In Color Setup, you can choose between five presets, one of which is sRGB. There is no improvement to be found by calibration, but luckily, the default image is quite accurate. And as it turns out, there’s no benefit to tweaking the CU34G3S’s image settings. Coupled with the Game modes detailed below, changing Eco modes can be confusing. Standard is the best place to be and is also the default mode. There are also eight picture modes, called Eco, focused on specific tasks or game types. The seven sub-menus begin with Luminance, including brightness & contrast, plus gamma, dynamic contrast (SDR only) and the HDR modes. The menu is AOC’s familiar ribbon-style graphic that appears in the bottom center of the screen. It’s a bit old-school by today’s standards, but it gets the job done. The CU34G3S has four buttons to navigate the OSD rather than a joystick. Players who want good sound are better served by headphones plugged into the 3.5 mm audio jack. Distortion is minimal, but there isn’t much in the way of bass or lower midrange frequencies. The internal speakers boast five watts of power and do indeed play loudly. The control buttons are also visible here, a power key plus four controls for menu navigation. The inputs are closer to center and include two DisplayPort 1.4 and two HDMI 2.0. They’re on the side opposite the one in the photo above. The side view shows how the component bulge is angled upwards so you can easily access the USB ports. The screen may shake a bit if you pound on your desk while playing. Movements are firm, but there is some wobble where the panel attaches to the stand. The stand is a solid piece with -5/22 degrees tilt, 30 degrees swivel and a 130 mm height adjustment. It looks like solid metal but is actually a plastic shell over a cast metal core. The base is also silver in color with a matte finish. The AOC logo is displayed on the front and back in silver. There’s more red on the back where they offset the stand and the small grills on either side. Red trim is featured here and on the base’s cable hole. The color is quite accurate, and I found no need for calibration in either mode.Ī thin flush bezel surrounds the image with an eight-millimeter border around the top and sides and 22 mm across the bottom. And for purists, there’s an accurate sRGB mode hidden in the color temp options. Vivid color is assured by a wide gamut that covers nearly 87% of DCI-P3. Though it doesn’t have a dimming feature for HDR, it still has more image depth than any IPS panel can boast. With a high contrast VA panel, the CU34G3S brings plenty of dynamic range to the party.
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