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

Good luck on getting a good one. Mine is pretty much perfect from my 2 weeks with it. Loving the blacks aswell once calibrated right. There not OLED deep but there a huge improvement over the IPS LG I had.

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Yeh i have the x-rite a1 display pro, i tried your icc profile as well as global and didnt really enjoy their colours so i made 6 profiles and came too a decent profile using the 27 minute measurement of 1770 colour patches for each one lol

Luminance at 150 cd/m2
Brightness 43
Contrast 75
SHarpness 60
Game Mode Off
Samsung MAGIC Bright Custom
Red 34
Green 18
Blue 20
Colour Tone Custom
Gamme Mode1
Response Time Standard
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Well my S34E790C turned up today.

Pleased to report no dead pixels and backlight is very good also.

First thing I done was calibrate it with with my i1 display pro and the colours/brightness are all looking really good now.

The more I am using it the more I'm getting used to the curve. After a little while you forget its there. Kinda strange! lol

BF4 is truely awesome, really immersive experience for sure. That I am liking a lot.

Its a nice jump up from from a 27" 1440p.

I like the extra desktop area, that comes in real handy for work stuff.

So far so good.

:)
 
General consensus regarding the curved screens, how have you found adjusting to this type of monitor?

I'd also like to know what the viewing distance is like from the other side of a bedroom for example. I'm looking to replace my 27" 1440p unit with one like this but it would also be used as a TV.
 
Combat Fighter said:
Well my S34E790C turned up today.

Pleased to report no dead pixels and backlight is very good also.

First thing I done was calibrate it with with my i1 display pro and the colours/brightness are all looking really good now.

The more I am using it the more I'm getting used to the curve. After a little while you forget its there. Kinda strange! lol

BF4 is truely awesome, really immersive experience for sure. That I am liking a lot.

Its a nice jump up from from a 27" 1440p.

I like the extra desktop area, that comes in real handy for work stuff.

So far so good.

:)
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Nice to hear you got a good one. Its always a lottery with these panels but with the Samsung one its pretty amazing if you get a good one. Love mine.
 
snips86x said:
General consensus regarding the curved screens, how have you found adjusting to this type of monitor?

I'd also like to know what the viewing distance is like from the other side of a bedroom for example. I'm looking to replace my 27" 1440p unit with one like this but it would also be used as a TV.
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I had a 34 ultrawide flat before the curved Samsung and now I don't even notice the curve when im in front of it. I can clearly see it at the side but directly ahead it actually does what its supposed to and brings the sides slightly closer towards my eyes which feel nicer. I love this screen and couldn't be happier with it. 21:9 gaming is just amazing.

Prochaos...My profile probably would have looked very wrong on yours. Iv had three of these samsungs and each one had to be calibrated very differently with different settings in the end. If I was you I would do that a couple more times to try and get it even closer to 6500K. Mines at 6501K since I last calibrated it and while it wont be much of a difference from 6532 id bet you can get it even closer and even more accurate.

What I did myself was pick the largest colour patch that take 7 minutes to do. But set the RBG levels yourself on the monitor...you should be able to get them to 6500k or very close without even running the actual patch calibration and then just let the program finish it off with the patch calibration. Where your RBG colours in a straight diagonal like together at the end when you looked at the measurement graph? that's a good way of seeing how accurate the red green and blue are and if one colour deviates out then you will likely have a slight tint of that colour.
 
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Matson said:
Prochaos...My profile probably would have looked very wrong on yours. Iv had three of these samsungs and each one had to be calibrated very differently with different settings in the end. If I was you I would do that a couple more times to try and get it even closer to 6500K. Mines at 6501K since I last calibrated it and while it wont be much of a difference from 6532 id bet you can get it even closer and even more accurate.

What I did myself was pick the largest colour patch that take 7 minutes to do. But set the RBG levels yourself on the monitor...you should be able to get them to 6500k or very close without even running the actual patch calibration and then just let the program finish it off with the patch calibration. Where your RBG colours in a straight diagonal like together at the end when you looked at the measurement graph? that's a good way of seeing how accurate the red green and blue are and if one colour deviates out then you will likely have a slight tint of that colour.
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We'll I calibrated it 6 times, every time changing the rob settings myself manually, first 3 times the red colour setting wouldn't go to the centre line even ramping it up to 100 so I tried the warm 1 setting which brought the red to 43~ and the green and blue right down but that was the only way to get the 3 rgb settings on the centre line.
What exactly does the calibrated change on the monitor if I'm changing the rgb, brightness and sharpness.

