{"id":102621,"date":"2016-08-30T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T07:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=102621"},"modified":"2016-08-30T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T07:40:44","slug":"lg-unveils-new-ultra-wide-gaming-monitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/102621-lg-unveils-new-ultra-wide-gaming-monitors","title":{"rendered":"LG unveils new ultra-wide gaming monitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>21:9 has slowly become\u00a0a popular aspect ratio among high-end gamers.<\/p>\n<p>The ultra-wide format offers more screen real estate and the option to run a multi-monitor experience without having to deal with nasty bezels getting in the way.<\/p>\n<p>LG is hoping to cater to this audience\u00a0by releasing three new ultra-wide monitors at this year&#8217;s IFA, reports <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/08\/29\/lg-delivers-three-new-super-sized-ultrawide-monitors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Engadget<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They include the world&#8217;s largest 38-inch curved 38UC99 model that goes on sale in September for <strong>$1,500<\/strong>, a 34-inch curved 34UC79G due in October for $700, and the flat 34-inch 34UM79M coming in November for <strong>$600<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That massive 38-incher packs a Quad HD+ resolution of 3,840 x 1,600 and is apparently the first ultrawide monitor with a USB-C port built-in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The smaller monitors are no slouches either, with the 34UM79M offering integrated Google Cast support and the 34UC79G being the world&#8217;s first 144Hz IPS 21:9 Curved UltraWide gaming monitor.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no information regarding\u00a0South African pricing or release.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to No Man\u2019s Sky review \u2014 an awe-inspiring journey\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/102235-no-mans-sky-review-an-awe-inspiring-journey.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">No Man\u2019s Sky review \u2014 an awe-inspiring journey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 awesome PC games you didn\u2019t know were coming in 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/101880-5-awesome-pc-games-you-didnt-know-were-coming-in-2016.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 awesome PC games you didn\u2019t know were coming in 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Everything you need to know about Xbox Scorpio\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/102190-everything-you-need-to-know-about-xbox-scorpio.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Everything you need to know about Xbox Scorpio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out LG&#8217;s incredible ultra-wide monitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":102623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585,3],"tags":[9636,31,3041,15713,21583],"class_list":["post-102621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","category-pc","tag-9636","tag-active","tag-lg","tag-monitor","tag-ultra-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102625,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102621\/revisions\/102625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}