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to the right of me I have a Zeus's brand-new XG 35 VQ monitor now this is a 35 inch 21 by 9 1440p display and you're probably wondering what makes this 21 by 9 monitor different to all the other ultra wide monitors out there well this has one big benefit and it's the first time I've tried it personally as usar calling it ALM be extreme low motion blur aka ultra-low motion blur aka strobing which essentially matches a flick of light to the monitors refresh rate in this case since this monitor has a hundred Hertz it will then flick a light a hundred times a second so what you get is less ghosting and easier tracking since this was the first time I've tried it I was blown away by of course getting that color retention out of the VA panels as opposed to a TN panel but still not missing out on those good response times since it does flick one image a second it's not a subject to noticing ghosting as opposed to a TN panel which is really fast with its response times so it doesn't really need strobing at all this thing however when you put on strobing you can still notice a little bit of ghosting but it does make tracking so easy I'll surprise them the UFO test my eyes were just moving with the UFO and I could notice how snappy it was and in dota 2 when I was name tracking it was so easy so if you're into fast motion objects and you want those gorgeous colors that gorgeous contrast ratio of a VA panel but you still want that snappy experience then LMB as the Zeus is calling it is going to give you that but it's also coupled with a lot of other benefits too it does support free sync it's got forty eight to a hundred Hertz support and not only that azusa f-- added in the feature where it can display the actual FPS live on the monitor itself so it's an overlay where it has a diagram too so if you've got an AMD freesync graphics card you can then put it in and notice how your fps is live on the monitor itself now of course this doesn't work like river tuna with its FPS display coming from the gravity Scott it's just the monitor itself so if you're not using an azuz free sync card it'll just display a static hundred all the time with all that aside today I'm going to take you guys through the whole nine yards or should I say the whole 21 by nine yards with the azuz XG 35 VQ so let's get on with it welcome back to tag yes City this is brian coming to you guys today with a monitor that's coming in at 770 us at least that's the price on amazon if you're in Australia it's about a thousand and fifty AUD so it is relatively well priced compared to the US now for this money you're probably thinking that's expensive for a monitor but actually for a 35 inch ultra wide monitor with a VA panel good response times we'll get on to that later it's actually a very good price I'm surprised at how competitive azusa coming into the monitor market and of course you get that wrong branding RGB on the back of the monitor and the light underneath which you're able to change the plates on and you can customize a plate yourself so I decided to write YES on it and I now have yes branding underneath this sexy monitor here but besides that on the back you've got a DisplayPort 1.2 HDMI 2.0 only in and HDMI 1.4 now the DisplayPort will be needed if you want to use the LMB won't work on the two HDMI ports also if you enable the extreme low motion blur you won't be able to use free sync since it does match that strobing to the hundred Hertz specifically there is also no noticeable flicking I tested through the Hertz range on my camera couldn't notice any flicker so it's flicker free which is great the white uniformity as well is very well balanced especially for a 35 inch curved which comes in with 1800 our curvature across the hall monitor backlight bleed was very well controlled and there was no visible cross hatching whatsoever with an orange background pulled up now of course what about the main hitting questions like the input lag and also the response times say for instance you don't want to use the strobing feature well they've actually got six levels of overdrive built-in I found personally if you didn't want to use the LM because you can't use it with overdrive you want to use the max level at level 5 I noticed actually no ghosting at all to my eyes and it did improve response times a lot as opposed to level 0 also when we're moving on to the input lag Zeus have done this really well now I recently tested the view sonic monitors in here they were phenomenal they had really low input lag Zeus's well have nailed it extremely low input lag I couldn't notice virtually any I mean the total system input lag when me testing at a thousand fps firing a bullet in csgo was solo so it's good to know if you're buying a monitor like this in 2018 you're going to be getting a very good competitive edge at least if you've got a really good internet connection and you're playing online competitive games they're looking at the construction and build quality of this monitor it does have a metal base stem which is actually quite heavy and it does have three prongs with two of those legs being longer than the third one it's also a hundred mill height adjustable fifty degrees swivel adjustable and also thirty degrees tilt adjustable however there is no adjustments for rotation so you are out of luck if you want to stack them vertically not that you kind of would want to with a curved monitor on the back of the monitor there's also room for vase and mounting though you have to take off the standard is tucked away behind that stand the bezel and the monitor is very low coming just under ten mil however on the bottom I did measure the Zeus raagh frame therefore 30 mil though that is pretty standard I haven't seen an ultra-wide monitor that has a real thin bezel on the bottom of the monitor either now talking about the brightness and the color change settings with this monitor the profiles out of the box are actually really handy if you guys are like me and you love saturation you'd love a really good look that's sort of out of this world it's not realistic that's what I personally like for gaming then set this thing to cinema mode and put on a LMB and you're gonna be having a great experience now the brightness settings the max brightness I found was 300 ccd on max brightness without a LMB but when we turn strobing on the max brightness dropped down to 130 CCD so for me personally it was the bare minimum at where I'd like to use a monitor I do like to have around about 160 to 180 CCD brightness and normal operation but 130 is doable especially since the benefits