LG 38WR85QC-W 38 inch Curved UltraWide WQHD Nano IPS VESADisplayHDR 600 144Hz 1ms USB Type-C 90W Computer Monitor NVIDIA G-SYNC AMD FreeSync Premium Pro HDMI DisplayPort Tilt/Height/Swivel Stand White

With monitors I have found that you get what you pay for, and this one is not cheap. Thankfully it lives up to my high expectations. I've been using it on my main pc for software development work, photo processing, watching movies, and gaming. Here are my thoughts after a few weeks.Pros:+ 3840x1600 at 38 inches is a really nice size and resolution. The pixel density is similar to a 27" 1440p. The width is about big enough to fill your field of view without being so big that you have to do a lot of neck movement like with the 49 inch ultrawides. The vertical dimension is noticeably taller than 1440p and fits a good amount of text.+ The colors are beautifully bright and accurate.+ Contrast is about as good as you can expect from an IPS.+ I can't discern any unfavorable motion blur on the fast response time setting. It's a little smeary on the off setting, slight negative ghosting on the faster setting. Fast is ideal to me, and motion looks really good at 144hz.+ There is no PWM dimming or flicker. At this price you could be getting an OLED, so this monitor is a good choice if, like me, you have a preference for IPS because of flicker sensitivity.+ The backlight is relatively even. On a fullscreen white image I can only discern very slight variations in brightness and hue across the width of the display and only if I'm really looking for them. It's the best I've personally seen on an ultrawide IPS.+ Mine has no dead or stuck pixels. I scoured every centimeter and they're all perfect. I talked to LG customer service before buying it and they assured me that pixel defects would be covered by the warranty.+ Commendable quality control. I know I'm very picky with it comes to monitors, I've gone through a lot of them with defects in the backlight and/or pixels. This one is damn near flawless and I'm very happy with it.+ The curve is just right. It's subtle enough not to make straight lines look obviously warped.+ The design is really nice. This is of course subjective, but I have a white PC and white desk, so the white housing of this monitor makes for a really cohesive look across my setup. Also the cables that come with it are all white.+ The joystick interface for the OSD feels intuitive and is easy to access.+ The built in USB hub and KVM is a nice touch. I use it to toggle between my PC and macbook, which I previously had to use an external KVM for. There are two USB-A's and one USB-C on the bottom of the monitor for plugging in your thumb drives or mouse receiver or whatever without reaching around back, a thoughtful feature that works well.Cons:- It has backlight bleed in the corners. It's far from the worst I've seen but definitely noticeable when the corners are dark, such as when watching 16:9 video pillarboxed. Most IPS's have this to some extent, so it's not really a defect, just a minor annoyance that comes with the technology.- It has HDR 600 support and a local dimming mode. These are pretty much fake. On an LCD with a ~1000:1 contrast ratio, HDR means it just cranks the brightness and looks very washed out when you enable HDR on your PC. The "local dimming" appears to have 4 zones. It's bad, just keep it off.- The included stand is too deep to be usable on my desk. It overlapped significantly with my desk pad and held the monitor a little too far forward. I had to swap it out for a smaller stand. For reference my desk is 60cm deep.- The built in speakers sound exactly like you'd expect from a 2 inch speaker squeezed behind an LCD with a little vent facing downward. You probably don't want to use them. If you're even considering swinging $1200 for a monitor you hopefully already have some decent speakers.- The white light in the power button/joystick flashes when it's asleep. It's very bright and distracting in a dark room. Fortunately you can disable it in the settings; I'm really just nitpicking here.Other considerations:- This monitor is a full 4k width with some height chopped off. If you're deciding whether your graphics card can drive it for gaming, look at 4k benchmarks rather than 1440p. My old Radeon RX 6700XT struggled to hit >100fps with most games so I switched to an RTX 4080 Super. An extra expense to keep in mind if you're coming from 1440p.- It weighs 23 pounds. If you're planning on using a third party stand or arm, double check the capacity.At this price, you have a lot of options. I'm very satisfied having gone with this LG and hope it will last for years to come.

One of the best implementations of business focused tech I've used. See if this sounds familiar: Started with two 27" monitors, decent for productivity but found sometimes I wanted my content dead center. Changed to a 49" widescreen curved led. Seemed great at first, added a kvm for an extra pc plus work pc. Found the curve to me messing with my vision. Switched to an oled 49" curved screen with a flatter curve. Vision issues turned to neck and eye strain looking at content at the fringes and the oled made text look awful no matter what I changed setting wise. Now this screen... perfect size for two windows side by side or one giant window, perfect ratio of curve, IPS makes text look crisp (no ghosting) and the bonus.. built in kvm worked perfect out of the box, charges my laptop and eliminated about 10 cables and a docking station from my desk. Games look amazing, tons of extra ports, easy on screen menu and and the stand is very sturdy. Perfect score! It's expensive but worth every penny in my opinion.

I recommend this monitor for productivity, gaming, and entertainment. Here're some quick pros and cons:+ Screen size is perfect for a single monitor setup. Lots of horizontal space for putting windows side-by-side and more vertical space than a 27" 16:9 or 34" 21:9, which means more lines of text can be displayed for productivity work. The curve is slight; I don't notice any text warping because of it.+ Sharp text (not as sharp as 4k, but still great), excellent color range, and excellent black levels for an IPS (no noticeable blacklight bleed on my unit). The screen is matte so there's no distracting reflections.+ Single cable charging and video for my laptop via usb-c is really nice. I don't need my dock anymore.+ Gaming is smooth and responsive. The 21:9'ish ultrawide aspect ratio is way more immersive than 16:9, for the games that support it.+ No fan.+ It comes with speakers. I wouldn't use them over my bookshelf speakers and Bluetooth receiver, but they work in a pinch.+ I use this all day for work and I don't get eye strain. I use the reader picture mode when working. I can flip it to an HDR picture mode for gaming in the evening and I don't suffer fatigue.- Contrast is great, but it's not OLED.- The monitor has a black bezel, but the bezel is framed by a thin band of white plastic. The white plastic looks dorky, but it's not something you see or think about when you're using the monitor. It's a strange design choice.- I wish it came with a remote and had as many picture adjustment options as Asus gaming monitors like the PG38UQ (which I had, loved, but had to return because it was too big for my desk).