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Fun fact: This monitor is 1:1 like the Coolermaster gm34-cw (not gm34-cwq). Almost the same stand, same vesa mechanism, same tri-star color thing on the back, same OSD, same specs.
Not this one.5 minutes into the video with the display still off and already hate this thing. My cheap TCL 50 inch TV took less time to get on it's 2 feet and my cheap viewsonic monitor was easy as hell to setup. That stand is such ass that I'm just confused.
"Yeah, this is involved, more involved than I would personally like, I wouldn't be willing to deal with this stuff" - had to read the manual for screwing in two screws in an obvious place
@@VidweII Well he's marginally better than Alex who compares everything he reviews to products 4 times the price of what he is reviewing and calls them janky.
Yeyian was founded in 2017. So, yeah, they haven't been around long enough to build a decent rep yet. However, they have lasted past that fabled 3 year point when most companies fail, so they have that going for them.
i dont know about you, but i personally dont mind when assembling a monitor is not intuitive or takes a while, its a one time thing anyway, i dont take that into account to judge if its a good monitor
11:51 "It's not perfect, but that looks a lot better. If you buy this monitor please do yourself a gigantic favor and make sure to set both the monitor and Windows to HDR." 12:14 "I'm actually going to turn off HDR though because I bet you the SDR experience would be better. I feel like it is trying to over brighten stuff a little bit and washes out. Don't get me wrong. It's absolutely not nearly as dark where it should be in the dark areas, but this just looks better. It doesn't look all washed out and dirty, and so I would definitely basically just never turn HDR on with this monitor." 13:08 "We do with HDR turned on it is like kind of darker in the corners here, but we're just losing a lot of detail and it doesn't look great. Um, we're going to turn HDR off and take a look and see how it looks. And SDR. And again you're losing a ton of contrast but at least now I can feel I can see all these details, and it looks a bit better. I don't know. Um, I think I'd probably run this thing in SDR if I was going to buy it, personally." Good to get solid and non confusing advice...
To be fair, this an unboxing not a full review. If you were genuinely wondering how a product performs and wanted an objective review, you'd go literally anywhere else
@@Tehkezah Then they shouldn't use a clickbait title that makes their unboxing and first impressions look like a review people can depend on for buying advice.
Nothing against Plouffe, but is he just discovering that people usually don't have 1000$ monitors? But way cheaper one and don't need all the stupid feature (tool less assembly, usb hub,...)
Well he does have all the cool tools, so anything more affordable seems pretty pedestrian, and the cheap stuff feels like liquid crap. But yea, he would need to get a bit more experience with what the majority of people are actually prepared to pay for. And as a hint, that's not i9-13900K or R9 7950X3D, RTX 4090 or even a RX7900 XTX, and it certainly doesn't include a 4K 32" OLED or better. The average gamer is mor likely sitting in front of a six or eight core machine, with a RTX 2060 or a RX 500 series GPU or something similar in price and performance. And they are playing games on a 1080p monitor...
My "good" monitor is a Viewsonic 27", 1440p with 144Hz. I paid like $350 Canadian, so maybe like $275 USD. Plouffe would give me the dirtiest look of disapproval for being pleased with it. Lol
@@40yr.Old.Nerdinhe would absolutely detest my 24“ 1080p 60Hz Monitor without any adjustments and overclocked to 72 Hz… also, it’s just advertised as 250 nits…
Yeyian it's a brand commonly found in the Latin-American market along with Ocelot gaming and Game Factor. From my experience all their products are cheap and moderately good, but not the best quality.
Yep ocelot and yeyian are really famous for cheaping out in quality,but adding rbg in everything. Seen alot of fires with yeyian Psu's and alot of ocelot monitors not lasting 5 months
I guess it depends on the country I'm latin american and never in my life have heard of Yeyian I mostly see crappy HP monitors, or when selling gaming stuff they sell the cheaper Asus TUFs
That's a white label monitor, it's very common in Brazil too. Brands like Superframe, Mancer and Concordia (national brands) use them as well, I have a 1080p 240hz VA and it's pretty good for the pricing here (~220 USD).
Yeah, i got 27" panel 3 years ago, 165 hz, nt but decent colors. very slim and has 1dp 3 hdmi which is not bad for a budget monitor, and is still going strong. Not my main monitor, but still very decent buy.
Why does it matter what the stand is like and why it has too many screws and why it's a bit of work to setup? I don't understand, yeah I know there are other monitors that are simple to setup and have no screws but why does it matter? Why does it matter when reviewing a monitor? I mean you only setup once and that is all, all you need to worry about the display quality, peak nits, refresh rate, response time, lag, and the hertz and other technical stuff.
Yeah he mentions not being elitist, and then talks about "low end" $5-600 displays. Of course he daily drives a $1400 monitor so not to be surprised I guess
@@elWhiteNinja1 yeah I thought I was pretty elitist for monitors but I almost dropped my drink when he said 500-600 low end. Maybe he means low end for 1440p ultra wide
@@elWhiteNinja1 He's the very definition of elitist - not even all that objective, the heck is that motion blur he's talking about, I am watching this on an OLED and saw zero issue with the text clarity he's trying to show
@@e21bigI fully understand the motion blur he's talking about, it's hard to catch on camera but I had a monitor with the same panel and everything looked blurry in motion. Totally not worth spending more than maybe $200 on just for the refresh rate.
I'm really not liking the snobbery here Plouffe....as a low cost monitor connoisseur, the end user experience trumps the set up experience and after it's set up you're golden-ish. I've had good and bad experiences going low end, but there have been pleasant surprises along the way.
This. I don't care about setup, speakers, rgb, Io, etc.. I want a panel that delivers and does not cost an arm and a leg. And most people get a vesa arm anyways.
@@odenwaldquelle8228 He is just telling you how it is, literally just spend 30-50 dollars more and you get a better product in every way. This panel doesn't deliver, the colours are terrible and its basically like having motion blur enabled the entire time.
@@Mooshimoca no hes comparing it to his $900 monitor he ahs at home, this is literally 1/3 of the price of course it will be worse. its like he doesnt understand being on an extreme budget of around $200-$300
@@Mooshimoca My statement was universal. They always complain if you need a screwdriver to put it together. What do I care about a toolless assembly if the display sucks?
