LG Announces 29 Inch Ultra-wide 29UC97 Curved model

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    Drool. Me want this so bad!
     
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    I really do not understand the hype about curved screens.

    And honestly I think they are just a marketing gimmick, nothing more.
    I began my PC-life with Amiga 500 and its 8-10(?) Inches CRT screen sometime in 1989, so managed to witness some big part of Display evolution thorough these years.
    I remember screens going flat on vertical axis, I remember the horizontal curvature becoming more flat... then I remember the late 90s overly-enthusiastic claims of how curved (outwards, relative to light source) CRT screens are unnatural, and how flat LCD screens are the cure for cancer…
    …some 10 years later we are again fed with this screens nonsense… but this time mainly with the idea that curved (inwards) screens are super-duper natural.
    BS, I say. There’s nothing natural in these screens, our eyes are not created (or more accustomed) to better see\percept inwardly curved images (actually quite the opposite, considering the structure of an eye…)


    Returning to the main post... As a display it is quite nice… though nothing special.
     
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    On TVs, I agree. Because you would have to sit within the width of the TV and at a much closer distance to benefit from any claimed advantages. But on large 21:9 computer screens, there should be an understandable benefit. Say you are 18-24" away from a non-curved 34" 21:9 screen, you would be looking at the far edges at a terrible angle, because its extra-wide. But with a slight curve, it would more or less 'correct' the viewing angle at the edges. This my opinion only with regard to large (34" or above) displays. Smaller sizes, ie 29" the benefit of curved screens would be diminished or gone.
     
  6. Curved screen would be great to counteract color shifting for TN panels. So they use IPS only.

    Gsync/Freesync would be great to eliminate the much more visible tearing on 60Hz panels. So they have it almost exclusive to 120/144Hz panels.

    GGWP monitor industry.

    Gotta milk customers dry it seems.
     
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    Time to buy three of these.
     
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    Still waiting for 21:9 screen that is 120hz and has 1200p resolution (for backwards compatibility with old 4:3 games that use 1600x1200).
     
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    ftfy :)
     
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    I wouldnt buy a 29" wide-screen, its pixel height is too restricted (1080). So the size of objects you see on the screen is no different from what you would see on a 23/24" 1080 screen. Only difference is the greater space on the sides (FOV). Very underwhelming if you ask me. 34" (3440 x 1440) would be the way to go for a nicely immersive 21:9 experience imo.
     
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    But the cost of the 1440p 34 are quite higher then the 25 inch. I personally really want a 25 inch. My main monitor on my eyefinity is only 22 inch 1050p anyways.

    I mostly play racing games, and some Battlefield.
     
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    I sit quiet close to my monitor so 24" is more than enough for me. This monitor is very nice but @ 1080 only. Would of liked it to be 1200 or 1440 at least.
     

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