Seeing just how many people appreciated this review indicates not only how much we value Tim's expertise but also HU's awareness of which monitor in a vast market a majority wants to see reviewed. Count me as a +1 considering buying and oh-so-grateful for the review.
I've never been disappointed by the value of a Xiaomi product so far~ Be it a phone, a fitness tracker, a camera.. and this monitor does seem like a pretty nice entry 34" option. Great stuff, as usual! o/
Yea I know why the phones are cheap, “Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has been called out for spying on personal user data using their smartphones. According to a new report online, the Xiaomi Redmi Note has been found to be sending photos and texts to a server in Beijing. This has further fueled speculations about the Chinese government spying on users overseas through phones made by Chinese manufacturers.”
@@stewiegriffin8696 I mean, sure it does. Do you even remotely believe that other smartphone producers don't do this kinda shit? Be it freakin' Samsung, Apple or any phone that uses the Google services aka EVERY Android os - EVERYONE spies on you. This is just how it is these days. You either accept that or.. buy one of those Linux phones that are still kinda ass. Or be disillusional and keep thinking that your specific brand doesn't do stuff like this, your choice~ I'd rather have Xi Jinping personally look through my hiking photos than Tim Cook tbh. 🙃
Watching this on the Xiaomi Curve 34 itself. Thank you so much for the input on this monitor. I'm very happy with it. If anyone is considering this monitor and looking for good feedback from users, this is one of them.
@@uaespetsnaz2391 For what you pay for its very good. It's no LG monitor, and the backlight bleed is noticeable when the monitor is on and nothing is being displayed. However among the brands that currently sell these VA 144hz ultrawide panels, Xiaomi is one of the best at a very competitive price
@@1504Emily "quite bad" can be subjective from person to person. I cant give you any numbers but its not so bad (for me). It will either be a case of "you get what you pay for" or "incredible value". Eitherway seems like a win 👍
@@diegoveloso3rd thx, for the sceptre I think it actually was bad lol, it had big semi circular light bleed on top and bottom, left and right corners of the panel, reducing the brightness helped a bit, but when playing something like cyberpunk with black menus, it was still very noticeable and annoying
Here I am watching this review on my Xiaomi Mi Curved 34. It just broke this morning after 6 months of use. I bought it because of this review. Just cautioning people about the longevity of this product. My particular unit also had pretty severe backlight bleed near the 4 corners which made watching movies that were dark pretty annoying.
Just bought this a few days ago. Its too damn good for its price. I cant believe how well built it is and the color is great. Coming form a 100hz ultrawide the 44hz diff is noticeable in FPS games.
This monitor looks great but here in Canada it sells for a lot more than other comparable monitors. For example, the monitor sells for CAD$700+ on Banggood/Alibaba whereas the 34 inch Gigabyte that was released recently costs around $550.
@@Alexandra-ek7kh That's definitely a good price for this monitor, not taking into account the currency exchange rates and whatnot. To be honest, I like the Mi 34 a lot more than the Gigabyte mainly because of its minimalistic design, however, I cannot justify the additional price just for a better looking monitor. It's also a little painful for me to see the prices of monitors/components go down as I built a custom PC last year thinking I got the best components for my money only to realize that the new products coming out this year will perform better at a lower price (both GPUs and monitors) :(
@@CrashForce Prices for computer parts will keep fluctuating up and down any time. What matters tho is if what you have right now serves up the purpose for which you bought it. You don't need to be sad if there's a better option in the market compared to your current model. I'm running an APU playing Valorant on 30fps but I'm happy, cus i at least get to play with my friends :) (they all have 120Hz monitors lmao)
@@blurri_10 Yeah I totally agree with what you said there. I honestly haven't had any issues with my current components until I downloaded Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. For some reason the game looks pixelated on my monitor unless I were to really zoom into the aircraft. Aside from this minor issue, the sim is also pretty hardware intensive as it often drops to well below 30FPS at high/ultra settings or when I'm travelling at a high rate of speed. The biggest problem I find when it comes to buying certain parts like monitors and GPUs is that you can't buy one high end component without the other component being high end (i.e. RTX3080 requires you to get a 4K screen to fully utilize the GPU for what it is) as well which can take a hit on your bank account sooner or later.
@@CrashForce exactly lol. You decide on a build, feel that you could have chosen a better GPU and BOOM. Everything that you decided goes back to zero lmao. I'm currently having the worst time deciding if I should pair R5 3600 with a 1660S or a 2060S lmao (1080p gaming 144Hz ofc, I can't afford 1440p rn lol)(3600 has gotten expensive suddenly on Amazon so I'll have to wait for some time until the authorized reseller is back with the actual prices.) Wish I could help you with that pixelated issue. Try asking it on Reddit, maybe someone could help? :)
Does Tim's mustache achieve faster ISP speeds out there in Straya? Or perhaps his mustache can sniff out a great deal with IPS monitors? I hear Tim's mustache can "feel" monitor color accuracy and refresh rates.
@@RTR15Glenn I've been subbed since way back in the day, before Steve started presenting. But yeah this is my first Hardware Unboxed video in ages and they've really upped their game, so much more detail
This is the best ultrawide VA monitor and it's very cheap. Xiaomi doing good job with everything, congratz to them. I'm checking out every 34 inch ultrawide option lately. So far i've found out that 34gn850 really good but it has ips weaknesses. Msi mpg34 is overpriced as hell and has only 2k contrast. All other VA's pretty slow when it comes to response times/overdrive implementations. This Xiaomi makes good compromises. Have amazing contrast ratio, good overdrive and ok response times, nice wide gamut (not excess like nano ips but not muted like srgb either) and nice pricing. I will try to get this one. Thanks for your great reviews Tim. Know this, a lot of people really appreciate what you are doing. You are also improving yourself everyday. Compromises/goodness ratio is pretty good with this one. Uniformity is a bit concerning though.
Quick google for my local stores and that model is on back order (not much of a wait though, so near enough to available) at around 15% higher price than I got the Xiaomi for Both are the same res/Hz/curve/panel type etc.. so I would assume same actual panel in a different shell. I'd be quite interested to see if it's worth the slight increase in cost.. even if identical though it'd still be great as it's easier to deal with warranties locally with a big brand like Gigabyte That said, Xiaomi opened an actual warehouse/office in Australia in 2019 and teamed up with small mobile phone repair partner stores around the country, so if I did have issues I can still make a direct warranty claim without any international shipping drama. Might even be able to drop it off at said little mobile store nearby as a middle-man without paying for shipping at all
Thanks for mention it, its way better compare to Xiaomi. AMD freesync premium, 90% DCI-P3, 350 cd/m2, VESA Display HDR400. Damn, slaying budget ultrawide 1440p. Hope this monitor overdrive perform good in 144Hz. Now we know this Xiaomi really not suit for gaming.
I purchased the Gigabyte G34WQC from Newegg for $399 a few weeks ago. It's my first Ultrawide 1440p monitor, coming previously from a 27" 1440p 144mhz panel. I greatly enjoy the ultrawide 21:9 for multitasking and gaming.
@@mikkodoria4778 I've had a few Xiaomi phones and they have been very good. Still have a Redmi note 6 pro. Still runs like new after 2 years. Has the same performance and battery life.
Xiaomi is a multi-product company, they have so many product range, including TV, rice cooker, watches, speakers, phones, motorcycle, and home accessories, I have been using xiaomi phone for almost 3 years, my opinion is, it is pretty durable..
