LG 38GL950G Review, The New Ultrawide Performance Champion
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LG 38GL950G Review, The New Ultrawide Performance Champion
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Finally a review. And also by you guys. Your monitor reviews are top notch.
Excellent review, thank you for the awesome work!
Really nice as always, needed this, thx guys.
Your review is the best around for this panel. Just unboxed the 38WN95C in Australia. Amazing colours right out of the box compared to my 34" MSI VA 3440x1440 panel. So bright, quality blacks without IPS glow. Immediately feel the extra space especially the 160 vertical lines. Can triple-task now. Zero regrets.
Great review. I still have my X34 and have been waiting for something to come along that seems worth the upgrade. I will keep an eye on this to go on sale.
Same here, I have the x34 for 4 years, I'm thinking to go with the Samsung G9.
For over £1800 I am expecting all this but with OLED HDR1400+
Well the best of the best of OLED kinda top at 900nits so ...
And yeah that a reason why manufacturer don't talk about nits on their website but juste Brightness
Wait for microLED (3 to 7 years) to have 10000+nits lol
And end of this years debut 2021 to have miniLED and 5000 or 7000nits
Well after what the point of having a fucking sun in your housse don't know but bigger is better
Looking into the sun is not healthy.
oled is trash in high end display, not high enough brightness for complete hdr experience, impossible for color correcting, low life cycle (especially with high brightness,) maybe oled could have a place in cheap hdr like display which considered the cost is very not likely.
qu peter i have a oled with 750nits and i also have a qled with 1500 nits. The oled is the best hdr experience in my opinion. 750nits is alot when the blacks are totallt black. The qled screen is nice as well but its not as good as my oled. And my qled i 2 years newer as well.
@@qupeter1224 It may not technically cover the full brightness range but OLED HDR is really amazing. Gets bright enough that I squint a bit, not sure I personally need more than that. I also don't use my TV in a brightly lit room, so...
Tested the lg 38gl950g for 2 weeks only to send it back. Got my Dell AW3821DW now and it just instantly blows the LG out of the water. No vignetting, no absurd IPS glow, no annoying sound from the G-Sync fan, quality materials, sturdy foot, better warranty, HDR600 and G-Sync ultimate. AND it was cheaper! There's no reason to pick the GL or GN anymore, maybe at a super discount and winning the panel lottery...
I love the fact that this monitor exists, even though it's above my price level right now. This means that I will be able to choose among several similarly specced monitors in a few years, at half the price.
That takes longer than you think, though... :/
@@Brendan2097 LOL True. The price is still around 1600 USD.
No. The price of monitors stay high for many years. The monitor I bought for $600 6 years ago is still $450.
Things havent changed that much :/
I just got it for $750. I waited and it paid off!
Mine is coming next week! Can't bloody wait to see this thing in the flesh
How is it? What video card you use and can you hit high FPS on new titles at that resolution??
Great review!
Would love to hear your thoughts on the BenQ ex2780q.
The way Tim looks at the cam after the wobble demonstration has some very "Yeah you like that, don't you" vibez
I read the Techspot review this morning and then got excited when I saw this video as I love multiple points of view. After a few minutes, I thought, this seems similar.... Total amateur hour on me. Love the video!!
Great review. Looking forward to more high end reviews. We should be seeing more QHD 240hz monitors coming in 2020
Great monitor review as always, Tim. Any chance you could review the MSI Optix MAG341CQ? Thanks.
I'm watching you from this monitor ^^
Very happy with it, though having to pick the kind of compromise I want because of the DP1.4 bothers me more that I was expecting.... hopefully a firmware update will make monitors support DP2.0 in the future? No chance?
Oh and I have a weird issue, not sure if it's just me or if it's a bug with the monitor. When I have the Light Sphere enabled to "Video Sync" mode there are a lot of stuttering introduced giving a feeling of reduced framerate, but in reality the metrics show high average FPS. It seems there's just a lot of stuttering which makes everything to cause headache, even this video has stuttering with the LEDs in Video Sync mode ON.
I want a 3440x1440 @ 200hz (same bandwidth) with this panel-quality!
Yeah lol basically PG35V but without all that color, HDR shit and instead the ability to have 3440×1440 at 200hz and an IPS display
Great review! Thank you! I got that for Microsoft flight simulator 2020.
I'm rocking an
LG 34GK950F-B 34" 21:9 Ultragear WQHD Nano IPS Curved Gaming Monitor with Radeon FreeSync 2 and love the bloody thing. Beautiful picture, closest I've seen to a CRT as far as image sharpness and brightness
Same, absolutely awesome monitor.