Right, and i don't really understand all the moaning about the way you have to put the stand together, bc how often do you have to assemble a monitor stand that you need to do it quickly.
Why does he always freak out about setting up the stand every time? I mean, you only gotta do it like once every few years. It's not gonna hurt if he takes an extra 10 minutes to do it.
A little too much time spent complaining about the stand of a budget monitor that realistically you're going to set up once and never touch again. Not something I would focus on for a budget product
He acts so surprised that a budget monitor doesn’t look as good as the $1200+ monitors he’s used to. Maybe review things compared to their price and not act like everyone can afford the $1200 option.
plouffe reviewing things is just annoying at this point. 1) He's spoiled with choice 2) He doesn't seem to review monitors based off of price AKA is it good for how much money you'd be spending 3) In his head whether consciously or subconsciously he's comparing this to a probably $1000+ monitor and it's not that. I'd honestly love to see him just not be a host anymore unless it's with keyboards, I don't watch those anyway but yeah
Another installment of Plouffe looking at an ultrawide... Will he compare it to his AW3423DW at home? Probably. Not crazy about this thing being VA... but perhaps it can make up for it in other aspects?
Shrug, I personally prefer VA over IPS for the reduced glow and 2-3x contrast ratio. To each their own. EDIT: Just got to the point where he says "VA is not that great with color". First I've heard of that, plenty of VA monitors and TVs around that hit ~100% sRGB, which is all you need in SDR, the rest is calibration... Wonder if he had the gamma wrong or something... My two flanking VA monitors hit about 98% coverage, but 103-105% total area. =/ EDIT2: I mean Rtings has tested a fair few monitors with either panel type, and while IPS might have a slight advantage on average, both are easy to find in the 95-100% sRGB range. And the worst VA they've tested in years was 91% sRGB, worst IPS being like 60-65% sRGB, so it's not like it's an inherent panel thing...
@@reshadegaming6285 Hadn't heard about IPS black, need to look into it. And I can't claim VA doesn't have issues, generally the response times are noticeably worse and ghosting is an issue, but I'd still rather deal with that than the glow and low contrast. Well, not really relevant for me anymore, since my main is an OLED... =)
I actually like that there are a lot of screws. It makes everything feel more secured to what it's supposed to hr secured, even tho it doesn't make that big of a difference.
i work in a company that imports these monitor panels, we do the rebranding depending on the reseller. That OSD is a generic OSD for these monitor panels since its from one manufacturer in shenzen, these monitors uses a class B samsung panel (yes not the best panels) but they are pretty ok
Am I crazy, or did you say pretty much back to back: “make sure you turn on HDR on the monitor and in windows”… And then about two minutes later say “make sure you never turn on HDR for this monitor”?
The statement that '20-30 dollars more would probably be better' holds no weight. Better to test the Gigabyte and make a definitive statement or not make a statement at all.
Plouffe really did this monitor dirty in my opinion. It came in $10 cheaper than the Gigabyte he was referencing and he hasn't even seen it in person to say which one was better? And that gigabyte monitor has a lower refresh rate. Idk, maybe he didn't want to vouch for some company he's never heard of. I say don't buy brands, buy products and this product seems GREAT for the price.
I got a Viotek GNV34DBE2 a couple years ago and it looks almost the same as this one from the front bezel, OSD, and specs. I have loved it. Great high resolution ultra-wide for like $350 which was a great deal.
Was just thinking that. I have a SUW49C and one of the several reasons I want to get rid of it is the crappy non-responsive firmware that causes it to not go to sleep. I'm in the market and unfortunately I think it's just worth it to spend the money on a fully fleshed out monitor.
If that's the worst stand design you've seen then you haven't seen much. Compares to some I've seen and used that was incredibly good engineering. That doesn't mean it's any good just not as epic a fail as the reviewer made it our to be.
Yeyian, Ocelot and GameFactor are the budget trinity here in Latin America. You get what you pay for. That being said, these are not crap monitors for the average gamer that wants these features without spending a whole month's salary on a monitor. But of course, when you work for the largest Canadian tech UA-cam channel with access to all the latest and greatest tech, you're going to acquire a sense of elitism towards everything that's not top of the line.
I’m glad that this has 2 HDMI and 2 DisplayPort jacks. I’ve had multiple monitors and never used the USB port so not having that just seem to make sense. Unless you can use a USB jack for power or high speed transfer, then why have it?
VA colour is actually better than IPS most of the time. Colour accuracy is a matter of factory calibration, there IPS at this price range (or even more) doesn't always have the best colour accuracy out of the box either - and it's not a big deal, if you do colour critical works, buy a colorimeter, no amount of factory calibration can substitute that. Also I don't think it's fair to be using games like RE4 to test a limited HDR capability of an LCD. While you might want to turn it off in a game like that, I bet it can look a lot better with something like Spider Man that display day time all the time
ok i get ur mind but like 10:52 "WOW ITS NOT PERFECT but do urself a favor and turn hdr on!" less then 2 mins later: 12:34 "i will never turn hdr on with this monitor"
I use an Iiyama 34 inch ultra wide 3440x1440 IPS 144hz display. Had it for a few years and it was £250 brand new, genuinely the best value buy I've ever made.
So I kind of hate the argument made at the end of the video about support. Just because you haven't heard of the company before doesn't automatically mean their support is crap. Everybody has heard of Dell, HP, MSI etc, and they're often some of the worst, most predatory, customer support experiences out there. Unless you actually went through their customer service or looked up reviews from people who have, you shouldn't be commenting on the company's customer support as a negative. That was just irresponsible.
Something that I really appreciate about this monitor is that it has a lot of adjustment. I didnt know that was something to appreciate until I bought my Odyssey G5, which has absolutely 0 adjustment on it unless you buy a third party stand. For 300 dollars (yes I understand that it is rather "budget" but still) I would expect it to at least swivel or move up and down a little bit but its as static as my love life which is really pathetic. Just as a reference point, my gaming monitor from 2011 has full adjustment and it was such a disappointment to see how little I thought this "upgrade" really felt like an upgrade.
