Farrell
This is hands down the best monitor I have ever owned. When gaming on it, it feels like you have a VR headset without a VR headset. That is how wide the screen is. You actually have to turn your head around to look to the left or right. Superior image quality and HDR on top of it made it even better. This is a treat to have if you are thinking about getting into Super Ultrawides but you have to keep in mind that not everything support this resolution of 5160x1440p. Even some games are not supported, although, if the game is moddable, you might be able to do it. Also, a software called Flawless Widescreen supposedly makes almost any game support this resolution. You might want to do some research about that one.
Also, the monitor sometimes has a problem switching from PBP to non PBP. (Picture by Picture). This monitor is capable of splitting the screen in half and turning each side to a regular 1440p resolution. What I mean is, it'll be like having two monitors both sides with 2560x1440p at 120hz. It will not go over 120hz on that mode. But turning it back to it's full resolution will. 5160x1440p at 240hz and boy do you feel the 240hz. It's even more smoother! However if you're wanting to get it just by the hz, you're not really missing a lot. I game on 144hz all the time and going from that to 240hz is nice but that's all it was. It wasn't like jumping from 60 to 144hz amazing. It was like "Oh, that's cool!" And that's it. The real Gem, is the resolution. This monitor will pull you in the game with it's wide screen and you'll never want to leave your game.
I said earlier that the monitor sometimes has a hard time switching from PBP to Fullscreen. What I mean by that is that sometimes when you switch from PBP to Fullscreen, the monitor just stays black. So don't freak out when it does that to you, it just needs a small restart. Turning it off and back on again and it'll go back to normal. I don't know why it happens and it seems like not many people do. All you need to know is that it works fine. Now some people reported that sometimes it never turns on again and they had to return it. It could be an overheating issue, but it's kinda rare for that to happen but you might want to know that this monitor gets HOT. I'm talkin' about real hot at the back. I myself get worried if it'll overheat one day and shut down. My setup is right next to the window and and AC unit so I turn it on if I'm not liking how hot it gets. Keep in mind I had mines for a week now and it's doin' fine. Other people had it for YEARS without problems so don't just read one review like mines, keep on reading and find those who had it for a long time and go by their words. Especially if they owned it for more than at least a year. All in all, getting passed the price, this Monitor is a treat and once you have it, especially comin' from a regular monitor, you will not want to go back. Similar to jumping from 1080p to 1440p to 4k etc, from 60fps to 144fps, you simply just don't want to go back there after experiencing such a higher quality experience. That's how good it is.
| Standing screen display size | 49 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 5120x1440 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 5120 x 1440 Pixels |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 3 |
Cody Scoggins
Connor McKenzy Hall