that strobing bring to the table of course with that cinema mode giving a really good look for gaming it's not realistic if you want to do photo editing or video editing there is a mode called srgb however when I turn this on and then I tested it with color calibration and the device it was quite a little bit off so it wouldn't be for someone looking to do video your work or photo accurate work to get those colors out of it or you would want to have a device to color calibrate this thing which is out of the box it was a little bit out there keep in mind if you do buy a monitor that's perfectly calibrated out of the factory you will be paying generally a lot more for that panel as in case of the 4k viewsonic monitor recently reviewed that thing costs over 1300 AUD I believe however it is a godsend for 4k video editing work the XG 35 here though does have the really good customization settings and that's where we're going to move on to now with the OSD you've got four buttons on the side and then in a directional button where you can flick through the whole menu and access all the settings some of the settings we spoke about already overdrive settings there's also picture and picture mode which will put a little picture up the top from a different source if you wish it to and you can set the size of that if you wish to - there's also picture by picture which if you want to use this as essentially two monitors even from the same graphics card with two different signals then you can - moving on with the OSD as well you've got brightness saturation contrast controls also full red green blue control from 0 to 100 there's also a volume control which relates to a headphone jack so plugging in a pair of headphones I did notice it was a little bit tinny the ADC onboard is not the best but generally when you're buying a monitor you're not buying it for sound quality as that's pretty much been the case with any monitor I've seen in my life though keep in mind if you do want to plug it up to use with Skype it is a feature that's there there's also besides that a USB hub which has an additional two USB 3 ports and from the OSD itself you can disable these USB ports if you're not using them which is what I've done you can mute that onboard audio - so a Zuse do add in those options as well as the RGB or a sink you can sync that to anna's Oost motherboard and then have your RGB on the back matching that of your motherboard or any RGB lighting from that motherboard itself there's also the ability to put on the breathing effects which I like to just the simple cycling it looks really nice I keep in mind the RGB on the monitor isn't super bright so it's not really gonna stand out but it does add to this of the monitor itself and also from that OSD which is actually very good it's so detailed you can also do things like add a crosshair in so if you're playing csgo for example and you want to no scope but essentially kind of cheat then you can with this monitor by putting in a actual crosshair now I'm not sure about the actual official rules I don't think you can use that in tournaments I think it's actually banned but since it is on the monitor itself you're not going to get into any trouble using this at your house there's actually two different crosshairs and also two different colors green and red so you can use this in any game you can pull it up with a hotkey on the side on one of the OSD buttons you can also quickly select between your color modes as well there's also the ability to save for custom profiles to which you can easily load and save just by using the OSD menu itself not to mention as well there's the ability to control the transparency of the OSD itself so here we are now a conclusion time with the XG 35 V Q and this thing here definitely brings something to the table oh pun intended but what you're getting for the money it costs 770 USD or a thousand and fifty AUD and it is pretty much the best-in-class ultrawide monitor I think out there at the moment the reason being it has that ALM be you switch that on you're gonna get a very snappy picture out of this thing you're gonna be able to track so well in fast paced motion games but also the user modes out of the factory pop on cinema mode turn the brightness up to max and with eel and beyond since the LMB drops the brightness because it's strobing and you're gonna get a phenomenal gaming experience I was blown away by games that support 21 by 9 Final Fantasy 15 I'm definitely gonna be making some free time to play this game on this monitor because it was so enjoyable now keep in mind 21 by 9 is not going to work perfectly in every single game for instance dota 2 if I've got the tower in the middle of the screen and then I move it over to the left of the screen it stretches out practically over double the size so I'd rather play dota 2 in 16 by 9 csgo however was a game that I think they've updated the 21 by 9 support it did look a lot better than it did on 16 by 9 so games are starting in 2018 to mass support 21 by 9 so it is a very immersive experience especially with that curvature I'm a big fan of curve monitors when it comes to gaming when it comes to video editing work I prefer a flat screen so this thing it does give you that immersive gaming experience and especially for the price it is hitting hard with the features that it has low input lag good response times option to put on a LM be free sync if you've got an AMD graphics card and the light anti mat coating as well which does reflect off sunlight but still allows colors to come through really well hey guys hope you enjoyed today's video if you did then be sure to hit that like button and let me know in the comments section below what monitor you're currently using have you tried an ultra wide monitor before well better yet have you tried LMB aka strobing this is my first time trying it and I absolutely love it I'm looking forward to seeing it in a lot more VA and IPS panels I think that's where it makes the biggest difference and also big thanks to a Zeus for sending this out for review it's gonna be my new benchmark monitor and also free time gaming monitor as well and with that said I'll catch you guys in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye ha however it isn't calibrated out of the factory a perfectly calibrated calibrating yeah that's the word I guess calibrated is the word I guess now it's sort of an unofficial word to the right of me here I to the right of me here I have is so on the desk APIs ID me I have the azuz XG 35 V Q now this is a 21 by 9 monitor and it has a 35 inch wingspan from the diagonal to the other diagonal