On the VA field, anything that has an HVA panel (also called Fast VA) is your best choice. I know TCL hase these types of panels which also have improved viewing angles vs a regular VA.
I myself have a TCL 34R83Q ultrawide, 1500rcurve and MINILED and it's great. I upgraded from an hp X34 flat IPS ultrawide.
Can confirm, just got this monitor after deciding that the burn-in is just not worth it for me.
I play many games, but I also constantly play League of Legends and that has some crazy static UI which was gonna burn in hard.
Also, I have both OLED and MiniLED TV’s at home which I also game on sometimes, a good MiniLED can feel enough most of the time, so I speak from experience.
It's not just the brightness but the FULLSCREEN brightness. Especially in HDR brightscenes. ABL on OLED is forever a deal breaker for me, and probably many others. Miniled is still king, I don't care and don't really notice blooming that much. Blooming has gotten quite minimal on my current monitor (tcl 34r83q), and they are much less distracting than ABL kicking in on OLED.
It's a good thing because you can get true HDR from it. The image really pops with it. You don't have to always have it cranked up to full, only in games.
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.
I wish Tim had access to one or two mini LED ultrawides. The market is completely dominated by OLEDs it's insane. Especially in the ultrawide space where productivity should be considered, such as burn-in prevention and built-in KVM switches. I would personally like a quality non-OLED monitor with a built-in KVM switch for my personal PC and my work laptop.
I have been desperately searching for reviews on monitors like the TCL 34R83Q (highly regarded by some owners) and the old AOC AG344UXM (only proper review I've read is from TFT Central) but they simply haven't had enough exposure in the monitor market. Both have useful features like USB-C PD charging and a KVM switch.
A single ultrawide setup strikes a good balance between immersive gaming and productivity. It's such a shame the mini LED tech hasn't caught on in this particular market.
Top Ultrawide Monitors on Reddit
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LG
45GX950A-B
70% positive of 908 users
45-inch 800R OLED: immersive gaming, polarizing curve for work.
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