Sorry I meant ASUS. dumb iphone.
Decent wide-screen monitor with G-sync
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Just a FYI 34" are ultra-wide 21:9 - 16:9 wide screens come in 32" versions.
The physical height of a 21:9 34" screen is the same as a 27" 16:9 one I believe.
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Ahhhh i’ll check it out
Correct - Yeah I meant 32 flat
The good Asus screens are quite expensive too - comparable to LG ones, and yeah they are worth the price for the better models.
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I haven't followed the market recently, but if the panels LG uses are still as good as they were 2 years ago, you can't go wrong.
HDR10 is a nice detail, as it will give you a greater color range. But note that that specific model supports AMD FreeSync, instead of Nvidia G-Sync.I don't have any first-hand experience if there really is a notable difference when you use a FreeSync monitor with an Nvidia card. Still wanted to point it out.
Gosh - I’ve got to be eyes-open on the G-sync issue. Something like this with G-sync
Since they opened-up the adaptive sync thingie Nvidia certifies some Freesync monitors as compatible with G-Sync. e.g: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/he...a-g-sync-compatible-monitors-confirmed-so-far - I don't know offhand where to find an updated list, sorry.
I believe the up to date list is on Nvidia website ?
And yeah if it's compatible (my LG is an 'GSync compatible' one for instance) it just works - it's actually seen as g-sync from the Nvidia driver.
I remember when LG was Goldstar lol
Ah yeah - I shoulda mentioned that.
The stand/monitor is deep and occupies a lot of deskspace. If you have one of those desks where the keyboard is on a lower shelf that slides out (that's what I have) then it's not a problem but if it's on the same surface as your keyboard, etc then yeah, it could well be an issue.
Yup, Lucky Goldstar.
I still have a Goldstar microwave.
Some people are buying LG CX OLED 48" tvs to runs as monitors, with amazing results, but above the OP's budget, and burn-in is a potential issue.
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Very sexy lookingAh yeah - I shoulda mentioned that.
The stand/monitor is deep and occupies a lot of deskspace. If you have one of those desks where the keyboard is on a lower shelf that slides out (that's what I have) then it's not a problem but if it's on the same surface as your keyboard, etc then yeah, it could well be an issue.
HDR10 is the format, and there are various quality grades for supporting hardware:
displayhdr.org
HDR is mostly worthless on most LCDs. You need a lot of dimming zones and fairly extreme brightness capability to get HDR content to look decisively better than the same content in SDR. Window's native HDR support is also atrocious, so if you use it on a Windows system, you'll probably be disabling it frequently to use non HDR content on your HDR display.
My Samsung G7 32" supports the HDR 600 spec and is just barely bright enough to make HDR some content passable, but still has major issues due to there only being eight local dimming zones. I've never seen an HDR 400 display where HDR support wasn't just a token feature...they can't get bright enough and don't have the contrast to do it.
If HDR support is really important to you, OLED is the only real way to go currently. Some high-end LCD displays with enough dimming zones can look pretty good, but there will always be haloing in some scenes because even the 1152-2048 zones you'll get on a high-end panel still leaves about eight-thousand pixels per backlight. There are a few dual-layer professional displays that stack a half-resolution monochrome LCD behind the main panel to use as a dimming filter, which effectively gives them millions of dimming zones (one zone per four pixels of display resolution), but these displays are small, hideously expensive, and ultra niche.
Performance Criteria 1.1 - VESA Certified DisplayHDR™
Summary of DisplayHDR Specs under CTS 1.1 Information about the CTS 1.2 specifications announced May 7, 2024 may be found here. The table below is a summary of the specifications for the VESA DisplayHDR and DisplayHDR True Black standards as they are updated by CTS 1.1 released on September 4th...
displayhdr.org
HDR is mostly worthless on most LCDs. You need a lot of dimming zones and fairly extreme brightness capability to get HDR content to look decisively better than the same content in SDR. Window's native HDR support is also atrocious, so if you use it on a Windows system, you'll probably be disabling it frequently to use non HDR content on your HDR display.
My Samsung G7 32" supports the HDR 600 spec and is just barely bright enough to make HDR some content passable, but still has major issues due to there only being eight local dimming zones. I've never seen an HDR 400 display where HDR support wasn't just a token feature...they can't get bright enough and don't have the contrast to do it.
If HDR support is really important to you, OLED is the only real way to go currently. Some high-end LCD displays with enough dimming zones can look pretty good, but there will always be haloing in some scenes because even the 1152-2048 zones you'll get on a high-end panel still leaves about eight-thousand pixels per backlight. There are a few dual-layer professional displays that stack a half-resolution monochrome LCD behind the main panel to use as a dimming filter, which effectively gives them millions of dimming zones (one zone per four pixels of display resolution), but these displays are small, hideously expensive, and ultra niche.
WRT the HDR / Freesync / G-Sync discussion. I recently spent nearly 2 weeks trying to get used to an Acer Predator 32" display - I just couldn't live with it, no matter what I did I always ended up with eye-ache after a little while (not even an hour). Of course that is why I bought it via Amazon so I sent it back and got a refund (eventually 
). It did however teach me that I didn't need a 160Hz G-Sync 2560x1440 HDR600 monitor. What I decided I needed was a 32" 4K monitor from BenQ which has HDR (and incidentally Freesync) as I don't play FPS games and I use my PC to watch movies (and TV) more than I actually play games. Admittedly the stand lets it down (no height adjustment) so I use another stand and now I just await GFX card prices recovering a bit to get more use of the 4K.
BTW - I am posting this here as the Acer was over £760 and the BenQ was just over £580 - to give a bit more info for @Fishman
EDIT: I forgot to say that I don't know much about HDR but the Acer did not like Windows HDR streaming - the BenQ seems OK with it. Though I have it turned off in Windeys as it really is pants as far as I could see.
). It did however teach me that I didn't need a 160Hz G-Sync 2560x1440 HDR600 monitor. What I decided I needed was a 32" 4K monitor from BenQ which has HDR (and incidentally Freesync) as I don't play FPS games and I use my PC to watch movies (and TV) more than I actually play games. Admittedly the stand lets it down (no height adjustment) so I use another stand and now I just await GFX card prices recovering a bit to get more use of the 4K.BTW - I am posting this here as the Acer was over £760 and the BenQ was just over £580 - to give a bit more info for @Fishman
EDIT: I forgot to say that I don't know much about HDR but the Acer did not like Windows HDR streaming - the BenQ seems OK with it. Though I have it turned off in Windeys as it really is pants as far as I could see.
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Hey all - ok here goes
TN vs IPS vs VA
TN vs IPS vs VA