Thank you, that is the display category I´m most interested in right now and I plan on getting a 34" 144hz monitor in the future. I would also be curious about the iiyama GB3461WQSU as it is the cheapest (that I know of) IPS 34" 144hz monitor.
@ They're probably talking about ads on phones. It's easily disabled though. Xiaomi hasn't got in trouble when it comes to privacy yet. They're aiming for SEA/Indian market.
@ No, Google does look at your data, and many other companies do, but the difference is that A)It's baked right into your phone's system and basic apps like settings, calculator or gallery or whatever. So it's not like Google which you can just not use, and B)It's based on China, and as such it has to comply with the CCP, so that's bad. Fortunately you can just block the adresses of the servers they use for data collections with an app, or you can just install a custom rom, and voila. And they have actually been in trouble about how much data they collect, not unlike tiktok, so if you care, and you should, you should be aware, there's articles about it in quite a few publications.
I really hope you review the Gigabyte G34WQC and The Monoprice Dark Matter 34in, those are the 2 last monitors in my shortlist and this is the only channel that provides all the info I need to make my decision. Keep up the great work!
Never clicked so fast in my life. Wish I had this power on the RTX 3080 Launch day to buy a card to review on my channel XDDD BTW, that is one hell of a moustache
That depends on where your from. For Australia the Xiaomi is consistently less than 300gbp and the lowest in recent times was 270. That's if we get local stock. If we import directly from China it can get to around 240.
after watching this I went and bought the monitor, and I have to say Im stoked. For the price the picture is amazing and it just took my gaming to the next level.
Dear Hardware Unboxed. Just droping in to massively thank you guys for the amazing content that you make. The effort, dedication and professionalism in your work ethic is commendable. Keep up the great work and let the amazing content coming.
Xiaomi has always made some nice electronics(outside of phones which is what they’re known for). They had some nice earphones that I used back in highschool and i read reviews on their early android tablets back during android 5.0 days. Wish they would make a higher end version of this with that 21:9 HDR 144z panel that acer and asus use in the x35 and pg35vq, respectively.
I have to say it's refreshing to see a review where the reviewer actually bothers to measure and test the unit rather than giving a verdict based on a visual inspection. While subjective impressions are a good thing to have, reviews giving nothing more than opinions on hardware are worthless. And when it comes to video and ESPECIALLY audio, these are all too common. Common is also the lack of knowledge of the devices and their important measurable qualities when the units differ from frames or megabytes per second.
How is freesync working with this screen? I have tested the AOC CU34G2X and Iiyama GB3466WQSU both have freesync flickering when the fps and screen refresh make bigger jumps. (for example 60-100 fps range) This is very annoying and unusable when playing RTS games. For shooters it's fine but with RTS you clearly see the screen flicker. Both are VA panels my Asus MG279Q has no issues at all with 57-144Hz freesync range no flickering at all. Tested it on a 5700XT RX480 and 290X always the same results :(
Just so people are aware, I love this monitor but it has overshoot / inverse ghosting issues in some games, namely Pillars of Eternity, Day Z or Stalker COP. I think it is great for the price, it has amazing deep blacks and colors, less ghosting than AOC 34G2X, but more inverse ghosting or smearing. I have come to learn that most monitors are "defective", they will have dead pixels, ghosting, inverse ghosting, washed out colors, poor blacks, poor contrast, backlight bleed, ips glow, etc etc. So stick with the one that has less issues for you. I say this after having returned 14 monitors (I am not joking) and 13 of them had dead pixels, the one I kept developed a stain of dust after 3 months and also returned it. And it isn't bad luck (stop excusing manufacturers poor QC), I bet most people don't notice they have dead pixels, some people would be surprised. Not saying it's impossible, but most of them aren't looking hard enough.
About to watch this on my Xiaomi.. bought it last week and already love it to death. If you want cheap 1440P high refresh rate gaming get this and a Vega card, runs Modern Warfare like butter!
Purchased this monitor via their official eBay store ($579 delivered) and am very happy with it. Can vouch for build quality and design, you get a lot of monitor for the money and 34" is great for work and games. I was totally sold on the LG 34GN850 but at approx. $1,000 AUD more and limited availability, I took a chance on the Xiaomi and it paid off. I used the $1K to pre-order a PS5 and will put the rest toward the purchase of an RTX 3070.
same, and that one is advertised as gaming, this isnt so.. it might perform better, prob not as good as the top end 27 1440p 144 but... close, im happy with the omen x27 to be honest, just need a new 3080 to drive it...
@@arencorparencorp2189 I wish I went with that route too. But I have a 240hz 1080p TN and the colors are killing me. But then again - when I was buying - high refresh 1440p monitors barely existed
@@alexp3577 oh its a tn display, just 1440p super fast input lag 240hz, and the colors r decent (ofc ips is better) but with this i dont have to deal with bleeds neither with slower refresh, and has better contrast ratio, new tn panels are actually great for srgb colors, want hdr? well absolutely awful but..
@@arencorparencorp2189 I thought that way too, until I bought my gf a cheap 60hz 1080p IPS. The colors are so much better, now I want to switch. I think the main problem I have is white balance. My monitor is supposed to be good on SRGB too, but side by side with a decent IPS monitor - it just looks like trash. Yours might be better though.
@@alexp3577 prob i have better colors than cheap ips, they can be fairly horrible, also recent tn improved substantially on color (OBIOUSLY ips IS better so long its a decent pannel, color is the weakness of tn, so its not good, its decent while keeping tn benefits), i tested some cheap ips displays.... horrible, they look vivid but thats not, realistic, that's cranked up saturation heh
eyyy I just got this last week, pretty amazing coming from a super cheap 24” 1080p 60hz but ***IMPORTANT*** _this monitor comes with a china-style wall plug, so you’ll need to buy an adapter if you’re not from there or australia_ however my r9 fury doesn’t support the full 144hz, just 100... though that’ll change this coming winter ;)
Got this one delivered last week. I feel kind of validated now. :) Can confirm some brightness uniformity issues. Can also confirm the very nice build quality - the cable covers and channels are great to work with. It's my first VA - I've been using IPS or OLED panels - so there's some getting used to it, but not so there's a problem. It's $450 in Sweden, including the 25% VAT, which at launch made it the cheapest curved 3440x1440, regardless of update frequency. The MSI Optix MAG341CQ has now been lowered in price to match, but it doesn't have the adjustable stand and "only" clocks in at 100Hz.
Hey there, I'm planning on getting the Xiaomi and also currently own an IPS (144hz 1080p) and have never used a VA. Do you mind telling me about your experience in gaming, productivity etc...? Mainly how's was your transition to this VA monitor? Like noticing Dark smearing and ghosting for example? Finally, I hate IPS glow, is that not present in it considering it's a VA? The monitor is only $370 after taxes here, so I'm very tempted to get it. Thanks in advance for your opinion :)
@@Bearded.Stranger Every now and then I look at a dark video with perceived smearing and immediately think, "oh, there's the VA smearing", but those videos look similar on my OLED. I think I'm just reacting to it on the Xiaomi because I'm expecting it. I've never really been bothered by the IPS glow, but I don't think there's any at all in this VA. I'm using it in a dark(-ish) room, with a lower-than-max brightness setting. I've been working from home for the last 7 months, and been using my OLED TV before buying this one, so I'm comparing the Xiaomi more to the OLED than to my work monitor (Dell 3440x1440 IPS) or my old personal monitor (LG 1920x1200 IPS) - but it looks good. Gaming-wise, I desperately need a better GPU - my 1660 Ti has no chance of handling 3440x1440 at 60+ fps. I will be looking at a new GPU in spring, provided the less power-hungry models drop - Geforce 3060 or Radeon 6700, maybe?