"go with Gigabyte and get bettwe customer service". Somehow I don't think this is true. Also I have 3 Gigabyte monitors in the same line as he mentions 2 x G27Q's and 1 M27Q. The reason I have an M27Q is one of my 3 G27Q's died within a month of owning it and had to be replace and it was easier to just pay £30 more to get the M27Q instead. All 3 just over a year old and another G27Q is having issues with one of it's inputs. Another note is since the day I owned all of them they coil whine incessantly when in sleep mode, it pitches up and down with the flashing of the power LED. Finally they are awful to try and turn off. since holding in the nipple sometimes just toggles between sleep mode and on not turn them fully off. Worst purchase I ever made but they were the only reasonabley priced non-curved 1440p monitors at the time, everything else was £100-200 more.
First time I've ever heard VA being the worse option for color, I buy VAs because they're exceptional at color lol. If you have one with local dimming zones and QD you can get really close to an OLED color quality.
Yep. The problem with this video is it seems very elitist. It is cheap, from an unknown brans and VA, so can't be good. Basically the entire video has that undertone to it
@Sebastian Smolarczyk yeah seems so. Probably shouldn't have gotten the guy with one of the best monitors on the market to review a budget one. That will taint someone's perspective no matter what. Also is it just me or was he wishy washy? Starts off by saying you need HDR on then later says you'll want to run it in SDR lol. 🤔
I think it depends on how one would define "better". Historically speaking IPS panels reproduce more accurate colours and neutral contrast (something that would appeal to people doing colour accurate work) while a VA would have a larger contrast ratio with more saturated colours (something that might appeal to those consuming content). Different strokes for different folks, but if he's using Delta E then he's referring to colour accuracy, and therefore traditionally IPS monitors have been more accurate.
First 5 mins into the video, and I'm like FTW? LMG has sure put quantity over quality. I remember the days when LMG did objective reviews and not record an individual's pet-peeves and prejudices. #RIPSoonLMG
you will get better image quality in a dark room. because of low peak brightness, they appear to bring down the shadows to achieve HDR high contrast. But VA pixel response, going to be poor with fast action.
I had one of their displays, the brand is popular here in Mexico because of their low prices, it was honestly pretty good for the price, only thing I disliked was the colors, they were a bit dull but everything else was just perfect for 120hz gaming on my Xbox Series S
Ppl that are crying about him calling 400-500 bucks range budget, do you understand that he is speaking specifically about 1440p 144hz+ ultrawide curved monitors? They are pretty much starting from 300 bucks. What are crying about?
Exactly.... They don't understand that when he's mentioning low budget it is for a set a specs, not just a monitor. Otherwise people could buy 50 bucks monitor... People are just brainless these days
I feel like the labs data might have biased Plouffe a bit here and by that I mean this didn't really feel like a first impressions video the way that Short Circuit normally is. I think its great that The Labs is testing the monitor and the data is really good to have (calling out the manufacturer on bullshit claims and what not). I just think that for integrating it with Short Circuit, it might be better to have the first impressions with the unboxing and sit down, then go over the labs data at the end. Going into the review knowing the manufacturer is taking liberties with the specs makes me feel like the first impression is colored in a specific way so that it is no longer indicative of a users first impressions.
I have the Gigabyte G34WQC mentioned in this video. It's not a perfect monitor, but it does a lot of things extremely well and feels like very good value at the US$450 I paid in 2020 (current price is more like US$380).
I have the AOC CU34G2X that I picked up in 2021 for $450 and the HDR isn't fantastic but coming from a non-HDR panel was amazing. The color accuracy is good and everything looks vibrant to me. The best selling point for me is AOCs warranty for gaming panels, they offer a 1 year "anything goes" replacement (which I used when I bumped the side while moving and killed the monitor). I had a free replacement within 5 days with no guff. I am waiting for the day when AOC offers mini-LED or OLED panels to upgrade!
"oh boy I need to use like three screws to assemble this monitor stand and I'm too dumb to figure it out without a manual, better bitch and moan for half the video" mother of God this guy is the worst lol
The windows HDR calibration app can help a TON with the HDR picture in SDR and HDR. Also Windows reports the display brightness the display tells it so they falsely reported it in the firmware.
Actually don't mind VA. Yes they can sometimes have some slightly longer response times, but the added contrast is very noticeable compared to an IPS doing absolutely everything
The only people who'd legitimately complain about the setup of a monitor would indeed be someone who routinely sets up monitors every day for a living. But the people watching this video, seeking buying advice, will buy it and set it up once. So, complaining about the ease/elongated setup seems kind of petty/meaningless to the majority of viewers. We're literally going to set it up once. Plouffe is great - but the writing team does this from time to time. They don't realize how disconnected they are, working at LTT, from the mainstream. People care about price for performance, not that they have 3 screws to deal with during setup. It's literally a one time/minor annoyance and would not affect the buying decision of... nearly anyone.
Its literally a clone of Monoprice Darkmatter 34". From the OSD, the backpanel ports and there placement. The monoprice did 144hz but you could have overclocked to 165z which i never did. And the stand is diff but the mounting mechanism is same.
I would suggest that at least for the next little while someone else should test monitors. Plouffe is chill and all but really not a good fit for level headed "reviewing" or "unboxing".
Another "Non certified -HDR" monitor is the ACER Nitro XV241 X wich is quite good for HDR even if they don't accomplish all the vesa hdr certification, but the impressive part of it is the contrast , the colors and refresh rate 240hz but the motion blur performance is excellent on par with the ViewSonic XG2431 , since acer use the same panel😂
This monitor looks remarkably similar to my Sceptre C35. Literally the same bezels and the buttons and their icons are the exact same. I would believe this is the same panel that was hacked to "support" HDR.
That’s about the same that I paid for my similar viotek monitor about three years ago. Not very impressed by the price point or what you claim of the performance.
And for those who have no experience with iiyama... They are a Japanese company and has been making monitors since the 90's at least. So they are a well established monitor producer, and their quality is usually really good. Or at least it was back when I worked with them. I don't know what their current product line up looks like though.
Should I keep my gigabyte? I plan on moving and I probably will have to sell it soon but would this be a better VA panel than the Gigabyte or is it worse?
