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Dr. Jon Likes LG’s super-wide, high-res, IPS LED Monitor

LG’s super-wide, high-res, IPS LED Monitor

Nearly three feet of desktop make this the ultimate gaming monitor

Jon Peddie

Why is this the ultimate gamer monitor?

  • Wide field of view – the more you can see the more you can shoot.
  • High-contrast IPS display.
  • Non-glare (not shiny) screen.
  • Input for every high-speed high-bandwidth source available, including Thunderbolt.
  • Best price/PPI ratio.

What is it?

The LG 34UC97 has a 34.1″ diagonal screen, is 32.5″ wide (31.5″ visible), and 14.5″ tall (13.3″ visible), giving it a cinematic aspect ratio of just over 21:9, and a display area of 419″2.

The screen resolution is 3440 x 1440, which works out to a PPI of 109.4 (75.6% of the 32″ 4K Dell UP3214Q with a PPI of 144.7, which has 426″2 display area, and costs almost twice as much).