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[Ars Technica] LG teases a monstrous 34-inch, 5K, 21:9 monitor ahead of CES

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LG took its turn in the spotlight on Thursday, announcing a trio of new monitors that'll be showcased in full at the upcoming trade show. The star of the bunch is likely the 34WK95U, a 34-inch ultrawide monitor with a (roughly) 21:9 aspect ratio and a 5K resolution. Well, sort of 5K-that resolution is technically 5,120 x 2,160, meaning it has the same number of vertical pixels as a 4K monitor but adds pixels horizontally.

The device will include a Thunderbolt 3 port and what appear to be fairly slim bezels, too. The idea here is to court professionals who need to have several windows open at once, edit images and videos with precision, and so on. Here's hoping it doesn't suffer from any technical issues like its last high-profile 5K monitor.
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LG says that both panels will also support "HDR 600," but it's not clear if the company is referring to VESA's DisplayHDR 600 spec or its own thing. The former was announced last week by the computer display standards body; it sits in the middle of three new high-dynamic range standards and requires at least 600 nits of peak brightness (plus 10-bit color, among other specs). Samsung announced that its massive 49-inch CHG90 monitor was compliant with the DisplayHDR 600 spec earlier this week.

Whatever the case, it'll be hard to say either monitor will be capable of true HDR the way TV-based standards like HDR10 and Dolby Vision are. Both of those specs reach at least 1,000 nits and are thus capable of facilitating the higher contrast ratios needed to take advantage of HDR content more fully. That said, sitting a foot away from a screen that bright probably wouldn't be much fun for your eyes.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/12/lg-teases-a-monstrous-34-inch-5k-219-monitor-ahead-of-ces/
 
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Give us 4K at 40". Forget 21:9.
 
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Originally Posted by HyperC View Post

Give me a single graphic card that can handle 144fps @ 4k first:D
The 1070?

Lower the graphical settings enough and most games easily run at high resolutions, Assetto Corsa was doing full 5K120hz on a 980Ti (using Super Sampling).
With a 1080Ti DOOM 2016 on low settings should still get over 100fps at 5K resolution.

Speaking of which, this monitor really should be running 90hz, which is equivalent to 4K120 and the maximum bandwidth supported by DP1.4 without extra compression.
 
#12 ·
Were getting closer!!

A few years ago when i got my 40" 4k, i was thinking that a 50" 5K 21:9 curved ultrawide would be PERFECT. 34" is too small, and 60Hz won't do it for me. But i honestly thought the 5K ultrawide resolution would be a thing of myths. Its good to see at least one form of it coming into being. Also, after finally making the jump to ultrawide with the alienware (which is the best monitor i've every used by a landslide) i can see how ultrawide will be the future.
 
#14 ·
I've been saying we need 21:9 4K for a long time now
this is nice, now make it with OLED
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#15 ·
49" 5120x1440 please...

This is close though...
 
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero View Post

I've been saying we need 21:9 4K for a long time now
this is nice, now make it with OLED
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Everytime I see lg and monitor in a thread title I'm hoping the OLED announcement. One day I won't be disappointed.
 
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Originally Posted by Mattbag View Post

Well... I said this some where but I said as soon as I buy my 34 inch ultrawide 1440p the next day someone will annouce a 4k ultrawide with hdr..... so there it is I predicted my own destiny
It's always like that at the turn of the year with display products.

I've been sitting on a Dell U2412m as the do everything monitor. Have been enticed to buy these 144hz monitors, 4k monitors, and what not, but I know I wouldn't be fully satisfied until a monitor like this came out. I saw a 34" ultrawide curved at work today, it's huge. I'm surprised that you guys still want monitors upwards to 40" when you're sitting 2 feet away!
 
#23 ·
This is great! The ultrawide is awesome but I don't think it's for me. I can't afford the GPU power to push it but if it comes with a good freesync range (30-60hz maybe?) it may be a great display for a lot of people. I'd love to hook it up and use it when I work remotely! It's also be really cool to see the new 4k bluray movies in a more native resolution as well. It's not for everyone and yes people will always want more but I feel a lot of people will love this monitor. Do any sort of video editing or heavy multi-tasking? That thing has to be an absolute beast. The biggest issue, IMO, will be Windows scaling if you're using that OS.

All you 40" 4k people just buy the 55" LG OLED. It's an amazing TV and has stupid low input lag (~16ms). No 120hz but you have to give somewhere. Zero backlight bleed and amazing color uniformity that rivals the best calibrated IPS displays. Not too spendy either if you get them on sale. Seen them several times for 1200-1300.
 
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Originally Posted by steelbom View Post

49" 5120x1440 please...

This is close though...
For the longest time I thought 32:9 was ridiculous, but now that I've been racing on PC a bit more this sounds really good (I've been putting a heavy crop on my 4K monitor and the wider aspect ratio is nice).

I still need 16:9 for flight games though. Technically 4:3 would still be valuable for some things.
 
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Originally Posted by PearlJammzz View Post

All you 40" 4k people just buy the 55" LG OLED. It's an amazing TV and has stupid low input lag (~16ms). No 120hz but you have to give somewhere. Zero backlight bleed and amazing color uniformity that rivals the best calibrated IPS displays. Not too spendy either if you get them on sale. Seen them several times for 1200-1300.
No bad pixel density.
 
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