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Monoprice Dark Matter Curved 34 Inch Ultrawide Monitor $499.99

$499.99
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Curved Ultra-Wide Gaming Monitor - 1500R
3440x1440p (UWQHD)
144 Hz
DisplayHDR 400
AMD Freesync
Quantum Dot VA Display

https://www.monoprice.com/product...1&format=2

Not on sale but seems like a good deal on type of monitor that would be $800+. Also, unlike a lot of monitors these days, these are in stock.
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dmanko
05-11-2020 at 06:38 PM.
05-11-2020 at 06:38 PM.
No reviews anywhere. Save your money for when it's cheaper than MSRP or there are reliable reviews out there.
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shark974
05-11-2020 at 06:45 PM.
05-11-2020 at 06:45 PM.
appears to have a samsung panel according to the Q&A. Not sure exactly what that means but seems like a good sign.
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t0tal151
05-11-2020 at 06:47 PM.
05-11-2020 at 06:47 PM.
Quote from dmanko :
No reviews anywhere. Save your money for when it's cheaper than MSRP or there are reliable reviews out there.
agreed - no reviews yet. They have been gaining reputation as decent option for monitors and from my experience, a fair vendor. The specs/cost definitely warrant attention. All depends on your risk tolerance.
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dadavildy
05-11-2020 at 06:56 PM.
05-11-2020 at 06:56 PM.
Seems like a fair price considering monitors like this at 144Hz cost $700+, but unlike those this panel has VA—not IPS.
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FSUstud
05-11-2020 at 07:15 PM.
05-11-2020 at 07:15 PM.
Has all the specs I want and at a great price point. If it had USB 2.0 C I'd pull the trigger.
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sandamn12
05-11-2020 at 09:44 PM.
05-11-2020 at 09:44 PM.
Quote from FSUstud :
Has all the specs I want and at a great price point. If it had USB 2.0 C I'd pull the trigger.
"Usb 2.0 C", why such a specific unusual requirement?
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AlphaChino
05-12-2020 at 04:37 AM.
05-12-2020 at 04:37 AM.
Quote from dadavildy :
Seems like a fair price considering monitors like this at 144Hz cost $700+, but unlike those this panel has VA—not IPS.
whats the difference ?
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Thetalker
05-12-2020 at 05:57 AM.
05-12-2020 at 05:57 AM.
Quote from AlphaChino :
whats the difference ?

Response time on this is VA panel is 4ms, IPS has better viewing angles. This is also HDR400 so... Pretty much means nothing but marketing. At this price it's great, if you play a bunch of FPS games find something else unless you don't care for the 4ms response time. 144/240hz 1ms 1080p is still king. Well until ampere gpu's come out then 1440p 144hz 1ms monitors should start getting cheaper. The more expensive monitors have low response time,high refresh rate and IPS panel and nice inputs on the back. oh also better colors. worth it? depends on your wallet. if your graphics card can't drive such a monitor then there's no point getting it.
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LockesKidney
05-12-2020 at 06:02 AM.
05-12-2020 at 06:02 AM.
i have a 35" UW from monoprice (its the same panel in the 35" Asus)

overall i have no complaints. overclock it to 120hz and its run fine. i think i paid like $375 for it.

i refuse to drop 1k on a monitor so if you want a UW / High refresh rate experience and not have to pay insane prices this is it once it goes down on sale
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FlaringAfro
05-12-2020 at 06:38 AM.
05-12-2020 at 06:38 AM.
Quote from Thetalker :
Response time on this is VA panel is 4ms, IPS has better viewing angles. This is also HDR400 so... Pretty much means nothing but marketing. At this price it's great, if you play a bunch of FPS games find something else unless you don't care for the 4ms response time. 144/240hz 1ms 1080p is still king. Well until ampere gpu's come out then 1440p 144hz 1ms monitors should start getting cheaper. The more expensive monitors have low response time,high refresh rate and IPS panel and nice inputs on the back. oh also better colors. worth it? depends on your wallet. if your graphics card can't drive such a monitor then there's no point getting it.

I'd like to see a blind study where you can tell 4ms from 1ms. Maybe a pro gamer can... maybe. You're also wrong about colors. The Samsung Quantum Dot VA panels have 125% sRGB, most IPS are around 95-99%. You also get much better contrast with this so dark scenes actually have things visible, instead of dark areas where you see nothing like most IPS. This monitor definitely wins in picture quality except for viewing angles, but if you are moving your head a lot then a curved ultrawide probably isn't for you since the curvature won't line up well with your head to the side.
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feijichang
05-12-2020 at 07:07 AM.
05-12-2020 at 07:07 AM.
Was dark matter actually used to make this? Whats that do?
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9000RPM
05-12-2020 at 07:12 AM.
05-12-2020 at 07:12 AM.
Google shows nothing for "Samsung LSM340Y P05" except back to the Monoprice listing page for this monitor.

This is supposedly the panel it is using.
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Demonoid89
05-12-2020 at 07:21 AM.
05-12-2020 at 07:21 AM.
This seems like it'd be good for general office/productivity use, no? Marketed as "gaming" but nice price for good specs for that use case??
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