Love seeing these higher end reviews! Cant wait for the new LG 600 nit monitor reviews but what im really holding out for is seeing your ASUS PG27uqx and PG32uqx reviews before i buy my next monitor! Going to splurge and get a really good monitor for my next gaming monitor, cant wait for things coming at the end of 2020! Keep up the great work guys!
What is a good 2070 super to get?
The 2 I’m thinking of getting are the :
2070 super gaming oc 1815mhz
2070 super windforce oc 1785mhz
What one is better or are there any other better around the same price? Please let me know 😃
Hey, Tim, I wanted to ask if you also use CalMAN Ultimate to get those pixel response times and under/overshoot values as well. It's just one of the many tests you do that makes Hardware Unboxed a stand out for monitor reviews and more people/reviewers should adopt this kind of testing, in my opinion.
One word: EXPENSIVE. I wonder how MSI's version with this panel will do on pricing (MEG381CQR, shown at CES this year)
shaurendev Yeah, i was hoping it would cost $1000+
Well only RTX2080ti owners are the buyers for this (and hardly a 2080ti is enough for this screen) so its not expensive for them.
@@AndrewTSq Well... its kind of true but at the same time pricing for this one is completely fucked up in EU, 2k eur, its exactly 100% more expensive than the 34" one
If anything the MSI version may be *more* expensive as it supports HDR600 and has at least some form of local dimming.
@@AndrewTSq Nvidia 3000 series and high end AMD cards are coming Q2-Q3, so there will be a lot more folks around who can drive this monitor.
i want the 38" monitor, but only if they shave 1000$ from the price..
it is ridiculous this costs 3x my 4k 10 bit HDR nano cell TV.
Pixel responses man, those tvs are 100Hz with trash responses.
@@santeenl LG's OLED C9's Exceed everything spec wise that this monitor does (such as pixel dimming TRUE HDR / superior response/input lag time /4k resolution / HDMI 2.1 support for 4k120hz and no picture quallity bs ) for $500-700 less with a slight drop in refresh rate, Just really goes to show how terribly priced it really is.
Does that tv have variable refresh?
@@thetranya3589 yes it does, G-Sync Compatible
@@Blaqknessify nah tv still feels choopy and laggy compared to monitor i been using oled c7 and c9 and they still feels laggy compared to a monitor i am using this monitor and is way faster
Finally a review for this thing!
Aaaaahhhh, now we know why its $1,800, it's the RGB backing. Very savy LG
Tim should do a video on how to read those response time charts
Would love to see you do a review / comparison with the LG 38GN950. Im torn between which to get at the minute.
Feel very limited in 38" superwide space but definitely the area of monitors thats the most exciting for me at the minute!
sweet review, my opinion "nano ips" are rly good ones
any chance for dell alienware aw3420dw?
Nice review. One question. Does the variable overdrive functionality extend to Radeon with Freesync or is it specific to GeForce cards?
Idk why i never receive notifications for this channel. I had to manually check for it.
I've preordered the X38S... I really hope you can do a thorough review of that monitor!
Good to see the OG X34 on the charts.. Still a solid performer
LG must love these guys
I’m gonna get LGs new 48 OLED tv when it comes out.
I clicked on this video thinking it’d be $550 and Idk why... I was VERY wrong.
Yap.. Still a cool monitor tho :p
$550 is a very optimistic guess even if this were a TN or VA panel. I wouldn't put too much weight on MSRPs though. For instance, the 34" version of this launched last year at $1500. By July I was able to get it brand new under $700. Same with the 34" Alienware. MSRP near $1500, but often had under $1k. However because this 38" does have a unique feature set, the price will probably not fall as fast as the others.
Some of them that they linked below the video are cheaper than $500 which is pretty impressive for an IPS ultrawide at 144hz
well, in italy for amazon sales you could get a lg 34gk950f-b for 570 euros thats what i did. would far better than this new 38 inch even at his old msrp of 1000+ euros
Ryan Lemieux it’s still $1800 lol
Great review for a great monitor - thank you !
Finally it's here !!
The main problem for me is, that actually there is no graphics card that can push this resolution with high framerates in modern games (RDR2, AC Odyssey, and so on).
So we have the wait for the "big navi" or Ampere with 16 GB and higher performance than the 2080Ti, then it would make sense to have this great gaming monitor !