@@c99kfm Thank you for the reply. Based on your input I think I'll just go for it, as everything else that's appealing to me is $700 and more (Odyssey G7 & LG 34GN850). I considered an OLED, but they only come in massive sizes to even consider for daily usage. I feel currently with monitors you hit the diminishing returns quickly past the $400-500 price range, so the Xiaomi at $370 seems like the 'sensible' choice until monitors have OLED at a reasonable size and price haha. Good luck with GPU hunting the new ones are very promising for 3440x1440. Been working from home too for the same period, hence I'm upgrading my monitor since I'm building a new PC, got a 3080 ready waiting on a processor.
@@Bearded.Stranger Yeah, the OLED I'd been using is my 55" TV. It worked great, but I prefer the ultrawide aspect ratio for productivity. I might've tried a 3840x1600 ultrawide, if they were available at a reasonable price, but 3440x1440 has worked at work, and I'm quite happy with it at home now, as well. I might consider shelling out the $7-900 price range for a 3840x1600@120Hz OLED in ten years or whenever this Xiaomi stops working. It depends a bit on how my OLED TV works out, with burn-in and so on. With a 3080, I'm fairly certain you'll max out your new Xiaomi and will be very satisfied with your gaming experience. Game on! :)
Yes I'm sure a vacum cleaner by the same brand is very relevant. Stop shilling for companies. Especially if they are controlled by the fascists who are the CCP.
@@rdmz135 That's ok. But saying "my xiaomi vacuum cleaner is good, so i approve of this review" is not a good look. The fact that it's Xiami just makes it worse.
I bought 2 of em for around $310 USD each(840SGD for both), been working fine. I don't get why people are saying it's more expensive than AOC and gigabyte and whatnot, you just gotta use the same sites the Chinese use to not get ridiculous mark ups. The cheapest way to get it in the states would probably be using taobao(not banggood or alibaba), and getting it from the official MI store. Product itself only cost $300 usd.
i went to mi store in funan yesterday and the price is ridiculous 849sgd. I told the staff that lazada price is only 535sgd. Now I'm waiting for the 11.11 lazada sale to get it below 500sgd. BTW how is your monitor after 1 year of using?
I'm waiting for Xiaomi to enter the monitor market here in India, I need a second monitor that doesn't cost an arm and a leg this or the cheaper 24 incher is exactly what I need. Thank you Tim, I needed a review form someone dependable like you❤️
Appreciate how thorough this review is! Would love to see more reviews on Xiaomi monitors as well as monitor reviews for people using XSX and PS5 if you haven't already done so
Nice review. Can nearly completely agree with that. I actually got one and do not have the uniformity issues you mentioned. There is quite a bit backlight bleeding but only visible at an angel you will never sit. Its a bang for the buck monitor and for that its really amazing. Also i got an additional 100€ off from a coupon. :D I really love the magnetic covers and cabel routing option. You dont get that on other low budget options. Best bang for the buck!
As a fellow Aussie who just set up one of these badboys on a vesa arm, along with owning 2 Xiaomi phones over the past 4 ish years, a xiaomi electric shaver, and a xiaomi dash cam.. I am a huge fan of their quality, reliability, ease of use and price within Australia. Every item so far has been bought with my own savings and I'm sure I'll grab more from them in future.. when the price is comparable to generic brand knock offs of questionable origin, yet a build quality that has never failed to impress, I seriously can't fault them
@@GoGito Huh, that's interesting I just saw the Verge article that mentions the 120Hz limitation Don't know for sure though as I've never bothered to use G-Sync myself and didn't see any other sources that test it.. plus I have trust issues with the Verge, it's not always reliable. If G-Sync is important to you then I would assume it only works at 120Hz to be on the safe side when deciding on the purchase. It might be true, or you might be pleasantly surprised.
Currently 400USD tax inclusive here in the Philippines. Amazing value with biggest downside IMO is the warranty support. :) As usual great review Tim! You covered most technical things that I cant possibly test. :)
Can you guys review the LG CX 48" as a gaming monitor? All the reviews for that TV is done by TV guys, but we need your level of PC gaming expertise for a proper review. With Zen3 and next gen GPUs, I'm building a new rig, and I'd like my monitor to support great HDR if possible.
Ohh yey! U have been waiting for this review. Got mine around for $420 all in when converted from local currency. Got a slight speck inside the screen that disappeared over time but very nice for work coming from 1080p. I still don't feel the negatives on the refresh performance as my rx580 is barely getting 60 at lower settings.
All I want is a 1440p ultrawide flat IPS with a 144+hz refresh rate for under 600 dollars USD. I know that sounds like a lot, but non-ultrawides with the same specs otherwise are between $300-450 in the states.
Just bought this for 420€ and i am sooo happy and glad you recomended it. It is perfect for gaming, wathing latest series of mandalorian and also writing smartphone review. Thanks a loot and continue the very good work :)
i am willing to bet that these monitors use the exact same panel, that is most likely sourced from Samsung. So there is probably not going to be much difference, they might be calibrated differently from factory but other than that they are most likely the same. I would wait and see Hardware Unboxed's review on the Gigabyte, which hopefully won't be much longer.
Finally a review of this monitor! Got it for 1999 RMB (~300 USD) when it launched back in November 2019. Really happy with it so far, and now I get to use the color profile by Tim!
IIYAMA G-MASTER RED EAGLE GB3466WQSU-B1 34" UWQHD VA FREESYNC HDR400 144HZ CURVED GAMING MONITOR £429.00 IIYAMA G-MASTER RED EAGLE GB3461WQSU-B1 34" UWQHD IPS FREESYNC 144HZ GAMING MONITOR £399.99 would be great to see a review on these monitors....cheaper than xiaomi
Please also review the new Gigabyte model, the G34WQC, which is retailing for $400 flat here in the USA. There are no reviews of it that come anywhere close to the polish you do. (all available reviews of the G34WQC are "wow this looks good" tier 🙁)
Yes a review of that one would be great! The G34WQC looks like good value by the specs and competition in this segment. But you never know if there are any hidden compromises.
@jt thorsson 90% of all tech related manufacturing comes from China... So even if they ban China related products, most of the home brewed indian gear will most likely perform like trash or be ridiculously expensive. Besides, any country spies on their citizens whether that's smartphones, smartwatches, TVs or anything else tech related. China is just cancer, because they openly promote their agressiveness towards politics.
@jt thorsson I can't argue back, because these are indeeds facts. Too bad our world is beyond fucked in terms of peaceful alliance towards unveiling the worlds outside of our own planet or collaborating on borrowing each others technology to build more efficient and higher grade (in the level of living) civilization. Such vision probably still exists in the minority, but nowadays everybody in the top tiers wants full control over ordinary things, no wonder why annual suicide rates aren't decreasing.