Each calibration was with the maximum patches which took 27 minutes each time, using the extra 1300 patches from the Pantone manager software.

Not sure how we'll adjusted my eyes are to this current calibration but considering how much higher the red colour setting is I might see a red tint soon but so far I'm pretty pleased, I'll try another couple calibrations and see where it gets me.

What's the 160 luminance setting btw? Jumps from 120 to 160 with some words next to it, not at my pc so can't remember what it sais, using a custom 150 at the moment.
 
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hmm theres no 1300 one on mine. The largest patch set on mine takes 7 minutes which is more than enough.. more patches wont really make much of a difference so I would just stick to a smaller one. I have small medium and large on mine. Large = 462 which is more than enough.
If the red colour one won't go to the center line you need to alter the green and blue to get that to happen. Remember everytime you change one colour it will alter the other two. Make sure your X and Y axis are also correct to the recommended. You should be able to get it spot on just from small changes to the RGB colours in the menu before every running a calibration since it gives a live reading of the colour temp.
I wouldn't worry too much about luminance just manually set the brightness to the level that you want to use and that looks pleasing for you.

This is what your measurements should look like when you've finished....


As you can see the x and the y are perfectly and exactly the same as the target.
Also the red green and blue line are all pretty much perfectly diagonal which is what you want as a result. The first couple of times I calibrated the red line would deviate outwards which is what you don't want. You want all 3 as close together and diagonal as possible like in this picture.


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Took a punt on one of the b-grade panels, price was far too good to pass up.

Will arrive this afternoon, hopefully it doesn't have any glaringly obvious issues.

Cannot wait, so excited :D
 
Well, it's arrived :)

Firstly, it's massive, dwarfs my previous Dell 29".

So far so good, haven't noticed any major issues yet. I did think I had a problem with the joystick on the back not registering a "right click" but I've managed to get it to work thankfully.

Not noticed any bleed, not found any dead pixels, quick initial calibration has thrown out some decent results. Will do a proper one later once the screen has had some time to settle.

I do notice the slightest of red tints but for the price I paid I'm more than happy so far.

I'm liking the curve :)
 
So i calibrated it again, here are my new settings and results

Luminance at 160 cd/m2 (ISO 3664 condition P2)
Brightness 35
Contrast 75
SHarpness 60
Game Mode Off
Samsung MAGIC Bright Custom
Red 50
Green 38
Blue 39
Colour Tone Custom
Gamme Mode1
Response Time Standard

Its funny i have 6510 - 6518 CCT/whitepoint in the center but when calibrating i got it to 6502 spot on

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The PANTONE patches are under add "load spot colour patches" at the top of the patch set bar and then load them in via the downloaded PANTONE manger.

Also i cant use the Quality tab now for some reason, when i click on it, it comes up with "no active display was found for the display selected. please profile your display and try again" not sure a way around it, i have the profile selected on here and the pc's colour management page
 
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Yeah when you manually change the RBG values on your monitor before it does the rest of the calibration you can get it perfect and then you can end up with a worse result than what you had before you start the automated part lol.

Your RGB values are still a little off.. if you look at your RGB line graph each colour is supposed to be on top of each other and go in a straight diagonal line from the bottom left corner to the top right. Your is only really hitting that point at the end and the start and from the look of it getting more red than you ideally want. Compare it to mine above where all three colours are pretty much on top of each other and the line goes nearly perfectly diagonal. It did take me about 10 goes to get it that good though lol.
 
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Im saving up for this panel, well either this or the 21:9 1440p curved ips if it gets here within a reasonable timeframe. I just cannot live with color shifting but i wont something bigger than my current 2560x1080 29inch. What i am impressed about is the input lag and the pixel response which is pretty good for a non-TN panel and also its just a beauty to look at. I want one...like 2 months ago :)

I just tried the very best 16:9 TN could deliver and it wasnt for me. I need them colors yoo and i need that immersion from the wider 21:9 panels... :)
 
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