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

Glad all seems to be good so far .. and might be looking to order one for my self soon ..pics do look good. Do you have a calibrator ? If so did the screen need the settings changed much ?
 
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Glad all seems to be good so far .. and might be looking to order one for my self soon ..pics do look good. Do you have a calibrator ? If so did the screen need the settings changed much ?
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No I don't have a calibrator, and yes I did change the settings a little.

Turned the brightness down from 90 to 55, contrast up to 85 from 75, sharpness up from 60 to 64, colour gamma from Mode1 to Mode3. Errrr, that's it from memory? :confused:
 
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OK, here goes...

Build quality is significantly better than the LG and every bit as good as my old Dell 2407WFP (had my 3407WFP for 7yrs).
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I've had my Dell 2407WFP for 9 years now, like you that's what I'm replacing. The only negative I can see might be the reflective bezel, does it bug you?

Those pictures make it look REALLY curvy :eek:
 
The only thing that would put me off is the curve. I just really dislike curved screens lol and looking at those pictures I can easily see the curve which to me makes it look like the screen is warped.
I personally just think it looks much better when its flat against the wall or just flat in general.
 
@Adam608 - thanks for the great review in superfast time :) I'm in the same boat: my second LG has just been picked up on a RMA and I've been wondering (nay, panicking) if I ought to stump up the extra £170 for the Samsung.

Put it this way - I'm pretty sure if I get sent a third replacement, it'll have the same appalling bleed/glow issues as before. I'm envious of the people who have received 'good' units.

Your review has put me at ease, but if I may, can I ask you a few questions:

1. The sharpness of text has been criticized - what's your view on it??

2. Still not sure about curved monitors (never sat in front of one); also I sometimes slouch off to the left on my big desk (ok - I know) making me view off center. From this slobby angle I'm worried that text at the edges will look a bit skewed - would that be the case in your opinion?
 
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I see curved more then another screens 3000R
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Yes, the curve on the LG panel in the LG/Dell models is 3800R so if my maths is good this makes the Samsung about 25% more curved.


SaL<XXX said:
@Adam608 - thanks for the great review in superfast time :) I'm in the same boat: my second LG has just been picked up on a RMA and I've been wondering (nay, panicking) if I ought to stump up the extra £170 for the Samsung.

Put it this way - I'm pretty sure if I get sent a third replacement, it'll have the same appalling bleed/glow issues as before. I'm envious of the people who have received 'good' units.

You review has put me at ease, but if I may, can I ask you a few questions:

1. The sharpness of text has been criticized - what's your view on it??

2. Still not sure about curved monitors (never sat in front of one); also I sometimes slouch off to the left on my big desk (ok - I know) making me view off center. From this slobby angle I'm worried that text at the edges will look a bit skewed - would that be the case in your opinion?
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I believe we all have different personal thresholds for things such as what is acceptable bleed, sharpness, lag etc... I personally found the bleed on the two LGs unacceptable and I was annoyed by it every time I used them, so I called it a day at 2 in the belief as you, that a 3rd would have been the same to me. Other people find it acceptable, but I don't think they are lucky and get a "good" unit, I suspect they just have a higher tolerance for it, and instead get annoyed by something else maybe. So most opinions (unless based on technical measurements) are just personal and subjective.

So to answer you questions:

1) I can see no problems whatsoever with the sharpness of text as I sit here reading / writing this everything is razor sharp - but then that's just my opinion!

2) Funnily enough as I was reading your post I found myself slouched off to the left in my chair making me view it off centre. :p I can confirm that the text is totally readable on both sides and does not appear skewed on the far edge. I'm pretty sure the curve is a good thing for reading clarity/eye strain when you are either on or off centre. Even when you are sat to one side the curve still means that the far side is still facing in towards you a little more than it would be with a flat monitor, thus it must be easier to read. I sit pretty close to my screen (only 20"-24" away) as my desk is quite shallow so a 34" 21:9 screen presents a huge field of view in front of my face. Whilst the effect of the curve is largely unnoticeable most of the time, thinking back on the flat LG I did sometimes feel like I had to twist my head to see the edges of the screen, whereas with the curved screen I am not feeling that way. Again rather subjective and we should bear in mind that this screen has taken almost 8 weeks to arrive since I sent back the last LG, so...
 
@Adam608 - thanks for the kind reply. Very good point on the 'what people find acceptable' thing so therefore: "mine's is great; nothing to see here"... my guess it may be confirmation bias, but who knows. All I know is that every damn photo I've seen of the LG has been of that excessive bleed/glow which would do my head in if I kept it. Stunning monitor otherwise.

I've just fired off an email to RMA Support at Overclockers stating my wish to 'upgrade' to the Samsung and I do not think for one second that it'll be a disappointment in any way, especially after reading your quick review. I do understand that you may find some things about it over the next few weeks that you didn't pick up on due to time constraints, but you did a great job. For me.. the glow just has to go :)

Thanks again.
 
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Thanks for the reviews and pics Adam.

After a little research i found another review comparing the Dell U3415W to the samsung LS34E790C which was really helpful and informative, not sure if im allowed to say but its 2nd top comment on the reviews of the LS34E790C on another retailer, the user uploaded a couple images comparing the 2 as well which was really helpful.

Delete this post if you have to just thought this would help people out a lot

Decided to just copy the entire post instead of risking linking competitors

Credit goes to the user 3D for his review.

