I think Will and the rest of massdrop team are doing a great job with this, but personally based on the last update, I would wait for the other brand to release their version of the 34 ultrawide monitor and go with that. My main reason is the timing, by the time this LG ships out, the other brand would be ready to release their monitor, so yeah, will still keep an eye out for this though.
Except that to the best of my knowledge, only LG are actually making a 3440x1440 panel right now. So the AOC and Dell (that seems to have disappeared) are both dependent on LG shipping on schedule. If LG has issues, it will knock on to them, delaying all product based around the 3440x1440 panel.
I see from the recently added AOC that it is estimated for August delivery but no pricing as yet. Seems to be a better base offering, but it does lose LUT and Thunderbolt (if that matters). It does gain extra USB3 ports, an adjustable stand and a better default warranty (vs 34UM95).
Another thing to add is that it's AOC Europe launching the monitor. No news from AOC USA, they're 2 separate division and 2 different company. Talks about AOC USA launching it is not even mentioned.
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your patience! If you don't want the story, here's the basic information.
1. LG has increased our cost on this monitor by $100 and we are doing everything we can to keep the price we have to charge below $900 . We've been told the initial pricing given to us was given mistakenly. This price increase effects everyone working with LG and prices across the Internet will adjust to reflect that in the next couple days. Our price will be the best price possible.
2. The 34UM94 looks very similar to the 34UM95 and our rep has verified the 34UM94 has the same silver back as the 34UM95. I can't say they're identical, but the stock photos they gave us for the 34UM94 are the same photos you see on 34UM95 pages.
3. The 34UM94 will come with a three-year warranty from LG.
4. The 34UM94s purchased in this upcoming drop will not ship until late August according to LG.
Here's the full story if you have even more patience : )
In my last major update, I talked about how we might be able to list the 34UM94 for $800 shipped to US addresses. That price was based on the official bid LG gave us following our account approval.
After I posted that update, some members cross-posted the info to a few other search indexed forums. Normally this is great because it increases awareness for the poll, product, and eventual drop resulting in bigger numbers and bigger savings.
Sadly, the 34UM94 is a new product, so there's not much written about it online. Because of that lack of material, the forum posts about our possible $800 price level became the top search results for "LG 34UM94".
LG is a large organization with many tiers of management and when some managers saw those posts online, they became concerned that some company they don't know (Massdrop) looks like they're going to sell the 34UM94 for substantially less than the rest of their retailers (some of the posts made it seem like we were already selling the product).
Following this, I had to start the pitching process again, explaining Massdrop to a new group of managers and decision makers.
At the same time that was happening, other stores online saw those posts and started putting up speculative product pages based on what they thought their cost would be if we could list the UM3494 for $800 (not the most important thing to know, but you're reading this because you're curious).
Following this new round of consideration, our initial quote was revoked ( we were told it was a mistake, a reasonable possibility given the new nature of the product) and replaced with a new quote with a cost $100 higher than our previous cost. Given that, $800 shipped isn't possible. We're doing everything we can to make it close (it'll probably end up just below $900) and we're doing our best to get this listed in the next few days.
Thanks for all your support! It's been incredible to see all the interest pouring out for this product and I'm looking forward to launching as soon as we can : )
Realistically, I doubt LG has any part of their warranty document that addresses light bleed in unambiguous terms. It'll come down to what you can show their support I imagine. Keep in mind though, we always do our best to make it right for the customer (take the Monoprice Zero-G RMA stories for example).
Additionally, t's worth knowing that when I initial spoke with them, they said it could ship in late july/early august (as per a previous update). They pushed back the date (mid to late august now as per latest update) so I asked why and they told me "to make minor improvements". That could be literally anything but based on their forum-lurking behavior, I'd guess they're looking to fix some of the problems power users have identified with the first couple batches of 34UM95s.
They don't know yet ;) They're still working out the contracts/pricing etc, so no meaningful updates just yet.
In other news. http://www.provantage.com/lg-electronics-34um94-p~7LGTV00U.htm is selling these for $832 assuming they had any in stock. This makes me moist beyond reproach as I expect an even BETTER deal from the massdrop gods.
It has become my daily routine to check on this discussion when I wake up, at work, and about to go to bed. It's also funny to see that the vote count has been growing still.
When Will initially talked to LG about this whole 34UM94-P deal, there was initial talk about July/August. Dunno if that still stands. But you want to wait for a couple reasons..... 1) gives them time to apply a firmware update that is supposedly coming out for them, and hopefully this fixed the Displayport 1.2 flickering that some people have with the 34UM95. 2) This gives them extra time to correct the backlight bleed.
Black chassis, 3 year warantee, Heavenly rad monitors will rain down on us soon, and at a great price. Hang in there.
Yeah, I don't mind waiting too much if that means the issues are worked out. I used a 34UM95 for about a week and man, I really miss the thing!
I'm just hoping for an updated timeframe, especially as we approach the end of July. Still hanging in there, though! :)
Let me know if I'm wrong, but the only difference between enabling DisplayPort 1.1 and 1.2 is 30Hz vs 60Hz, respectively? But both 1.1 and 1.2 are still capable of the full native resolution?
Patience peeps, and awesomesauce will be with us soon.....July/Aug. Then, the greatest and best gaming monitor experience LG 34UM94-P 21:9 3440x1440 Heaven will be ours in all it's black chassis, 3 year warantee greatness
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