Google “Keyhole Fittings” that’s what the bottom of the stand has. You sink the stand into the screws and twist and only loosen and tighten the thumb screw 😂
As a mexican, I like seeing a mexican company get to LMG, I know the reviews were not great but they're a small company with less than 10 years of experience. Hopefully they watch this review and adjust some stuff for future products.
Nothing personal against Plouffe, I usually really like him but I think this Video could be much better with a different mindset or a different focus. I can't really put it into words but I think he was just the wrong guys to do the Video tbh.
I have one of these. Not the best colors, the spealers (different brand "husky" comes with 2w speakers) are trash. If you want to play competitive, buy a smaller monitor. If you like arcades, casual play, big immersion and having a ton of fun, in a 2k display, also with a huge productivity advantage because 34" ultrawide... It's a great value for the price. I'm happy with my monitor, and I did had the chance to pick the Gigabite, but this model was 100$ cheaper and was curved (the Gigabite wasn't), and IMO, the curve makes a huge difference. I'm liking mine so far!
Honestly, first review I didn't care for. I think complaining about no tooless features on a monitor is an immature thing. Every mointor I've owned I've had to assemble in some way with tools. We don't all daily drive a $1500 monitor. My 34" LG is perfect and it cost me less than $500 with 1440p and 165hz. These reviews are getting a bit ridiculous
Looking at the monitor design and the OSD, I realised this looks very similar to a brand that is sold in new Zealand called Titan Army. My guess is that they either use the same manufacturer or they are the same company under a different name. They use Samsung VA panels and almost the exact same mounting the OSD is the exact same. Wonder if anyone else has thoughts around this
they sell a lot of stuff from this brand on my trusty local PC stuff shop so I'm glad you guys are looking at it cause I have no idea if its trusty or not
You start by saying make sure you turn HDR on then a few minutes later you say to run it in SDR.... Which one is it? Also this is more budget oriented, it's not going to have all the bells and whistles. Think Plouffe needs a bit of a reality check.
It's so sad when i go see the price in my country(Brazil), and even a "budget" piece of tech is 10x the US price P.S. The dollar is 5x the value of the currency in Brazil, the other 5x are taxes 😅
I have had a yeyian monitor for 4 years now, never had a dead pixel problem nor any other kind of problem but yeah the pixel wash is there, you can watch this the larger the resolution and bigger the panel an higher the refresh rate but mine cost 120 usd 4 years ago FDH freesync gsync 144hz best deal ever
I am sure this is the same panel that's used in just about every ultrawide monitor in this price bracket. Brands include AOC, Gigabyte, Dell. I am sure there are a few others, but imo, spend extra money on a quality panel if you want ultrawide.
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Fun fact: This monitor is 1:1 like the Coolermaster gm34-cw (not gm34-cwq). Almost the same stand, same vesa mechanism, same tri-star color thing on the back, same OSD, same specs.
Not this one.5 minutes into the video with the display still off and already hate this thing. My cheap TCL 50 inch TV took less time to get on it's 2 feet and my cheap viewsonic monitor was easy as hell to setup. That stand is such ass that I'm just confused.
No
Hell no. I like having an actual warranty if it breaks.
"Yeah, this is involved, more involved than I would personally like, I wouldn't be willing to deal with this stuff" - had to read the manual for screwing in two screws in an obvious place
Yeah like my man you only gotta do it once. Absolute snob
@@sparkerov Yeah, not thrilled whenever they put this guy on.
@@VidweII Well he's marginally better than Alex who compares everything he reviews to products 4 times the price of what he is reviewing and calls them janky.
Yeyian was founded in 2017. So, yeah, they haven't been around long enough to build a decent rep yet. However, they have lasted past that fabled 3 year point when most companies fail, so they have that going for them.
That *and* they did get through COVID. They should be fine.
@@meleter8107I don't think that covid was a negative event for a company that creates computer accessories. It probably increased their sales.
i dont know about you, but i personally dont mind when assembling a monitor is not intuitive or takes a while, its a one time thing anyway, i dont take that into account to judge if its a good monitor
same with on screen display not having "nipples"
11:51 "It's not perfect, but that looks a lot better. If you buy this monitor please do yourself a gigantic favor and make sure to set both the monitor and Windows to HDR."
12:14 "I'm actually going to turn off HDR though because I bet you the SDR experience would be better. I feel like it is trying to over brighten stuff a little bit and washes out. Don't get me wrong. It's absolutely not nearly as dark where it should be in the dark areas, but this just looks better. It doesn't look all washed out and dirty, and so I would definitely basically just never turn HDR on with this monitor."
13:08 "We do with HDR turned on it is like kind of darker in the corners here, but we're just losing a lot of detail and it doesn't look great. Um, we're going to turn HDR off and take a look and see how it looks. And SDR. And again you're losing a ton of contrast but at least now I can feel I can see all these details, and it looks a bit better. I don't know. Um, I think I'd probably run this thing in SDR if I was going to buy it, personally."
Good to get solid and non confusing advice...
To be fair, this an unboxing not a full review. If you were genuinely wondering how a product performs and wanted an objective review, you'd go literally anywhere else
@@olsirmonkey if thats true, then the title is misleading
I think that when he was playing RE4, he was talking about the in-game HDR, not the monitor's
@@renzen4354 shortcricuit is an unboxing/first impressions channel. no video here is a review, that's the point of the channel.
@@Tehkezah Then they shouldn't use a clickbait title that makes their unboxing and first impressions look like a review people can depend on for buying advice.
Nothing against Plouffe, but is he just discovering that people usually don't have 1000$ monitors? But way cheaper one and don't need all the stupid feature (tool less assembly, usb hub,...)
Well he does have all the cool tools, so anything more affordable seems pretty pedestrian, and the cheap stuff feels like liquid crap. But yea, he would need to get a bit more experience with what the majority of people are actually prepared to pay for. And as a hint, that's not i9-13900K or R9 7950X3D, RTX 4090 or even a RX7900 XTX, and it certainly doesn't include a 4K 32" OLED or better.
The average gamer is mor likely sitting in front of a six or eight core machine, with a RTX 2060 or a RX 500 series GPU or something similar in price and performance. And they are playing games on a 1080p monitor...