Actually in india (my country) the pricing is shit every single product is atleat 100dollar expensive the rtx 3070 costs around 700 dollars according to nvidia and popular monitors will never be available in our country
Take it from me if you own a Xiaomi 34 and want to play competitive shooters, Motion Response time to on works very well at the cost of a darker screen.
It's amazing how I put this on my wishlist and hesitated to buy but this price, you review - it's a clear buy! Converted from Swedish crowns, this monitor costs 699 Aussie dollars in Sweden
Have this monitor. Got it for around USD $430. Can confirm everything Tim says here on my own monitor except for color stuff, my brain is mush when it comes to colors. However I noticed the monitor is a lot redder around dusk time in Rust compared to my Acer Z35. For the price it's not a bad purchase but if I had the budget for a better monitor I would have definitely spent more. That said this is the cheapest monitor in it's class and if 400 - 450 USD is all you can spend, from what I can see, this is it.
@@GoGito This monitor doesn't have G-sync. I'm not sure what they'd mean by that. I have an Nvidia card and I'm running Freesync on 144hz, it definitely works. The only thing I can think of is maybe it's an HDMI thing, I'm using a Display Port cable.
xiaomi is cool brand. All their stuff is simple and elegant, lots of aluminium, decent plastics, excelent quality/value ratio. Chinese gonna take over. Matter of time lol.
I have a xiami phone (K20 Pro). From the hardware specs it is a Pixel 4 or better for only $400 and was released a few month earlier. The only issue are annoying advertising notifications in chinese. Edit: I found the app which caused the annoying notifications. I think it is a newsapp that comes with the OS. I was able to turn off its notification permissions and now it is silent.
@@Sunlight91 I believe you can still just flash the rom, replacing asian software with eu/global version. All roms were easily available on mi forums. Be careful no to brick your phone tho. I havent been into phones that much lately, so I'm not sure if their new phones are locked in any way.
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After seeing all these benchmarks I feel like I have never watched a real monitor review lol
lmao, ikr first time I see all these charts about response time
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"No gamer garbage"
NIce.
Curved. No.
@@docbogus6128 Curved displays are hardly a "gamer" specific thing. Also not really a gimmick entirely, unlike RGB.
No Gamer Red, perfect
@@tahiraqazi3340 wtf is thatm it looks horrible
this cost 460$ in my country........... :(
Monitor name is made of number and letter salad: Tim: "I'm used to it".
Monitor has simple and descriptive name: Tim: "Strange".
Seeing just how many people appreciated this review indicates not only how much we value Tim's expertise but also HU's awareness of which monitor in a vast market a majority wants to see reviewed. Count me as a +1 considering buying and oh-so-grateful for the review.
TLDW ; "No RGB element, No gamer garbage"
Shots have indeed been fired
AMEN!
Fortis Fortuna Q_Q
Thank fing God
Well mostly people just used rgb strips and glued it behind
I've never been disappointed by the value of a Xiaomi product so far~ Be it a phone, a fitness tracker, a camera.. and this monitor does seem like a pretty nice entry 34" option. Great stuff, as usual! o/
Yea I know why the phones are cheap,
“Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has been called out for spying on personal user data using their smartphones. According to a new report online, the Xiaomi Redmi Note has been found to be sending photos and texts to a server in Beijing. This has further fueled speculations about the Chinese government spying on users overseas through phones made by Chinese manufacturers.”
@@stewiegriffin8696 I mean, sure it does. Do you even remotely believe that other smartphone producers don't do this kinda shit? Be it freakin' Samsung, Apple or any phone that uses the Google services aka EVERY Android os - EVERYONE spies on you. This is just how it is these days. You either accept that or.. buy one of those Linux phones that are still kinda ass. Or be disillusional and keep thinking that your specific brand doesn't do stuff like this, your choice~
I'd rather have Xi Jinping personally look through my hiking photos than Tim Cook tbh. 🙃
@@stewiegriffin8696 Oh common. All tech companies spy on us. Go back to cave if you want actual, real "privacy" !
@@8lacKhawKtheRIPPER yeah my iPhone sensor just turns on at 4am takes pics of me for a minute or 2 and turns off again. 😂
@@8lacKhawKtheRIPPER u can install an rom without google stuff
Finally! I've been waiting for this review since it came out. Thank you so much.
VA panel though
@@floki6548what's better between VA, TN, and IPS
Monitor has a name that actually make sense.
Him: This monitor with a strange name.
Watching this on the Xiaomi Curve 34 itself. Thank you so much for the input on this monitor. I'm very happy with it. If anyone is considering this monitor and looking for good feedback from users, this is one of them.
Yes please.I wanna know what to expect from this monitor
@@uaespetsnaz2391 For what you pay for its very good. It's no LG monitor, and the backlight bleed is noticeable when the monitor is on and nothing is being displayed. However among the brands that currently sell these VA 144hz ultrawide panels, Xiaomi is one of the best at a very competitive price
@@diegoveloso3rd how bad is the backlight bleed? I bought an sceptre and it was quite bad, so I returned it and I'm looking for an ultrawide again.
@@1504Emily "quite bad" can be subjective from person to person. I cant give you any numbers but its not so bad (for me). It will either be a case of "you get what you pay for" or "incredible value". Eitherway seems like a win 👍
@@diegoveloso3rd thx, for the sceptre I think it actually was bad lol, it had big semi circular light bleed on top and bottom, left and right corners of the panel, reducing the brightness helped a bit, but when playing something like cyberpunk with black menus, it was still very noticeable and annoying
Here I am watching this review on my Xiaomi Mi Curved 34. It just broke this morning after 6 months of use. I bought it because of this review. Just cautioning people about the longevity of this product. My particular unit also had pretty severe backlight bleed near the 4 corners which made watching movies that were dark pretty annoying.
Thanks for this. I was actually just about to hit the "buy" button, but will consider other options now
do you have complains regarding ghosting / slow response times?
The official name is Xiaomi Mi Surface 34 I believe
thats for chinese market, the eu version is called curved. thats all the difference, besides the fork
WOW!!! i asked legit 12 hours ago for this review! I love this Mario and Luigi themed tech channel! :P
Lol at Mario and Luigi.
Tim is Luigi and Steve is Mario.
Are you saying Steve enjoys seconds?
I don’t get it
Just bought this a few days ago. Its too damn good for its price. I cant believe how well built it is and the color is great. Coming form a 100hz ultrawide the 44hz diff is noticeable in FPS games.
What’s the max HZ on HDMI?
HDMI max is 100hz
Display port DP max is 144hz
@@blkbnz do we have any workaround to achieve 144hz? Like using adapters? Or?
@@ericksonjosephsantos1964 Iam not sure but most adapters use max 60hz
@@DarthAbook HDMI 2.0 can handle up to 240 Hz when using 1080p resolution, 144 Hz when using 1440p resolution, and 60 Hz when using 4K resolution.
