Ultra-wide monitor

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Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 15, 2015 at 2:13am

1.3K? Jesus > buy 2 humble monitors instead.

Permalink Reply by Olivier Suire on October 25, 2015 at 7:21am

It sells for 900€ including VAT in France :

http://www.materiel.net/ecran-pc-lcd/lg-34uc97-incurve-109517.html

That's 990 dollars at current rate.

Now that my eyes have worn out, I need at least 2560x1440 on a 27" screen.

I could get a second one, but I'd keep turning my head, and would make a total of 1000€

Permalink Reply by Hrvoje Petrovic on October 15, 2015 at 2:27am

Hi Olivier, sounds like not a bad idea except for the pricing. Maybe it will be worth a serious thinking about in a few years when the prices of those monsters will be peanuts.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on October 15, 2015 at 6:01am

As I recall, $1.3K is about the same price as a 14" 1989 "Super VGA" (800 X 600) NEC monitor, back in the day.

Permalink Reply by Kim hauer on October 15, 2015 at 3:58pm

I bought 2 of the first 14" Flat panel monitors IBM made for $1800.00 each, what a wise decision that was! LOL

I ended up selling each for $100.00 on Craig's list.

If you going to buy the LG, be prepared to drop another $3K on a video card that drives it.

Permalink Reply by martyn hogg on October 15, 2015 at 4:19pm

wow, you got $100 each or for the pair?

Permalink Reply by Kim hauer on October 15, 2015 at 4:53pm

$100.00 for each, ....Yikes! But I suspect they are probably still working, not unlike the crap that's being made today.

Yes! Those were the good old days when things were still made in the US.

A 650MB Maxtor 5 1/4" full height HDD was $1200.00

An Intel 8088 math co processor was $800.00, to make AutoBad run faster.

Permalink Reply by Amir Soltani on October 25, 2015 at 9:31am

If you do decide to get one of the ultra wide screens, make sure to test for the amount of "backlight bleeding" when watching dark content/scenes. Some of them are prone to have this flaw. 

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