You're not being thick, it's genuinely confusing (darn this 4K marketing nonsense).
'2K' as far as I can tell is a marketing department telling you a monitor has a horizontal resolution of... uh, more than 2048 pixels, which is a bit silly since a 2048 pixel wide by 1 pixel tall monitor wouldn't be very useful. Anyway a 1080p monitor's pretty close at 1920 pixels but this one is 2560 wide. Usually '2K' monitors are also 16:9 aspect ratio, so are 2560 x 1440 pixels, but this one is not, it has a 21:9 aspect ratio so is only 1080 pixels tall.
tl;dr kinda.
Elbandito
14 Jul 175#6
aww my... on prime day I have ordered a 27 inch curved samsung monitor (Samsung LS27E591C) from amazon warehouse for 119ish quid. However when it arrived I notied a crack in the case, I contacted amazon and they refunded me 15% of the cost, making this around a 100, but now this pops out (I can buy it for 155 using the 5 quid voucher from prime deal and student10 code)... ahhh so tempting :disappointed:
Edit: ahh, not tempting anymore, ordered and the 27inch samsung is going back :smile:
Latest comments (58)
basergorkobal
27 Jul 17#58
Thanks OP. Great screen. Really wanted one. Now I have one.
khodos
26 Jul 17#57
I just got back from holiday and will be installing the monitor today. If I don't like the aspect ration, would anyone in London be interested in buying it?
TheOak
24 Jul 17#55
Still waiting on mine, how many people in the same boat?
TonyLeMesmer to TheOak
25 Jul 17#56
Yep.
iz123456789
14 Jul 17#51
Does anyone know what's the resell value at CEX or game for this monitor...?
Northerndave to iz123456789
15 Jul 17#54
It was £4000, seriously if you want to try scab a profit on a deal, do your own research
nao
15 Jul 17#53
Ordered. Thanks op
chris89
15 Jul 17#52
It's now gone back up in price/OOS at the seller, I'm gutted I put it off until today
Northerndave
14 Jul 17#50
What numpty has expired this deal? Probably one who doesn't read comments or doesn't understand Amazon and the rh side of the screen - grrrrrr
tedcbe
14 Jul 17#47
It's now showing £272 :disappointed:
Infiltrator to tedcbe
14 Jul 17#48
Nope still £169 - does nobody bother to read the previous posts anymore?
grifz to tedcbe
14 Jul 17#49
Dude. click on deal on right hand side of the page below is the £169.97 Amazon prime price click and pay .......
luiznevesfontes
14 Jul 17#46
Would this be any good for accurate colors (photo/video editing)? Thanks!
daveshop
14 Jul 17#20
Would this be any better for gaming than my 27" 2560 x 1440 which I bought a few years back when seen on here.
clonereeco to daveshop
14 Jul 17#21
You'd be willing to downgrade to 1080p?
I hear ultra wide is really immersive for gaming but personally I want to upgrade from 1080p to 1440p 165hz
rev6 to daveshop
14 Jul 17#24
I don't think so.
EndlessWaves to daveshop
14 Jul 17#34
That depends on what you want. It's a smaller screen (diagonals aren't comparable across aspect ratios) but it's also offers a wider field of view and will give you better performance due to fewer pixels.
Sagacity to daveshop
14 Jul 17#45
Personaly from a 27" Wide to 29" UW is not going to be a big difference for gaming. I went from 22" Wide to 29" UW. I would say next step up from a 27" W would be the 34" UW
I have the 29UT55V which is very similar if not the same pretty much. Fantastic Monitor for the money.
t9m
14 Jul 171#16
FYI although Currys have it on their site (for collection only) I don't believe anyone has yet managed to find a store in the whole of the UK that has one on stock (that isn't ex-display).
zed68
14 Jul 17#15
Buy it, nearly gone now
Fotis
14 Jul 17#14
none now...
EndlessWaves
14 Jul 17#13
Yeah, trying to import TV terminology for monitors has always been an awkward fit. The closest description would be Wide Full HD, but it's simpler just to quote the resolution and call it 2560x1080 (or 25x10 if you want to shorten).
bungral
14 Jul 17#12
Sitting here undecided which is stupid considering I was on Currys yesterday looking at this. I expanded the stock radius so far that it likely covered half or Europe!!
Ordered on standard delivery to give me a couple of days to decide.
DE4L3R
14 Jul 17#7
Is this a 2k monitor? Sorry for being thick. Also warranty on this . One year?
t9m to DE4L3R
14 Jul 17#8
Not 2k but Ultrawide 1080p
CampGareth to DE4L3R
14 Jul 176#11
You're not being thick, it's genuinely confusing (darn this 4K marketing nonsense).
'2K' as far as I can tell is a marketing department telling you a monitor has a horizontal resolution of... uh, more than 2048 pixels, which is a bit silly since a 2048 pixel wide by 1 pixel tall monitor wouldn't be very useful. Anyway a 1080p monitor's pretty close at 1920 pixels but this one is 2560 wide. Usually '2K' monitors are also 16:9 aspect ratio, so are 2560 x 1440 pixels, but this one is not, it has a 21:9 aspect ratio so is only 1080 pixels tall.
tl;dr kinda.
Ray.Khan
14 Jul 171#10
Great price . Just ordered. Thanks.
relaxedasever
14 Jul 17#9
tempted to buy
Elbandito
14 Jul 175#6
aww my... on prime day I have ordered a 27 inch curved samsung monitor (Samsung LS27E591C) from amazon warehouse for 119ish quid. However when it arrived I notied a crack in the case, I contacted amazon and they refunded me 15% of the cost, making this around a 100, but now this pops out (I can buy it for 155 using the 5 quid voucher from prime deal and student10 code)... ahhh so tempting :disappointed:
Edit: ahh, not tempting anymore, ordered and the 27inch samsung is going back :smile:
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'2K' as far as I can tell is a marketing department telling you a monitor has a horizontal resolution of... uh, more than 2048 pixels, which is a bit silly since a 2048 pixel wide by 1 pixel tall monitor wouldn't be very useful. Anyway a 1080p monitor's pretty close at 1920 pixels but this one is 2560 wide. Usually '2K' monitors are also 16:9 aspect ratio, so are 2560 x 1440 pixels, but this one is not, it has a 21:9 aspect ratio so is only 1080 pixels tall.
tl;dr kinda.
Edit: ahh, not tempting anymore, ordered and the 27inch samsung is going back :smile:
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I hear ultra wide is really immersive for gaming but personally I want to upgrade from 1080p to 1440p 165hz
http://www.displaywars.com/34-inch-21x9-vs-27-inch-16x9
pffft
Ordered mine 2-3 wks delivery.
It's there.. I'm telling you!!!!
Bought one - thanks for sharing.
I just bought mine '-'
Remember to try this code for another £10 off: STUDENT10
(I can confirm it worked for me - woohoo!)
Click the "15 new" and then order from Amazon. There is 2-5 week delivery time now tho.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B01BFH194W/
Ordered on standard delivery to give me a couple of days to decide.
'2K' as far as I can tell is a marketing department telling you a monitor has a horizontal resolution of... uh, more than 2048 pixels, which is a bit silly since a 2048 pixel wide by 1 pixel tall monitor wouldn't be very useful. Anyway a 1080p monitor's pretty close at 1920 pixels but this one is 2560 wide. Usually '2K' monitors are also 16:9 aspect ratio, so are 2560 x 1440 pixels, but this one is not, it has a 21:9 aspect ratio so is only 1080 pixels tall.
tl;dr kinda.
Edit: ahh, not tempting anymore, ordered and the 27inch samsung is going back :smile: