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LG 34" UltraWide 3440x1440 QHD Curved IPS 120Hz & HDR10 Monitor (34U60ZB-B) $219.99 + Free Shipping
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Amazon [amazon.com] has LG 34" UltraWide 3440x1440 QHD Curved IPS Monitor w/ 120Hz & HDR10 (34U60ZB-B) on sale for $219.99. Shipping is free.
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You will not find them at $200...even very old used ones are at least double that on ebay.
And yes, SlickDeals can be an echo chamber at times, thus my comment which predicted much of the dead horse beating before they were ever uttered.
If the monitor actually is incorrectly listed, that would be important to mention however go back to any old monitor thread and the same people come to echo the same thing each and every post regardless of inaccuracies. My point.
FWIW, the Amazon page correctly lists this as "Display Technology: VA," not sure where OP came up with the "IPS" in their title. But may be worth mentioning...this time. Just not echoed ad nauseam every single time a monitor is posted.
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3440x1440p, with only 8 bit color and 120hz needs almost 5Gbps if you are using DSC (display stream compression) via DisplayPort. It's almost 15Gbs uncompressed. If this is for work and you're ok with just 60hz, it's about 2.5Gbps. Note, this is only 8bit color, not 10bit.
So if you have a standard USB3 port, which is maybe 5Gb, sometimes 10 (rarely 20), you're using a chunk of the bandwidth already.
Your laptop also needs to support DP alt-mode over that USB-C port for this to work properly. That's why they normally want USB4 or TB3/4/5 instead, which cost more to implement in the monitor and they also normally set it up as a full hub (additional USB ports, maybe audio, maybe ethernet) or as a KVM.
Those all add costs.
There are plenty of them out there, but they are usually a bit higher cost for the reason I listed above....and they also usually have bit higher visual quality. Many Dell's that work in that manner, are oftentimes a bit more accurate color production, etc...which also drives up costs (but being designed for business use, as well within what most companies consider an acceptable range, considering the long lifecycle of monitors).
Also, there's Power Delivery. I find a LOT of basic USB3 connections on monitors that only support 60 watts power delivery. There are quite a few laptops in the business segment now that want 65watts. Usually that means jumping up to around 90+ watts in the Power Delivery area to satisfy those, which again, drives up the cost.
There are monitors out there with USB3 display connectivity over USB-C, but it's usually not a great experience in many situations (it can work for sure, but there are compromises and many people don't understand all the various technical limitations that come into play).
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