Ultrawide screen

[thegingerone]

Guys, recommendations for a 34" wide-screen, budget 500 and mainly xbox. Looking about and would love the Alienware but just out of reach, tia.

[Steven_RW]

I don't believe an xbox or PS will support an ultrawide. It will put a regular widescreen ratio picture on it and leave big black bars either side.

I have had an Alienware 3440 x 1440 34" and a 3840 x 1600 38" Alienware AW3821DW. First one was up to 120hz and second one was up to 144hz.

I absolutely loved them. The reason I switched to 4k was because the PS5 I was using in the same room didn't fill up the Ultrawide display. So I have stuck the 38" back in the attic with some wild idea that I will find a use for it one day.

Cheers
RW

[thegingerone]

cheers, I didn't realise the xbox wouldnt accomodate widescreen. Maybe one day. I'm looking for a large screen, 4k, maybe 30" or so, just to elevate the zbox xperience, which one dod you go for?

ta

[Dave Hedgehog]

thegingerone said:

cheers, I didn't realise the xbox wouldnt accomodate widescreen. Maybe one day. I'm looking for a large screen, 4k, maybe 30" or so, just to elevate the zbox xperience, which one dod you go for?

ta

it supports wide screen, not ultra wide screen

4k on a 30" tv is a waste of time IMO

a lot of xbox / ps5 buyers go for 4k TVs with HDMI 2.1 to support 120mhz

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Wednesday 13th December 15:56

[Steven_RW]

thegingerone said:

cheers, I didn't realise the xbox wouldnt accomodate widescreen. Maybe one day. I'm looking for a large screen, 4k, maybe 30" or so, just to elevate the zbox xperience, which one dod you go for?

ta

I went for a LG 42" oled 4k screen. it has a 120 hz refresh rate so suits my PS5 and my gaming PC. I agree with the comment above that a 30" 4k isn't probably worth the extra cost.

Mine was the LG C2 model however it appears they have moved on to C3 model nowadays.

https://www.johnlewis.com/lg-oled42c34la-2023-oled...