I Was Wrong - Don’t Buy an Ultrawide Gaming Monitor
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I Was Wrong - Don’t Buy an Ultrawide Gaming Monitor
About a year and a half ago I put out a video where I explained the reasons why although I liked Ultrawide, ultimately, I preferred 16:9, and went over the challenges I had faced while using a 21:9 monitor.
Now this older video was definitely polarizing to put it lightly, and over the last year and a half I’ve learned a lot about monitors, made mistakes, corrected them, and definitely have a much larger pool of knowledge now vs then, so today I want to strap my monocle on and reexamine the main points of this video today to see if I still agree.
1. (I claimed ultrawide is not good for doing work).
This one I think is definitely the weakest claim and something I outright don’t agree with anymore. While the specific work I was doing at the time was actually made harder because of it being 21:9, not many people actually create 16:9 video content compared to other lines of work, and I don’t think this is a good representation of how people will use 21:9. In fact I think the opposite. I believe most people will benefit greatly from additional horizontal space and will actually love the ability to have two square windows side by side. So for reason one, EHHHH wrong.
2. (I claimed not many games support ultrawide).
This one I actually still somewhat agree with and let me explain. Every year ultrawide support gets better, and these days you’ll be hard pressed to find a modern AAA game that doesn’t support it, however my idea of support I think was, and still is, different from simply not having black bars on the sides.
True ultrawide support in my opinion is greatly increasing your horizontal FOV without massively stretching the sides or cutting down on vertical FOV, and to this day, it’s still hit or miss whether or not a game will have really good, non fisheye lens, wide field of view support.
Now when a game does, it's awesome, but when I review monitors to this day it still seems like many developers struggle to fully realize the benefits of 21:9, and I really hope that continues to improve as more people adopt this standard.
3. (I claimed ultrawide is not good for competitive gaming).
This one I’m 50/50 on today. I definitely feel like some games with that fisheye lens support feel wonky to play and can lead to my mouse movements just feeling a bit off, but those games that do have true ultrawide support, when you finally get used to the change in aspect ratio, in some ways the extra FOV can be a benefit for seeing more of your surroundings, so today I wouldn’t say its outright worse, but it depends on the game your playing, and how used to 21:9 you are.
So overall do I agree with the takes in my original video? I would say mostly no. While I did have some valid points, I think there are too many sweeping statements I made that simply don’t apply to all people or situations, and while I was overall a little negative on ultrawide back then, I think today I would actually lean overall a little positive, and I felt like my additional years of experience since then did necessitate a new more nuanced update on my older video, and honestly today I’d absolutely love to see a 21:9 5120x2160 ultrawide 4K OLED, as I think that might just be the best display you could buy today, and in fact I think I might release a video highlighting the top reasons you SHOULD buy an Ultrawide monitor in order to be fair.
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About a year and a half ago I put out a video where I explained the reasons why although I liked Ultrawide, ultimately, I preferred 16:9, and went over the challenges I had faced while using a 21:9 monitor.
Now this older video was definitely polarizing to put it lightly, and over the last year and a half I’ve learned a lot about monitors, made mistakes, corrected them, and definitely have a much larger pool of knowledge now vs then, so today I want to strap my monocle on and reexamine the main points of this video today to see if I still agree.
Great video. Only an honest reviewer would publicly admit and change it's mind about a previous statement.
Ultrawide is alot like high refreshrates, It's hard to go back to a low refresh rate after experiencing a high refresh one. It's also very hard to go back to 16:9 after 21:9, it just feels cramped like someone cut off a third of your screen.
This! I bought an ultra-wide monitor for office work and light gaming. I have been using it for over 6 months and now I am so used to it that I don't think I can go back to 16:9.
Disagree , i welcomed my 16:9 monitor after having ultrawide for a year , now , that was before the higher resolution ultrawides , 1440p is just not sharp enough for my preference.
I do agree about the cramped feeling though
@@Dx-so7jm I guess my case is different since I went from a 24" 1080p to a 34" 1440p. I have not used a 4k monitor and I was seriously considering switching to a 32" 4k oled.
However, I am not sure that it's worth it over a 34" 1440p oled, and the issue is that I can't go to a store to compare, so I can only decide based on others experiences and opinions.
"freebasing fent" was a WILD throw in. Lmao.
I tried UW and went back to 16:9. Ultrawide is awesome when it works, but most of the games I play don't support it. I actually had a hard time finding any games in my library that did. It's definitely a case-by-case thing and individual experiences will vary greatly. Web browsing also kind of sucked in UW. Fullscreen is a non-option.
I've had an ultrawide for the past 3 years, and probably played a good 20 or so games on it. I think only 2 of them didn't support ultrawide. Having said that, I still really want to go back to a 16:9 for work reasons.
your game library must be old as hell
@@cheese186 Ironically, I found older games had better support for UW due to the plethora of fan patches and community mods. Doom 3 with the ultrawide mod on an OLED with true blacks was really awesome. Same with Skyrim and Oblivion.
The games I was struggling with were more recent mid-late 2010s titles. And even a lot of more recent games "support" it but have stretched UIs and other weird stuff.
Total dumb BS. Use your browser in a window, duh, not being fullscreen is exactly why it's better, and after gaming at super-ultrawide resolutions for 11 years it's hard to find any game that DOESN'T work with it, even if it requires some sort of fix to get working. 10 minutes of work is a small price to pay, don't be so lazy.
@@cassieudy5718 I wonder what games you are playing. Most modern games support 21:9 and there are normally fixes for ones that don't support them or need to fix cutscenes that were limited to 16:9. There's a website that even lists what games support ultrawide and what fix you can do as well.
I never liked ultrawide monitors... The vertical view is too narrow.
Since I wanted a bigger monitor, I went straight to an OLED 42'' LG 120hz TV...