This monitor looks great but here in Canada it sells for a lot more than other comparable monitors. For example, the monitor sells for CAD$700+ on Banggood/Alibaba whereas the 34 inch Gigabyte that was released recently costs around $550.
same here in UK too
@@Alexandra-ek7kh That's definitely a good price for this monitor, not taking into account the currency exchange rates and whatnot. To be honest, I like the Mi 34 a lot more than the Gigabyte mainly because of its minimalistic design, however, I cannot justify the additional price just for a better looking monitor. It's also a little painful for me to see the prices of monitors/components go down as I built a custom PC last year thinking I got the best components for my money only to realize that the new products coming out this year will perform better at a lower price (both GPUs and monitors) :(
@@CrashForce Prices for computer parts will keep fluctuating up and down any time. What matters tho is if what you have right now serves up the purpose for which you bought it. You don't need to be sad if there's a better option in the market compared to your current model. I'm running an APU playing Valorant on 30fps but I'm happy, cus i at least get to play with my friends :) (they all have 120Hz monitors lmao)
@@blurri_10 Yeah I totally agree with what you said there. I honestly haven't had any issues with my current components until I downloaded Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. For some reason the game looks pixelated on my monitor unless I were to really zoom into the aircraft. Aside from this minor issue, the sim is also pretty hardware intensive as it often drops to well below 30FPS at high/ultra settings or when I'm travelling at a high rate of speed. The biggest problem I find when it comes to buying certain parts like monitors and GPUs is that you can't buy one high end component without the other component being high end (i.e. RTX3080 requires you to get a 4K screen to fully utilize the GPU for what it is) as well which can take a hit on your bank account sooner or later.
@@CrashForce exactly lol. You decide on a build, feel that you could have chosen a better GPU and BOOM. Everything that you decided goes back to zero lmao. I'm currently having the worst time deciding if I should pair R5 3600 with a 1660S or a 2060S lmao (1080p gaming 144Hz ofc, I can't afford 1440p rn lol)(3600 has gotten expensive suddenly on Amazon so I'll have to wait for some time until the authorized reseller is back with the actual prices.) Wish I could help you with that pixelated issue. Try asking it on Reddit, maybe someone could help? :)
"It's great but not as good as things that are more expensive"........no shit
In my country this monitor price is around 330 USD include tax. meanwhile The AOC is around 550 USD.
I see businessmen around there are having a great time brother.
here they both cost like 430 euros
in my country is the xiaomi 550eur with tax ...aoc 500eur. what a "bargain"! geez
450 Eur with Tax :T
Where are you seeing 330usd? I'm seeing 500usd+
Does Tim's mustache achieve faster ISP speeds out there in Straya?
Or perhaps his mustache can sniff out a great deal with IPS monitors?
I hear Tim's mustache can "feel" monitor color accuracy and refresh rates.
He uses it to see what spaces he can fit through
LingLing1337 Tim's mustache is known for detecting lack of airflow and cooling in laptops
This is ridiculously in-depth lmao, how good
First hardware unboxed video eh?
@@RTR15Glenn I've been subbed since way back in the day, before Steve started presenting. But yeah this is my first Hardware Unboxed video in ages and they've really upped their game, so much more detail
@@juliantaffa4089 they’re really top tier 👊🏻
Xiaomi knows how to design their stuff.
This is the best ultrawide VA monitor and it's very cheap. Xiaomi doing good job with everything, congratz to them. I'm checking out every 34 inch ultrawide option lately. So far i've found out that 34gn850 really good but it has ips weaknesses. Msi mpg34 is overpriced as hell and has only 2k contrast. All other VA's pretty slow when it comes to response times/overdrive implementations. This Xiaomi makes good compromises. Have amazing contrast ratio, good overdrive and ok response times, nice wide gamut (not excess like nano ips but not muted like srgb either) and nice pricing. I will try to get this one. Thanks for your great reviews Tim. Know this, a lot of people really appreciate what you are doing. You are also improving yourself everyday.
Compromises/goodness ratio is pretty good with this one. Uniformity is a bit concerning though.
The next monitor review should be Gigabyte G34WQC, as it competes in the same price range.
Agreed. I've been waiting for an in depth review of this monitor.
Exactly, haven't found a single decent review on this monitor
Quick google for my local stores and that model is on back order (not much of a wait though, so near enough to available) at around 15% higher price than I got the Xiaomi for
Both are the same res/Hz/curve/panel type etc.. so I would assume same actual panel in a different shell.
I'd be quite interested to see if it's worth the slight increase in cost.. even if identical though it'd still be great as it's easier to deal with warranties locally with a big brand like Gigabyte
That said, Xiaomi opened an actual warehouse/office in Australia in 2019 and teamed up with small mobile phone repair partner stores around the country, so if I did have issues I can still make a direct warranty claim without any international shipping drama. Might even be able to drop it off at said little mobile store nearby as a middle-man without paying for shipping at all
Thanks for mention it, its way better compare to Xiaomi. AMD freesync premium, 90% DCI-P3, 350 cd/m2, VESA Display HDR400. Damn, slaying budget ultrawide 1440p. Hope this monitor overdrive perform good in 144Hz. Now we know this Xiaomi really not suit for gaming.
I purchased the Gigabyte G34WQC from Newegg for $399 a few weeks ago. It's my first Ultrawide 1440p monitor, coming previously from a 27" 1440p 144mhz panel. I greatly enjoy the ultrawide 21:9 for multitasking and gaming.
The onyl one left is the Gigabyte G34WQC! thank you HU!!
which is the best so far ?
Not the only one, the iiyama GB3466WQSU uses the same panel too.
finally a review of Xiaomi!, I've been using their phones and I was wondering about the quality of this monitor
@@mikkodoria4778 the european models are good. its not aviable in us and india and so on get the chinese version with the spyware and shit
@@mikkodoria4778 I've had a few Xiaomi phones and they have been very good. Still have a Redmi note 6 pro. Still runs like new after 2 years. Has the same performance and battery life.
@@mikkodoria4778 Xiaomi devices are usually excellent if not the best in class, what a dumb question.
@@mikkodoria4778 i have a xiaomi redmi note 8 abd it is excellent for a chezp price
Xiaomi is a multi-product company, they have so many product range, including TV, rice cooker, watches, speakers, phones, motorcycle, and home accessories, I have been using xiaomi phone for almost 3 years, my opinion is, it is pretty durable..
I was looking into this, thank you.
Thank you, that is the display category I´m most interested in right now and I plan on getting a 34" 144hz monitor in the future. I would also be curious about the iiyama GB3461WQSU as it is the cheapest (that I know of) IPS 34" 144hz monitor.
Hi did you get the iiyama?
I know corporations aren't my friends but I really really like xiaomi. The quality of their products is absolutely insane for the price!
Great hardware for the price, honestly. There's some privacy concerns with their phones, but that can be taken care of without too much hassle.
@ They're probably talking about ads on phones. It's easily disabled though.
Xiaomi hasn't got in trouble when it comes to privacy yet. They're aiming for SEA/Indian market.
@ No, Google does look at your data, and many other companies do, but the difference is that A)It's baked right into your phone's system and basic apps like settings, calculator or gallery or whatever. So it's not like Google which you can just not use, and B)It's based on China, and as such it has to comply with the CCP, so that's bad. Fortunately you can just block the adresses of the servers they use for data collections with an app, or you can just install a custom rom, and voila. And they have actually been in trouble about how much data they collect, not unlike tiktok, so if you care, and you should, you should be aware, there's articles about it in quite a few publications.
I really hope you review the Gigabyte G34WQC and The Monoprice Dark Matter 34in, those are the 2 last monitors in my shortlist and this is the only channel that provides all the info I need to make my decision. Keep up the great work!
@Assasino PRO gonna check it out, but I need something in depth like this one to be able to choose properly
I agree
"no gamer garbage", well said.
