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

old gamer · 23 Jul 2015 at 19:56

matson it might be worth trying the monitor at 2560x1080 to see if it eases your eye strain and just game at 3440x1440

drulia · 23 Jul 2015 at 20:02

Matson said:
Yeah im usually fine with gaming. Its mostly when browsing the internet and looking at anything text wise where I get eye strain.

Multiple times "Ctrl +" until you reach satisfying level.

Raumarik · 23 Jul 2015 at 21:04

drulia said:
Multiple times "Ctrl +" until you reach satisfying level.

ctrl + mousewheel ftw

snappyfish · 24 Jul 2015 at 19:00

So using display port from my mother board (GB z87 ud5h) twice when turning pc on from off the monitor does not come on? Any ideas?

FirebarUK · 24 Jul 2015 at 19:01

Just arrived, it's impressive and the uniformity is great compared to my old IPS' but my eyes are still getting used to it. Playing around with text sizing.

snappyfish · 24 Jul 2015 at 19:08

FirebarUK said:
Just arrived, it's impressive and the uniformity is great compared to my old IPS' but my eyes are still getting used to it. Playing around with text sizing.

What settings are you using?

FirebarUK · 24 Jul 2015 at 19:23

snappyfish said:
What settings are you using?

At the moment I'm on:

brightness 12
sharpness 60
contrast 100
colour custom: 42R,40G,50B
gamma mode1

Display all item size is one notch up from "Smaller" in display settings.

Matson · 24 Jul 2015 at 20:21

drulia said:
Multiple times "Ctrl +" until you reach satisfying level.

Lol iv done that. Its nothing to do with the text size its the screen type that just hurts my eyes after a while. Iv tried everything but this VA screen just doesn't agree with my eyes and it feels like its not sharp enough so its most likely back to IPS as soon as a screen that I want comes available as I had no issues at all with the LG one I had.
Its hard to say exactly what it is that's causing it as I have no strain at all with any other panel type I have in my house but with this screen I do. Im sure it was mentioned in the review there was a lack of sharpness compared to the other 3440x1440 screens with the way the pixels were organized on this screen.

This is what I mean from the review..

"The monitor uses RGB (Red, Green and Blue) stripe subpixels as shown in the top image above. These are a little squatter than the subpixels used on LG’s AH-IPS panels, shown on the U3415W in the second picture. This may be a contributing factor to the slightly softer appearance of the image on the Samsung compared to the Dell. This is not correctable by adjusting sharpness on the monitor and does appear to be a pixel structure issue"

PCM2 · 24 Jul 2015 at 20:23

Matson said:
Lol iv done that. Its nothing to do with the text site its the screen type that just hurts my eyes after a while. Iv tried everything but this VA screen just doesn't agree with my eyes so its most likely back to IPS as soon as a screen that I want comes available.

It'll be the 'off' sharpness getting to you.

akua · 25 Jul 2015 at 19:30

Fantastic price but this is a very good quality

SlapEd · 26 Jul 2015 at 10:56

Mine arrived Friday after biting the bullet thursday morning , loving the size of this thing and ff14/witcher 3 look amazing will post a few piccys later .
I have one problem the little joystick on the rear wont click right only up/left/down and enter so i can adjust color settings and other bits via the monitor .
Ive adjusted it using n videa control panel and i am really liking the picture ive got , is it worth an RMA as i dont wont to get a screen returned with the other defects mine doesnt have and the 14 day turnaround is a nightmare ? decisions decisions lol .

Coolasmoo · 26 Jul 2015 at 11:32

My right input is not as smooth as the other inputs.

It will move but does take a bit of fiddling

AshRolls · 27 Jul 2015 at 09:31

SlapEd said:
I have one problem the little joystick on the rear wont click right only up/left/down and enter so i can adjust color settings and other bits via the monitor .

Mine also had a problem with the joystick, only 'right' would work when I first received it. I was getting very frustrated and thought I would have to return it.

In the end I noticed that a piece of circular plastic around the joystick wasn't flush. I put a LOT (a scary amount) of force onto it, and it popped into place correctly. After that the joystick worked flawlessly.

Follow this advice at your own risk, I felt like I could have easily damaged the panel.

SlapEd · 27 Jul 2015 at 10:30

Nice one Ash just had a look at mine (didnt think to look as i had it all set up in place doh!!) and it is indeed not flush where the right click should be . Oh well here goes nothing lol .

Coolasmoo · 27 Jul 2015 at 18:56

Mine too

Thats poor QC right there lol

snappyfish · 27 Jul 2015 at 19:56

My joystick is perfect. I'm extremely happy with it so far 36 hours in..I got mine for £569.82

Con Man · 27 Jul 2015 at 20:07

snappyfish said:
My joystick is perfect. I'm extremely happy with it so far 36 hours in..I got mine for £569.82

Was that A grade or B? Lucky you! I'll have to have a Google to see where that price is from

snappyfish · 27 Jul 2015 at 20:29

Con Man said:
Was that A grade or B? Lucky you! I'll have to have a Google to see where that price is from

Was from amazon, on the prime day 15% off warehouse items which was already a good price.

I actually ordered a warehouse item with damaged box but otherwise new, after I ordered it I checked and I stupidly added the wrong one to my basket - It stated " scratched around 1 - 2 inches on bezel.

I quickly jumped on live chat the next day before despatch and said please cancel it and would you honour the discount from prime day and whoever I spoke to said yes

So I added a new one to the basket and he adjusted the invoice and it sits here on my desk now! I normally buy a lot of stuff here at oc but this could not be refused.

FirebarUK · 28 Jul 2015 at 11:07

snappyfish said:
Was from amazon, on the prime day 15% off warehouse items which was already a good price.

I actually ordered a warehouse item with damaged box but otherwise new, after I ordered it I checked and I stupidly added the wrong one to my basket - It stated " scratched around 1 - 2 inches on bezel.

I quickly jumped on live chat the next day before despatch and said please cancel it and would you honour the discount from prime day and whoever I spoke to said yes

So I added a new one to the basket and he adjusted the invoice and it sits here on my desk now! I normally buy a lot of stuff here at oc but this could not be refused.

Did something similar with mine, £530 for a very very minor chip on the bezel side.

snappyfish · 28 Jul 2015 at 11:11

FirebarUK said:
Did something similar with mine, £530 for a very very minor chip on the bezel side.

Good price! What card are you all using for this monitor?