So maybe in 6 months from now on it will be an option.
@Adi Maybe next year you'll get cheaper GPUs again...we have to wait an see...
UPDATE: After 5 months. Tested it against : Predator x34a, Predator z301c, LG 34GL750, LG 34UC89G
+ No ghosting, No coronas, No blur. I have never seen image that accurate in motion to still image. Just Perfect.
+ Sphere Lighting (to me is the best feature of them all). Go for Video Sync Mode when in Full Screen. It's very nice experience.
+ Flat Stand (Not to big, Can be put on shallow desk)
+ Brighter
+ Image Quality and Oled like Colors. I recommend Setting Digital Vibrance to 66 and gamma to 0.85 (Nvidia Panel)
+ Bigger
+ Higher Resolution
+ Higher Refresh Rate (HDR still available in 175Hz, 10 bpc, YCbCr422, Limited output dynamic range). Some people complain that text looks weird in 175Hz but that only applies to HDR desktop, SDR text looks OK). Since It's not OLED you can easily run 10 bpc, YCbCr422 and have excactly the same colors as in RGB. I do also have Oled TV and to get deep Blacks RGB is necessary but not for this monitor.
Those are 7 you will gain over x34
There are also disadvantages.
- Vertical Scan lines (When Gsync is cold). Visible when moving objects or rotating camera
- Screen Flickering when Gsync Windowed Mode is selected in Nvidia settings. Appears when Gsync Module is Cold (up to 1 hour depend on application you use), visible in app like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Filmora, reWASD.
//// Both of those flaws can be fixed by Disabling DEEP SLEEP in monitor options. The downside is that the gsync fan will never stop spinning and its audible. ////
- Fan noise (2 of them), are annoying.
- IPS Glow is massive so Viewing Angles are bad. This is not IPS you used to know. When you look at it from 45 degrees, there is no Black just grey and if the picture is dark you can't see anything, a mixture of VA and TN. When you sit in front It's OK
- Gamma Mode 3 is not dark enough like x34 is. This can be corrected by making 2 necessary Actions. Go Nvidia Panel - Display - Adjust desktop color settings - drop GAMMA from 1.00 to 0.85
//// To keep Colors every Windows start - use Windows Search - type TASK SCHEDULER - Task Scheduler Library - Microsoft - Windows - WindowsColorSystem - Calibration Loader - right click on it - and DISABLE. ////
- Fake HDR. Don't even try it. It's false advertisement and has nothing to do with HDR. The image is dim, not colorful and looks just Ugly. I wish it wasn't even implemented because games recognise HDR capable Monitor and kicks in The Fake HDR in Fullscreen and if game has no Option to change that you will have to run In Fullscreen Windowed to bring back SDR which looks amazing (Just boost Digital Vibrance to 66 in NVIDIA Panel and set Gama to 0.85). HDR even kicks in in 175Hz 8bit but no matter what Refresh Rate and setting u go for HDR looks the same and looks bad. Monitor doesn't offer different colour settings for SDR and HDR like TV does when HDR, DolbyVision and SDR have their independent color setting adjustments.
- Volume Control (on Joystick) but there are no speakers. Left and Right activate Volume control but those shortcuts should be use for switching On/Off Crosshair and FPS counter
- Lazy Menu. There are Gamer Profiles but you can not Edit, Save and Overwrite existing profiles with Crosshair or FPS counter included like Predator x34 does. You always have to go deep inside Menu and do it. Also you can not have both, only one.
- Also I would like to see LG UltraGear Control Center opening minimized in TaskBar not Open on Desktop every windows start. You can help yourself and use "Actual Window Minimizer", add LG UltraGear Control Center and make it run minimized into Tray.
Summary:
LG did a bad job not implementing passive cooling on Gsync module. Fan Noise. Amazing Sphere Lightning experience. It's a joy to use, colors close to an OLED TV.
1800, that's 2500 euro in Erroropa,
I'ma gonna leave the server!
Nope it's priced around 1900€ which imho is acceptable.
It's being sold for 2k EUR in Germany at least, so hey we are cheaper than what you expected!!
Jokes aside, the current price is absurd if you consider that there is no real HDR or anything on this screen so I can only hope the price drops pretty soon. Oh and it took LG only over a year to finally get this monitor available for consumers as it was already shown at CES 2019!
I know guy who got it for 900 euros. Got lucky and got a store model
Would love to see a follow up review that compares how this model stacks up against the just released Acer X38. Same IPS panel but have they sorted out some of the issues?
