I was in a hurry so...

[Kurography]

Hey guys

 

Today (like 10 minutes ago) I bought a new monitor: the LG 34UC99-W. I was in a rush because the two monitors I wanted to buy before that went out of stock real quick because of Black Friday. Now I wanted to ask you guys if I should cancel the order or not. Do you have any experience with the monitor? Should I have bought the 34UC98-W instead?

I´ll be using the monitor mainly for video editing and movie watching and I´ll be gaming on the side.

 

Thanks for any answers ^^

[Princess Luna]

A 3840x1600p ultrawide? wow I'm jealous!

 

I can't think why wouldn't this be an awesome pick for a display, just make sure you have a GPU that can run it.

[Kurography]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

A 3840x1600p ultrawide? wow I'm jealous!

 

I can't think why wouldn't this be an awesome pick for a display, just make sure you have a GPU that can run it.

I got a 1080Ti paired with an i7 8700k so that shouldn´t be too much of a problem haha. The only thing I´m worried about is the truthfulness to colors. I don´t know whether or not the IPS panel is calibrated well enough to color grade photos and videos

[Princess Luna]

2 minutes ago, Kurography said:

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You'll be fine, LG assembly line includes colour accuracy adjusting... after all they do target professional work with their IPS Matte screens.

 

sRBG 99% with perfectly calibrated colours? you did a terrific deal here, this screen will give you all the virtual space in the world to work on while an awesome near 4k levels pixel density.

[Kurography]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

You'll be fine, LG assembly line includes colour accuracy adjusting... after all they do target professional work with their IPS Matte screens.

 

sRBG 99% with perfectly calibrated colours? you did a terrific deal here, this screen will give you all the virtual space in the world to work on while an awesome near 4k levels pixel density.

I read this review and it says the monitor is kinda terrible:

 

LG is the brand that has been active in this segment the longest. Two years ago they managed to impress us with their excellent 97-series models, which were also equipped with Thunderbolt. Last year's successors were also good, but did not innovate much and were also more expensive. This year the Korean brand does seem to continue this negative trend. The 34UC99 looks great, and usb type-c is a connector that is becoming a requirement in this class, but still a step back from Thunderbolt. With TB3 the brand could have offered all possibilities of this new connector and those of the previous models. Add to that the fact that the adjustment of the gray values in particular is clearly not up to par, while the colour fault is also too high for a monitor in this class. The good uniformity and viewing angles cannot compensate for this, especially since this monitor is also far from competitive in terms of price.

 

Source:

https://us.hardware.info/reviews/7743/14/hp-z34c-lg-34uc99-philips-349x7fjew-samsung-c34f791-review-four-times-ultrawide-conclusion

[Princess Luna]

There will be bad reviews of every product out there if you look hard enough, couldn't you return it within a window of 7 days usage or something?

 

I'd honestly not worry myself I have been suggesting people in my country that wants to work with video and photo editing on a budget (Brazil has very expensive displays as most is imported) to go with the LG 29UM68-P which is manufactured nationally so price is good and every one simply loves the screen for its price-to-performance.

 

Nobody complained about the colour accuracy in fact they are often surprised comparing the Matte IPS to the old TN stuff they usually had.

[Kurography]

6 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

There will be bad reviews of every product out there if you look hard enough, couldn't you return it within a window of 7 days usage or something?

 

I'd honestly not worry myself I have been suggesting people in my country that wants to work with video and photo editing on a budget (Brazil has very expensive displays as most is imported) to go with the LG 29UM68-P which is manufactured nationally so price is good and every one simply loves the screen for its price-to-performance.

 

Nobody complained about the colour accuracy in fact they are often surprised comparing the Matte IPS to the old TN stuff they usually had.

Yeah well I am too coming from a 5 year old TN panel BenQ monitor but you know... When you´re coming from such low specs you can´t really imagine what a (on paper) much better monitor could look like. I´m just really worried that I won´t be able to work on it and get nice and true colors... oh god...

[jones177]

Hi

 

It was on my list but I need a lower price.

 

A 34UC98-WI is a good choice if you have a GTX 1080. The 38UC99-W will need a GTX 1080 ti to be fully utilized. That is for AAA 3d games.     

 

I use a 3440 X 1440 60hz Samsung monitor now so I am not suffering. I don't know if I should go higher resolution or higher frame rate. I will let the sales decide.