electriQ - 49" DQHD IPS 5K 144Hz 1ms Super UltraWide Curved Gaming Monitor

I'm not part of this community but I do have the monitor, so here's my quick review! I've had this monitor for about 2 weeks now. I'm mostly using it for work (software dev) it is HUGE. I bought the desk arm and it felt a little too wide using the stand (as it was quite close to me) but now it's on the arm it's a lot better and I'm really enjoying it. The electriq monitor arm from laptops direct seems pretty sturdy and I'm happy with it. Overall build quality is probably better than I expected for the price. I would like more of a curve to the monitor but I really cant justify the additional cost for something like the Samsung. It was on sale before Christmas for £449 so if it might come down to that price again. My work desktop pc is connected via display port and usb b (2.0 not 3.0) and my mouse and keyboard are connected to my monitor. I have also connected my macbook via usb c. kvm is working fine although the menu isn't very good- think this is probably where some money was saved, but it does work ok so far. I have tried picture by picture but haven't tested using an auto switch tool for keyboard and mouse yet. My macbook won't play sound via the monitor speakers, but my windows desktop will no problem. I've had macbook issues before in this regard, so not holding it against the monitor itself. I have a macbook pro M1 and it displays clearly (in my opinion) on the screen. My husband tried to use it for gaming and said it was more fiddly than expected to get it to play at anything other than the default resolution, if you want it to do that. Of course whether that is needed will be game dependent and is likely similar for all super ultrawides.

This has been my main monitor for about 8+ months now. \- Resolution is a little low. \- Blacks aren't quite black enough (but colour profile/etc fixes easily). That's it. Sole and only complaints. Only found this thread because I'd went on Google looking for the brand to buy another to stack them. It's even been moved between rooms multiple times, re-set up in another building, dropped on the hard floor twice and still works flawlessly, not a crack not a scratch.