Costco Wholesale has for their
Members: 34"Acer 144Hz UWQHD Curved Gaming Monitor on sale for
$349.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
Ozta for finding this deal.
Specs:
- Resolution: 3440x1440 UW-QHD
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Panel Type: VA
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AMD Radeon (NEW) FreeSync Premium Pro Technology
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Refresh Rate: 144Hz
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Response Time: 1ms VRB
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Brightness: 400 nits
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Screen Type: Curved
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Screen Size: 34 in.
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VESA: 75x75mm
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Viewing Angles: 178/178 Horizontal/Vertical
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Ports:
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Calibration was aiming for 6500K with gamma set to 2.2. So I calibrated with a brightness of 40, contrast 50, black boost 5. Color 2.2, color temp set to User, R Gain 48, G Gain 47, B Gain 47.
It's said you can adjust brightness without affecting the temperature or colors much. Rtings calibrates at 100 nits actually (for those that don't know).
Uploaded the .icm file and the DisplayCal report post-calibration.
I can try to calibrate again under the Warm color temperature setting. I think it should be more universal, and at 6600K it's already close to my target of 6500K. Just keep in mind the whole procedure takes roughly an hour, so give me a day or two if anyone is interested.
Slickdeals site doesn't allow me to upload .icm files, so I uploaded to Google Drive.
https://drive.google.co
https://customerservice
This deal is super tempting but I will play it safe and hold out to the 30th just in case a similar Dell monitor goes on sale.
Edit: also found out that even using the Costco Visa Rewards CC will not qualify your purchase for the price rewind. It only applies to other stores' prices, not to Costco.
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I've been using mine since yesterday and love it. Had to get used to the ultrawide peripheral in gaming (Modern Warfare) but now, I can't go back to a regular widescreen panel.
However, most content like Youtube, news videos, etc are still 16:9 so the typical black bars on the side. ..however, get the "ultrawidify" extension for Chrome browser.
This is the Amazon TV show ..ZeroZeroZero.
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I think Series S/X support 1440p (16:9), then on paper, it should work on the monitor, however with black bars on the sides. However, that totally defeats the purpose of a ultrawide monitor, eh. Which means that if next gen consoles don't even support 21:9, then forget about having games in ultrawide as well.
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