for it to be none existant and theres no professional reviews anywhere that I can find that say otherwise.
I would love there not to be any and there might not be...but I can't spend over £700 on a monitor without knowing for sure.

ive had no ghosting but your right, you should not drop over £700 on a monitor your not 100% sure about, im sure some reviews will show up soon

Legend · 23 Feb 2015 at 23:18

old gamer said:
ive had no ghosting but your right, you should not drop over £700 on a monitor your not 100% sure about, im sure some reviews will show up soon

You shouldn't drop £700 on ANYTHING you're not sure about lol! I find it quite disturbing that people are paying this for the LG models, seeing bleed and going "it's not that bad, I'll live with it". I swear sometimes technology is going backwards, and we shouldn't be OK with that!

skarpinis · 23 Feb 2015 at 23:29

Matson said:
Thats why I put a maybe in brackets next to it. As much as I want to believe that too many have said they have seen it for it to be none existant and theres no professional reviews anywhere that I can find that say otherwise.
I would love there not to be any and there might not be...but I can't spend over £700 on a monitor without knowing for sure.

You want spend £100 and be sure 100%? Why is cost 700 because very nice piece of technology lol

Matson · 23 Feb 2015 at 23:30

yeah after sending 4 lg ones back I really don't want the hassle of returning another lol so want to be sure this time. At the moment for me personally its between this and the Philips 4k but that most likely is too big and theres not really any other choices apart from the BLB ridden IPS ones.

old gamer · 23 Feb 2015 at 23:38

i had the philips on pre order but changed my mind as i thought it was just too big, but so far no regrets on the sammy apart from i jumped on to soon and payed more than todays price

eggcup · 23 Feb 2015 at 23:42

I'm not gonna lie, 4k is dead to me

dutchie · 24 Feb 2015 at 02:23

Just ordered the Sammy.

Quick question for those who have one. How low can you put the monitor with the provided stand? I need it to go as low and close to the desk as possible due to the fact I need to put it on top of my 4u desktop racks.

Matson · 24 Feb 2015 at 05:58

Gah! I hate you guys. I just ordered the Samsung lol. Was going to go for the 4k phillips because its cheaper but its just too big so it looks like the Samsung it is. Looking forward to see how it looks once I whip out my i1 display pro and calibrate this beast

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Liquid · 24 Feb 2015 at 07:49

Hey Guys,

Do any of you guys use 3ds max or something similar, does the curve cause any visual anomalies that make it worse to work with, for example.

Looks like this is the best if the super wide screens, and I couldn't have any of the others due to the insane levels of backlight glow.