Name: Samsung C34F791 34" Ultra Wide Quad HD Curved Monitor
Brand: Samsung
SKU: SSGC34F791
Price: 829.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 3.83 (24 reviews)

Samsung C34F791 34" Ultra Wide Quad HD Curved Monitor

Samsung C34F791

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Samsung C34F791 

Buy: Samsung C34F791 34" Ultra Wide Quad HD Curved Monitor

the bad reviews about the monitor crapping out early in its life are true! starts with screen flickering then rainbow streaks of color across the monitor before it's totally unusable. samsung technical support is no help at all. i called them to complain that such an expensive monitor should act according to the desired use and all they say is that the monitor is outside the one year warranty. therefore you're buying a 700 monitor that they only warrant to work properly for one year. don't do it!! only thing samsung will offer is to diagnose and try to fix at your cost (starting at 150) and they don't guarantee they'll resolve the problem if you incur the expense. plus you have to ship yourself.

Don't buy!

i believe i have had this monitor for about 4 years now and it is still working very well. the colors are still bright, the edges are clean (no burns or bleeds), and no other deformities or weird bright spots. i definitely prefer a large widescreen rather than several monitors. i do use a second monitor in portrait mode for viewing web pages any other non essential applications. overall, it has been a great monitor to have!

Vibrant and still working

4 year check-in. i have been using this monitor 8-12 hours a day working from home, up from 12-16 hours a week. no dead pixels. day 1 color, contrast, image quality. my only new issue is that the speakers sometimes don't work when games are in full screen mode, but they still work in windowed full screen and every other situation. freesync implementation is not the best, but i don't see any noticeable tearing even when its disabled. if you are reading this review in 2020/2021, you are probably looking at a used or heavily discounted cf791. as long as there are no dead pixels, i would say go for it. it's great for gaming and working from home and the aggressive 1500r curve is perfect.

4 Years Going

The monitor is not working properly after 4 years. Periodic dark patch on the left portion of the screen. I read people have the same issue with 34” CF791. Flat-Rate Service fee for 34” Monitors: $150 plus my shipping to Samsung. What if they could not reproduce the issue (please see reviews below)?

Dark patch

Bought it on release because it was marketed as a freesync monitor. Turns out it doesn't support free sync after AMD made driver updates last year. I cannot recomend this monitor any more.

Doesnt support freesync any more.

I bought this for an all around display-I didnt want to go 4K, but wanted more than 2K aka 2560x1440. I stepped up from a 27" 60hz 2560x1440 (2K to this guy, so when gaming its definitely smoother (especially since Nvidia recently changed their drivers from only syncing with Gsync monitors, now my GTX 1070 will sync to this display through Freesync) Colors are good especially if you you want a good Looking display, my old 2K IPS spec's on paper match this display but the old 2K has Slightly more accurate color. But considering the amount of curve on this display I didn't plan to use it for a lot of photo editing anyway. So again for an all around display, I have no complaints, it did arrive with one dead pixel but I kept it and its worked great, I love it.

Very Nice

I bought this monitor on September 29, 2018. On June 26, 2019 it developed a column of dead pixels on the left side of the screen, and the bottom-right corner has started flickering.

Before the blue line, the screen has been beautiful, something I've bragged about to my friends and family, and the ultra-wide form factor and picture-by-picture have done wonders for my workflow. 

Changing inputs, especially changing the the picture-by-picture settings is slow, and requires navigating through multiple levels of menus. Before the flickering and dead pixels, I thought this would be the only downside.

Only lasted 9 months

An amazing display, stunning brightness, amazing speakers. Everything anyone could ever need

Truely amazing display

Not working after one year, and services fixes. Dark patch on my left portion of the screen, I don't expect this quality and reliability issues just within year. I returned for fix for the first time, they fixed with some replacement parts. Again repeated the same issue, I returned it for service, unfortunately they didn't able to reproduce the issue,  they returned saying no issues. I thought it was temporary. After thee months, exactly after one year of purchase, displaying with dark patch. I am not sure what to do with this monitor. I felt this was great at the purchase, now It found to be defective. I don't recommend this product to any one. sorry to say this, this is truth. I have another different Samsung monitor working fine without any issue.

Not working after one year and two service fixes

The pros: The ultrawide screen is very nice. The 1500R curve is awesome, and the colors/contrast are really nice and popping. I really enjoy it in every day usage.

The cons: QLED isn't ready. We had the opportunity to try 4 of these screens, and they all have the same type of artifacts, although on some, it's really bad and on others it's hardly noticeable: Some colors display with horizontal patterns, where every other row will be slightly lighter/darker in a zebra pattern. The freesync implementation is lacking, and even the OSD warns for flickering, which it unfortunately does. Some gray pixel patterns make the monitor go SLIGHTLY darker sometimes. When the monitor is completely black, some deviations in the gray levels can be seen.

We've returned one monitor that was really bad, and got it replaced with one that was acceptable, but they all showed these artifacts.

