Samsung 49-Inch CHG90: A Stunning Ultrawide With One Caveat

This monitor replaced my two 13 year old 24" ASUS LCD panels. I originally was planning on running the better of the two older monitors with this Samsung using a Vesa wall mount. But I'm rather enjoying the CHG90 alone currently. This panel is absolutely gorgeous. Thankfully I lucked out and did not receive a faulty panel like some have been reviewing. No dead pixels and the uniformity is spot on. For the price of this monitor, I was starting to have buyers remorse before it even reached my door due to the fear of having to go through the trouble others have. Thankfully, luck was on my side. The colors on this panel are great. For what I do which is gaming mostly with some video editing and browsing on the side as this is my main machine. Refresh rate being 144hz is a major plus and the response time is actually pretty good too despite it being a VA panel. I mean, most anything is gonna look and perform better than my two ancient pieces of tech this replaced haha. But I've had some hands on with other monitors this past year and the CHG90 is a contender for my purposes. The HDR isn't anything to write home about though. (It's not true HDR btw, just another marketing gimmick Samsung tagged on) The 1800R curve is just right for me. Not too much, not too little. It helps with the Super Ultra Wide 32:9 ratio. Which also adds a nice touch to it's overall design and aesthetic. Which is quite modern and sleek btw. Out of all the current flagship monitors out there today. The newer Samsung's are very sleek and minimalist in design, rather than over the top "LOOK AT ME" designs. Though with how "unique" and BIG the CHG90 is. It has that feel to it in it's own right haha. What's the small caveat? This is a 1080p panel. It was almost a deal breaker for me as I was in the market for a 1440p / 144hz gaming monitor. But after spending weeks going back and forth between the CHG90 and a few others like the Swift from ASUS. I wanted to pick a panel that was by reviewer standpoint, less problematic out of the box defect wise, that also checked off most of my boxes of needs. ASUS for example, were TN or IPS. I was ready to move on from TN, so that left IPS. But ASUS' IPS versions suffered from ABYSMAL lightbleed. Like really bad, it shouldn't be sold bad if your luck wasn't good. So I started looking into other options and came across the Samsung line. I usually always run two monitors, sometimes three. So that's why the CHG90 appealed to me with it's 32:9 ratio. So even though the resolution is 3840x1080. I was willing to stick to 1080p for the dual 16:9 setup inside a single frame with no bezels. It was a worthy trade off for a single 16:9 1440p panel. I still got my refresh rate (even though I'm Nvidia, so I can't use Freesync for the extra boost to smoothness). Though I haven't had too much trouble with framerate enough to want or need Freesync or Gsysnc for the matter. I'm hitting 100+ in just about everything I throw at it thanks to my 1080ti. Dips are small enough that they are not really noticeable or bothersome. So yeah, if you have the money. Want to have a sleeker dual 1080p setup, with a high refresh rate, rich colors than are just about on par with IPS, but no backlight bleed. The CHG90 is for you. It's costly and you can definitely run dual 1080p 144hz for much much cheaper. But you're paying for the design mostly imo. It's either going to be worth the cost to you or not. It's not the best gaming panel out there, but it's far from the worst.