Lenovo G34w-10 34″

Pros: -It’s absolutely beautiful. -3440×1440, 144Hz, 1ms curved monitor, as advertised. -Delivery was much faster than what was quoted! -No stuck pixels on arrival, or defects of any kind. Cons: -Relatively low contrast ratio, so it’s generally not recommended for graphic designers and the like, but I am not a color snob, so I don’t mind. -The stand is not the best stand in the world, but it is better than most. Overall Review: Other reviews report that this monitor is somewhat dim, but I disagree. Of course, I guess it is important to note that I am only using this monitor indoors, but still, turning the settings up to 100% brightness is too much for me. By default, the brightness was set to 80%, and that is plenty. I am very satisfied with this purchase!

Overall Review: Working flawlessly until I turn it off and go on vacation for 4 days, and couldnt turn it on no matter what I try (already plugged in and try using 3 different cables, which are working fine with other monitors of mine).

Pros: This monitor checks all the boxes I wanted in this upgrade. The large 34″ size, 2k, 144hz ultrawide, curved… Has 10 bit color RGB 4:4:4 @ 144hz (if you use the correct cable, select the correct displayport setting 1.4). This isn’t an HDR panel, but is the closest thing I’ve had so far, and can look really great if you are careful when setting up game gamma, etc. Coming from a 29″ 75hz 1080p Freesync LG ultrawide (a good monitor itself) Resident Evil Village looks even better than before, as do pretty much all my games. Of course, driving 2k ultrawide resolutions (about 30% more pixels than standard 2k) can be hard on my 5700xt, but games like Village have the new AMD resolution/sharpening options, which helps to keep the framerate at or around 144, while still looking fantastic (I couldn’t tell a difference between native and the Ultra Quality setting, in a sequential gameplay comparison). To be fair, high framerates don’t improve the gameplay experience in single player games as much as the Freesync function, although the smooth frames when turning is quite pleasant. One place the higher framerate does make more of a difference is competitive games. I have only spent a few hours playing Team Fortress 2 since I got this monitor, but the experience was very good. I’m on a wireless connection to the router (no other option, but it is a 6g connection at least), so it’s hard to say how much my gameplay was improved (while good for wireless, any wireless connection has some inconsistency when 50 feet away). But, whether confirmation bias or not, it seemed easier to track rockets etc. Cons: More backlight bleed on black and dark screens than other monitors I’ve had. May have something to do with the curved screen. Not a dealbreaker for me, as it is only noticeable on loading screens, and occasional in-game scenes. Took more trial and error than I expected, to get the full 10bit 144 rgb 4:4:4 settings working. At first, it kept defaulting to ycbpr 4:2:2, or reducing refresh to 100, or reducing color to 6 bit… but eventually the stars aligned, and it worked correctly. Overall Review: I have only had this monitor for a few days, so I can’t say how long it will last. Others have had problems with it just dying suddenly after a few months. I have not noticed any dead or partially dead pixels, but I have not tried to find any with any special equipment, either. I don’t mind if there happens to be a pixel malfunctioning if I can’t perceive it, but I doubt there are any. Seems fine to me so far.

Overall Review: I really liked this monitor … till it developed horizontal line artifact on the left side of the screen within first month of use. I saw other reviewers complaining about quality of this monitor before purchasing it and hoped those were exceptions. I guess not 🙁