That time when you refresh the youtube tab and it says hardware unboxed new video 1 min ago with 2 views. Hell yeah brother!
Tim, please do a tutorial on monitor calibration and how to see the numbers for delta-e`s and gamma, etc you always show. Also i dont understand the "to-from" ranges fot transitions in the responsetime analisys section, at all.
I totally agree with the review. The European pricing for these is a bonkers 2000-2500 euros depending on the store. For that kind of money you can buy an LG OLED TV that performs massively better for gaming in everything but refresh rate. With the somewhat more desktop friendly LG CX 48" model on the way, it's hard to justify the price of the 38GL950G.
The Freesync 2 versions of these should be priced better and I hope those also offer a PbP mode and maybe some sort of backlight strobing feature. I hope Nvidia either improves the feature set of G-Sync monitors or just makes their pricing more reasonable as to me they don't offer that much benefit over Freesync 2 these days.
Love your monitor reviews. Keep them up. Hope you get your hands on the upcoming Asus XG279Q, which is 27" 1440p IPS 1ms 170hz
Please do Aoc 24G2U review. Show some love for us with modest budgets stuck with 1080p but want a good IPS gaming experience
+1
You mean *AOC 24G2U* ? Yes, please review that monitor!
You mean ViewSonic xg2405 with the same panel and probably different back light solution?
Indeed, less 1%'er monitors and more cheap ones. Majority of viewers can't afford the costly monitors anyway, so their reviews are much less useful.
Yes
As of Feb 2021, this is still my dream monitor.
Although it's hidden enough that it doesn't really matter for review purposes, the sRGB color temperature probably can be adjusted in the hidden service menu. At least, this is the case on the 27GL850. It's a shame they can't quite seem to get this right in factory calibration.
Very good review, but I'm missing the backlight strobing talk, it was not even mentioned if this monitor has it. Also it would be great to include blur busters camera tracking shot of how it performs. I love seeing the chart, but it's so much easier to put it in context with the camera tracking shot of the lovely alien.
He mentioned it doesn't have a strobing feature. 4:53
I've had this monitor for almost 4 years now, not one issue with it so far. I did have a few suck pixels when i first got, they did unstuck them self over time. I'm now running a 4090(only had it for a few weeks) @ 144hz in with Gsync on and it's a crazy good looking display for being 3 years old. I paid $1900au in Dec 2019 as i was told it wasn't selling due to it being pretty high price at release which was 2500au
*Another Item I'll never own, This thing costs more than my entire setup and has change for a Steam Library*
Watching from my LG 38GL950G! So happy with this monitor! Unfortunately, I still only have the 980Ti GPU, so I'm limited to 100hz with this resolution. Holding out for the 3000 series and it will feel like another massive upgrade :D
dont lie
Personally I only watched this review because it will likely have similar performance to the 27GN950-B that will hopefully become more available this year. As always, great video. I’m looking forward to picking it up if the price is right.
Im waiting on the freesync 144hz with hdr 600 version
I'm building a beast of setup with this. This monitor gets frequently discounted for amazon prime - I got mine for about $1500 before tax. I feel like if you're going to have a powerful PC you have to have an awesome monitor to justify it
Hi, can you make a video on the cheaper ultrawide's expected to hit the market this year?
I really can't fathom spending $1000+ on an LCD panel with any current technology. There's always some big drawback that money can't solve, and it would drive me crazy to see the obvious flaws knowing how much I spent. Can't wait for mini/micro-led or for OLED to magically not have burn in issues in a desktop environment. Until then, I'll be sticking with my viotek ultrawide.
5 months on, what is your current gut feel. The same?
Can you reach the optimum refresh rates on multiple resolutions, or do you have to run in native res to get the 144hz?
could you make this test for the lg oled 2019 series ?
cause it could be as good as the best gaming monitor from what i heard.
peace ✌
That's insane the resolution and refresh rate and how fast snappy it is that's crazy and how are you able to find out this was a new g-sync module
Flawless review. Thank you. I only wish this video came out months sooner. I have the monitor and no buyer's remorse. My biggest complaint is that I think the stand is horrendous. My desk wasn't quite deep enough to enable me to put the monitor where I wanted it without compromising my mouse movements.
I immediately bought a vesa desk mount, which completely solved the issue. As far as I'm concerned, I won't need another monitor until OLED 4k ultrawide 144+ hs 38+" monitors come out (as well as single gpus that can push them to their limit without much issue).