Never clicked so fast in my life. Wish I had this power on the RTX 3080 Launch day to buy a card to review on my channel XDDD
BTW, that is one hell of a moustache
@@tahiraqazi3340 seriously stop spamming
I've just gotten the Gigabyte G34WQC for £399 and it's pretty good!
I have the the G34WQC too it’s a great monitor I’m from Australia though so not super helpful in getting you one
@@TheFridge09 any flickering on it ?
MASAKR4 none that I’ve noticed even with g sync turned on.. is that something i should be looking out for?
Got mine from Overclockers, it’s great 👍
You can preorder at overclockers UK, I received mine a few days after I "pre-ordered"
I'm glad you reviewed this monitor, really curious of its response time and input lag. Thank you!
That mustache is exerting tremendous amounts of energy on me, ngl.
You guys are great! Would love to see this rounded off with the Gigabyte g34wqc if possible as well :)
That crisp video and focus have me drooling. I can clearly see the reflection circles in your eye. Kudos to the camera guy.
i think you should review he XG2405 as well, for its 104% sRGB 144hz specs
Yes please
Yes
I have it, great monitor.
im looking on buying it but theres no good review on it..... is it good?
@@sayedamirulhaziq it is
"No gamer garbage" - Love it!
The Gigabyte g34wqc and electriQ C series -34" WQHD are cheaper, £399 and £350 here in the uk, the Xiaomi is over £450
Looks like the UK doesn't like Xiaomi. lol
That depends on where your from. For Australia the Xiaomi is consistently less than 300gbp and the lowest in recent times was 270. That's if we get local stock. If we import directly from China it can get to around 240.
For me Xiaomi is cheaper, but I'm very concerned about ghosting
after watching this I went and bought the monitor, and I have to say Im stoked. For the price the picture is amazing and it just took my gaming to the next level.
What is the dimensions without stand?
Dear Hardware Unboxed. Just droping in to massively thank you guys for the amazing content that you make. The effort, dedication and professionalism in your work ethic is commendable. Keep up the great work and let the amazing content coming.
I’ve been using this for 2 years now and it’s still going strong. Amazing monitor for it’s price.
Que tal con el g-sync y freesync?
@@miguelalcaraz2554 it’s freesync but also supports gsync (I’ve been using it with gsync without problems).
Can u use it without a pc or console ??
Xiaomi has always made some nice electronics(outside of phones which is what they’re known for). They had some nice earphones that I used back in highschool and i read reviews on their early android tablets back during android 5.0 days. Wish they would make a higher end version of this with that 21:9 HDR 144z panel that acer and asus use in the x35 and pg35vq, respectively.
I have to say it's refreshing to see a review where the reviewer actually bothers to measure and test the unit rather than giving a verdict based on a visual inspection. While subjective impressions are a good thing to have, reviews giving nothing more than opinions on hardware are worthless. And when it comes to video and ESPECIALLY audio, these are all too common. Common is also the lack of knowledge of the devices and their important measurable qualities when the units differ from frames or megabytes per second.
I literally just got this 3 days ago. Best upgrade I've done so far
@Abdu sorry buddy, i ahve a gtx 970. cant do adaptive refresh rate. but i have heard that it works just fine
@Abdu It works, I have read someone tried it with 1080
I've had my eye on this for quite a while now. Thank you for the comprehensive review.
We need a review on the Lenovo y27q-20! You are probably the only reviewer I trust lol
How is freesync working with this screen? I have tested the AOC CU34G2X and Iiyama GB3466WQSU both have freesync flickering when the fps and screen refresh make bigger jumps. (for example 60-100 fps range) This is very annoying and unusable when playing RTS games. For shooters it's fine but with RTS you clearly see the screen flicker. Both are VA panels my Asus MG279Q has no issues at all with 57-144Hz freesync range no flickering at all. Tested it on a 5700XT RX480 and 290X always the same results :(
It also has excellent cable management niche in the stand, with magnetic cover
I've been using this for the past month. There are no brandings except for the simple "MI" on the back of the monitor. So clean. So far so good!
You got the normal xiaomi monitor
@@ruripapi yeah. and I love it.
Just so people are aware, I love this monitor but it has overshoot / inverse ghosting issues in some games, namely Pillars of Eternity, Day Z or Stalker COP. I think it is great for the price, it has amazing deep blacks and colors, less ghosting than AOC 34G2X, but more inverse ghosting or smearing. I have come to learn that most monitors are "defective", they will have dead pixels, ghosting, inverse ghosting, washed out colors, poor blacks, poor contrast, backlight bleed, ips glow, etc etc. So stick with the one that has less issues for you. I say this after having returned 14 monitors (I am not joking) and 13 of them had dead pixels, the one I kept developed a stain of dust after 3 months and also returned it. And it isn't bad luck (stop excusing manufacturers poor QC), I bet most people don't notice they have dead pixels, some people would be surprised. Not saying it's impossible, but most of them aren't looking hard enough.
About to watch this on my Xiaomi.. bought it last week and already love it to death. If you want cheap 1440P high refresh rate gaming get this and a Vega card, runs Modern Warfare like butter!
What about smearing and ghosting?
Will it show ads when you're in screensaver mode?
@Clorox Tree no ad in Chinese market version as well
It prob has a transmitter 5G-ing your every action, digitally or otherwise, back to the "Great" CCP
@Brian Rodriguez no, they don't
@Brian Rodriguez this is joke but xiaomi phone (china version) do that
@First Last They're bad but you definitely don't want to share your information to the Chinese government. They don't forgive. They don't forget.
Purchased this monitor via their official eBay store ($579 delivered) and am very happy with it. Can vouch for build quality and design, you get a lot of monitor for the money and 34" is great for work and games. I was totally sold on the LG 34GN850 but at approx. $1,000 AUD more and limited availability, I took a chance on the Xiaomi and it paid off. I used the $1K to pre-order a PS5 and will put the rest toward the purchase of an RTX 3070.
Hey, I was reading about G Sync on this monitor and some people report that G Sync only work upto 120Hz. Is that true?
i've been waiting for ages for this review!
I have finally found an Australian gaming content creator that reviews not so popular items. This makes it so much easier to find Australian prices
I was hoping for review of the 27 inch 1440p 144hz IPS one, that Xiaomi also makes
same, and that one is advertised as gaming, this isnt so.. it might perform better, prob not as good as the top end 27 1440p 144 but... close, im happy with the omen x27 to be honest, just need a new 3080 to drive it...
@@arencorparencorp2189 I wish I went with that route too. But I have a 240hz 1080p TN and the colors are killing me. But then again - when I was buying - high refresh 1440p monitors barely existed
@@alexp3577 oh its a tn display, just 1440p super fast input lag 240hz, and the colors r decent (ofc ips is better) but with this i dont have to deal with bleeds neither with slower refresh, and has better contrast ratio, new tn panels are actually great for srgb colors, want hdr? well absolutely awful but..
@@arencorparencorp2189 I thought that way too, until I bought my gf a cheap 60hz 1080p IPS. The colors are so much better, now I want to switch. I think the main problem I have is white balance. My monitor is supposed to be good on SRGB too, but side by side with a decent IPS monitor - it just looks like trash. Yours might be better though.
