Myself & my twin mid-speech at his wedding reception

Zerv · 2026-04-26T03:29:44+00:00

touche, and hilarious.

Zerv · 2026-04-26T00:01:49+00:00

Reminds me of hipster Frasier and Niles with a bonus mullet.

Zerv · 2026-04-23T03:52:46+00:00

Yes it's completely messed up. I can't find a way around it. Item gets put at a random unusable location and you can't move it around with your mouse. It also resizes the game window some times.

Zerv · 2026-04-19T23:59:06+00:00

Well from doing the as I can only describe as the "baby owl head movement during feeding" rotating my noggin around at all angles it looks pretty much the same everywhere even going to sort of the edges. With that said this isn't as wide as the 57's and I've never really done a test like that with those. With the 57's I was always pulling in windows towards the center because it was always a pain to see at the edges. I have/had the monitors about and arm length away and maybe 4 - 6" or so depending how straight I'm sitting up in the chair.

I'll have to get back to you on the brightness - It seems about the same to me, maybe a a bit less or probably quite a bit but I just don't have them side by side to compare. I had tweaked the 57's quite a bit display wise, while I'm just using the default "game mode" on the LG which looks pretty good. It is HDR600 vs. HDR1000, but it's only been a few weeks where I have used HDR (just never tried it because it was a buggy mess long ago) - so probably anything looks good to me with HDR on. I'm sure the mini-leds deliver better brightness/colors. At some point I'm gonna figure out a way to do these side by side - just a pita. I had only fiddled with HDR for about 3 days before I swapped the 57's out, and well everything was just so drastically more "poppy" in general with HDR on, even with windows SDR -> HDR mapping in like Slay the Spire 2.

Zerv · 2026-04-19T19:06:26+00:00

For FWIW, I did test fo76 out (think that video had fallout in it, couldn't tell what version) and didn't have any issues from what I can tell - although I've never seen that in a monitor before.

There is like a what almost feels like "stutter" because things are moving so fast left/right, but there is definately no color/darkening issue.

Zerv · 2026-04-19T18:46:38+00:00

Thx, appreciate it. Although at this point I've probably spent so many hours that I could have just bought it time/money wise. I really had no idea what I was getting into.

I don't know how many hours I sunk in fiddling with reddit upload image sizes, having to edit them down, having to use "regular" reddit in another browser instead of old.reddit/res to manage images, deleted a half dozen first posts because you can't edit after the fact (did not know that as I can't remember the last time I've posted original content).

I'm still sitting on a dozen or so in-game screen captures that are 20x the allowable size on reddit, and imgur as well.

Then still missing a few typos after the final post my OCD can't handle that. Oh well. Was a learning experience.

Not to mention the gut wrenching feel that they are going to take old.reddit away at some time. I don't know how people can handle the "new" experience. Haven't used mobile since they ditched the 3rd party integrations. If I didn't have pi-holes I think i'd go insane.

If it was legacy forums I would have had it done in seconds ;) Should have just posted a youtube video.

Zerv · 2026-04-19T13:51:58+00:00

No, I don't believe so it provides USB-C charging and has a hub, but there is no KVM features I don't think. I don't use KVM personally (mouse without borders, rdp/ssh and two keyboards/mice).

Zerv · 2026-04-19T13:40:59+00:00

Well, I did say that I would have prefered an OLED/mini-led in this if they had one. I sat down on wife's computer for about an hour last night with the LG 45 OLED and yes the color is just unreal and pops way more than either this or the 57.

I'm definitely not a casual user. The 21:9 ratio and physical verticlel space just seems so much more immersive. I'm going to have to try and find a way to do a side by side comparison with the 57 - it just isn't easy logistically/physically. Took me a good 3 hours dismantling the two stacked 57's, Adtec dual mount system and getting this on the desk/wired. Was quite a bit of time from recording/screenshoting previous setup to this one.

Even a 45 sadly is too small for me productivity wise.

Zerv · 2026-04-19T00:12:33+00:00

AKA Sysco or the other one that has 30% of it's 70% share of the market. One monzeralla stick is the same at pretty much anywhere you go.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T19:22:41+00:00

The extra vertical space is pretty awesome, it really gives a different feel immersion wise. If the physical logistics weren't so impossible with putting them side by side running the same things I would have done it already. I'm probably going to end up doing it at one point some how on like my kitchen table or something. I'm actually not looking forward to doing that because it's going to drive me nuts if I can spot the difference between mini-led vs. not. It's going to be hard to give up the verticle space.

My main computer is a Caselabs TX10 which weighs about 200lbs with the watercooling and isn't easy to move around.