AJ Velasco do you still love this monitor? I’m leaning towards it. Have been holding off for the CX48, however this looks amazing. Need for gaming and multitasking. Besides the stand anything else? Blacks? Missing pixels? Etc. Thanks!
@@FPSWizard Mines pixel perfect, blacks are reasonable coming from a TN 38" Acer monitor. No where near as good as VA blacks but about the same as my old TN. The only thing I wish for is slightly better contrast. I'll probably sell this when the LG 48" Oled comes out. But for now there's nothing better on the market for pure gaming.
I hope that you will review the acer predator x32 when it comes out. I'm really interested in that monitor
When are we getting a review of the Sceptre C305B-200UN for extreme budget high refresh rate ultrawide customers.
I had the opportunity to try out this monitor and returned it. Its close enough to 4k resolution that my 1080Ti was hurting to push any AAA over a decent frame rate. Also there are a LOT of games that do not support the native resolution of this monitor, which made things look stretched, or just gave black lines on the side. Also, while the monitor stand is sturdy from a front/back, it is not very sturdy side to side. As i would type on my keyboard the left/right edges of the monitor would wiggle and would make text slightly blurry while it moved. I do however, absolutely love the size of this monitor and wish it was at 3440x1440.
The new one is phenomenal!
38gn950B
Just got my nixeus 34 ultrawide 144hz. I was blown away coming from a 60hz 1080/720 vizio tv. LoL
I want this exact monitor but with a FALD array.
The perfect monitor is so close.
Deciding between this and the Odyssey G9. You guys planning on doing one for the G9 soon?
nice review! how it compares to 38WN95C-W?
i need help with calibrating my new LG 38WN95C Monitor got it few days ago its hard to calibrate settings way different from this GL monitor
@HUB - What is the transitions-within-refresh-window percent for the next overdrive setting down at 160Hz? Lower refresh, higher time allowed, how close to 100% do we get?
all that information and what I really wanted to know is what kind of fps can we expect with 1600p at ultra settings? Could you please do some benchmark testing with 2080ti etc? thank you
I'd like to understand what GPU is needed for this monitor to make the most out of all the features and higher end settings? I've recently purchased an MSI RTX 2070 Super and its not detailed anywhere online how that would run on a monitor of this size/spec - any help out there? Thnx for a the great review btw!
I wonder if my, to be delivered next week, 16" macbook pro can keep up with this beast ... :)
Oh, and a big tx for the uber informative vid!
For gaming at 144Hz? Unless we're talking vanilla Minecraft, it can't lol. A desktop 2080ti can't even, in a lot of games.
What do you guys do with the monitors you purchase for reviews but don't plan to use after?
Is the MSI Optix MAG241c a good monitor in terms of colour and response times?
What i would really like to see is a round up of the cheapest 34" 1440p ultrawides with a proper assessment so we can decide what's the best bang for buck for this category. Any chance?
Xiaomi Surface Display 34" ?
There are better cheaper ones. Or at least thats what it seems, ofc i would like to see them tested 1st though. Which was my point
Rafael Soares , 34inch 144hz 128% sRGB with Samsung TN panel and 5ms reaponse... cheaper 360 Bucks? Really?
G-Sync module are usefull ! The first gen were based on a FPGA, are the 2nd gen the same ?
Is the X38 Predator monitor going to be better for gaming? Is there a review on the X38 or a release date?
Please review the other 24" 240Hz IPS models the Asus VG279QM and xg 270 elite!
@Hardware Unboxed, is there any chance you guys could review the LG C9 as it rivals if not beats all highend monitors spec wise other then having no more then 120hz which is plenty anyway? its currently prices $1000 cheaper then this monitor in Australia yet offers far more features.
can your run one computer on the left side of the display and one on the right with any of these monitors? curious if anything like that is out there. thank you for your time.
Nice Price! and I know reviewing the cutting edge products is fun but in reality what is your viewers price range for Monitors? I myself am looking for a new monitor and it will be sub $400, and I am far from poor.
Can you do this review for the upcomming 34GN850 ? as soon as you can get it? i like the 38GL950G but its way to expensive.
Have you been looking at the Alienware 38? Looks like a similar panel but claiming G-Sync Ultimate and DisplayHDR600. Can’t find a thorough review anywhere, especially on HDR performance. Would love to see your take.
I'm surprised there's no review of the 38GN950-B yet.
Please reviews it's smaller brother. The 34gn850. Almost the same spec but in 34" and much much more affordable. Only $1500 Aud.