Overall: I'm very happy with this monitor in every day usage. As long as I don't use freesync on "ultimate" mode, the other problems are not a big deal. But the screens have issues that they shouldn't have. There is just no 2 ways about it.

Overall very good... but not on all fronts

I bought this monitor as a replacement for a split between a laptop monitor and a separate external monitor. I meant to use it mainly for productivity so I could resize, stack, or tile windows however I wished. This monitor WILL NOT allow for that. Windows can either be maximized or minimized, but no custom size by dragging it to a desired dimension.

Awful: Non-existent window size management

Bought this for 800€ about a year ag now and i both love and hate this display. The picture quality is excellent, it comes calibrated out of the box which is a nice plus. The 1500R curvature is very immersive and black levels are top quality. For the first half-year or so the only complaint is the stand (or actually the pivot mechanism) which is very "wobbly" with a gap of maybe 5°. 
I had it paired with a Nvidia card until this summer, and that was when I started to realize its real flaw. I got a more powerful AMD card (GTX980 --> Vega56) to take advantage of Freesync, but the implementation is really poor. Even with standard engine (80-100Hz) i get a lot of flicker, which is extremely annoying. Ultimate engine (48-100Hz) is completely unusable due to severe flickering. I´m not the only one with this issue as many reports about this problem can be found on various forums but Samsung seems to ignore this issue. I´ve tried every possible update, reinstall etc but Freesync is almost unusable on this monitor which is very bad for a display that costs $800.

Good Panel, but...

I had the Qled 32" Gaming monitor, but i had a lot of problem, so I exchanged it for the CF971 and i am very happy, Rich deep colors, smooth picture and i play Call of Duty WWII and it works like a champ 90 FPS

This a great 34" cured monitor

It is just excellent! Everything feels so right and smooth
Thanks Samsung!

This.... IS THE BEST MONTIOR I LAID MY EYES ON

My boss bought recently 3 monitors for us in the office and I am very excited because of I am graphics designer and what I want all my require thing like colours, resolution, wide etc. all are included in this model, Thanks Samsung

Fabulous Monitor ... ;-)

It's big and beautiful.  I play games, do school work, watch tv/movies a little and it's just amazing.  I'm a huge geek and love technology.  Going from 1080 to 2k made my old video card subpar.  I'm waiting for new 1100s to come out from Nvidia.  I don't notice any ghosting.  The refresh rate is great.  Color/backlight is all amazing.  The speakers are good for built in monitor speakers.  If I had to complain about something I'd say the USB 3.0 cable for the hub is a tad short.  I have my PC on the floor under my desk and it doesn't quite reach the monitor... but this is minor.  I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind spending money on high quality tech.

Amazing monitor

PRO:
Nice image quality
beautiful design

CON;
The monitor only has 1 DP rest of them are HDMI. 
Black screen on DP with free sync
Flicker screen on HDMI with free sync

These are the known issues related to this product. If you want to use this for gaming, please search online for CF791 free sync issues before you make the decision.

Don't buy this if you want to use free-sync.

I like this Monitor, I use for every day my office use. Best Monitor I ever had. Sleek, and light, and Exceptional Brightness. Flexible to adjust, no Flashy with anti glare coat. I strongly recommend this product.

Fantastic Product, Great Display, Worth Spending

Sitting in front of monitors for the last 15 years, the CF791 takes that experience to an entirely new level. I was blown away. The quality, brightness, coloring, design, VERSA compatible adapter...I just can't say enough about how cool this thing is. Whenever anyone walks into my office and see's it, they can't help but stare at it. Thank you Samsung! Excellent product!

Stunning

I connected this monitor to 1920x1080 laptop and looked amazing , it's great for productivity and give more space to work with

Loved it

Main use for me is sim racing on a PC and occasional web browsing. I previously owned a 2560 x 1080 34" and have tested and/or used several other 21:9 and 16:9 monitors. I bought this locally thinking it would not be much different than my 34" 2560 screen and I would end up returning it but I was wrong. 

This monitor has superior colors,clarity, and response time. I highly recommend it . The speakers are great for in screen type. Also note that the monitor comes with a Vesa mount which replaces the stand and it works fine.

Best 34" I have tried

The monitor is huge and has a very great color to it the silver doesn't stand out at all. For the price you would think Samsung would of done something with the huge base like a Qi charger or a nice light up logo. As for the panel it is awesome. the colors pop and the blacks are well black like they should be. The refresh rate was at 100hz like the monitor said it would be.Any one looking for a good ultra wide monitor should not pass this one by. The cables that come with this thing are white and think they look really nice.

very nice monitor

This is by far the nicest computer monitor I have ever owned. When I pay a premium for a name brand product, I expect the very highest quality. I was not disappointed. It is a very, very nice computer monitor, and I am happy with my purchase.

Awesome Immersion

1440p@100FPS is just a sight to behold. The curve sucks you into the game and it all looks beautiful. I also love the 100FPS for just normal desktop work stuff, everything moves very smooth!