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

Being asus, it will probably have bad QC issues and then you are stuck with their poor CS so I would avoid :p None of these 34" IPS/VA 60-75HZ screens are worth more than £800 max imo.

PCM2 said:
I haven't tested the 29UM65 but that is odd. DisplayPort and HDMI on that sort of monitor shouldn't offer such a discrepancy. Were you using Firefox out of interest? And regardless of the connection used the gradient looks nothing like that on the Samsung, as noted in my review.
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Yup, no idea why that is, I asked badass in this thread but he wasn't 100% sure about what was causing it:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17772691&page=3

can only think it's something related to gamma curves with perhaps some difference in presets from different interfaces on the monitor
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I tried it with both firefox and chrome, even on my desktop wallpapers I could notice it.
 
My Settings

Brightness 18
Contrast 75
Sharpness 60
Game Mode Off

R = 50
G = 43
B = 48

Gamma Mode 3

ICC profiled with a ColorMunki + DispcalGUI and Argyll

I have not noticed any banding in games but will try the Witcher & Project cars later to confirm
 
Nexus18 said:
Yeah I love those wallpapers, all of them are from interfacelift.
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I run /r/widescreenwallpapers - and they are most certainly not lifted from Interfacelift :)

New review of the Samsung here: http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-s34e790c-review. I have to take issue with this though: "Despite that, Samsung’s factory settings are pretty spot on" (!!!) -- unless something's changed of course.
 
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SaL<XXX said:
I run /r/widescreenwallpapers - and they are most certainly not lifted from Interfacelift :)

New review of the Samsung here: http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-s34e790c-review. I have to take issue with this though: "Despite that, Samsung’s factory settings are pretty spot on" (!!!) -- unless something's changed of course.
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Mine arrived a few days ago and the factory settings were horrible out of the box.

I'm quite fond of my wallpaper, looks stunning...

OSLBwib.jpg
 
SaL<XXX said:
@nexus - plurp to you too ;)

Spotted this nice comparison of normal and wide: https://imgur.com/a/M0LQ8?gallery. A lot of people actually think you're getting a letterboxed version of a 16:9 screen (with 21:9) believe it or not.
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In the review they state a con as "heavy" does that really matter? Do people carry this monitor place to place?

Surely heavy means good solid construction.
 
So I have this monitor sat on the desk never seen it fired up yet as motherboard being fixed under warranty, should be back tomorrow... kinda excited or will I have issues??
 
snappyfish said:
In the review they state a con as "heavy" does that really matter? Do people carry this monitor place to place?

Surely heavy means good solid construction.
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i thought most of the weight was in the stand untill i removed it for a ergotron mx arm and was quite supprised how light the stand was, the monitor itself is quite a lump and i had a bit of fun mounting it on the arm by myself
 
SaL<XXX said:
I run /r/widescreenwallpapers - and they are most certainly not lifted from Interfacelift :)

New review of the Samsung here: http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-s34e790c-review. I have to take issue with this though: "Despite that, Samsung’s factory settings are pretty spot on" (!!!) -- unless something's changed of course.
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of course there colours were spot on the one they reviewed it was ips and not like everyone else with a va, trusted reviews should be anything but trusted I think
 
Just ordered an ex-demo one of these. Looking to replace some bulky and cumbersome HP ZR24W's in surround with something simpler and more elegant. In doing some research I had a very hard time making my mind up when it came to current offerings (this, the Dell, the LG).

Looks like I'll have some calibration to do when I get it ;)

Perhaps the thing I'm most concerned about is eye strain. I don't get anything like that with my current monitors (brightness turned down a fair whack and contrast up).
 
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The eye strain on mine is the only thing that annoys me. Its beautiful otherwise.
The only thing I can do with mine now though is keep it or sell it and its such a beautiful monitor I don't really want to sell it but the constant eyestrain is annoying me. I know its not my eyes because I have great vision and on IPS and my LED TV and phone I get no strain at all. Its only on this screen which I believe is down to the VA panel or this panel in particular.
 
Matson said:
The eye strain on mine is the only thing that annoys me. Its beautiful otherwise.
The only thing I can do with mine now though is keep it or sell it and its such a beautiful monitor I don't really want to sell it but the constant eyestrain is annoying me. I know its not my eyes because I have great vision and on IPS and my LED TV and phone I get no strain at all. Its only on this screen which I believe is down to the VA panel or this panel in particular.
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Just what I wanted to hear ;) Is this something which gives you immediate discomfort or are we talking about prolonged periods?
 
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