I would love to see if it holds up to the 38.
Is the GN version a good buy around $900 today or should I look elsewhere?
I WANT THIS MONITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just wish it was HDR10...
Best monitor reviews on the internet.
would you rather have this or the x35 if they were the same price? is the x38 the same panel as this? what happened to the x38, should it be on the market by now?
What is a good 2070 super to get?
The 2 I’m thinking of getting are the :
2070 super gaming oc 1815mhz
2070 super windforce oc 1785mhz
What one is better or are there any other better around the same price? Please let me know 😃
The perfect monitor !
I just bought it for 1350 € and absolut satisfied with it.
No backlight bleeding, minimal IPS glow (noticable only during nighttime), response time identical with my old 144 Hz TN.
Until we get HDR monitors with thousands of Mini LED backlight zones, HDR 1000+ and pixel response times in the 3ms area, this is the best UW gaming monitor on the market !
And even if we get those monitors in 5 to 10 years, I think we need to pay 3000 $+ for it; so this won't be a option.
What do you think of the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9, as it comes very close to your stated spec
@@jebdiankerman5029 It's also a great monitor, but wasn't available as I bought the LG. I think the Samsung should be better for people that play in dark enviroments because of the VA panel.
Great review. That contrast ratio is a deal breaker for me.
It's the price for me. Worth more than my entire PC setup combined.
Hmm yeah, I was really interested until finding that out.
@@GoodGamer3000 the lg 35gk950f-b is the same thing for $850. Just 25 less hertz and 3 more ms lol. I'm not even kidding, this monitor here is a joke for the price and the very few improvements to price it $1000 more than its predecessor
So how much does it cost in kidneys?
Asking for a friend..
It's costs you nothing. It costs your friend everything.
a little under 0.01 kidneys
3 kidneys. You can’t afford it.
It’s 2400$ in Canada LOL
Can you make a video of if my GPU can't handle it in the future if I downscale the resolution and ratio 21:9 to 16:9 will it looks like a real native 1440p 16:9 monitor? Or looks blurry?
I have the predator x34, if I switch to the LG 38GL950G, will the drop of contrast ratio from 1193 to 879 be significantly noticeable? It seems like this LG is perfect in every aspect except for the contrast ratio, I do game in semi dark rooms, usually with a few lowlight tungstens on.
When the LG 48 inch CX OLED is released, would you consider reviewing that from a monitor perspective? 120hz/4k (once stupid HDMI 2.1 GPUs exist), with G-sync, FreeSync, full HDR support, and all the fabulous OLED goodness. 'm pretty seriously thinking about buying once and just slightly increasing my view distance. You could also run it in 3840x1600 resolution with letterboxing and I'm hoping that lowering the resolution will allow higher frequencies under HDMI 2.0. Also, I hear OLEDs are supposed to have nearly instant response times ;)
This is exactly what I'm considering. Although, if you have a macbook that might be an issue. I notice mine kinda has a bit of an input lag on my lg b9, tested it through the usb-c with a certified 60hz adaptor and I still get a small delay and differences in color around the screen :/ ... Works absolutely flawless on windows though.
If you run an OLED panel with letterboxing for long periods of time your panel will age unevenly. That means when you run proper 16:9 content (3840x2160) the previously letterboxed areas will appear brighter than the middle of the screen because the letterboxed areas haven't aged at all !! This happened to me on one of my older Android phones (with AMOLED screen) where the area the black navigation bar was located appeared much brighter than the rest of screen when playing full-screen games. Burn-in isn't the only problem with OLED you have to be careful with it.
Would you review the Samsung G9 when it comes out?
I know LG CX 48" OLED isnt a monitor but it could be compared to one now with the high pixel density & 120hz & G-SYNC and low input lag. Will you test it out? I cant decide if I want to go with this 38" or the TV for gaming.
I own an alienware aw3418dw, so no rush to upgrade, but it's always interesting to see development. When HDR oled hit this form factor, that's when I upgrade
I sold the same monitor for this one. Trust me the quality is a step up and the Alienware feels dated straight away.
Same I really want it for 38 inch size but yeah not worth it right now
At that price point, the 34GK950f is still the better monitor to get. Have one and love it. I hope LG continues to make them. Much less overshoot, too. Surprising to see the new 38 uses only a tiny bit more power.
the only question I have is whether to take this or wait for the new 34-inch models. maybe this is too big, above all I would not want to lower my performances too much