I’m really starting who likes ultrawide monitors. I’m the kind of person who usually prefers to work in full-screen mode to reduce distractions, and a 21:9 aspect ratio is a bit silly for that. But the LG Ultragear 34GS95QE monitor has convinced me. It’s sleek and spectacular, but it took me a while to realize why this display resonated.
This Ultragear monitor has an 800R curvature. That number refers to the radius, in millimeters, of the circle that the monitor curve fits to, and let me tell you, 800R is a low number for ultrawide monitors. Like very low. That means this monitor is exceptionally curved. The MSI QD-OLED model I tested a while ago had a much fainter 1,800R curvature, which is a more common number for curved monitors.
That made the LG Ultragear turn heads the moment I took it out of the box. The more I used it, the more I felt good. It’s not without its annoyances, but now that I’ve used such a curved OLED display, it’s hard to go back.
Perfect placement
The LG Ultragear 34GS95QE achieves perfect black levels and stunning contrast, which isn’t too surprising given its OLED panel. The 800R curve made it feel a little steeper than I expected. It took me forever to figure out why, but it’s because the sides of the monitor are physically closer to my eyes.
Photography: Eric Ravenscraft
This may not seem like a big deal, but consider how often you look at something other than the center of the screen, especially while gaming. In supervision 2one of my most played games, the elimination feed It is a crucial element located in the upper right corner of the screen. Meanwhile, my health is at the bottom left and my skills are at the bottom right. Heck, almost every HUD element in the game is in one of the four corners.
It’s an extremely subtle change, but with such a pronounced curvature, I found all of those elements easier for my eyes to focus on. This is probably true in a literal sense, since my eyes are approximately the same distance from each part of the screen, something that is not entirely true for flat screens. Micro-adjusting fast-paced games dozens of times a minute can wear out your eye muscles.
