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This is what I want to see...
(i know its a terrible photoshop but it only took me 2 mins)
(i know its a terrible photoshop but it only took me 2 mins)
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**UK FIRST: DELL U2913WM SUPER-WIDE LED MONITOR NOW AVAILABLE!!**
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Hmm, i'm not too sure about that res? I'd probably be constanly turning my head left & right with FPS games just to see the whole screen... And i wouldn't want to sit back any further either.
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I'd like to see what prices others are going with before I would get a Dell model as Dell do tend to charge quite a lot for their Higher end Monitors
I do like it though lol
I do like it though lol
Good for FPS games that will render at those resolutionswish I had money for it.
For FPS games I would have preferred more than 21:9 height on the u2913WM, ideally 21:10 to match more expensive IPS panels, otherwise paying more for the 2560 x 1600 panels is the obvious choice if your flash for cash. Nice OcUK are under-cutting the manufacturer by £21.61
No idea when 4k will arrive for PCs but hopefully this is a sign of good things to come. Btw, the worlds first 21:9 monitor (IPS-LED) is the 29-incher LG EA93 with a response timing of 5ms and 100% sRGB colour gamut, specs here.
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If I win the Lotto this weekend Gibbo , I'll buy two of those lovely Monitors
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As much as I would like one, but with that kind of price...people can actually get 6 22" 1920 res monitor for Eyefinity 6 with 5760x2160 res (but how well AMD support their graphic cards for that is a separate question 
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Yea the borders would be annoying, but just saying...
If only these were at <£400
).Yea the borders would be annoying, but just saying...
If only these were at <£400
There's a lack of videos for the monitor because it's just been released, even those on YT are faked 2560x1080 (from 2560x1600/1440) because all they've done is adjusted the resolution config which creates a horrible barrel distortion because of the large FOV which is why it's unfair to link to them because it's not a true representation of them. Sounds to me like rjkoneill does indeed need to test one these out
The founder of WSGF is going to post reviews/videos when he gets his, and they are even talking of possibly daisy-chaining 3 of them. Come on OcUK, there a chance for a World's First!
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just out of interest ... how would this look playing blu-rays ?
Same here.
By my calculations, the visible screen height is 11.4 inches, vs the 12.7 inches of a 24" 1920x1200, so it's considerably shorter and about 1/3rd wider, 26.7" vs 20.4". It's certainly not the equivalent of dual monitor (only about 50% wider than a typical 20" 1080p monitor).
Interesting concept though, especially for movie watching since it matches the ratio perfectly.
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This is actually perfect for music production. I can fit a full size sequencer on the screen and use the other 600 pixels for the rack 
I can't afford it though
I can't afford it though
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I was about to order the 27 and now this is here... I still think the increased vertical resolution of the 27 is more useful for CAD work which is what these are aimed at, realistically. I'm running one of the 30s at the moment and I'm already struggling for realestate but these are very well priced I think.
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I'd say the image would either be stretched or have borders... I can't see it doing that great when it comes to movies. I'd also like to know if games would look stretched, or will it increase field of view if the game supports that res?
It depends.
Aren't movies generally 21:9 so they'd fill the screen.
16:9 TV shows would have black borders at the sides or the image would be stretched.
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I thought movies on a 21:9 screen would have black borders at the sides as it's wider than 16:9... What ratio are cinema screens? I don't think you will see any extra at the sides, so i think the image will be stretched to fill the screen (but i could be wrong?). Setting a 16:9 TV to 'Just Scan' or 'Full Scan' usually shows the entire image without it looking stretched (when the video is filmed for widescreen).
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It's rare for movies to be 16:9 these days.
2.35:1 (roughly 21:9) is much much more common.
For most movies, this screen would look absolutely fantastic and would have no bars at all.
TV is a different story, virtually all widescreen TV will be 16:9.
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Yep. Basically this would be absolutely killer for TV and film production and DCC in general, since we're mostly working to that kind of aspect ratio in our projects. The 30" is still king but I think this probably outshines the 27" in every way, really.
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I understand now... 21:9 should eliminate the black top & bottom bars you sometimes see when viewing movies on a 16:9 screen (i totally forgot about the top and bottom bars
).Think i'll wait for these 'super wide' screens to become a bit more mainstream as the price is a bit high for me at the moment.