To be fair tool less assembly is a feature on even the most basic of monitors out there
My $300 monitor has both of those things, these things are no longer nice to haves
My "good" monitor is a Viewsonic 27", 1440p with 144Hz. I paid like $350 Canadian, so maybe like $275 USD.
Plouffe would give me the dirtiest look of disapproval for being pleased with it. Lol
@@40yr.Old.Nerdinhe would absolutely detest my 24“ 1080p 60Hz Monitor without any adjustments and overclocked to 72 Hz… also, it’s just advertised as 250 nits…
Yeyian it's a brand commonly found in the Latin-American market along with Ocelot gaming and Game Factor.
From my experience all their products are cheap and moderately good, but not the best quality.
Yep ocelot and yeyian are really famous for cheaping out in quality,but adding rbg in everything. Seen alot of fires with yeyian Psu's and alot of ocelot monitors not lasting 5 months
I guess it depends on the country
I'm latin american and never in my life have heard of Yeyian
I mostly see crappy HP monitors, or when selling gaming stuff they sell the cheaper Asus TUFs
That's a white label monitor, it's very common in Brazil too. Brands like Superframe, Mancer and Concordia (national brands) use them as well, I have a 1080p 240hz VA and it's pretty good for the pricing here (~220 USD).
@@CharlExMachina en México es uno de sus fuertes mercados quizás en tu país exista pero con otro nombre ya que estás marcas hacen. Rebranding
Yeah, i got 27" panel 3 years ago, 165 hz, nt but decent colors. very slim and has 1dp 3 hdmi which is not bad for a budget monitor, and is still going strong. Not my main monitor, but still very decent buy.
"I'm not being elitist here" - calls 500$ low end
@@zaqueattaq nah, I really like Plouffe but his budget takes are kinda wild
A bit spoiled by working at LTT. You work at a place like that long enough and There's bound to be some disconnect.
Why does it matter what the stand is like and why it has too many screws and why it's a bit of work to setup? I don't understand, yeah I know there are other monitors that are simple to setup and have no screws but why does it matter? Why does it matter when reviewing a monitor?
I mean you only setup once and that is all, all you need to worry about the display quality, peak nits, refresh rate, response time, lag, and the hertz and other technical stuff.
Starting to think Plouffe needs to stick to testing more expensive monitors so he doesnt compare lower end to high end
Yeah he mentions not being elitist, and then talks about "low end" $5-600 displays. Of course he daily drives a $1400 monitor so not to be surprised I guess
@@elWhiteNinja1 yeah I thought I was pretty elitist for monitors but I almost dropped my drink when he said 500-600 low end. Maybe he means low end for 1440p ultra wide
I don't get why these guys refuse to take a look at the manual.. Is it like a joke I don't understand?
@@elWhiteNinja1 He's the very definition of elitist - not even all that objective, the heck is that motion blur he's talking about, I am watching this on an OLED and saw zero issue with the text clarity he's trying to show
@@e21bigI fully understand the motion blur he's talking about, it's hard to catch on camera but I had a monitor with the same panel and everything looked blurry in motion. Totally not worth spending more than maybe $200 on just for the refresh rate.
I'm really not liking the snobbery here Plouffe....as a low cost monitor connoisseur, the end user experience trumps the set up experience and after it's set up you're golden-ish. I've had good and bad experiences going low end, but there have been pleasant surprises along the way.
This. I don't care about setup, speakers, rgb, Io, etc.. I want a panel that delivers and does not cost an arm and a leg.
And most people get a vesa arm anyways.
@@odenwaldquelle8228 He is just telling you how it is, literally just spend 30-50 dollars more and you get a better product in every way. This panel doesn't deliver, the colours are terrible and its basically like having motion blur enabled the entire time.
I mean, the snobbery started as soon as he said HDR only looks good on OLED and miniLED...which is just false.
@@Mooshimoca no hes comparing it to his $900 monitor he ahs at home, this is literally 1/3 of the price of course it will be worse. its like he doesnt understand being on an extreme budget of around $200-$300
@@Mooshimoca My statement was universal. They always complain if you need a screwdriver to put it together. What do I care about a toolless assembly if the display sucks?
The amount of complaining for screws on the back of the stand that you're never gonna see is annoying
Also the amount of complaining about how it’s difficult to carry. How often do people carry their monitors around?
Right, and i don't really understand all the moaning about the way you have to put the stand together, bc how often do you have to assemble a monitor stand that you need to do it quickly.
Why does he always freak out about setting up the stand every time? I mean, you only gotta do it like once every few years. It's not gonna hurt if he takes an extra 10 minutes to do it.
Right? Plus more screws means more points hard points which means less likely to break if there are more places that it is secured.
buget 4 to 500 dollars monitors ? , how is that budget ??????
My main personality trait is owning an AW3423DW.
A little too much time spent complaining about the stand of a budget monitor that realistically you're going to set up once and never touch again. Not something I would focus on for a budget product
"If you buy this monitor. Do yourself a huge favor and set the HDR to on"
"So I would definitely, basically never turn the HDR on"
Right??? I heard that and was like what?? 😂
He acts so surprised that a budget monitor doesn’t look as good as the $1200+ monitors he’s used to. Maybe review things compared to their price and not act like everyone can afford the $1200 option.
plouffe reviewing things is just annoying at this point. 1) He's spoiled with choice 2) He doesn't seem to review monitors based off of price AKA is it good for how much money you'd be spending 3) In his head whether consciously or subconsciously he's comparing this to a probably $1000+ monitor and it's not that.
I'd honestly love to see him just not be a host anymore unless it's with keyboards, I don't watch those anyway but yeah
Another installment of Plouffe looking at an ultrawide... Will he compare it to his AW3423DW at home? Probably.
Not crazy about this thing being VA... but perhaps it can make up for it in other aspects?
Shrug, I personally prefer VA over IPS for the reduced glow and 2-3x contrast ratio. To each their own.