@@alexp3577 prob i have better colors than cheap ips, they can be fairly horrible, also recent tn improved substantially on color (OBIOUSLY ips IS better so long its a decent pannel, color is the weakness of tn, so its not good, its decent while keeping tn benefits), i tested some cheap ips displays.... horrible, they look vivid but thats not, realistic, that's cranked up saturation heh
eyyy I just got this last week, pretty amazing coming from a super cheap 24” 1080p 60hz
but ***IMPORTANT*** _this monitor comes with a china-style wall plug, so you’ll need to buy an adapter if you’re not from there or australia_
however my r9 fury doesn’t support the full 144hz, just 100... though that’ll change this coming winter ;)
Have you tried a DP cable? From what I read you might be limited by HDMI
Pixel_Vengeur yeah I am, it’s just that the r9 fury has displayport 1.2
Oh right. Doesn't 120 Hz work either?
Pixel_Vengeur :/
Got this one delivered last week. I feel kind of validated now. :)
Can confirm some brightness uniformity issues. Can also confirm the very nice build quality - the cable covers and channels are great to work with. It's my first VA - I've been using IPS or OLED panels - so there's some getting used to it, but not so there's a problem. It's $450 in Sweden, including the 25% VAT, which at launch made it the cheapest curved 3440x1440, regardless of update frequency. The MSI Optix MAG341CQ has now been lowered in price to match, but it doesn't have the adjustable stand and "only" clocks in at 100Hz.
That MSI monitor is sold at $830 here in Australia, so it's still a win for Xiaomi
Hey there, I'm planning on getting the Xiaomi and also currently own an IPS (144hz 1080p) and have never used a VA. Do you mind telling me about your experience in gaming, productivity etc...? Mainly how's was your transition to this VA monitor? Like noticing Dark smearing and ghosting for example? Finally, I hate IPS glow, is that not present in it considering it's a VA?
The monitor is only $370 after taxes here, so I'm very tempted to get it. Thanks in advance for your opinion :)
@@Bearded.Stranger Every now and then I look at a dark video with perceived smearing and immediately think, "oh, there's the VA smearing", but those videos look similar on my OLED. I think I'm just reacting to it on the Xiaomi because I'm expecting it.
I've never really been bothered by the IPS glow, but I don't think there's any at all in this VA. I'm using it in a dark(-ish) room, with a lower-than-max brightness setting.
I've been working from home for the last 7 months, and been using my OLED TV before buying this one, so I'm comparing the Xiaomi more to the OLED than to my work monitor (Dell 3440x1440 IPS) or my old personal monitor (LG 1920x1200 IPS) - but it looks good.
Gaming-wise, I desperately need a better GPU - my 1660 Ti has no chance of handling 3440x1440 at 60+ fps. I will be looking at a new GPU in spring, provided the less power-hungry models drop - Geforce 3060 or Radeon 6700, maybe?
@@c99kfm Thank you for the reply. Based on your input I think I'll just go for it, as everything else that's appealing to me is $700 and more (Odyssey G7 & LG 34GN850). I considered an OLED, but they only come in massive sizes to even consider for daily usage. I feel currently with monitors you hit the diminishing returns quickly past the $400-500 price range, so the Xiaomi at $370 seems like the 'sensible' choice until monitors have OLED at a reasonable size and price haha.
Good luck with GPU hunting the new ones are very promising for 3440x1440. Been working from home too for the same period, hence I'm upgrading my monitor since I'm building a new PC, got a 3080 ready waiting on a processor.
@@Bearded.Stranger Yeah, the OLED I'd been using is my 55" TV. It worked great, but I prefer the ultrawide aspect ratio for productivity. I might've tried a 3840x1600 ultrawide, if they were available at a reasonable price, but 3440x1440 has worked at work, and I'm quite happy with it at home now, as well.
I might consider shelling out the $7-900 price range for a 3840x1600@120Hz OLED in ten years or whenever this Xiaomi stops working. It depends a bit on how my OLED TV works out, with burn-in and so on.
With a 3080, I'm fairly certain you'll max out your new Xiaomi and will be very satisfied with your gaming experience. Game on! :)
Great video review! Will you also check the Huawei Mateview GT 34''? It world be nice to see a comparison between the two!
I purchased a xiaomi robot vac, great product.. was really interested in this review. Cheers
Got it as well- very helpful!
Yes I'm sure a vacum cleaner by the same brand is very relevant. Stop shilling for companies. Especially if they are controlled by the fascists who are the CCP.
@@putinstea not everyone cares about political bullshit. If the product is good we buy it.
My phone, watch, tablet, vacuum and security cameras are all Xiaomi. I almost don't bother with reviews anymore. Always good the price.
@@rdmz135 That's ok. But saying "my xiaomi vacuum cleaner is good, so i approve of this review" is not a good look. The fact that it's Xiami just makes it worse.
I bought 2 of em for around $310 USD each(840SGD for both), been working fine.
I don't get why people are saying it's more expensive than AOC and gigabyte and whatnot, you just gotta use the same sites the Chinese use to not get ridiculous mark ups.
The cheapest way to get it in the states would probably be using taobao(not banggood or alibaba), and getting it from the official MI store. Product itself only cost $300 usd.
i went to mi store in funan yesterday and the price is ridiculous 849sgd. I told the staff that lazada price is only 535sgd. Now I'm waiting for the 11.11 lazada sale to get it below 500sgd. BTW how is your monitor after 1 year of using?
you missed the brilliant cable management
Link to ICC profile Xiaomi Mi Curved 34" please?
I'm waiting for Xiaomi to enter the monitor market here in India, I need a second monitor that doesn't cost an arm and a leg this or the cheaper 24 incher is exactly what I need. Thank you Tim, I needed a review form someone dependable like you❤️
Appreciate how thorough this review is! Would love to see more reviews on Xiaomi monitors as well as monitor reviews for people using XSX and PS5 if you haven't already done so
Nice review. Can nearly completely agree with that.
I actually got one and do not have the uniformity issues you mentioned. There is quite a bit backlight bleeding but only visible at an angel you will never sit.
Its a bang for the buck monitor and for that its really amazing. Also i got an additional 100€ off from a coupon. :D
I really love the magnetic covers and cabel routing option. You dont get that on other low budget options.
Best bang for the buck!
I have been looking for these exact specs, 1440 144 ultrawide. I have so much love for you guys right now!
I have this monitor, its been about a year.
For the price, its just the best
Your monitor reviews made me sub. A channel that ACTUALLY TESTS the claims. Damn. Respect.
god i feel like an idiot paying $1,399 for the Acer x34 back in early 2018
As a fellow Aussie who just set up one of these badboys on a vesa arm, along with owning 2 Xiaomi phones over the past 4 ish years, a xiaomi electric shaver, and a xiaomi dash cam..
I am a huge fan of their quality, reliability, ease of use and price within Australia. Every item so far has been bought with my own savings and I'm sure I'll grab more from them in future.. when the price is comparable to generic brand knock offs of questionable origin, yet a build quality that has never failed to impress, I seriously can't fault them
Hey, I was reading about G Sync on this monitor and some people report that G Sync only work upto 120Hz. Is that true?
@@GoGito Huh, that's interesting
I just saw the Verge article that mentions the 120Hz limitation
Don't know for sure though as I've never bothered to use G-Sync myself and didn't see any other sources that test it.. plus I have trust issues with the Verge, it's not always reliable.
If G-Sync is important to you then I would assume it only works at 120Hz to be on the safe side when deciding on the purchase.
It might be true, or you might be pleasantly surprised.
