Alienware 120Hz UltraWide Gaming 34 Inch Curved Monitor with WQHD (3440 x 1440) Anti-Glare Display, 2ms Response Time, Nvidia G-Sync, Lunar Light - AW3420DW

Update. Used it every day for a few months now. Zero issues. It does seem like there is a bit more back bleed in the corners now but unless your looking for it you just don't see it. I have it on an amazon basics arm(AmazonBasics Premium Single Monitor Stand - Lift Engine Arm Mount, Aluminum - Black)https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MIBN16O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1I've had it since 2018 and i's a beast of a mount. Get's moved and adjusted constantly depending on what I am doing on the computer and no issues. Really like the Alienware display. As with any display you need to dial it in to your tastes and I did that the first day and have since played with all the features and love it. I don't use the speakers. Good purchase although I would not have replaced my X34 with it had the X34 not been destroyed.I wasn't planning to upgrade my display till the end of 2020. While rearranging my setup for DCS I managed to put a keyboard corner into the X34 pbmiphzx and turned it into a 30 inch screen. While trying to live with it while getting up to speed with displays out now things went "melty, smokey, fiery" fun and that was it for a good x34 I had since May 2018. Now I was back to a ASUS VE276Q Black 27 from 2011 and after you go wide screen there is just no going back so after catching up on what's out I went with the Alienware. VERY HAPPY. It's a very nice screen with deep blacks and really good colors compared to the other 34in. Very little bleed around the corners. Almost none at the top and just a bit around the controls on the lower right. Took awhile to get it all setup and I was REALLY impressed. I play with the lights in the room on dim or off and by brightness setting was turned down quite a bit. I see people complaining about it but for me it's perfect. Did a clean install with the GFroce drivers and set it to 120hz. Using an EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hydro Copper to push the graphics with no issues. It's mounted on a dual display VESA mounting arm that gets moved around every day and the added cord hooks on the back do a perfect job of not pulling at the connection points. Nice slide on cover to really lock them down. Really like the light system on this one but I have already been through my RGB dance for me baby phase so for the most part everything is set to red but you have some good options for lighting. Kind of a shame that I am not using the included stand. It's crazy solid with more light options on it. The little touch on/off light on the bottom of the screen is really useful. Only change I would make to that is a touch brightness and color option for that. 2 USB ports right at the bottom hold my USB Unifying Receiver and my 3D printer thumb drive nub. Out of the way but right there when needed. More USB ports on the back but all I have is the TrackIR5 in there. There is very little piano black which is good as I leave fingerprints over everything. The entire rear panel is all greyish white and to be honest I don't care for it much. There is absolutely no heat coming off it so I plan to wrap the rear in vinyl. Little Alien dude in the corner lights up which is just fluff but it's nice. I had an Alienware M17 R2 back in 2010 and just never thought about them again once it's time had past. Really good controls. Very easy to use and move around. Standard power cord and extra cables included. As long as everything keeps doing it's job over the next year I may push back upgrading my display another year or so. Maybe pick up another used one to replace that ASUS which I use as a 2nd screen for in game instructions and basic functions like news and quick net searches. Not a fan of their pricing. It came out at 1500 and went on sale for sub 1k which was were is should have been priced from the start but it is worth every penny of that 1k price in my book. Just missed the good sales but what can you do when your not shopping for a new display. Overall I think this is a fantastic choice for gaming and movies. No HDR or sky high HZ options which is what I was waiting for to upgrade but at 120hz native it's ripping it up. Oh ..Good packing job with the Alienware box. It's the Xmass rush and Amazon has falling a little short on the packing jobs this month. Normally you get tons of air bags and what not. All this had was a bit of brown paper tossed in which did absolutely nothing in the slightly larger box it shipped in so the Alienware box had a few dents in the corners but not a single thing was out of place in the factory box. Normally Prime does a better job. I once got a pack of cheap metal paint brushes that was packed up like the most fragile object ever shipped. If your on the fence with this one go ahead and get it. Good price for the spec and looks amazing.

I upgraded to this monitor from an older TN 144hz ROG Swift 1440p Monitor. Like others, I was concerned about the drop from 144hz to 120hz, since I'm very sensitive to that type of minutiae, but I haven't found it to be an issue. I can tell, slightly, but the difference is minuscule, especially compared to 60hz vs 120hz.Here's some quick Pro's:1. Color is fantastic. Obviously going from a TN panel this is the first thing I noticed. I do a lot of photo collage to make paintings from, and this monitor is as color-accurate as I could want.2. 120hz is perfect for a monitor like this. Most newer titles won't run close to 120hz, even with a 2080ti (Metro Exodus with RTX most notably), but when you do hit that sweet, sweet native refresh rate (Doom Eternal) it's mind-blowing.3. Ultrawide makes immersive games even more engrossing. I held off on playing Metro Exodus for a year until I could upgrade my rig and play it on this monitor with RTX enabled. I'm glad I did, because the experience is incomparable to a typical 16:9 viewing ratio. Having the screen extend a little further into your peripheral makes game worlds feel more convincing. From a practical standpoint, having more screen real-estate in shooters, especially something like Battlefield 1 or Doom Eternal is so helpful it can feel like an unfair advantage. So, in conclusion, ultrawide benefits narrative, immersive games just as much as fast, twitchy shooters. No complaints.4. Gsync is 100% worth the price premium. I know people are divided on this, and it seems that more and more monitors are gaining Gsync compatibility without the hardware (not sure how that works). No screen tearing without input lag is just a necessity for me at this point and it's made a lot of titles easier to play, especially ones locked at 60 fps on an engine level.5. I'm a fan of the design, and if the lighter-colored back of the monitor bothers you, I haven't seen it once since setting up my desk. The monitor controls are fairly intuitive to use, but I still prefer the ROG Swift's little joystick knob controls. Bad monitor controls are just par for the course for some reason, so I can't really knock Alienware for this.6. Out of the box, the default settings were nearly perfect. I didn't have to tweak too much to get the brightness/contrast/color to where I wanted it.7. If you do any sort of work on your computer, such as video editing, photo editing, etc, having the extra screen space is a game changer.8. Price. I managed to get mine for around $950ish earlier this year. That's a really fantastic price for the feature set here, in my opinion.The only cons I can really come up with might not be an issue for you. The monitor obviously takes up a ton of space, so make sure you have a desk that can handle it comfortably. It's not no much the depth as the width. Most new games are easy to play in Ultrawide, and they have native support in the game menu, but a LOT of older titles will require tweaking. It's not as big of a deal as the internet would have you believe, as most games I've played do have a work-around that isn't complicated to enable, but I have found some games that aren't compatible, period. Prey, the 2006 version, is unplayable at Ultrawide, unless you can contend with a severely stretched image. That's one of my favorite games ever, so it is disappointing. Point is, if you hate finagling with config settings to get a game to work, this monitor could prove to be annoying. If you're a PC gamer though, this shouldn't be new to you.Overall, I have no real complaints about the monitor. 3440x1440 is perfect, 120hz is great (144hz would be better, but what are you gonna do), the color is vivid and accurate, setup is easy, and your gaming and workstation experiences will be better for owning this monitor. Just make sure you have a fairly beefy GPU if you want to run newer games on the highest settings.