Ultrawide: the future of monitors, or the multi-gpu of the monitor world?

I find the 34" & 35" 3440x1440 UW monitors are also the perfect size for both gaming & everyday desktop use

I bought my first UW 34" 3440x1440 back in 2016 and i have just upgraded it to another UW 35" 3440x1440 about a month ago :D:D:D
 
I went from a 24" not even 1080p monitor iiyama from 2012 to a 24" 1080p 144hz msi optix in 2019 then from that i upgraded again to a UW 34" iiyama G-master curved. I use them both now side by side and its great!
 
I've never really gelled with ultra-wide personally - I keep coming back to my Dell S2716DG for my main gaming uses.

I've still kept my Dell U2913WM (2560x1080) but mostly because it has very good image quality and is handy as a reference. I tried a couple of 3440x1440 34" monitors and just wasn't using them - though one was a VA panel which I could see motion blur, etc. too obviously so wasn't going to keep that anyhow.
 
I've noticed a loot of ultrawide panels are VA (presumably because they're really suitable for productivity work). IPS panels seem to go for a premium. Is anyone using a VA ultrawide that can comment on how it compares to their IPS display? I went from TN to IPS and haven't looked back, so I'm worried about making the jump to VA (although the better contrast sounds nice in theory)
 
Devrij said:
I've noticed a loot of ultrawide panels are VA (presumably because they're really suitable for productivity work). IPS panels seem to go for a premium. Is anyone using a VA ultrawide that can comment on how it compares to their IPS display? I went from TN to IPS and haven't looked back, so I'm worried about making the jump to VA (although the better contrast sounds nice in theory)
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I had a flat 3440x1440 VA. Viewing angles weren't great unless I was sitting directly in the sweet spot. It was very noticeable when I was photo editing. For gaming, it was definitely less of an issue.
 
Devrij said:
I've noticed a loot of ultrawide panels are VA (presumably because they're really suitable for productivity work). IPS panels seem to go for a premium. Is anyone using a VA ultrawide that can comment on how it compares to their IPS display? I went from TN to IPS and haven't looked back, so I'm worried about making the jump to VA (although the better contrast sounds nice in theory)
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Well all the reviews normally say, "Go IPS for productivity" so I'm not convinced people are buying VA for suitability for prod tasks. VA being worse for colour accuracy, viewing angles, any kind of motion handling.

If only there were some UWQHD IPS for less than £1000 quid tho! IPS in UW format is eye-wateringly expensive, given UW VA can be had for <£500. I'm not sure any IPS screen is worth over 200% the cost of a VA of the same format.

None of them have got HDMI 2.1 yet either. And frankly for that money they should have.
 
FoxEye said:
If only there were some UWQHD IPS for less than £1000 quid tho! IPS in UW format is eye-wateringly expensive, given UW VA can be had for <£500. I'm not sure any IPS screen is worth over 200% the cost of a VA of the same format.
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The Iiyama IPS 21:9 is under £400. Or are you after 32:9?
 
Quartz said:
The Iiyama IPS 21:9 is under £400. Or are you after 32:9?
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No, 21:9, but that Iiyama is just not a great monitor :p In general Iiyama is a brand I would avoid. And do avoid :p

You've also got some (relatively) poor IPS panels out there that perform more like VA in terms of response time (although they'll still be better for colours and viewing angles, normally). I believe when I looked at that Iiyama the response times were not great.

Generally if you're after IPS you're prepared to accept IPS glow and weak contrast, in return for better response time and not having to put up with VA smearing.

The cheaper/weaker IPS panels have the IPS glow but don't have the good response times to make IPS worth it.

Lastly, ideally in an UW you do want a bit of curve. Again imho. 16:9 I'd prefer flat; UW I'd prefer curved.

So yeah, that Iiyama is not for me heh.

But there's the problem: £400 for that Iiyama then a rather massive jump up to £1000 for the LG/Dell/Acer (etc) UW IPS.
 
eeii - second that with cavieat.
I only had a short look at some business class curved UW in real life a year ago and I liked functionality of it.
And recently bought Oddysey G7 27'' 1440p and despite not being UW I love curviture of it. My flat 27'' 4K Dell is now secondary for other desktop, TV and work laptop, But Oddysey is primary exactly because of curve - i can see everything in same distance from my eyes on edges and middle which now I can clearly see isn't the case for flat Dell - not going back to flat ones and I won't now recommend any ultrawide with flat screen anymore to anyone..

Flat ones look WEIRD !!! edges are far too far away from centre of screen :) Work on 2x 24'' 1440p Dell's at work and now I can't help myself noticing ugly flat screens
 
FoxEye said:
Well all the reviews normally say, "Go IPS for productivity" so I'm not convinced people are buying VA for suitability for prod tasks. VA being worse for colour accuracy, viewing angles, any kind of motion handling.

If only there were some UWQHD IPS for less than £1000 quid tho! IPS in UW format is eye-wateringly expensive, given UW VA can be had for <£500. I'm not sure any IPS screen is worth over 200% the cost of a VA of the same format.

None of them have got HDMI 2.1 yet either. And frankly for that money they should have.
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This is the bind for me. I'm not spending that much on a monitor, but nor do I want to spend £500 on a VA panel and find myself looking longingly at my current 27in IPS panel instead of enjoying the UW. I'd rather spend £750 on another 27in that matches/exceeds my existing one in quality.
 
Been using a dell 34" WS curved IPS bought it as soon as it came out started showing it's age now as it is only 60hz started looking a couple of months ago at 4k but just could not get used to the idea of gong back to normal monitor so went for the G9 and love it
 
I think I'm sold on 21:9. I just need to get eyes on one to see how the image quality and viewing angles compare on the VA panels, or whether I have a longer wait until next year's bonus before I make the leap to an IPS panel.
 
The Acer X34P was on offer today at a couple places for £700. If only it wasn't G-sync only, I might have pulled the trigger. It's a nice looking bit of kit, and cheaper than the LG, Dell, etc.

There is a Nitro XR343CK coming soon (available in Chinese retail only) but I fear the price is the same £1000 as all the other Nano IPS UWQHD screens.

And it still doesn't have HDMI 2.1 :p
 
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