4k 21:9 3rd gen or later HDR OLED would be GOLDEN 🤤
Yeah I would love to get a 4k 21:9 monitor but it'll be years before I can get that.
I think we won't see a good support for 21:9 monitor until there are 21:9 TVs like what we did when we moved from 4:3 to 16:9 . until this day I really don't like 4:3 content
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Can you do a review on the Sony 480hz qhd oled?
Your videos helped me so much choosing a new monitor
Went ultrawide last year(21:9 IPS one at 3440x1440). I don't ever want to go back to a 16:9 display plus I find ultrawides more interesting and they have more advantages to me.
21:9 is great but 32:9 is too much
21:9 is great but 32:9 is too much
Wrong. 21:9 is barely any different, not even worth it.
@@cenciende9401 barely any difference?😂 It's same difference as jump from 4:3 to 16:9. 32:9 is just too wide and have little height and feel kinda unnatural. Human vision is lot closer to 21:9
16:9 on a big display is better imo just get a tv
Couldn't be more wrong or clueless.
you are the flip flop king
Me when opinions change:
This feedback definitely creates a healthy and rewarding feedback loop that encourages learning and taking criticism /s 😂😂😂
The 5k2k OLED is what I'm waiting for, then I'll be back on my ultrawide kick. For now, the 4K OLEDs have me more than satisfied.
Bought a strix 4090 last week and can't decide between the new ASUS 4k oled 32" 240hz or the LG c4 evo 42"... using it for surfing the web and playing games. any recommendations ?
Easily Asus. You will notice that ~100 Hz difference every day surfing.
I’ve heard people outright say get the newest asus one. The lg is very overrated. And you want qd oled anyways for gaming apparently and the asus has a nice glossy finish which literally the 4k panel clarity
@@TheWildBois thx
@@Savmavv thx
Of course you were wrong. Even a 6yo child could see how it's better for productivity, having things in windows, side by side, more space etc, I literally would drop in productivity by 50% if I didn't use a 32:9 monitor, you can set up whatever you need specifically for 16:9 and then have more space on the sides.
I would hesitate to call any monitor reviewer a gamer too, because they're all so clearly clueless about ultrawide support. I've been playing in 32:9 or more (triple monitor 7680x1440 surround) since 2013, that's 11 years and over 100 games, that's before ultrawides existed, and even then almost every game I was able to play that way including older titles like the original 2007 Bioshock. Native support? No. 10 minutes to implement a fix including fov? Yes. Anyone who would rather not play a game because of that is just lazy, or not use a superior monitor because of that is insane. Yes it's unacceptable that new releases now often don't have native support, but that doesn't mean that there's no support at all.
32" ftw I really like the width and extra height, extra wide monitors aren't vertical enough its like looking through a wide but narrow window, as for competitive gaming the large screen size is such a issue ill just play it in a smaller window with a black background.
I had an Eve Spectrum 27" and ordered it before they rebranded to Dough. Had issues with basic things like backlight flashing on and off when input was set to "Select automatically" and the monitor locking and unable to wake up when connecting a USB-C cable.
Got a FO32U2P this week and never looked back. The KVM works as it should. The display looks fantastic. 250€ cheaper than Asus with dubious warranty. I think the magenta tint and text fringing are way too overblown.
Keep up the good work. 👍
I play quake champions. I use a ultrawide now. I can give you a good game with 21:9 or 16:9. It doesn't matter. Some games I have to window it. Blizzard games. AKA starcraft 2. No ultrawide in competitive. you will get banned. 16:9 or no go. Productivity though. I'm glad I got it.
21:9 is the best. You'll be kind of an idiot not to know this. I don't do TVs reviews but 21:9 for the f****** win.
If I had to pick one
I love my ultrawide, if a game doesn't support it, don't buy it.
Just purchased the pg32ucdm 😊😮....arriving tue
You're freaking crazy super ultra wide is the best
Pretty much everything you say these days is wrong.
Just buy a 16:9 4k 144hz TV and set de custom format you want. You can go 32:9 if you want.
What is a ultrawide res for a 55 inch oled?
Don’t get ultrawide. Get ultrasize. 43” with high fov setting.
Disgusting.
what about the 32 inch odyssey g8 oled?
I'd personally pick the ASUS ROG Swift PG32UCDM 32" 4K OLED 240Hz Gaming Monitor, the g8's silver exterior is a major turn off for me also the ASUS one has better colours and a few more features.
Half screen for gaming, other half to see the streaming screen
I mean if you're just using half for stuff you don't care how it looks, just get a cheap second display. Windows in many cases can be a pain when it comes to splitting your displays. Like I really considered getting the Odyssey Neo G9 32:9 as it's the size of two 16:9 displays, but Windows makes that nearly useless. Like that many games actively run poorly when not in exclusive fullscreen, some apps won't let you choose where to put them, etc.
I want something to replace my ancient 1080p monitors... still waiting for 5k2k oled ultrawide
@squirrelsinjacket1804 there's already 2K ultrawide OLED. In fact the first OLED monitor to come out was. And so is the Corsair flex and many more.
Ultra wide is very good for productivity, but there aren’t any ultra wide oled monitors on the market that have high resolution. Everything is 4K and below with the odd 5120 by 1440p…
Because 4K IS the high resolution, 5120x1440 is more than enough already, 4K is super high at 32:9. There is no possible use case where you could need higher than that.
@@cenciende9401 I’d go for 5120 by 2160 at minimum. Anything below that is not functional for a single monitor setup.
There's only one single downside to ultrawide, competitive fps games look like shit on them due to the image being skewed on the sides making shit appear closer than they actually are. Outside of that it's perfect for pretty much every other situation. ARPG, MMORPG, Racing etc... All look incredible and are super immersive on 32:9.