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PostPosted: 06 Oct 2014, 00:59 
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I wouldn't mind
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2688398/ ... splay.html

Seems to come with some good ports, but I would prefer 120Hz.

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PostPosted: 25 Oct 2014, 00:40 
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So, I returned the LG 34uc97...I just couldn't live with the awful backlight issue in all 4 corners, 3 of the corners were just plain silly. I'm surprised it passed QC before shipping out!!

I will post some pics so others can see and be forewarned. If you really want 21:9 and curved, I would wait for rev 2 or even rev 3 of the displays.

On a related note, after looking to see what else was out there for new monitors, I decided to go a totally different route and picked up an LG 4k TV, model 49UB8500 and am running it via HDMI 2.0 with 2xGTX970's.

Holy crap is it great fun to run at a 4k resolution, 60hz refresh, max out the eye candy settings in the games (I turn off AA...you don't really need it at 4k res, imho) and enjoy a 49" PC monitor :rockout:

I will add more info on this to the 4k discussion section.


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PostPosted: 25 Oct 2014, 00:52 
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Here are some pics of the backlight issue I experienced.
Please note they are taken with an ipad, not a camera...but they still show the backlight issue rather well, which is to say bad!!


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PostPosted: 25 Oct 2014, 02:26 
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bahnzii wrote:
Here are some pics of the backlight issue I experienced.
Please note they are taken with an ipad, not a camera...but they still show the backlight issue rather well, which is to say bad!!


Do you think it was your batch or just the model in general? I'd be curious to get one down the line.

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PostPosted: 25 Oct 2014, 05:11 
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I looked around the net and others posted similar bleed issues...so I'm going to say for now it's a model issue.
Some speculate it's the bezel and that it is too tight in the corners, which I believe was a similar issue on the non-curved model, 34um95.

I love the curved idea and looks and down the road, I may try a curved TV as a monitor. However, the add'l premium for the LG curved TV's is too much right now. Samsung also has curved TV's, but they don't seem to support 4:4:4 4k@60hz very well based on various AVS forums posts and threads.


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PostPosted: 25 Oct 2014, 12:37 
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Holy......
That bleeding looks horrible!

It's sad that a lot of new monitors have such heavy problems on their first production run.
*looks back at the eizo foris he once had*

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Yeah, I was as equally surprised once I powered it on. I've been through more monitors than I care to share, but without a doubt the curved LG was the first monitor I've ever experienced that had bleed and not even a little but a LOT!!

I would definitely wait for their next rev if you want to go curved and make sure you buy it from a place with a no questions asked return policy.


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