Im thinking about the 34gn850 too as its more affordable, glad to see your happy!

She's not gonna date you

@elcactuar3354 I made a lame joke two years ago bro, way to keep up :)

@@RecklessFables comebacks take time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@RecklessFables Glad you’re alive. 🎉

@@RecklessFables perfect joke tho

i plan to do the same

Would u still recommend this today on sale for $1100 or should I go for something else? There's also the AW3423DWF ofc but I prefer this resolution and not have to babysit the monitor for burn-in.

@@laggmonstret I have since moved onto two 4k monitors (32" LG 32GQ950 / 27" Samsung G70A) as I needed the screen real estate for work. I've been through many monitors and displays and the 38GBN950 still ranks high in my opinion If I was in the market for a 34-38" Ultrawide it would still be my #1 choice. I would do OLED but since I do like a 70%/30% productivity / work split, I'd most likely get burn in as I've experience that when I tested out the 55" LG C9 OLED years ago.

Were you using it for high refresh rate gaming before? What GPU were you using?

@@lopesantosiv6550 yes when I had the 38" Ultrawide I had a RTX 3090 and later a 3090 Ti. With my dual 4k monitor setups, I have since moved to an RTX 4090.

How are you enjoying it? I am on the fence between this and the 34 inch model. My main concern is paying double just for the extra 4". I'm not sure if its worth it but I like to think it will be a good investment because I rarely upgrade my monitors.

Wow bro. How did you see that?😯😯

no wonder why she's a killer ;)

How about blacks?

Thanks! 😁

What's your opinion on the HDR? Do you think it's a better setting than SDR, even though it's not "true" HDR like some LED TVs and OLEDs are?

Glad you liked it!

It seems the input lag is identical unless overclocked. So for me it probably comes down to price and gsync ultimate, as I don't overclock. laptrinhx.com/alienware-aw3821dw-vs-lg-38gn950-battle-of-the-ultrawide-ips-monitors-1818301522/

Agree. One of the best tech reviewers out there.

And? Let's hear a review of your new beast

@@True_Blood_89 I love the monitor. Have been using it now for a few weeks. The space it give is amazing for school work (graphic design) The colors look good and also the light in the back of the monitor looks good and works really well. For gaming I also like the monitor but in some games my 2070 doesn't handle it amazing but still playable :)

@@beyondjdp3300 thanks for the update. I opted for the Dell 2721DGFA. It's only going to be used for gaming and what it offers was excellent for it's price range. Goff to hear you're happy with your monitor, it does look like an absolute monstor of a display, colors looks fantastic!

How do the colours look? Do they look washed out or crisp?

@@mohamedmoustafa8924 Sorry for the late response, the colours look crisp and bright.

I don't really regret it, but the fact that the LED of the knob flashes when is on standby and that it immediately shoot itself down when without signal and after that, fails to acknowledge that one of the PC's is turning on, drives me nuts... I really hate that Lg doesn't give a shit about and there is absolutely no firmware update. 34UC88B, the culprit and never again LG...

What does LG stand for?

@@zabe4884 Lucky Goldstar

My first curved monitor this one, the curve is necessary yet trivial!

@@Albert-ed3hg That's not the same wallpaper unless im missing something.

Honestly... I can't tell it has a curve, it's very subtle in use.

The miz would definitely agree!

Is it still holding up? I may get one

@@Chris-cf1hs Still loving it. From where I am, prices have gone down a little too.

Once you go oled you can’t go back .. I have a 55 inch c9 in the living room. I’m looking at the 48inch cx myself for my pc I’m planning on building and the ps5 👊🏼

You'll get burn ins

People said get an LG CX but... I wanted ultrawide, you can play at ultrawide res on a 16:9 but you get those ugly black bars. Got this, haven't looked back.

