Crossover 34U100 Korean Monitor. What do you guys think?

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Hi guys,

So I've been lurking through Dream-Seller's eBay store, typing random searches, and this came up:

It's been published on the 2nd of February. It currently costs $770, which is in the top tier price for a Korean monitor.
But what caught my eye was the 100Hz with FreeSync and a 3ms response time. That in itself is unusually good, spec-wise. It is a curved 21:9 however, so it's gaming oriented.

There's the main specs (copied from the web store) are the following:

  • Model : 34U100
  • Panel : PVA
  • Screen Size : 34" (21:9)
  • View Angle : 178°
  • Resolution : 3440 X 1440 100Hz (WQHD)
  • Response Time : 3ms (OD)
  • Brightness : 300cd/m²
  • Contrast Ratio : 3000 : 1
  • Dynamic Contrast Ratio : 5000,000 : 1
  • Color : 16.7M Color
  • Connection : DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI
  • Surface Treatment : Anti-Glare Type, 25%
  • Flicker free : Yes
  • Adaptive Sync (AMD FREE SYNC) : Yes
  • Low Blue Light : Yes
  • Size : 815 X 440 X 255 (mm)
  • Weight : 5.7 (Included Stand) / 8.5 (Package) (kg)

My questions are the following : What do you guys think? Is it a steal? Do you see any red flags which lower the value of the monitor in your eyes? Is this channel material for @wendell? Because for that price, I'd say you can start getting picky.

My first red flags are these:

  • No mention of a VESA mount (a deal breaker for me).
  • The color are nothing special (no mention of 4:4:4 Chroma, nor of 8+2 or 10bit).
  • No mention of the DP version, nor the HDMI.

So this monitor is probably not for me (I'd rather have 16:9). But maybe it could be a good monitor for you?

Let me know.

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@psycho_666 is good with monitors. Don't know if he knows Korean ones tho.

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me thinks you thinks 1440p

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Are they not equivalent?

Isn't that the pseudo-4K for 21:9?

Edit: Damn, you're right. My mistake, thanks for pointing that out. Corrected.

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I beleive that
true 4k is 4096x2160
uhd 4k is 3840x2160

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No, you're right. It's Quad-HD
It's a funny resolution, a bit below 4K. It's basically an extended QHD (2560×1440). My bad.

UWQHD (3440×1440) UWQHD (Ultra-Wide Quad HD) is a display resolution of 3440×1440 pixels in a 43:18 aspect ratio (2.38:1, or 21.5:9).
The first monitor to support this resolution was the LG 34UM95-P.
LG uses the term "UW-QHD" to describe this resolution.
This monitor wasfirst released in Germany in late December 2013, before being officially announced at CES 2014.
-Wikipedia

Damn, that's a bummer. I thought this was the highest frequency 4K monitor I've seen. I knew there was a trap when the DP version wasn't mentioned. It must simply be DP1.2.

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(About half way down the listing)

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I don't like sand. It's coarse, rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.

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I was like "Wat"?
There are other typos.

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I'm not at all actually... Sorry if I have left the wrong impression.