Monoprice Dark Matter 34in Curved Ultrawide Gaming Monitor - 21:9, 1500R, UWQHD, 3440x1440p, 144Hz, 4ms GTG, DisplayHDR 400, AMD FreeSync, Height Adjustable Stand, Quantum Dot, VA, Black (140776)

Wonderful panel contrast as well as color, as it is apparently a Samsung QLED. No gripes with picture quality or motion-smoothness at all. I don’t have testing equipment, but color and backlight uniformity are quite impressive for this price range, as long as you get the angle right with such massive panel.Though it looks pretty good on paper, a few things to keep in mind:Mono-price isn’t a huge brand, so their OSD Menu is more reminiscent of something more budget oriented, w overall less features. This wouldn’t be annoying, minus the fact that this menu excluded any way to turn off the bright blue power LED indicator (that blinks when there is no input, unless it is off). Furthermore, switching inputs requires a minimum of 5 button presses if I’m not mistaken. Again, not end of world, but not practical when switching all the time.Aesthetically, a great looking, low-profile bezel w unobtrusive logo, and an included (optional) little red projection that shoots down, plugged in by micro USB. Nice little touch for them to include for the pennies it costs, though would have been nicer if inside the monitor and color changing. Stand is also thin and practical, though stands quite wide.As for issues with my particular unit:I’m blaming QC and overall less infrastructure from Monoprice ultimately, as mine arrived with a couple dead pixels, and later on I noticed the auto-detect for inputs wasn’t working.To my dismay, DisplayPort #2 died on me, after I was trying to convince myself that the pixels were fine.About the pixels, one perk is that Mono-price guarantees for one year “Pixel Perfect”-ness so, maybe that’s something to consider that even rivals the bigger brands.One more thing, this is the lowest level of Gsync, FreeSynch tech, (meaning no ‘compatible/premium’ naming). I got it to run full res, 144hz with Freesync/GSync enabled no prob on my Nvidia card, just be sure that you have the horsepower to run your desired games at this resolution. Otherwise, it is a nice canvas to have at your disposal regardless, and although clunky to activate, I even got PiP to working flawlessly at one point, until the input died lol.I’ve decided to downsize to a more standard aspect ratio, and maybe you could have better luck with your unit than mine. If the gripes mentioned above aren’t too alarming, be ready for an otherwise amazing experience in Ultra-wide glory.Honestly preferable IMO to any sort of triple monitor setup, as I have had in the past. Best UW monitor picture quality you are going to find in the $500 range, next cheapest QLED UW’s are $7-800 100hz Samsungs and the CoolerMaster, and I didn’t have that much to spend.Worthy competitor to those, minus my qualms.

Hi, I got this monitor to replace a 1920x1080 25inch VIOTEK monitor, and I couldn't be happier. I decided to leave a review because there were so few reviews on this product, and after sifting through many Youtube reviews on this monitor, I found two comparable options: the AOC CU34GSX and the VIOTEK version. At the time of purchase, this was the cheapest one for me ($450) so I got it.Shipment was great. The monitor is sandwiched between two styrofoam pieces that are tight against the box's walls, and this box is then put in another Amazon box. Set up was very easy. You need a screwdriver to get this thing hooked up to its own mount. However, you should know that the mount is quite large/wide, and it also has a piece that makes the screen jut forward more than I'd like, which causes the screen to be closer to my eyes than I'd like it to be. You can easily fix this with a monitor arm mount, though! And lastly, the monitor is heavier than other 34inch monitors, so take this into account when buying a monitor arm.Quality is great, in my opinion, especially since I'm coming from a 1920x1080 monitor. I see no dead pixels. The operating system is an "old" version, where you have to click each button to move the settings rather than having a joystick, but I'm used to doing this and it's not a problem for me at all. It has FreeSync capability, but if you have an NVIDIA GPU, it "activates" G-Sync too. You just have to make sure to enable it in the operating system and then do so in your Windows settings through the NVIDIA Control Panel. I did have to calibrate the colors by finding someone else's settings online.Lastly, the little things. The shipment came with a DisplayPort cable, so that was handy! The monitor is VESA capable (75x75). It turns on/off with your PC, something my VIOTEK monitor did not do. It has a blue LED that glows towards your table on the bottomside to indicate that it's on (NOT the frontside). It has a red RGB effect, which I turned off in the operating system. It also has an audio jack, so make sure to choose the right audio when you're using your own headphones or speakers in the sound settings (in case you find that your sound is mute when you first plug the monitor in).This is a great monitor to get if you're looking to spend money in a budget-friendly category of 3440x1440 34inch monitors with 144hz.

1440 ultrawide @ 144hrz?! Hdr400 is a bonus! One week in and I have to say this monitor is awesome! Looks beautiful, some of the best coloring I have ever seen, I am running at 10 bit (8-bit + A-FRC) which to be fair is the highest spec I've used. For gaming there is zero ghosting that I can see and the response is fantastic! I am getting almost no flickering with my RTX 2070 with adaptive sync setup. The HDR has been hit and miss, which a lot of people say HDR400 just sucks anyway but in Horizon 4, or BL3 it is actually great, but in Odyssey and BF5 I have been a little dissapointed, not actually sure if HDR is worth being on in these titles but from what I can tell is no fault of the monitor. OVERALL The monitor is great, the value is great (comparable monitors around 1200+ CAD) and quality seems great! (I have no dead pixels and everything feels pretty solid), would definitely recommend!EDIT: Monitor still going great, loving it. I figured out how to get the HDR to look actually super great, heads up for anyone trying to figure it out. ALTHOUGH it blocks you out of the brightness contrast settings when turned onto HDR all the settings that were set are used when HDR mode is on, so before you go to HDR max brightness & Contrast, turn black level to 25 and gamma 2.4, then turn on HDR, worked great for me hopefully it helps you!

Muy buen monitor para edición y videojuegos, me llegó sin ningún detalle funcional ni estético, además bastante rápido.Tuve un detalle referente al freesync durante los primeros días pero me parece que era referente a los drivers de mi GPU (RX 5700 XT) pero ya está funcionando perfecto.El único consejo que les doy es que si quieren este monitor para videojuegos tomen en cuenta si su tarjeta gráfica puede levantarlo, es decir que su GPU sea de gama media-alta o alta para poder sacarle jugo y aprovechar las características del monitor.Si desean ver un review en español del monitor, búsquenlo en mi canal de youtube (MontalvoCH).Por su relación calidad-precio, si se los recomiendo. 👍🏻

The media could not be loaded.  Small loose bolts with unusable stand base. Spent time and 2 A$ buying better 🔩. Imagine quality is superb +1*