New OLED ultrawides are extremely good.

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The OLED insanity continues - I don't usually review ultrawides but the new PG34WCDM special.

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[zonaisonline]

The rate displays have been improving at recently is astonishing. It almost makes me hesitant to pick one of these up knowing a newer, even better display will be released in a couple of months.

[jasonwateano]

Came back to this channel after a few years and he's nearly at 1M subs, wow!. Well deserved.

[teekanne]

I love that you show actual gameplay captured with camera. Most reviewers on YouTube don’t seem to be playing and only go on about numbers and loop some demo footage. That doesn’t transport the impression a gamer expects to get from that monitor at all.

[SomChefen]

I'd appreciate putting the monitor name at least somewhere in the title or the description

[akiolife]

All the angles, all the techniques the way they make their videos. That's why I love Optimum ❤

[COMM_DUMPSTR]

the only reviewer I watch that is actually decent at competitive fps games to give an accurate review. you are one of a kind.

[dogobgynz]

if you go adjust ClearType text > untick turn on ClearType - you disable the rgb dithering thing its doing and make it black/white

[NecroMoz]

I've been using an ultrawide for years now, there are very few issues with aspect ratios etc - at very worst you need to typically run a little mod or just put up with black bars playing in 16:9 or 4:3 for older games.

One problem I've never been able to resolve is with in home streaming, Steam/moonlight etc simply can't change the resolution of the game without a lot of mucking about trying to move between an ultrawide local display and a remote 4k display. Trust me I've tried everything.

[Falconive]

Watching this on my Odyssey, it looks great.
Great intro btw, the filming on this channel is top notch.

[Leonardo-wnfp]

Considering I'm rocking a 38 ultrawide from LG that keeps the QHD sharpness, I'm not that eager to swap yet. I prefer the more mild curve, simply because it does not interfere as much with the desk and seems more pleasing for my vision - i feel as if the aggressive curvature is not matching the human eyesight that well.

I'll wait a little longer.

[xSabinx]

Still not a fan of the 800R Curve on 34" or 39". I hope the 5K2K ultrawides have options with a less aggressive curve, 1800R is fine on my AW

[yvan]

that foreshadowing for the sim rig setup 👀

[jupiterbupiter]

Even if I don’t care too much about these things, I still love seeing your content and learning about everything. Thanks bro and keep to up 🙏❤️

[p.e.r.c.y]

I feel like mentioning the lack of explicit burn in warranty unlike other manufacturers is worth mentioning.

[vwcgcyf]

You can fix the text rendering issue. Either disable cleartype (just search for cleartype in the start menu), or go through the cleartype configuration and set it up for the different subpixel layout. This is part of windows since XP if i remember correctly. There were CRTs with non standard layout too and windows worked fine with those after properly configuring them.

[Real_MisterSir]

Having played both late OW1 and entirety of OW2 on an ultrawide 32 inch monitor, I can't ever see myself going back. And yes, I also main Tracer, but after adjusting to the screen format I really didn't find myself struggling compared to beforehand when I played on a flat screen 27 inch.

I also use it professionally, so I went with a less aggressive curve, but still the immersion at a 50cm screen-to-face distance is great. Hopefully ultrawide OLEDs will also see better price competition once they become more standardized, just like regular ultrawides have become.

[liamness]

Given the price of a monitor like this, if you're wanting to use it mainly for driving / flight sim stuff I think a VR headset probably makes more sense. Even more immersive than an ultrawide.

I'm personally waiting for a mainstream PC headset with eye tracking before jumping into VR though. Partly because I think that's going to be an essential interaction method, but also because when the FOV increases so much and you're asking your PC to push all these pixels, it makes sense to focus the rendering budget on where the user is actually looking. Because without foveated rendering there is a significant extra cost to both ultrawide and VR, when compared to more traditional 16:9 displays.

[advancegeo]

3 years back i picked up a 3440x1440p Ips 75hz from viewsonic and i can say while it hasnt made me like a godtier gamer or anything like that but the immersiveness when playing games even competetive shooters is just unreal on top of that the model i chose had really exceptional color accuracy and hdr certification so watching movies in their native 21:9 when possible is always a treat to your eyes

[TotallyURGrandpa]

Excited for that DD wheel and pedals video!

[senzelian]

I really wish the bezels were slimmer. They haven't really changed since the introduction of the LG 34UM95 in 2013.