AOC CU34G3S 34″ Ultrawide 165Hz Gaming Monitor Review

First impressions go a long way, and the colours on this monitor really do look rather stunning. They’re not overpowered, but since this comes pre-calibrated from the factory, that’s no big surprise. This is just on the default settings too, which is even more impressive. Really good detail, solid contrast and excellent black levels.

I love ultrawide, but of course, it needs 21:9 content. If you want to use 16:9, you’ll see vertical bars on the sides, but that’s no different than horizontal bars on movies, really; It’s less bothersome than you might think.

Of course, there really is a vast collection of ultrawide software and movies now. Just be sure to setup the resolution correctly first.

The motion on this monitor is excellent, having ultrawide games is great, but having ones with high refresh rate support is freaking jaw-dropping. Great colours, great motion, no screen tearing, and best of all, it’s a massive panel, so it’s very immersive.

Look how much of my ship I can see in Spiritfarer, amazing!

Thanks to having a 3440 x 1440 resolution, you can comfortably fit three windows side by side. This is great for productivity and even better for procrastination.

What’s really cool is you can actually have a 16:9 aspect window for movies or TV, and still have a perfectly good size window for working.

A lot of movies are shot in wider formats too, meaning you can Luc Besson classic with no black borders.

Yup, it’s as awesome as it looks. Bonus points if you can name the movie.