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• Awful - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  Can DisplayPort 1.4 support 4k @ 144hz without any compression/chroma subsampling?

• p1esk - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  It can, but this one is not 4k, sadly.

• eek2121 - Monday, November 11, 2019 - link

  It's not even 1440p. A proper dual 1440p monitor. A proper curved monitor should be 5120x1440 honestly.

• thestryker - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  it cannot, I believe the maximum for display port at 4k with no compression is in the 90s or very low 100s.

• willis936 - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link

  Arithmetic! DP 1.3/1.4 go up to 32.4 Gb/s.
  
  1920x1080x4 (pixels) x
  24 (bits per pixel) x
  120 (frames per second) =
  23.9 Gb/s
  
  There’s even enough left over to go to HDR (10 bits per channel, 30 bits per pixel).

• Awful - Sunday, November 10, 2019 - link

  That's great, but it's 144Hz not 120. Also DP1.3/4 has 32.40 Gbit/s of bandwidth but a data rate of 25.92 Gbit/s (due to 8b/10b encoding).
  
  1920x1080 * 24 * 144 = 28.7Gb/s
  
  Which is more than the 25.92 Gbit/s so it must be using compression or chroma subsampling.

• Edge15 - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  No, it is not unique. LG had rolled out 34GK950F-B almost year ago. This one can be only seen as much cheaper attempt to mimic performance of LG. Many review sites place it above Asus, Dell or Samsung top dogs for a reason - LG uses best if available IPS panels with minimum tradeoffs.

• crimsonson - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  The LG 5K is a mediocre monitor at best in terms of reliability. Nice looking but too risky.

• Edge15 - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link

  Those are not 5K, just UWHD. But I agree, like most of current 5K, it's a miss rather than a hit.

• thestryker - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  The article says this is a VA panel... I don't believe any currently available 34" screen in north america uses VA. All of the ones using VA that I have seen are 35"

• Prinny873 - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  MSI MPG341CQR is a 34" 144hz VA 3440x1440. But that's $800. There's also an upcoming AOC model with the same specs, was up for preorder on Amazon for $450.

• Prinny873 - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link

  Continuing my other comment: I do believe the MSI MPG341CQR uses a different panel from these. That MSI has an 1800R curve while these are 1500R

• schujj07 - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link

  I bet all of these use the Samsung VA panel that is found the the C34F791 as that is 3440x1440, 100Hz, and 1500R.

• Prinny873 - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link

  I wouldn't be surprised.

• edzieba - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link

  "350 nits typical brightness (400 nits in HDR mode), a 3000:1 contrast ratio"
  
  So, not HDR. At all. Not even close.

• Horza - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link

  Typo on the first page specs table, contrast should be 3000:1 not 300:1.

• linuxgeex - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link

  I would love to see a curved 55.3" (52.5"x17.5" visible area) 5040x1680 panel. That would be an awesome immersive view from a recliner. That's the same number of pixels as a 4K display, but laid out in in 3:1 aspect ratio for full FOV.

• sorradude - Monday, November 11, 2019 - link

  Wow, if they pull this off, they will have every other 144hz 3440x1440 monitor on the market beat by 500$ or more.
  Very excited to see this go head to head with LG's 34GK950F (Currently 899.99 on Newegg at the time of writing)
  I need REVIEWS