EDIT: Just got to the point where he says "VA is not that great with color". First I've heard of that, plenty of VA monitors and TVs around that hit ~100% sRGB, which is all you need in SDR, the rest is calibration... Wonder if he had the gamma wrong or something... My two flanking VA monitors hit about 98% coverage, but 103-105% total area. =/
EDIT2: I mean Rtings has tested a fair few monitors with either panel type, and while IPS might have a slight advantage on average, both are easy to find in the 95-100% sRGB range. And the worst VA they've tested in years was 91% sRGB, worst IPS being like 60-65% sRGB, so it's not like it's an inherent panel thing...
@@jubuttib Yeah VA looks miles better than IPS in my opinion. The increased contrast is needed. Hopefully IPS black can address this.
@@reshadegaming6285 Hadn't heard about IPS black, need to look into it. And I can't claim VA doesn't have issues, generally the response times are noticeably worse and ghosting is an issue, but I'd still rather deal with that than the glow and low contrast.
Well, not really relevant for me anymore, since my main is an OLED... =)
Will be regret his purchase? Probably.
Cant deny it, as a mexican i am pretty happy this mexican brand has expanded their horizons to see it in a Linus Media Channel
x2 but would rather see game factor. I like their producs more.
Also would second featuring Game Factor
Plouffe’s elitism and “I have expensive stuff that has all the bells and whistles” is showing…
well he isn't lyin tho, he has to have a bar to compare things to when making a review you know?
I actually like that there are a lot of screws. It makes everything feel more secured to what it's supposed to hr secured, even tho it doesn't make that big of a difference.
Yeah this. How often are you removing and building the stand? Once! So not a problem if there are more screws
I'm still not sure why you would even need USB on a monitor
lol "now it CAN FINALLY be attached"... after 1 minute and a half! WOW! CRAZY! ...lol what a baby.
i work in a company that imports these monitor panels, we do the rebranding depending on the reseller.
That OSD is a generic OSD for these monitor panels since its from one manufacturer in shenzen, these monitors uses a class B samsung panel (yes not the best panels) but they are pretty ok
Am I crazy, or did you say pretty much back to back: “make sure you turn on HDR on the monitor and in windows”… And then about two minutes later say “make sure you never turn on HDR for this monitor”?
Am I the only one who dislikes Plouffe’s reviewing style or whatever you call it, he has a certain air about him that just screams elitism
The statement that '20-30 dollars more would probably be better' holds no weight. Better to test the Gigabyte and make a definitive statement or not make a statement at all.
Plouffe really did this monitor dirty in my opinion. It came in $10 cheaper than the Gigabyte he was referencing and he hasn't even seen it in person to say which one was better? And that gigabyte monitor has a lower refresh rate. Idk, maybe he didn't want to vouch for some company he's never heard of. I say don't buy brands, buy products and this product seems GREAT for the price.
The gigabyte is a no brainer over this for a 10$ difference regardless of all that. This monitor would need to be under 300 to be worth considering.
I got a Viotek GNV34DBE2 a couple years ago and it looks almost the same as this one from the front bezel, OSD, and specs. I have loved it. Great high resolution ultra-wide for like $350 which was a great deal.
same
they probably rebranded
Was just thinking that. I have a SUW49C and one of the several reasons I want to get rid of it is the crappy non-responsive firmware that causes it to not go to sleep.
I'm in the market and unfortunately I think it's just worth it to spend the money on a fully fleshed out monitor.
I have the same and all but the base looks the same
calling 1440p / 108 ppi "high resolution" should be a illegal in 2023
@@xXxJakobxXx3 lol it’s better than 2560x1080 my bad
I feel like plouffe shouldn’t review monitors , if it’s not the OLED he personally owns, he just whines about the panel
"This is the worst stand design I've ever seen, I don't under *_stand_* it" great work team, keep it up👍
"It's not a bug, it's a feature."
If that's the worst stand design you've seen then you haven't seen much. Compares to some I've seen and used that was incredibly good engineering. That doesn't mean it's any good just not as epic a fail as the reviewer made it our to be.
@@blahorgaslisk7763it’s ridiculously over engineered for no reason. That stand was horrific to assemble
@@blahorgaslisk7763 not a big pun guy I see
Ahh, you blew the review recommending a more expensive monitor that you haven't tried. Fell at the final hurdle....
Yeyian, Ocelot and GameFactor are the budget trinity here in Latin America. You get what you pay for. That being said, these are not crap monitors for the average gamer that wants these features without spending a whole month's salary on a monitor. But of course, when you work for the largest Canadian tech UA-cam channel with access to all the latest and greatest tech, you're going to acquire a sense of elitism towards everything that's not top of the line.
I've never seen a grown man complain about a couple of screws for 6 minutes.
14:20 yes you are
I’m glad that this has 2 HDMI and 2 DisplayPort jacks. I’ve had multiple monitors and never used the USB port so not having that just seem to make sense. Unless you can use a USB jack for power or high speed transfer, then why have it?
I'd like to see more budget monitors
VA colour is actually better than IPS most of the time. Colour accuracy is a matter of factory calibration, there IPS at this price range (or even more) doesn't always have the best colour accuracy out of the box either - and it's not a big deal, if you do colour critical works, buy a colorimeter, no amount of factory calibration can substitute that.
Also I don't think it's fair to be using games like RE4 to test a limited HDR capability of an LCD. While you might want to turn it off in a game like that, I bet it can look a lot better with something like Spider Man that display day time all the time
You should do the Monoprice monitors for a short circuit
ok i get ur mind but like
10:52 "WOW ITS NOT PERFECT but do urself a favor and turn hdr on!"
less then 2 mins later:
12:34 "i will never turn hdr on with this monitor"
I use an Iiyama 34 inch ultra wide 3440x1440 IPS 144hz display. Had it for a few years and it was £250 brand new, genuinely the best value buy I've ever made.
It's a Nixeus NX-EDG34S. From the mount to the LEDS on the back and the OSD. all the same as my old Nixeus.
So I kind of hate the argument made at the end of the video about support. Just because you haven't heard of the company before doesn't automatically mean their support is crap. Everybody has heard of Dell, HP, MSI etc, and they're often some of the worst, most predatory, customer support experiences out there. Unless you actually went through their customer service or looked up reviews from people who have, you shouldn't be commenting on the company's customer support as a negative. That was just irresponsible.