@muscleray934 if u want 4k 120 gameplay then you are gonna have to wait for years since no one can do that atm. Just 4k 60fps games and 1080p 120fps for 2.0 is fine

@muscleray934 the TV has no vessels and when the black bars are on it on a custom resolution, you can't see them since the pixels are literally off on those bars.

I still think this review is good about speaking about the main issue for buyers of this monitor which is the price. The way she shows were some improvements could easily be had at this price point without asking too much, shows that the monitor is actually to expensive to buy, for me. So I think it is a very good review.

Hope it helped and enjoy the new monitor 😁

True but also suffers from garbage contrast and looks poor in dimly lit environments.

I was going to say the same thing, it def looks nice so if she doesn’t like the red details there’s always that

I actually ended up getting both of them. I haven’t been able to really compare them with gaming etc, but I’d say if you want to use the included stand - the Dell looks really cool and they clearly spent a lot of time and expense on the design (looks better than the LG). If you don’t care about the stand, it’s nice that you keep your RGB with the LG. I like the control software better on the Dell. However If you also want to use the monitor for productivity, LG supports their split screen software but Dell does not which is a shame to not be able to.

@@ezwider4652 I got the alienware 38 ultrawide thinking I'd be able to use the split screen software. Was definitely bummed to find out I couldnt. If I got to do it over I wouldve gone with lg for sure. Still a great montior, though it's big a bulky, which I'm not fond of.

AW3821 beats LG though as it has a stronger mount and it's around 30% cheaper in the UK. Dell has also better customer service. Only reasons to buy LG are RGB and split screen software, but is it worth the extra cost?

@@Andromedainvestors I've had them both now for a couple of weeks. I'd say they are extremely close. After Calibration both are great and achieve the same characteristics. I don't plan to use either on their stand but I admit the Dell AW stand is very cool. I haven't tried LG customer service, but I also agree Dell's is very good. I bought the LG at Costco and with their Visa so I have 4 year warranty on the LG. But I"ll probably end up keeping it because I do see myself working at home for a few months more and it's hard to fid 2 38"'s on a 72" desk. lol. the other thing I'll say is that I wish there was a 16:9 monitor that would be same height physically and in pixels cause I'd like to have a monitor on the side (with either Dell AW or the LG Ultragear). The LG also does have the premium sync for AMD but who knows what card I'll end up buying in 2021. Likely that there will be a shortage and super high prices due to mining.

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55" is to big to be used as a monitor anyway. Maybe if you had the 48" CX it could be considered. I'd only want to play single player games on the CX though, competitively an Ultrawide will give you the edge.

@@k12rising @Bazanji 55" is too big for a monitor because I was buying it for use as a TV, not a monitor 😂 I used to have a 32" IPS monitor and I went in person to a Best Buy to see the 48" CX and I'd have to say that's still a ridiculous size for almost any desk. For me there's diminishing returns on monitors larger than 32" with a 16:9 aspect ratio. You will find yourself moving your head an neck a lot more often to find certain things on the screen (This is also slightly noticeable with too much horizontal space in the case of 49" super ultrawide monitors without 1000R curves). The only way to fix that would be to sit at an appropriate viewing distance for a TV of that size. A general guideline is to sit between 1.5 to 2.5 times the diagonal screen measurement away, with about a 30-degree viewing angle. For example, if you have a 48" TV, you should be sitting somewhere between 6' and 10' from the screen. For ultrawides your peripheral vision makes up for the extra screen space and makes you feel more immersed in your content especially if you have a curved screen. Currently I have my ultrawide right underneath my 55" C9 so it still operates like a second monitor when I need it to or when I want to throw something up on the screen. For me this is the ideal setup, but if your heart is telling you to buy a 48" CX as a main monitor then who am I to stop anyone? Technically you do get more features for your money, but I promise you that there's good reason behind why these big companies chose to pursue VA panels on computer monitors for inky blacks.

