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If you're looking for a ultrawide monitor that doesn't break the bank (talking about those top end ones at double the price), this is the one. It has the ideal specs for gaming at a true 1ms gtg and 144hz refresh rate (can OC higher but there's sacrifices) packaged with the colour superiority of an IPS panel and 1440p resolution, which is great for productivity.
The screen real estate of the ultrawide is great, I never feel like windows are too narrow in split screen like I used to with a 24in @ 1080p. I also colour calibrated the monitor and it barely changed from factory setting which means it was almost perfect from factory. There is an issue with IPS glow on IPS panels but it's not bad on this monitor, honestly I don't even notice it. The monitor controls are very good and intuitive with the joystick style controls. Brightness is programmed to up and down controls so you don't need to go through the menus every time to change it.
The biggest cons I see is:
1) lack of the ability to save custom user profiles
2) for the price, I don't understand why the stand cannot swivel (although I'm now using a monitor arm so I don't even use it anymore)
3) The power brick is not integrated into the monitor like others and the cable between the monitor to the brick is not very long. For the cables to route through my monitor arm, I had to mount the power brick onto the underside of my desk. Even when using the stand, the brick barely reached the ground and the last thing you want is a heavy brick hanging by the port of your monitor.
4) I had an incident of the monitor not turning on and the power brick buzzing after restarting my power bar when I was doing cable management. Replugging the cables and restarting the power bar again seemed to fix it and it hasn't happened since, so I'm not too concerned.
One thing that's not really a con but was inconvenient was that my initial monitor had a stuck pixel that wouldn't disappear despite my efforts to unstick it. I had to return it and order a new one but no issues since on the new one.
Gaming looks amazing but keep in mind that you need a powerful PC to fully utilize the specs of the monitor. I'm currently running a 1070ti and it is not cutting it, Assassin's Creed Odyssey on almost ultra quality runs at ~30 fps. Though games like Valorant can run at max settings with 144 fps.
Productivity is amazing as well. Photo and video editing is great with this level of colour accuracy. The screen real estate helps with the work flow significantly (expanded timelines in videos, multitasking, etc.).
I definitely would recommend if you're in the market for a ultrawide for gaming, productivity, and daily use. If you're just looking for a monitor for productivity, I'd look into other cheaper options that still have the colour accuracy minus the gaming features of 1ms, 144hz.
| Standing screen display size | 34 Inches |
|---|---|
| Display Resolution | 3440x1440 |
| Max screen resolution | 3440 x 1440 Pixels |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
| Brand | LG |
| Series | 34GN850-B |
| Item model number | 34GN850-B |
| Product Dimensions | 82.04 x 31.24 x 46.48 cm; 7.6 kg |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 82 x 31.2 x 46.5 Centimetres |
| Colour | Black |
| Voltage | 240 Volts |