Something that I really appreciate about this monitor is that it has a lot of adjustment. I didnt know that was something to appreciate until I bought my Odyssey G5, which has absolutely 0 adjustment on it unless you buy a third party stand. For 300 dollars (yes I understand that it is rather "budget" but still) I would expect it to at least swivel or move up and down a little bit but its as static as my love life which is really pathetic.
Just as a reference point, my gaming monitor from 2011 has full adjustment and it was such a disappointment to see how little I thought this "upgrade" really felt like an upgrade.
"go with Gigabyte and get bettwe customer service". Somehow I don't think this is true. Also I have 3 Gigabyte monitors in the same line as he mentions 2 x G27Q's and 1 M27Q. The reason I have an M27Q is one of my 3 G27Q's died within a month of owning it and had to be replace and it was easier to just pay £30 more to get the M27Q instead. All 3 just over a year old and another G27Q is having issues with one of it's inputs.
Another note is since the day I owned all of them they coil whine incessantly when in sleep mode, it pitches up and down with the flashing of the power LED. Finally they are awful to try and turn off. since holding in the nipple sometimes just toggles between sleep mode and on not turn them fully off. Worst purchase I ever made but they were the only reasonabley priced non-curved 1440p monitors at the time, everything else was £100-200 more.
I have 3-4 years with the Odraz (24, 1080p, 144hz, HDR) and its great.
First time I've ever heard VA being the worse option for color, I buy VAs because they're exceptional at color lol. If you have one with local dimming zones and QD you can get really close to an OLED color quality.
Yep. The problem with this video is it seems very elitist. It is cheap, from an unknown brans and VA, so can't be good. Basically the entire video has that undertone to it
@@_shreyash_anand Plouffe always does it, he is an elitist, and no matter how much he says he is not, but he is.
yeah va are know for having great color and pretty good black levels they just blurr badly with motion.....
@Sebastian Smolarczyk yeah seems so. Probably shouldn't have gotten the guy with one of the best monitors on the market to review a budget one. That will taint someone's perspective no matter what.
Also is it just me or was he wishy washy? Starts off by saying you need HDR on then later says you'll want to run it in SDR lol. 🤔
I think it depends on how one would define "better". Historically speaking IPS panels reproduce more accurate colours and neutral contrast (something that would appeal to people doing colour accurate work) while a VA would have a larger contrast ratio with more saturated colours (something that might appeal to those consuming content). Different strokes for different folks, but if he's using Delta E then he's referring to colour accuracy, and therefore traditionally IPS monitors have been more accurate.
First time ive heard anyone complain about the lack of usb on a monitor. Even if it's there, i doubt anyone bothers to use it
First 5 mins into the video, and I'm like FTW?
LMG has sure put quantity over quality. I remember the days when LMG did objective reviews and not record an individual's pet-peeves and prejudices.
#RIPSoonLMG
you will get better image quality in a dark room. because of low peak brightness, they appear to bring down the shadows to achieve HDR high contrast. But VA pixel response, going to be poor with fast action.
I was gonna say any monitor except $2000 ones will look like ass in a highly lit studio like that
I had one of their displays, the brand is popular here in Mexico because of their low prices, it was honestly pretty good for the price, only thing I disliked was the colors, they were a bit dull but everything else was just perfect for 120hz gaming on my Xbox Series S
Ppl that are crying about him calling 400-500 bucks range budget, do you understand that he is speaking specifically about 1440p 144hz+ ultrawide curved monitors? They are pretty much starting from 300 bucks. What are crying about?
Exactly.... They don't understand that when he's mentioning low budget it is for a set a specs, not just a monitor. Otherwise people could buy 50 bucks monitor... People are just brainless these days
It's funny, Plouff builds his keyboards from scratch, but thinks this stand assembly is too involved...
What?! Introduces the LTT screwdriver and finishes the scene with the IFixIt.
These are some of the most inane complaints about the stand.
I feel like the labs data might have biased Plouffe a bit here and by that I mean this didn't really feel like a first impressions video the way that Short Circuit normally is. I think its great that The Labs is testing the monitor and the data is really good to have (calling out the manufacturer on bullshit claims and what not). I just think that for integrating it with Short Circuit, it might be better to have the first impressions with the unboxing and sit down, then go over the labs data at the end.
Going into the review knowing the manufacturer is taking liberties with the specs makes me feel like the first impression is colored in a specific way so that it is no longer indicative of a users first impressions.
I have the Gigabyte G34WQC mentioned in this video. It's not a perfect monitor, but it does a lot of things extremely well and feels like very good value at the US$450 I paid in 2020 (current price is more like US$380).
I have the AOC CU34G2X that I picked up in 2021 for $450 and the HDR isn't fantastic but coming from a non-HDR panel was amazing. The color accuracy is good and everything looks vibrant to me. The best selling point for me is AOCs warranty for gaming panels, they offer a 1 year "anything goes" replacement (which I used when I bumped the side while moving and killed the monitor). I had a free replacement within 5 days with no guff. I am waiting for the day when AOC offers mini-LED or OLED panels to upgrade!
Whatever happened to the cable tester and testing the cables that came with things like this?
5:05 Latch problem is not unique. I've almost dropped Dell monitor in this manner.
"oh boy I need to use like three screws to assemble this monitor stand and I'm too dumb to figure it out without a manual, better bitch and moan for half the video" mother of God this guy is the worst lol
The windows HDR calibration app can help a TON with the HDR picture in SDR and HDR. Also Windows reports the display brightness the display tells it so they falsely reported it in the firmware.
Are the drivers needed for HDMI 2.1 that much more expensive? Such a feature would’ve been nice for PS5 use.
@@danielbeccar269 I guess what he meant is, was putting HDMI 2.1 on there that more expansive than HDMI 2.0?
Theres also the Pixio PXC348C. 399$ Has usb-c 65w charging and display. 1440/144hz
So what about HDR? Should I turn it on our off?
Never seen Plouffe so upset at a monitor before
Actually don't mind VA. Yes they can sometimes have some slightly longer response times, but the added contrast is very noticeable compared to an IPS doing absolutely everything
cheaper options really don't have usb options. I also noticed it has the same OSD interface as my Prism+ monitor which is a singaporean brand
TAA usually causes motion blur so you want to test motion in games without TAA on. Upscaling also turns TAA on.