I could also go into the tech limitations of HDMI 2.1 vs Displayport 1.4 (And it's successor Displayport 2.0), but I'm sure anyone who's been hunting for GTX 3000 series cards already knows what I'm going to say and doesn't want to hear it lol

for competitive fps games ultrawides are terrible and you should crop the resolution to 2560x1440. theres too much information and you dont have enough time to scan and react to an entire 34 inch screen, compared to a regular 16:9 aspect ratio

@@cargoshorts5666 I feel like I would normally agree with that, but I like playing with all the extra info. I don't scan my screen I let the extra horizontal space act as my peripheral vision and in games like Call of Duty and Apex Legends and other modern less competitive FPS games my K/D has increased. On games like CS:GO I crop my resolution. Although it is true that literal pros would use a 1080p 16:9 240Hz+ TN or IPS panel monitor. But I use my computer for way more than just FPS games and I find the extra space to be great. And if you wanna sweat the details you can always crop resolution for super specific games, but so far thats only been CS:GO for me. I like every other game better in ultrawide.

I'll take the CX 48" over anything curved (for my use-case) and non-curved that isn't OLED. It's a really good cross of TV and monitor.

For just gaming from a reasonable distance yes I agree. However you can't really use an OLED as a daily desktop monitor as burn-in in that scenario is very likely and even if we ignore burn-in 48" is very big on most desks. One would need a very deep desk because the pixel density of a 48" 4k display is much lower than the 110ppi ultrawide display reviewed here.

Not only it's OLED but also has hdmi 2.1. Perfect for the new consoles like Series X and PS5.

If you're just gaming on it and sitting a bit further, the cx is definitely another option to consider. But for productivity, especially editing? Oled tvs just aren't a viable monitor alternative in my opinion.

@@gencoserpen1260 Agreed. I returned the OLED for this 38 because I need a capable photo editing monitor besides gaming. OLED is only good for gaming and watching movies.

Thank you 😁

Well according to the official spec sheet by the literal creators of the hdr standard... yes, they do. Why do you think we have several levels smh

@@MrCoombzy SMH the multiple levels were created so that manufacturers can create pricing levels. Its not true HDR. SMH SMH.

ya there is lots of fake hdr and low level hdr out there. its all shit compared to the real high end hdr.

also sdr content on hdr looks like shit and visa versa, so it has to be setup properly. and were expecting this from people who went the last 10 yrs wtihout even having their rgb limited / full setup properly lol

thank you

@@TechTesters You're always welcome.❤️

Same here, which is what I did. No regrets!

If it's just for gaming maybe. But for editting and 12+ hours a day desktop use, I don't really like OLED as much and it's just too tall. I really love OLED.. but as a TV.

I find 16:9 not as imerssive as 21:9 in games, i've been a ultrawide fan for quite some time now

I don't understand that mentality, it's a TV vs an ultrawide monitor, if you want ultrawide you go ultrawide... if you want a TV, you buy a TV. Yes you can run ultrawide res but you'll get black bars making the experience way less immersive.

@@MrCoombzy It’s not just 16:9 vs ultrawide; it’s true HDR 1000, 10bit, 4K 120hz, infinite contrast vs fake HDR, 8bit and whatever non-standard resolution that ultrawide has.

A high refresh rate monitor that can't be driven fully cause Nvidia and AMD GPU's do not exist.

Alright. I mean as a gamer myself my best friend is low ping and my nightmare is having lag delay and ping spiking at 800000ms

1440p vertical, VA 😉. I took this over the G9 because for editing it just makes more sense. If it was purely for gaming I might have done the same.

I had a 19" back in 2001...:)

Simp

@@azzeeX loser

How am I a simp ? I just made a compliment on her work and how I value the content she makes on the products that I'm interested in. I'm not ogling her on her beauty. I just appreciate her work. Your a Loser because you can't tell the difference between a compliment on a work than hitting on her.

How are the colours? Do they look washed out?

​@@mohamedmoustafa8924 Colors are fantastic and not washed out!