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Linus tech tips coverage of CES 2015 is brought to you by phantom glass visit store dot phantom dot glass for the best iron screen protectors out there as well as HyperX it's been an interesting year for LG monitors we went from basically not really covering anything from them at all to this year they got like ultra wide this and IPs that and curved whatever it's been absolutely crazy and they're not stopping now this one is going to be extremely exciting for gamers it's very similar to some of the ultra rides we've seen before so it's got a 34 inch diagonal size and it's got a 2560 by 1080 resolution but the killer app here is not going to be the IPS panel it's not going to be you know it's got to stand or whatever a nice slim bezel very similar to the ones we've seen in the past the killer app here is AMD's freesync technology support so this is a new standard that AMD worked with vasa worked with scaler manufacturers worked with panel manufacturers to try to get integrated and it is for gamers it's kind of like Nvidia g-sync in that the video card tells the monitor when to refresh instead of the monitor refreshing at a fixed 60 Hertz which is what this panels going to do and then just doing that all the time which causes screen tearing with the alternate being vsync on which causes stutters whenever your framerate drops below your V synced framerate below your refresh rate so right here is what looks like it's going to be V ultra wide for gamers and this is interesting LG in the past didn't really take the whole gaming monitor thing that seriously but I've never seen them actually quote the input lag on a monitor right next to the monitor before so I'm really excited to try this one out because especially with an IPS model that's not something you typically see but it's not just about gaming LG's got some other pretty interesting stuff here this is a 19 by 10 aspect ratio 4k monitor meant for creative professionals now when I say 4k a lot of the time I'm actually being a little bit sloppy with my terminology because UHD 3840 by 2160 is not technically the same thing as 4k which is actually 4096 by 2160 so this guy right here is a 31 inch monitor that has full coverage of 99.5 percent of the Adobe RGB color space comes pre-calibrated and looks absolutely stunning and beautiful it could be a very interesting in-between for very high-end consumers who don't quite want a 21 by 9 ultra wide want an absolutely gorgeous professional-grade monitor but do want a little bit more width than a 16 by 9 I know we have one of these coming so you can expect a full review sometime in the next couple of months but in the meantime I'm just happy to have had a chance to to get a look at this bad boy in terms of inputs we've got I believe it's three USB 3.0 ports we've got DisplayPort mini DisplayPort and dual HDMI in and man that looks beautiful IPS panel of course shifting over just a little bit we've got the 34 you see 87m think they're calling this a business model but honestly a lot of time I must just be an incredibly boring person because the business model often appeals to me more than the consumer model now I on my desk right now I have a 34 UC 97 which is actually right next to it and the more consumer grade one and the main difference here is not actually the panel technology it's not the super slim bezel it's not the curve of the 34 inch 34 40 by 1440 screen but it is the stands design this one height adjustable stand now for a flat monitor it's important to have a height adjustable stand for ergonomics for a curved monitor in my mind it is essential to have the monitor at exactly the right height because as soon as you start looking at it from above or from below you lose any benefit of the natural appearance of a curved display because it's going to start to look kind of weird and distorted you want to be looking at it straight on so I from what I can tell they're not giving me any price quotes but sort of the speculation is that pricing should be fairly similar to the UC 97 and this is the one that I would personally be all over if I was looking for a 34 inch curved monitor speaking of being all over things I / telling you guys about our sponsors here for the show so first up is phantom glass they make these awesome gorilla glass screen protectors that are super resistant to scratching they feel just like yours this ting screen protector and they are extremely clear just like the glass that's already on your phone you can check those out over at store da phantom dog glass and a huge shout out to HyperX you can find a link to their YouTube channel with a bunch of great gaming content down in the video description as well as a link to fandom glass thanks to both of those guys for allowing us to be here