The only people who'd legitimately complain about the setup of a monitor would indeed be someone who routinely sets up monitors every day for a living. But the people watching this video, seeking buying advice, will buy it and set it up once. So, complaining about the ease/elongated setup seems kind of petty/meaningless to the majority of viewers.
We're literally going to set it up once. Plouffe is great - but the writing team does this from time to time. They don't realize how disconnected they are, working at LTT, from the mainstream.
People care about price for performance, not that they have 3 screws to deal with during setup. It's literally a one time/minor annoyance and would not affect the buying decision of... nearly anyone.
i think when comparing stuff it has to be objectively. im sorry for the plouffe, you didnt nail on this one.
At least with Gigabyte you'll get better support? 🤣 Flouffee, you clearly have never tried to deal with Gigabyte.
Its literally a clone of Monoprice Darkmatter 34". From the OSD, the backpanel ports and there placement. The monoprice did 144hz but you could have overclocked to 165z which i never did. And the stand is diff but the mounting mechanism is same.
I would suggest that at least for the next little while someone else should test monitors. Plouffe is chill and all but really not a good fit for level headed "reviewing" or "unboxing".
should start with price so we can decide up front if the video is worth our time to watch
Man... How do I say this. You guys are getting a little jaded.
Another "Non certified -HDR" monitor is the ACER Nitro XV241 X wich is quite good for HDR even if they don't accomplish all the vesa hdr certification, but the impressive part of it is the contrast , the colors and refresh rate 240hz but the motion blur performance is excellent on par with the ViewSonic XG2431 , since acer use the same panel😂
This monitor looks remarkably similar to my Sceptre C35. Literally the same bezels and the buttons and their icons are the exact same. I would believe this is the same panel that was hacked to "support" HDR.
I also have the Sceptre C35…. Was checking the comments to see if anyone was going to mention the EXTREMELY similar build
@@LegendaryK4 Glad I’m not the only one who noticed!
That’s about the same that I paid for my similar viotek monitor about three years ago. Not very impressed by the price point or what you claim of the performance.
You should check out some iiyama monitors, they are a quite populair budget monitor brand in europe.
And for those who have no experience with iiyama... They are a Japanese company and has been making monitors since the 90's at least. So they are a well established monitor producer, and their quality is usually really good. Or at least it was back when I worked with them. I don't know what their current product line up looks like though.
That looks like an AOC panel. Menu and buttons are spot on.
Should I keep my gigabyte? I plan on moving and I probably will have to sell it soon but would this be a better VA panel than the Gigabyte or is it worse?
Why are you using iFixit screwdriver 2:14 is LTT Screwdriver so bad that even a employes don't wanna use it?
What about Huawei or Xiaomi 34” ultrawide monitors? They're pretty good to me
Google “Keyhole Fittings” that’s what the bottom of the stand has. You sink the stand into the screws and twist and only loosen and tighten the thumb screw 😂
Is there any reason none of the top tech youtubers review any of xiaomi monitors? Because they kinda have crazy price for the feature
God who cares if the assembly takes a little longer, it's something you do once. How often do people even carry monitors that big?
Nothing personal but Plouffe just can't keep hosting low-mid range products, he's just too snobby
For the NZ market this is a Titan Army. Same OSD, look and specs. Funny it runs under a different name in NA
As a mexican, I like seeing a mexican company get to LMG, I know the reviews were not great but they're a small company with less than 10 years of experience. Hopefully they watch this review and adjust some stuff for future products.
As a Mexican it surprised me to see Yeyian finally reviewed, they sell so much here yet there's basically no info about them online
Nothing personal against Plouffe, I usually really like him but I think this Video could be much better with a different mindset or a different focus. I can't really put it into words but I think he was just the wrong guys to do the Video tbh.
I have one of these. Not the best colors, the spealers (different brand "husky" comes with 2w speakers) are trash. If you want to play competitive, buy a smaller monitor. If you like arcades, casual play, big immersion and having a ton of fun, in a 2k display, also with a huge productivity advantage because 34" ultrawide... It's a great value for the price. I'm happy with my monitor, and I did had the chance to pick the Gigabite, but this model was 100$ cheaper and was curved (the Gigabite wasn't), and IMO, the curve makes a huge difference. I'm liking mine so far!
If you don't like the stand, you van still get a VESA mounted stand. It has even more screws than this one. (at least 4)
Honestly, first review I didn't care for. I think complaining about no tooless features on a monitor is an immature thing. Every mointor I've owned I've had to assemble in some way with tools. We don't all daily drive a $1500 monitor. My 34" LG is perfect and it cost me less than $500 with 1440p and 165hz. These reviews are getting a bit ridiculous
Looking at the monitor design and the OSD, I realised this looks very similar to a brand that is sold in new Zealand called Titan Army. My guess is that they either use the same manufacturer or they are the same company under a different name. They use Samsung VA panels and almost the exact same mounting the OSD is the exact same. Wonder if anyone else has thoughts around this
I also made the same comment. Looked it up on PBTech, 100% the same monitor; different name
they sell a lot of stuff from this brand on my trusty local PC stuff shop so I'm glad you guys are looking at it cause I have no idea if its trusty or not
You start by saying make sure you turn HDR on then a few minutes later you say to run it in SDR.... Which one is it? Also this is more budget oriented, it's not going to have all the bells and whistles. Think Plouffe needs a bit of a reality check.
It's so sad when i go see the price in my country(Brazil), and even a "budget" piece of tech is 10x the US price
P.S. The dollar is 5x the value of the currency in Brazil, the other 5x are taxes 😅
I have had a yeyian monitor for 4 years now, never had a dead pixel problem nor any other kind of problem but yeah the pixel wash is there, you can watch this the larger the resolution and bigger the panel an higher the refresh rate but mine cost 120 usd 4 years ago FDH freesync gsync 144hz best deal ever
I am sure this is the same panel that's used in just about every ultrawide monitor in this price bracket. Brands include AOC, Gigabyte, Dell. I am sure there are a few others, but imo, spend extra money on a quality panel if you want ultrawide.