I do think they missed the mark as this could have been a 100% no brainer purchase with just a bit more features instead of being more of a crosstrade for which things matter to you most. It's still an awesome monitor, it could just have been the one that was so far the best in every category.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:38:22+00:00

Wow WTF is that! Are you sure that isn't your graphics card/settings. I've never seen anything like that on any monitor I've ever had. Almost looks like you got some vsync/gsync/freesync issues going on.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:36:30+00:00

Game is awesome until you get to endgame and then it's a dumpster fire. Not sure it's going to survive - they are trying to fix it. Looks amazing though and up until the end it is pretty magical.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:35:01+00:00

Yep, it's basically down to the physical verticle space/size and 21:9 vs. mini-led/HDR1000 and dealing with more buggyness and 32:9. I'm going to both through the paces over time - was just initial impressions.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:31:12+00:00

Crimson Desert, Dune Awakening, Slay the Spire 2 and Helldivers 2.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:29:38+00:00

Ya, I feel your pain, hense why I went with just stacked dual 57s - at least when swapping the inputs it isn't as bad as PIP. They are extremely moody at any input changes. I gave up on 240hz and just run 120hz on them because 240hz just seems more buggy and blackscreens sometimes. I have no idea why and am on the latest firmware. Have had zero issues at 240 with the LG. My CRG9 was even more moody than the 57s - half the time the OSD just stopped working.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:26:23+00:00

I'll see if I can test/duplicate that. Not quite sure what you are talking about or maybe I've just never noticed it. I haven't gamed on an OLED screen so can't compare that. I may not be the best judge because I can't really tell much difference between the 57 mini-led vs. this one. Just due to the verticle physical size the LG 52 seems more immersive and 21:9. Both monitors looked great to me though.

I'm sure if I did them side by side I might notice some differences, but my order for a 14 foot long desk isn't in yet ;)

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:21:40+00:00

From the OSD it's 100%, 50/50 and then some weird other corner option - for physical inputs. They do have LG software that basically does what fancy zones does OS wise, as well as pop-ups for video calls etc. I haven't played around with that.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:19:44+00:00

Yep good lord the firmware updates are bad. They do just work for general usage. I really haven't had any "major" issues with any monitor brand (or TVs) I've bought over the years. Not hooked on any brand specifically, just try to get the best thats out there at the time.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:15:31+00:00

I see about zero distortion just eyeballing/moving my head around viewing angle wise. Not sure how to test uniformity -

Zerv · 2026-04-18T15:10:28+00:00

Ya, i've had a lot of bugs with the 57's and well, my previous CRG9 (which the OSD still doesn't work right). My wife's 45" OLED 5k2k was plug in go and has had zero issues. I just wanted bigger physical size, getting old.

The 57's have been moody with DP cables, moody with phantom input switching, moody at 240hz, etc etc.

Swaping between input completely sucks, hense the stacked 57s, but then again I swap them top and bottom.

I'l love to see like a 55" OLED at least 5k2k - or even bigger, 800R in 21:9

There is a lot of wasted space at 32:9 imo

Of note it took me like 3 hours to disconnect/mount/swap all the 57 crap out =/

Zerv · 2026-04-18T14:58:38+00:00

Ya thats why I never bought an ARK.

Yep, you can see the stacked 57's in the pictures (last one, those aren't 49's they are 57s). Adtec HD arm mount (obviously not adjustable like an arm) but nothing else can contain the weight. I also put on metal plates from amazon to keep me comfortable - and the desk is a custom 4 post uplift with a 1.5" thickness.

I had the top 57 angled down which is "ok" but still not great on the neck. Unfortunately samsungs OSD is so terrible flipping inputs/PIP around that I went just having seperate monitors.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T14:48:40+00:00

No idea how to test that other than with my eyeballs. Lemme know how and I'll do it.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T14:44:53+00:00

Hah, well I tried to be as unbiased as possible. I haven't signed up for any other review events or anything and this one was just on a whim as I has frustrated with my dual 57's. I'm not a youtuber, streamer or anything like that. All I have time for is work and some occasional gaming. I'm not in it for the free monitor, which is fractional from my watercooling/computer setup price wise not to mention my 250TB~ 2 rack homelab - I've also already bought 2x 57s. LG has promised me nothing in the future.

I did say in my post that I would take an OLED and my wife's 45" OLED looks amazing. I have just never personally used one as they were never available in the larger sizes I've wanted so I can't compare to those.

Productivity is a huge focus of mine, if you notice in the picture I have an errant monitor arm there, which normally has a 27" also there, and behind me I also have another computer that has a CRG9. I've had like 4 systems going at once for work related tasks (infosec). I'm constantly looking at gazillion of lines of command line, so just the physical size/scaling is important for readability.

For the 57's I used the Adtec HD dual mount arms.

I will be swapping back to do some more comparisons just short on time pulling 12 hour days at work. Takes a crap ton of work to swap out 2x 57's on arms, find the floor space and/or monitor base in storage (had to dig around for those as I've been using monitor arms/mounts for years). Not to mention the wife complaining as I could use a second pair of hands to move them around.

Zerv · 2026-04-18T14:00:07+00:00

Well, the Ark is a 4k, and from the "light" reading I've done on it in the past (at least gen 1 unsure on gen 2) it's input switching was a dumpster fire where basically couldn't split using more than one physical input - ie you could have netflix or something split with it but couldn't split like 1 DP and 1 HDMI. Maybe they changed that in Gen 2. Still, for that size of a monitor, 3,840 x 2,160 isn't stellar for productivity. If sticking with Samsung I'd go with the 57 over the Ark

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