Currently 400USD tax inclusive here in the Philippines. Amazing value with biggest downside IMO is the warranty support. :) As usual great review Tim! You covered most technical things that I cant possibly test. :)
Can you guys review the LG CX 48" as a gaming monitor? All the reviews for that TV is done by TV guys, but we need your level of PC gaming expertise for a proper review. With Zen3 and next gen GPUs, I'm building a new rig, and I'd like my monitor to support great HDR if possible.
Alternate name: Xiaomi Mi Surface 34-inch Curved
Pretty direct name and really easy to remember.
Was waiting on this review from you guys, thanks.
Great review, Mustache Unboxed.
I got one of these on 9.9 (similar to black friday) in Thailand. Only cost me £250. One of the best purchases I have made in my life. Amazing monitor.
Im so glad they reviewed this monitor!
Ohh yey! U have been waiting for this review. Got mine around for $420 all in when converted from local currency. Got a slight speck inside the screen that disappeared over time but very nice for work coming from 1080p. I still don't feel the negatives on the refresh performance as my rx580 is barely getting 60 at lower settings.
Thank you. Please do the Gigabyte g34wqc next.
All I want is a 1440p ultrawide flat IPS with a 144+hz refresh rate for under 600 dollars USD.
I know that sounds like a lot, but non-ultrawides with the same specs otherwise are between $300-450 in the states.
11:59 looks like you're due for an update, Tim. 😅
Greetings from Jamaica 🇯🇲
Just bought this for 420€ and i am sooo happy and glad you recomended it. It is perfect for gaming, wathing latest series of mandalorian and also writing smartphone review. Thanks a loot and continue the very good work :)
Gigabyte G34WQC and Xiaomi Mi Curved 34. Tell me who is better for adobe Pr ? Thanks
I'd like to know which one is better out of these two as well
i am willing to bet that these monitors use the exact same panel, that is most likely sourced from Samsung. So there is probably not going to be much difference, they might be calibrated differently from factory but other than that they are most likely the same. I would wait and see Hardware Unboxed's review on the Gigabyte, which hopefully won't be much longer.
i am tossing between these two models as well a little undecided atm
i got my xiaomi for a 3080 and is beautiful!idk about gigabyte but the xiaomi is stunning
The xiaomi is better value and the xiaomi is also ultrawide so its better for editing
Finally a review of this monitor!
Got it for 1999 RMB (~300 USD) when it launched back in November 2019.
Really happy with it so far, and now I get to use the color profile by Tim!
Hey, I was reading about G Sync on this monitor and some people report that G Sync only work upto 120Hz. Is that true?
@@GoGito for me it works fine 48-144 Hz. Just make sure the monitor is set to 144 Hz on windows and you are using DP1.4
IIYAMA G-MASTER RED EAGLE GB3466WQSU-B1 34" UWQHD VA FREESYNC HDR400 144HZ CURVED GAMING MONITOR
£429.00
IIYAMA G-MASTER RED EAGLE GB3461WQSU-B1 34" UWQHD IPS FREESYNC 144HZ GAMING MONITOR £399.99
would be great to see a review on these monitors....cheaper than xiaomi
Please also review the new Gigabyte model, the G34WQC, which is retailing for $400 flat here in the USA.
There are no reviews of it that come anywhere close to the polish you do. (all available reviews of the G34WQC are "wow this looks good" tier 🙁)
Yes a review of that one would be great! The G34WQC looks like good value by the specs and competition in this segment. But you never know if there are any hidden compromises.
indian gov : lets ban this monitor
Cause china ?
@@kianchampion9581 yup
@jt thorsson 90% of all tech related manufacturing comes from China... So even if they ban China related products, most of the home brewed indian gear will most likely perform like trash or be ridiculously expensive. Besides, any country spies on their citizens whether that's smartphones, smartwatches, TVs or anything else tech related. China is just cancer, because they openly promote their agressiveness towards politics.
@jt thorsson I can't argue back, because these are indeeds facts. Too bad our world is beyond fucked in terms of peaceful alliance towards unveiling the worlds outside of our own planet or collaborating on borrowing each others technology to build more efficient and higher grade (in the level of living) civilization. Such vision probably still exists in the minority, but nowadays everybody in the top tiers wants full control over ordinary things, no wonder why annual suicide rates aren't decreasing.
Actually in india (my country) the pricing is shit every single product is atleat 100dollar expensive the rtx 3070 costs around 700 dollars according to nvidia and popular monitors will never be available in our country
Take it from me if you own a Xiaomi 34 and want to play competitive shooters, Motion Response time to on works very well at the cost of a darker screen.
That moustache is godlike.
G34wqc gigabyte and low cost 34 3440x1440 will be quite complete. Gigabyte had gsync compatible on their website but removed it.
Ppl still waiting for the Dell 165hz/WQHD/Ips display review but you guys seem to not give a shit
Lol They just uploaded it. Relax
Nice review! The only review that also takes into account minimum brightness levels. Been searching for a while.
it's the only ultrawide available in Kenya, just got mine. I have ascended, plus it matches my Thinkpad
What's the price in Kenya?
@@augustinewafula1346 Ksh. 50,000, but it's a preorder from Xiaomi's official shop. You'll wait a month for them to bring it.
It's amazing how I put this on my wishlist and hesitated to buy but this price, you review - it's a clear buy! Converted from Swedish crowns, this monitor costs 699 Aussie dollars in Sweden
That mustache xD
Have this monitor. Got it for around USD $430. Can confirm everything Tim says here on my own monitor except for color stuff, my brain is mush when it comes to colors. However I noticed the monitor is a lot redder around dusk time in Rust compared to my Acer Z35. For the price it's not a bad purchase but if I had the budget for a better monitor I would have definitely spent more. That said this is the cheapest monitor in it's class and if 400 - 450 USD is all you can spend, from what I can see, this is it.
Hey, I was reading about G Sync on this monitor and some people report that G Sync only work upto 120Hz. Is that true?
@@GoGito This monitor doesn't have G-sync. I'm not sure what they'd mean by that. I have an Nvidia card and I'm running Freesync on 144hz, it definitely works. The only thing I can think of is maybe it's an HDMI thing, I'm using a Display Port cable.
xiaomi is cool brand. All their stuff is simple and elegant, lots of aluminium, decent plastics, excelent quality/value ratio. Chinese gonna take over. Matter of time lol.
I have a xiami phone (K20 Pro). From the hardware specs it is a Pixel 4 or better for only $400 and was released a few month earlier. The only issue are annoying advertising notifications in chinese.
Edit: I found the app which caused the annoying notifications. I think it is a newsapp that comes with the OS. I was able to turn off its notification permissions and now it is silent.
@@Sunlight91 I believe you can still just flash the rom, replacing asian software with eu/global version. All roms were easily available on mi forums. Be careful no to brick your phone tho. I havent been into phones that much lately, so I'm not sure if their new phones are locked in any way.
Yes!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE, THANKS TIM!!
This monitor review was more anticipated by viewers than the rtx 3000 series.
Yes. But only because 80%+ of viewers/subbers is AMD fanboys. 🖖😀
(No its not a pun or a joke)
@@DanielFrost79 Sounds a lot like you're a sad little manchild.
@@robertstan298 Not really. But you certainly sound like a guy who does not appreciate PC tech or facts.
Great review Tim! Can you review the Dell S2721DGF monitor? I'm thinking of buying it, and there are not many reviews of it.