AOC - CU34G2XP

The monitor doesn’t have built in speakers. If that website states it does then it is incorrect. No matter the vendor it’s always wise to look at the manufacturer’s product page, that will give you the most accurate details on the product. As far as your asking if you’ll have to pay return shipping in another comment, nobody has a way of knowing other than you finding out the return policy with the vendor you chose.

I recently bought this monitor coming from a 1080p 27 inch Samsung and I’ve been loving it. If you’re looking for a budget ultrawide I’d say this is one of the best options available, especially at the price point.

I went from the aoc cu34g2xp to an LG 34gs95qe and agree with what you said. The aoc was a decent monitor, I didn’t notice any smearing or other issues VA’s can have. The LG is beautiful, OLED looks so much better. I personally love the 800r curve it has as well.

I have an AOC CU34 for work. Relatively inexpensive, ultrawide, and comes with a KVM to make laptop docking easier. It's my go-to recommendation for WFH

if you live near a microcenter, i would wait and see if they have any refurbished ultrawides. the one by me in fairfax had like 9 refurbished AOC CU34G2s in stock and i got one for 150 bucks when they still msrp for over twice that amount new. you'll have a month to see if you notice the smearing and can return it, and its not a big investment otherwise, great option to just try one out imo. i thought id notice it more but haven't noticed it at all. have been more than happy with it

yes, but not clear if VRR = no overdrive

Is the overdrive only available with VRR off?

Thanks! I’ve got a one waiting for me to collect at local delivery point. Looking forward to it. Thanks v much for the reply!!

Thanks, just following up that the panel and the resolution are better than I expected coming from 4k IPS

For the same reason there are no curved IPS panels... It's difficult. Since there are no curved IPS panels, no one wants to make 34" UW panels because it is simply horrible to use such a wide flat panel. Now, we are no longer in 2022 and earlier where only Samsung panels above the G6 were good VA panels, now panels made by TCL CSOT, using Samsung's old factories and their patents are capable of decent performance. The difficult part is finding monitors that use these panels... For now, I can confirm that AOC CU34G2XP and CU34G4Z KTC H34S18 Lenovo G34W-30 Philips Evnia 34M2C3500L TCL 34R83Q They are the only ones that do or do use these "new" HVA panels from TCL CSOT which have performance in response times much higher than the rest of the VA panels not made by TCL.

Finally ready to ascend from my trusty AOC CU34G2X/BK 34" to what I believe is the ultrawide sweet spot - that gorgeous 45" 5K2K OLED! The GX9's 125 PPI, insane 1300 nit brightness, and 330Hz would be a night-and-day upgrade from my current setup. Been lurking here some time and seen some great reviews for it.

Thanks for the swift response. Just received my CU34G2XP and pretty happy with it thanks to your review and settings. The contrast annoyingly is better with the 'picture boost' on but it reset every time you turn off the display. Still, its much better than my previous IPS panel. Black smear and ghosting not too bad in Medium overdrive setting in fairness, certainly not perfect but not enough to put me off using it. Overall for the £250 I paid, I'm pretty happy - eventually I think I'll upgrade to ultrawide QD-OLED but I'm holding out to see what panel improvements and pricing does this year. I play a lot of RPG games and Sim Racing, as much as the slight smearing is annoying the ultrawide experience more than makes up for it in my opinion!

i went through a similar search and didn't have much luck finding a 34" ultrawide IPS. i landed on the AOC CU34G2XP which meets all your requirements except technically gsync - it has freesync premium but from what [i've read](https://pcmonitors.info/aoc/aoc-cu34g2xp-bk-180hz-va-ultrawide/#:~:text=Adaptive%2DSync%20is%20supported%2C%20allowing,180Hz%20VRR%20range%20plus%20LFC) it's still gsync compatible. worth a look. paid 379.99 at best buy

I got mine four days ago, and my unit suffers from extensive light bleeding and color washout toward the bottom half of the screen. Dark greys appear as washed-out browns, which is very noticeable, especially when reading articles on Wikipedia.

Got it replaced by AOC. The new unit doesn’t have any of those issues.

Just wanted to follow up and say thanks - I picked up two of these while it was on sale so that I could get the beginnings of two rigs going so we can race at the same time. Very pleased with them.