LG 21:9 Ultrawide Monitor Review
I bought a new LG UltraWide™ monitor that I like so much I made a video about. It’s not a brand new product to the market, but its new to me. This is the first 21:9 monitor I’ve used, and after using this one I wouldn't buy a traditional aspect ratio monitor again.
My hope is that this video won’t suffer from the negative reception some of the computer related videos have generated in the past. There seem to be a group of people who go crazy whenever I use an Apple product in a video. But it’s not just Macs, you may have noticed my SmartPlug video drew the wrath of a vehemently anti-Amazon Echo lobby. From my experience, making a video about computers can be like treading on eggshells.
So in order to try and avoid any problems this time, I’ve done my best to downplay the computer or operating system as being irrelevant, so fingers crossed, there won’t be any issues, but we’ll find out when it goes public tomorrow.
In the meantime, I hope you like the video and I aim to get back to retro tech for the next video.
Comments (40)
Great. Ta very much.
In topic: Great video, great product, great usage and great demonstration. I really like the conzept of just dock your laptop. With multiple adaptors, it is possible to connect everything just via Thunderbolt or USB 3. And I think I prefer that over a docking station. Off topic: In Windows, just drag the window with the cursor right to the screen edges and they snap to half or full screen. Then, you should really move the screen up a bit. Do your backbone/neck a favor and put something under the screen (or mount it to the wall, good chance for another review) and stop using a laptop sitting on your legs. Laptops belong on desks!
You'll see that I've got a monitor arm for my new video....however as I wear varifocals I still have to look slightly down on the screen to be able to see it - if I look out of the top of my glasses it's out of focus.
Splendid video as ever Mr Moan. How sad it is though that we live in a world where you have to tailor(!) your output according to the tribalistic and pedantic sensibilities of the YouTube generation. I understand of course, but what a shame as it dictates what you can produce to some extent at least. Many thanks for all your efforts.
Great review mate!👌 Your humour had me laughing 😆 I really like watching your videos.
Congratulations on half a million subscribers! I'm so happy for you on that. Keep up the great work you're doing.
You could use display port instead of HDMI, it supports 60hz in 4k
From what I understood when I read this <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587</a> my MacBook won't support it as it's too old.
Ugh, can't believe you use a mac. Just get a cagoule like a normal person.
Obscure Linguistics Award of this week to Brian Condron.
Having a large monitor does help a lot in being productive.
Yes I'd forgotten just how much.
My LG TV has that flimsy-looking joystick thing. I'd completely forgotten about it until I saw your video.
Yes on a TV you almost never touch the controls...I know I haven't. Since my TV is an LG It's probably got one of those too...I'll have to take a look.
Congratulations on the new screen. :) On a side note, does the Apple keyboard really support an USB mic and extra stuff like a USB drive like that? I've experienced the power output is really limited for things like that.
I recorded this video with the mic attached to it...so it worked fine. I will say though that a USB stick I plugged in at the same time kept disconnecting whenever the keyboard was used...so it is somewhat limited. By the way I got the tape you sent me..I'm planning on listening to it at the weekend...it's been a very busy week. I see you bought some of those cassettes mailers too.
Yet again - a top quality informative video. Also, first time I've seen a cross-over with the puppets; which was absolutely hilarious #what'sgoingon?
I was anticipating getting questions as to why I was invading their set...so decided make a joke of it.
I've been using a 21:9 monitor for a few years now. I really love the form factor. Also, banana for scale, such is the way of an imgurian.
I'm definitely late to this party...but I'm glad I'm here.
Great review! If anyone's planning on getting this for games though, a lot will need to run in windowed mode. Mainly because some games will work with the 21:9 aspect ratio, however certain effects will only cover the 16:9 space. It's very weird.
"If you're thinking of getting a new monitor...look a little bit wider." I see what you did there.
If LG want to use that tag line it's available for a considerable fee.
I really like this one. I especially like the wacky intercutting at the beginning and a puppet cameo. Love that.
The idea for that came from a weird source. The Red Bull soapbox races that are on the Dave TV channel each Christma open with the presenters walking through the town where the event is taking place and while they are speaking the place they are in changes. It's hard to describe, but it's stuck in my mind as an interesting effect.
Nice! I recently upgraded from 16:9 to 21:9 myself with an Asus ROG PG348Q. And yeah, absolutely can't see myself going back, it's just entirely too useful for a variety of applications
Nice video! Your intro disclaimer about computers and operating systems was inspired. Hope it helps calm the zealots.
I hope so too.
I would've still picked a 4K monitor ... I bet you're gonna upgrade your laptop soon. I have a MacBook Air hooked to a 4K monitor ... splendid image quality.
I can't upgrade my laptop for a while...the current Apple range don't appeal to me...and as I use iMovie,, I'll be sticking with this one until they get their act together.
That is a nice setup! :)
If people complain about non-sensical things then they have too much time on their hands. It's better for your health if you focus on the positive and constructive comments on your videos. ;) That said, I might want to get one of these and a trackpad/dock setup like this, it looks perfect for my future office in my apartment (still remodeling it). :) It does look a bit small by the way, isn't the physical height of the screen a issue for you? My work monitor is at eye level and it seems you need to look down to this one.
I think it looks that way on the video...but I haven't noticed any feeling of looking down, it feels like it fills my line of sight. But of course I can't promise that it will be ideal for everyone.
I noticed the quiet "computer noise" thing right at the very end of the video and for some reason it reminds me of the opening of the 6 million dollar man on TV. Where does that sequence come from originally? Is it a stock sound bite?
It's a stock 'computer' sound used by Universal...there's a link to the source in the video description text box.
Great video, as usual. thanks very much.
Also I've seen the ultrawides. they're really nice(buddy of mine had a co worker using 3 of them, 2 placed "tall" and one wide so he could code effectively). Personally I am ok with 16:9 or 16:10 because I prefer buying and using a 40 or 50" 4k tv as my monitor for only a few hundred bucks. But I am not doing video editing/art/photoshop professionally on it so my needs are far less.
I don't get it.. are folk angry because you review something that is NOT retro tech (or just weird/off the radar stuff)or is it just tons of itchy fans of one or the other side of the fence getting in a tizzy? I wonder if it might be worth it to just relegate any computer related video's (or eggshell ones you know could start a war) to Patreon and make note of them during the ending monologue. Sadly it wouldn't get as many hits (and so less revenue) so I guess I'm unsure if ad rev and views is critical for you.
Unfortunately ad revenue is still vital. I can't explain why computer videos make people crazy...but I know they do. It's usually started by a lot of Apple haters...then you get the replies from other people and the whole thing degenerates into a comment riot...until everyone forgets what the video was about. There's nowt so queer as folk (as they say around here).
I use a similar Dell 34" Ultrawide at work with a Macbook Pro. The increased resolution of 4K would be nice but the extra screen area of the 34" is more useful for me for software development. My other half works from an LG 27" 4K monitor and it looks stunning. OS X Sierra copes with high resolutiins much better than earlier versions and than PCs (which I also own: they are fine and have their own advantages, both machines/OSs are trade-offs).