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[Mr.ODST]

Just got new Macbook for Video and Graphic editing and want to get rid of my dual monitor setup for a UW setup, was looking at this monitor

electriQ 49" QLED

Anybody got any experience or review on it, don't want to spend absolute loads on it.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Sorry for the necrobump, just wanted to bring a bit of "closure" to this topic.

Ended up going for the frontrunner I mentioned in the OP (LG UltraGear 34GP83A-B) . It was $140(ish) off during Prime Day so I jumped on it.

It's a 34" curved 3440x1440, IPS, 1ms, HDR ultrawide. FreeSync and G-Sync compatible.

And, uhh....

Holy shit. Coming from a 27" TN panel with no HDR, this new screen is... it's kind of overwhelming, actually. And this is just with factory settings, I haven't even bothered to calibrate it yet.

Many, many thanks to the various members who provided suggestions! Appreciate the feedback. That Alienware ultrawide OLED seems great, but this LG monitor is about 1/2 the price of that one (well, on the sale price that I bought it, that is), and was actually available when I wanted it. So maybe in a couple of years I'll revisit the OLED option.

 

[Sleepwalker]

No all oleds will explode at one point.

Mine already exploded and it killed me, I'm writing this from the afterlife. All the tvs here are OLED tho

 

[vodka-bull]

Does the alienware qd oled support splitscreen? Meaning showing the hdmi and the usb c input at the same time?

 

[saintjules]

Sorry for the necrobump as I haven't found anything recently for this on GAF based on the search.

Looking for an ultrawide screen that's not too curvy and kind of budget. It's not really for gaming, but I have 2 Samsung screens that I want to replace with just one screen.

Any suggestions would be great!

 

[jshackles]

Sorry for the necrobump as I haven't found anything recently for this on GAF based on the search.

Looking for an ultrawide screen that's not too curvy and kind of budget. It's not really for gaming, but I have 2 Samsung screens that I want to replace with just one screen.

Any suggestions would be great!

If you want to replace two screens, you really should be looking at super ultrawide (32:9) otherwise you'll be sacrificing screen real estate.

The problem with recommending any of these are that a) they're usually curved, since they're physically larger and need a way to anchor the gravity and b) they're relatively new and not exactly "budget friendly". On the low end you have something like this that is 1080p / 32:9

Robot or human?

and on the high end something like the Samsung OLED

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-49-odyssey-oled-g9-curved-dual-qhd-240hz-0-03ms-freesync-prem-pro-and-g-sync-compatible-smart-glare-free-gaming-monitor-silver/6599653.p?skuId=6599653&gQT=1

If you don't mind giving up some screen real estate, you could go with 21:9 monitor. These have been around a lot longer and iit'seasier to find ones that aren't curved. For example this one is a 1080p / 21:9 monitor for an extremely low cost:

https://www.amazon.com/Sceptre-30-inch-IPS-Monitor-Build/dp/B0CV4HXHJ8?th=1

Even going up to 34 inch, 21:9, 1440p isn't too hard on the budget if you don't mind an LED panel that doesn't have all the gaming bells and whistles such as this one:

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-ViewFinity-Ultra-WQHD-Borderless-LS34C502GANXZA/dp/B0C1KPXPM9?th=1

There's a huge range of products to choose from, it really just depends on what your looking for and what your budget actually is.

Also - you sound like me when I got my first ultrawide back in 2017. "I won't use it much for gaming, this will be mostly work related stuff", and then once I actually tried gaming on it I was hooked. In my opinion, it's one of the best gaming upgrades - and one that makes PC easily stand above console gaming for me now.

 

[saintjules]

If you want to replace two screens, you really should be looking at super ultrawide (32:9) otherwise you'll be sacrificing screen real estate.

The problem with recommending any of these are that a) they're usually curved, since they're physically larger and need a way to anchor the gravity and b) they're relatively new and not exactly "budget friendly". On the low end you have something like this that is 1080p / 32:9

Robot or human?

and on the high end something like the Samsung OLED

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-49-odyssey-oled-g9-curved-dual-qhd-240hz-0-03ms-freesync-prem-pro-and-g-sync-compatible-smart-glare-free-gaming-monitor-silver/6599653.p?skuId=6599653&gQT=1

If you don't mind giving up some screen real estate, you could go with 21:9 monitor. These have been around a lot longer and iit'seasier to find ones that aren't curved. For example this one is a 1080p / 21:9 monitor for an extremely low cost:

https://www.amazon.com/Sceptre-30-inch-IPS-Monitor-Build/dp/B0CV4HXHJ8?th=1

Even going up to 34 inch, 21:9, 1440p isn't too hard on the budget if you don't mind an LED panel that doesn't have all the gaming bells and whistles such as this one:

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-ViewFinity-Ultra-WQHD-Borderless-LS34C502GANXZA/dp/B0C1KPXPM9?th=1

There's a huge range of products to choose from, it really just depends on what your looking for and what your budget actually is.

Also - you sound like me when I got my first ultrawide back in 2017. "I won't use it much for gaming, this will be mostly work related stuff", and then once I actually tried gaming on it I was hooked. In my opinion, it's one of the best gaming upgrades - and one that makes PC easily stand above console gaming for me now.

Thanks for the recommendations! I'll look into these and see what works best for the budget.

I definitely expect them to be curved, but I have come to understand some are more curved than others. Like wrapping around close to the side of your face or something. So lesser the better.

I actually produce music more than game on the PC. I am still in the "I like playing on my OLED in living room" phase. But I wouldn't mind trying to game on it.

 

[UnrealEck]

I can't recommend Alienware (Dell) from my experience. I have one and the panel and picture is nice but I need to constantly unplug it if it goes into sleep or pixel refresh. It's a very common issue too and there was a firmware update for it but many reported it bricking their screens. It also has other annoyances like if I plug in a second screen it'll turn itself off and I need to unplug it and mess about in Nvidia or Windows control panels.