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hey guys and welcome back to hardware unboxed here at hardware box we're focused on PC gaming we want you guys out there to have the best possible PC gaming experience within your budget and part of that involves recommending high quality gaming monitors but as it turns out gaming focus models aren't the only monitors on the market sometimes you can get a great experience for less cash by venturing outside of known gaming sub brands like a soos ROG and ace of predator this is why today we're looking at the assist designer curve MX 34 b2 it may come as a bit of a surprise but the MH 34 vq is the cheapest 34 40 by 1440 ultra wide display you can get with the refresh rate of 100 Hertz and it doesn't skimp on features hit this price point the Malheur comes with a Qi wireless charging base decent Harman Kardon speakers and support for free sync before I spend a bit of time on the design let's talk monitor specifications the MX 34 week you use a 34 inch VA panel with a resolution of 34 40 by 1440 rated for a maximum brightness of 300 nits a contrast ratio of three thousand to one 178 degree viewing angles and formula ii graded gray response times it has an 1800 R curvature which is the most aggressive curved option used in today's monitors along with a free sink window of 48 to 100 Hertz with support for low framerate compensation asus has clearly gone with an office suitable design for this monitor the circular metal stand answer the highest weren't pretty good here and I certainly prefer this sort of design to suits aggressive gamer style designs they use for their ROG align the rear uses a combination of textured and untextured plastic that again looks neat and tidy just as you'd want for an office setup where the rear of the model is potentially visible the money isn't slim by any stretch though the curve hides a bit of the fat so it doesn't look outrageous unfortunately the attractiveness of the designer has severely limited its flexibility as the monitor only supports tilt adjustments I think a height adjustment is a bigger mission here the displaced it's fairly low down much lower than I'd normally use from and that may be an issue for some users the most unique feature that the MX 34 v2 is Qi wireless charging support which is included through a disc that sits in the middle of the glass base the charging isn't usually powerful only supporting 5 watts of delivery so that's typical of most qi wires charges you can by having ones charging in your modernist and is surprisingly handy as you can keep your phone charged with that wise while your phone is on your desk the stands base lights up when the Qi charger is activated which is a nice touch to let you know the charger is working I tested it with my totally not at all broken Galaxy s7 edge and it worked perfectly as for the monitors Harman Kardon speakers I was surprised at how decent they work for integrated monitors speakers the two downward firing 8 watt speakers produce sound equivalent to an entry-level stereo speaker setup and while that's nothing particularly amazing there's more depth and bass to the speakers than I was expecting the MX 34 VQ comes with a decent array of connectivity 3 HDMI 2.0 ports and a single DisplayPort 1.2 connector plus 3.5 mm audio input for the speakers of course you can get audio through both HDMI and DisplayPort there's no USB help on the monitor though I don't often use USB hubs amana's anyway so I guess for me that's not a huge omission if you're fan of slim bezel this monitor will leave you reasonably impressed with nine millimeter bezels on the left and right sides if for some unknown reason you're planning to pair up multiple MX 34 v cues for some ridiculous and quite fantastic experience you should definitely get a very nice experience here don't screen display is controlled through a directional toggle which still remains the best way to control any OSD in my opinion do you find a range of typical controllers to get you know your scenes for color adjustment blue light filters input selections even a picture-in-picture mode there's nothing who's the amazing that'll be found new it's deeper you know at least it can be navigating with ease before I get into color performance I didn't want to touch a little on the display to refresh rate and support for free sync as I mentioned earlier we're looking at a 48 to 100 Hertz adaptive sync window that the monitor does support LFC so the variable refresh range is effectively from 0 to 100 Hertz this is important to note as many other 1440p free sync ultra wide do not support LFC and to have a more limited refresh window more like 40 to 75 Hertz I wouldn't buy a monitor with such a high minimum refresh rate that doesn't support NFC but it isn't a concern with the MX 34 BQ moving over to color performance and let's first look at how the MX 34 vq looks directly out of the box with no tweaks first impressions aren't particularly great white levels are set to 233 nits with a contrast ratio of just 2148 to one which is well below that 3000 to one figure a soos gives for this monitor setting the monitors maximum brightness produces just 277 nets which again is below the maximum of 300 nits that a source is rated this monitor for great scale performance is mediocre and that's due to soos using the wrong color temperature by default a temperature average of 75 92 K is too cold for proper srgb standards and that leads to a delta 80 mm a verge of 4.49 in our grayscale sweeps ghetto of 2.2 is good as an average value the looking at gamma graph reveals performance isn't ideal across the entire range and following on from that mediocre grayscale performance saturation performance isn't great Delta II mm value is 3.21 and although we are seeing srgb coverage of 99.9 percent greens and Red's are extended beyond the srgb spectrum and blues don't quite reach the same level zero a custom color checker Delta 2000 a verge of three point three seven seven and that isn't particularly ideal either but you can use the OSD to modify some settings as per the table that we're showing now and that can lead to better results calibrating for srgb and 200 Nets of brightness using these settings pulls back the color temperature to a better 64 19k although it still came in the expense of contrast which again reduced to 1871 to 1 it's important to note that while some grayscale values are improved 50 to 80% white values are notably tinted red which leads to an average delta value of 2.10 you can to correct the red tint though this comes at the expense of accuracy at full white and in other areas saturation results show the red tint affecting saturation accuracy though other colors have improved to deliver an average Delta 2004 2.07 color checker results improved to 2.2 93 as well and while these values are improved they're still not good enough for me to recommend this minor for color accurate work to achieve better results you'll need a calibration tool so using my eye 1 display Pro calibration tool I was able to create a display profile in spectra Cal Cal 9 5 that delivers significantly better results where scale improves to an average de of 0.64 with a CCT average of 64 31k which is a great result that removes the red tint the symptom of a saturation average of 0.8 6 and a color checker average of 1.2 - these results are very solid particularly grayscale and saturation so provided you have a color calibration tool the LXE 4vq isn't the worst choice for those that require srgb accuracy however you will need that color calibration tool to achieve these results as needed the default nor oh s 3 calibrated results are good enough it's also worth looking at displayed uniformly curved displays tend to have a few issues with uniformity more than flat displays and that seems to be the case with this monitor the upper left of the monitor is the worst and that deviates this is from the center the most we have relative Delta a mm value in the 4.0 range not the best performance in this regard though not entirely surprising at the end of the day the asustor MX + 34 v2 is a decent 34 40 by 1440 ultra wide option with a strong feature list its price point of 799 US dollars though it can be often found for lower someone's and 20 dollars makes it the cheapest ultra wide of this kind with a 100 Hertz refresh rate an important specification for those willing to use it as a gaming monitor support for free sync with low framerate compensation is appreciated though you might need to wait for an D Vega to arrive as no current ambu graphics card is truly capable of getting the most out of a 34 40 by 1440 display at 100 Hertz still it's always nice to get a more office oriented display that includes gaming features like a high refresh rate and adaptive center sport and these features add to its flexibility and suitability for a wide range of users so unless you need g-sync the MX 34 v-cube indigenous for those after a 1440p ultra particularly thanks to its the price tag if your interest in this moment as always you can check its price through our Amazon links in this description below and I'll catch you in our next monitor review