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34" UltraGear™ 21:9 Curved HDR Gaming Monitor - 34GN850-B

LG 34" UltraGear™ 21:9 Curved HDR Gaming Monitor - 34GN850-B

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Sentiment score73% positive
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Last updated: Aug 30, 2026

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Reddit IconAardvarkSam
10 months ago

I also now have the LG 34GN850, which has 1900R and its amazing! Maybe not ideal for productivity, since it has no builtin KVM, PBP or PIP, but i dont really need that, so theres that. But the curve is ideal for me, since it also doesnt take up that much space on the desk. Also, no more ghosting!

Reddit IconAccurate-Act-6483
12 months ago

i use lg 34gn850 for both past 3 years and I'm quite happy. Work as frontend developer.

9 months ago

I do mostly web development and I do have LG 34gn850 which has great colors and great performance for its money. But, sometimes I wish my monitor to has bigger vertical resolution, because it feels a bit narrow for working, other times I wish to have wider horizontal resolution like 5120x1440p or even more. Maybe somewhere in the middle will be my sweet spot. If I do have the money I'd go for as big as posible screen with high refresh rate and higher resolution. Last but not least choose the right curvature of the screen that will suits you best for your needs and preferences.

4 months ago

I think LG 34gn850 is quite good monitor especially for creative work and photo editing. I work as frontend dev past 3-4 years and never have had expirienced any better display except probably my macbook

10 months ago

If i have to choose like you in similar case I'd go for 57". I used to be gamer before I became a dev and for past 3 years I've been gaming maybe in total 50 hours. Current I use dual monitor setup -> 34" LG ultragear and 24" 1080p. If I have the money I'd take as much as possible more wider screen than caring that much for gaming.

Reddit Iconbabatong
12 months ago

Have this exact request and it's infuriating. All recommendations are just discontinued stuff that's no longer available as of about mid this year. The few ultrawide IPSes that remain all have either insufficient refresh rates/response times and/or ghosting issues. Hell I've seen recommendations on here for monitors like the LG 34GN850-B or Gigabyte M34WQ within the last 30 days, despite the fact that none of them are available anymore.

12 months ago

All discontinued, out of support and no longer available through regular vendors.

12 months ago

All discontinued, out of support and no longer available through regular vendors.

Reddit Iconcalamit4s
9 months ago

The best UWQHD IPS for gaming is the LG 34GN850/34GP83. There wasn‘t much development with IPS since OLED Monitors and IPS Black is too slow.

Reddit Iconcarrot_gg
7 months ago

That monitor has zero actual HDR capabilities. Don't waste your money.

7 months ago

Ah I see. You should always use sRGB mode because Windows is dogshit when it comes to color management. If you use DCIP3 everything will look oversaturated since Windows has no way to know that your monitor is running on that color gamut. You *could* use an ICC profile that clamps the color gamut to sRGB but this only works with color managed applications. Also, you would need a good colorimeter to do the measurements to create the ICC profile specific to your panel.

Reddit Iconchri389
9 months ago

Picked up a LG 34gn850-b last year for like $330 or something and can't regretted it. It's no OLED, to be sure, but I've no desire to upgrade at all. And I say this as someone who fully appreciates OLED panels. I adore my LG OLED television in my home theater setup. 1440P UW is a good sweet spot for my 9800X3D/9070XT setup at the moment, and I hope that continues to be the case until it's time to upgrade the GPU in a few years. No regrets.

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