I grabbed my wallet and it lost the argument, thus I now have a new 34UC97.
I haven't yet had time to walk it through a battery of games, movies and productivity...I hope to do so soon. Since I already have a Dell 29" 2560x1080, I'm familiar with the 21:9 format and all the pluses and minuses. This new LG is no different of course...just more pixels
First few things I have noticed so far.
The curve is subtle...you don't really notice it when viewing from the front...only when looking at the monitor from above. I would be curious to see what a bigger arc looks and feels like...perhaps with OLED in time or with a projector and screen.
The colors have that usual IPS pop...I'm sure the accuracy is a bit off, but I'm not a stickler for that, as long as it is in the ballpark, I'm pretty happy.
The lack of a VESA mount does seem like quite an oversight on LG's part. I read there is a version (34UC87?) that should have a VESA mount and of course we know the Dell will.
I'm not sold on the champagne color on the back of the monitor...not my style.
The backlight bleed on black content is pretty bad...no joke, I have never seen a monitor with this much light bleed. I tried watching a few movies just now and I had to zoom in XBMC so there were no black corners visible, the light bleed was THAT distracting.
And there it is, the light bleed might cause me to return it. I can tweak colors for accuracy, I can tweak games to handle the wider view format but I can't tweak or fix the light bleed.
I will try to post a pic but for right now, I would hold off on ordering/purchasing one until you can see one in person or at least view the pics once I get them up.
I have a good assortment of games, let me know if there any you want me to check out.
Cheers!!
