Image Quality:
The built-IPS panel is enormous. For professional image editing color accuracy is not quite high enough, but the quality is moving worlds to normal TFT panels. Overall, you have here a degree of vitality and perceived "realness" of colors, which is completely new to me as a lay user. The lightweight IPS Glow is for me as a disadvantage no comparison to the patchiness of the most TFT panels.
Processing:
The monitor is processed exemplary, the price fully appropriate. Also clearly intended as a competitor to the LG Cinema LED Display shows this monitor that it does not need aluminum massacre to leave an impression of high quality. Particularly noteworthy is the dulling of the panel itself, of all monitors that I had previously, this hits the sweet spot between reflection reduction and image quality most.
Features:
A tiny flaw is the monitor control. It is a bit cumbersome to identify the screen as soon as it gets no signal, since it takes a few seconds before you get to the menu, the one finally has the option of turning off the screen. This little problem is not worth a rudimentary star deduction.
Absolute killer feature of the monitor is the ability to use it as Thunderbolt and USB hub. Thunderbolt is currently definitely the best interface on the market, and it's a shame that it is so very widespread.
Who has ever looked for prices for a Thunderbolt hub, also know quickly why: The prices move so around 200 euros. In any case provides the Monitor by the ability to run 3 USB devices via a Thunderbolt-In. Thus, the USB ports of Macbooks can increase by 2 to 5, and virtually latency free, since the 3 USBs not utilize the Thunderbolt cable in addition to the image signal.
Gaming:
I'm not a gamer, and a special fan of multiplayer shooters I'm not.
What is clear is that this monitor is completely useless for the 120Hz fetishists, where about 3 ms response time is too slow. For me as a casual but offers this monitor an absolutely new experience. First of all, the reaction time is quite enough, it schliert nothing. Biggest advantage of the screen is that it peripheral vision runs through the wider format more into the action, much more one feels "in play" as a "pre-match". The magnificent colors contribute much to the overall game experience.
One must however be aware that you need a powerful graphics card for this. 3440x1440 pixels are hard to digest, and older cards kink hopeless one, because if you have any demands on the in-game graphics settings. When buying a card so you should not be based strictly on the FullHD benchmarks as little more than twice the amount of pixels to be moved.
I have specially purchased a GTX970 for this monitor, and this additionally heavily overclocked. With current games like Far Cry 4 still no maximum settings are possible.
Productivity:
3440x1440 pixels provide space. Lots Of Space. When working with word processing programs a format and resolution enables completely relaxed 2 window Word, and to have a window open with sources side by side. Who get along well with small print can also work with 6 windows.
For Logic, Cubase, Ableton, Protools, and all the other Sequenzersoftwares the monitor is also perfect. I myself have had the experience with Logic, but you just can have a lot more than usually open.
Overall, the monitor promotes productivity with all sorts of programs enormously.
Conclusion:
This monitor is a completely different experience than traditional PC screens, and my interest in 4K screens is thus come to a complete standstill. The product is mature, thoughtful, and free of teething problems.
Overall, the best so far in the field of consumer electronics purchase I've made so far.
