Dell Debuts 34-inch 21:9 Curved Monitor At CES

[dgingeri]

Well, I've always been a fan of the Dell Ultrasharp series stands. It does height adjustment, which the LG stand doesn't do. It is the same panel and effectively the same monitor, however, Dell's support is such easier to work with, plus it comes with the advance exchange warranty coverage by default, which LG's does not.

So, for the same price, the Dell has a few advantages. So, I'd say it is better.

Just found a MAJOR point in favor of the Dell over the LG: HDMI 2.0.

The LG is only HDMI 1.4, so you can't even run the full reslution at 60 hz on the LG. Dumb!

Too bad the LG's so pretty

Good point, but I don't think I'd even use HDMI. My GTX680s only do HDMI 1.4, so it wouldn't work for me anyway. I just stick with DisplayPort these days.

There is a little glitch with this Dell monitor, though. It defaults to the first DisplayPort input, but doesn't come with a full DisplayPort cable. It comes with a DisplayPort to mini-DisplayPort cable. So, I hooked mine from my video card's DP port to the monitor mDP port. It took some effort turning the monitor off and back on to get it to change inputs before power saver mode kicked in. Once set, it works great. It just took a few minutes to get it switched over.

Also, some games have issues with the large resolution. Star Trek Online won't even start with it set to Windowed Maximized. It has to be started in safe mode, then resize the windows, and then set all the settings back up, every time I start the game. Once started, the extra width is a great advantage in space battles. Starcraft 2 wouldn't run the whole res. The max it would do was 2560X1440, leaving back bars on either side. Diablo 3 and WoW worked great, though. The extra width is a great help when tanking in WoW. Blizzard has stated they have no intention of letting SC2 work at that aspect ratio, and I have a bug ticket in with STO to see if they'll fix it.