Couple Questions About The Xiaomi Mi Curved 34" Monitor

Ljarrod on 05/04/2021 - 12:17

Thinking about swapping from my current 2 monitor setup (LG 27GL850 + 1440p 60Hz Dell) to a single Xiaomi Mi Curved.

I use my computer for work (web developer) and for gaming. (including competitive online shooters)

My questions are:

  1. I use a Macbook and a PC (dual boot windows/linux) so quickly switching inputs is really convenient. One of my screens currently is 'smart' with inputs and detects the active source input and switches to it… Just wondering, does the Xiaomi Mi Curved do this? I've been looking everywhere for an answer and can't find anything.

  2. For gaming, particularly some of the shooters I play, i.e. Valorant, CSGO, and Overwatch, I don't particularly want to play with the ultrawide resolution, I'd rather use a more standard 1440p res… Is it possible to easily run certain games in 1440p? I know it's possible, but in practise, is it simple to do and doesn't require messing with settings frequently to get it working? (I'm talking about playing with black bars on either side of the screen, not stretching the display across the screen)

  3. Anyone have any inkling as to how noticeable the downgrade in picture quality will be when switching from a 27GL850? I'm somewhat concerned about this, but don't know if I need to be…

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Comments

  • Namida1234 on 05/04/2021 - 13:33
    +1

    I have one on the way. I can find out the answer to the first two when It arrives. But here are my guesses if they are worth anything.

    1. But just guessing I think that auto input switching is pretty standard and I would be surprised if it doesn't have this feature. Oh I just found a thread on this.
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/578464
      Users say that it has auto input switch but only if current input is off it will look for another.

    2. I would assume that it would display centered and not stretched and no change of settings once resolution is set in game. I suppose one concern is that with an alt+tab it might go to black and switch resolution if you flick between desktop and game. I'll find out soon.

    3. From what I have seen in reviews and generally peoples thoughts on VA vs IPS panels. And owning an IPS and TN panel myself. I think the VA(xiaomi) might be slightly less colour accurate but probably look pretty comparable to your LG monitor. Possibly more defined blacks. Maybe some slight blur in dark parts of games with fast movements but from what I have heard this is pretty minimal.

  • BigBoy47 on 05/04/2021 - 17:13

    For number 2: both Nvidia and AMD graphics settings let you set "GPU scaling" and scaling modes; setting these to on and centre respectively, then setting in-game resolution to 16:9 is a one-off task and will give you your desired result. Tabbing out is almost as fast as playing in borderless mode, and is pretty seamless.

    Valorant doesn't require this; running at native resolution letterboxes anyways since they lock you to 16:9, but this helped with Apex Legends and probably will with CS:GO and OW.

  • Switchblade88 on 05/04/2021 - 17:56

    I've heard the Xiaomi had terrible latency compared to the Kogans - although I can't find the source for this.

    I also got a Xiaomi that had 3x separate sections of dead pixels on arrival (lower left, upper centre, upper right) that was downright atrocious for an (apparently) brand new screen.

    I instead got a Kogan 34" 144hz for similar price of $450 instead. The Kogan has 1:1 pixel mapping, so 16:9 is a breeze on both PC & Xbox inputs (my older Kogan 34" doesn't have this, so 16:9 gets stretched).

  • LyndonBBear on 06/04/2021 - 15:16

    Couple "of" questions………….

  • Davesday on 08/04/2021 - 11:49

    I haave Xiaomi monitor for a couple of months now and it is the single main monitor for both my personal/gaming rig and work laptop. The monitor is capable of auto-detecting input signal and switching to it. However it does so very poorly.

    1. You can manually switch between both signals but you have do it from the OSD. There is no hot-switch button. From here there are 2 major problems. First the button operations are super clunky. Second you need to navigate through the OSD to switch between sources.

    2. It goes through the input signal by sequence (DP1 > DP2 > HMDI1 > HDMI2). In my case, my PC is on DP1 and my work laptop is on HDMI1. When I shutdown my PC, the monitor will go through a period of no signal before switching to power saving mode and then realise there's another active signal on HDMI1 before switching to it. In other words, it does auto-detect albeit doing it very slowly.

    3. It doesn't auto-switch to the new active signal source. You have to manually switch to it as mentioned in Point 1.

    For your 3rd question, I switched from the Dell S2721DGF which I assume shares the same panel as the 27GL850. The one improvement I noticed immediately is better contrast ratio and my games don't appear 'washed out'. I didn't notice any degradation in colour reproduction other than downgrading in paper specifications. I found an ICC profile and RGB configuration that worked for my monitor. Do note I am on my second Xiaomi (first one had dead pixels and the colour was weird on the very bottom of display). My second Xiaomi had better colours. When gaming, motion control was almost the same if not slightly worse. I do notice dark level smearing but it doesn't really bother me. Its only in some games. Playing Cyberpunk with all the dark scenes were all good. Nothing really concerning.

    I also purchased the Xiaomi monitor light / screenbar and it is a perfect companion.

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