I literally have both the Samsung S34E790C and Dell U3415W in my house at this moment. I have compared them side-by-side multiple times and I'm flat out shocked at the reviews others are giving this monitor. I have had both monitors for a week and had time to use both of them for 3+ days each and have done literal side-by-side comparisons using the same source. I have calibrated both monitors, run static image tests, gaming tests, brightness, contrast, sharpness over and over and I completely don't understand the reviews this monitor is getting. I'm guessing people just plug in the monitor and assume it's good to go without any calibration at all. Come on people. For me the Samsung was the clear winner. The Dell seemed like a far inferior monitor compared side-by-side. (Now just as a general disclaimer I am not a Samsung fanboy. I am a TECHNOLOGY fanboy. I go with whatever is the best technology at the time. I could really care less who the manufacturer is. If it's better I want it.) The Dell seems to have a refresh rate that was noticeable. It gave me a slight headache using the monitor for several days and the text also appeared blurry to me at times. I actually noticed this on the Dell the second I first turned it on. There are definitely some colors that the Dell does better but I felt there are also others the Samsung does better. Gaming, it was not even close. The Samsung is crisp and very responsive. Both monitors were set at their highest available response settings for the gaming test. Toggling the DPI on my Logitech to a very high setting and then moving the mouse back and forth very quickly you can't really perceive anything noticeable on the Samsung just crisp, responsive movement. For the Dell it struggles to respond fast enough to very fast action. The game I used for testing was Metro 2033 with 3440 x 1440 resolution. The Dell's very noticeable IPS glow was very distracting during dark scenes and as mentioned was sluggishly slow during fast action scenes. The Dell's adjustment interface and speakers are both better than the Samsung but after the monitor is calibrated I rarely use the adjustment interface on the monitor and I use headphones not monitor speakers so I'd never use that as a knock against the Samsung. For me as a gamer, productivity user and non designer the Samsung blows the Dell away.

I've uploaded 5 test images images - 2 side-by-side black and 2 side-by-side static color images for comparison and 1 image closeup of the lower right side of the Samsung.

Here are the links:

samsung black

- http://oi60.tinypic.com/72aww8.jpg

dell black

- http://oi57.tinypic.com/6egrnq.jpg

samsung color

- http://oi58.tinypic.com/jg7915.jpg

dell color

- http://oi60.tinypic.com/25koh3c.jpg

lower right side on samsung (unfortunately for this image I only have the Samsung as the Dell is all packaged up and ready to ship back - but look at how gorgeous the color is on the Samsung here, again, yes, it got washed out a bit on upload and during compression but that is how that water should look if you've ever seen anything like that in person)

- http://oi59.tinypic.com/2ey9a3m.jpg

For the black images let your eyes adjust and view in a dark room. The bad IPS glow will become apparent on the Dell after you let your eyes adjust. For the static color images, unfortunately after the images were compressed down after upload a lot of color and definition seems to have been lost but if you look down in the bottom right of the photo where the boat is on top of the lighter colored water. Having traveled to many places with water like this so I know exactly how it's supposed to look the Samsung's representation of that lighter colored blue/green is much more accurate than the Dell's. (image is included above) The noticeable differences I will point you to are on the mountain in the back middle/right, (The Samsung appears to be more brown/reddish), the trees and grass on the mountain on the left just up from center (the Dell is more green), the water in the lower right (the Samsung is more turquoise, the Dell is greener).

And for the record I calibrated both monitors with a spyder4pro before doing my comparisons. I didn't push a few buttons, "oh, the color looks bad" then send the monitor back and blame the product. Why do I have a spyder4pro if I'm not a designer? I borrowed one from a friend who is a designer and I liked it so much I ordered one for myself.

The Dell does come looking a lot better from the factory than the Samsung. The factory color setting of the Samsung does require some major adjustments. But it's irresponsible to not do any work to calibrate the monitor then blame the product as being bad.

The graphics card(s) I am using to test these images - Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 x 2 (SLI). (yes, absolutely monstrous, 100 FPS is not uncommon on some games)

1 star off for price because it's not cheap.
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@Prochaos - yeah a favourable review indeed (edit: thanks for the update). Regarding calibrating - most factory settings are terrible - the LG came out of the box practically perfect for me, but the Samsung looks like it'll require some work which isn't new.

From what I've heard, IPS really hasn't moved on in recent years whereas VA is coming up with the goods now.

@Adam - that VESA indent... I'll have to think of something for my wall mounted arm. Filling the mounting bracket could be done - but maybe using stand off washers might do it, but that'd perhaps put to much pressure on the fixings.
 
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Just so you guys know, Samsung are expecting some review samples of this model fairly shortly. I will be reviewing it ASAP and will of course do my best to provide some decent 'test settings' which involve nothing more than OSD adjustments. I know Samsung models like this can often look quite poor from the factory and require a bit of tweaking, but it sounds like Adam is happy with it and has patiently made adjustments so that's great. :)
 
Well thats the issue with me at the moment, after returning 2 34uc87's ive in a bit of a predicament on what to purchase next and of course it has to be an ultrwide which doesn't give me much on the playing field. My no.1 issue like most others is bleed and even minimal bleed became such a distraction and not worth the price the monitor came with, so i guess that rules out the dell as well which only leaves the samsung.
I was going to wait for a new freesync ultrawide to replace my 34uc87 but seeing as its resolution on a 34" is 2560x1080 im not sure how it will look or if its the right choice and lets not forget its lg as well so not promises on the bleed.

Just hope some reviews for the samsung come out soon :)
 
Adam608; Yes, the curve on the LG panel in the LG/Dell models is 3800R so if my maths is good this makes the Samsung about 25% more curved.



Thanks, where you live need come and look in person :) I hate buy something when you can't see what you buying :(
 
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