Yeah, never again a VA panel in this wide format. Bought one of the last gen 34-inch models and the contrast dropoff inherent in this tech makes it almost impossible to position your head in a spot where you don’t have a massive gradient in any grayscale material. 34 inches is just to wide for this not to be an issue. Agressive curvature mitigates this to a certain degree, as it keeps your viewing angle more consistent across the display surface, but not nearly enough. Stay away from this if your doing even the slightest bit of design or color sensitive work or if you are just sensitive to contrast shifts in general.
IPS displays are much more compelling for these wide formats.
Or color sensitive work. But the Samsung CF791 was different from the others and a fantastic monitor. Not sure what model the op was using that was so bad.
It was the CF791. I know everyone’s experience and sensitivity to this VA quirk might differ, but coming from two LG34:s and then the samsung, the difference to me was substantial. I returned the CF791 and got a 34uc97 instead. Much happier with that monitor. For anyone looking to buy one of these monitors, I would highly suggest looking at one of these in person, or at least any VA panel in general, to judge if you can live with it. To me it was a dealbreaker. Back to IPS it was.
Been wanting to ask this for awhile.......when it comes to FreeSync and G-Sync why are the sync ranges so small typically? Is there some inherent limitation in the tech? Is it that difficult to implement? Is it purely a cost thing? Panel limitations limiting range?
AIUI, QLED isn't a backlight technology.. these are LED-backlights with VA LCD panels and the Quantum Dots are a special surface which give wider colour gamut and viewing angles.
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Tyler_Durden_83 - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Asus RoG STRIX?PeachNCream - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Looks like a copy+paste omission.MarcusMo - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Yeah, never again a VA panel in this wide format. Bought one of the last gen 34-inch models and the contrast dropoff inherent in this tech makes it almost impossible to position your head in a spot where you don’t have a massive gradient in any grayscale material. 34 inches is just to wide for this not to be an issue. Agressive curvature mitigates this to a certain degree, as it keeps your viewing angle more consistent across the display surface, but not nearly enough. Stay away from this if your doing even the slightest bit of design or color sensitive work or if you are just sensitive to contrast shifts in general.IPS displays are much more compelling for these wide formats.
imaheadcase - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Well if you are doing content based work you wouldn't get a curved anyway..so..yah.Dug - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Or color sensitive work. But the Samsung CF791 was different from the others and a fantastic monitor. Not sure what model the op was using that was so bad.MarcusMo - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
It was the CF791. I know everyone’s experience and sensitivity to this VA quirk might differ, but coming from two LG34:s and then the samsung, the difference to me was substantial.I returned the CF791 and got a 34uc97 instead. Much happier with that monitor.
For anyone looking to buy one of these monitors, I would highly suggest looking at one of these in person, or at least any VA panel in general, to judge if you can live with it. To me it was a dealbreaker. Back to IPS it was.
MarcusMo - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Also, not really doing color sensitive work, just spoiled by better display experiences.peterfares - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Look sweet. External power adapter is a little unfortunate though.Holliday75 - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - link
Been wanting to ask this for awhile.......when it comes to FreeSync and G-Sync why are the sync ranges so small typically? Is there some inherent limitation in the tech? Is it that difficult to implement? Is it purely a cost thing? Panel limitations limiting range?speculatrix - Thursday, August 30, 2018 - link
AIUI, QLED isn't a backlight technology.. these are LED-backlights with VA LCD panels and the Quantum Dots are a special surface which give wider colour gamut and viewing angles.Lau_Tech - Thursday, August 30, 2018 - link
The quantum dots are the colour filters that the light shines throughmikegrok - Thursday, August 30, 2018 - link
This is to a 4k monitor what a geforce 1070 is to the geforce 1080.Due to screen defects, the side with the defects is discarded, and the remainder is shipped.
CedarWind - Saturday, September 1, 2018 - link
Impatiently waiting for MicroLED monitors