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No vowels allowed!!

Isn’t that just 16x10 instead of 16x9? Been awhile since I’ve messed with those resolutions

But the model number isn’t really the “name” either. That would be “Alienware 34-inch Monitor”, from that year, etc. That they don’t call that their “Mars” line of monitors is maybe a marketing issue, but the thing people want to know first/most about a tv/monitor is how big it is.

Cars and Phones have product numbers that break down the same way but like you say the general public doesn’t refer to them that way. Like the Samsung Galaxy S24 instead of “SM-S928U”, which is the North American (T-Mobile?) specific model.

That only works if you assume that there is something consistent to version. Some years it’s a 34" ultra wide, some years it’s a 32" 4k. Will there ever be another 34" ultra wide from alienware? Who knows! Not every monitor gets a revision. and if you have random names for 100 different monitors every year, that doesn’t really help make sense of things either.

Alienware Monitor 7… Well they release 100 different models a year, and every year thats going to increment, and consumers often conflate “bigger number better” so you better make sure you get the numbering right.

And “Porkchop” means absolutely nothing to anyone. DWF at least means something to some people. Going from 0% usefulness to even 10% usefulness is a good move.

So this is a LG Ultragear 34" monitor.

So you have

• 34 = the diagonal size, which is 34" in this case.
• G = the line of monitors, so G for Ultragear
• P = the year the monitor was made, which is 2021 in this case
• 63 = the placement in the line, bigger number is better
• A = This I can’t actually find. I think it’s a feature set or possibly where you bought the monitor from. But it’s probably just an internal code LG uses.
• B = The color. So yours is black.

Sure: that’s a SKU and not the product name.

From LG’s own website:

The name of the product is:

34" Curved UltraGear™ QHD HDR 10 160Hz Monitor with Tilt/Height Adjustable Stand

But since 34" curved monitors are a dime a dozen and the full name listing all the specs is a freaking mouthful, it winds up being referred to it by the SKU to help differentiate it.

The 34WP60C-B is apparently the same monitor, but without speakers and a different stand.

This isn’t Apple where there is only 1 macbook pro each year and you can differentiate with a “M4” or “2024” on it. every year, LG releases 100 different monitors, some of which have VERY similar specs. If they gave them all names, the names would be meaningless except for to differentiate the models. “LG UltraGear Megashark” offers no details, and only serves to make it memorable and google-able.

34GP63A-B isn’t memorable, but it is google-able to an even better degree (because theres no chance of getting a Terraria Megashark SEO landmine, I hate products that have names like “Cursor”, because how the hell am I going to google that).

34 is size, G is “gaming”, no idea on P63A, and -B indicates that this is the second revision (there is also a 34GP63A without the -B).

This guy gets it

Then release Deathstalker Pro, Deathstalker Max and Deathstalker Ultra so that it’s easier for the users to know the difference

2th

Talk about “bone apple teeth” 😅

Are we forgetting the actual model names?

Macbook Air - Mine is A2337. They do have arbitrary model numbers for all of their stuff too. Guaranteed they do the same thing with their pens, pencils, and other stuff. It’s just that most consumers rarely pay attention to them. To be fair though, most of the apple model numbers I’ve seen are similar to what I said above which is not nearly as bad as how they do TVs lol.

Always have been. Or at least since the beginning of the world wide web.
Stores had long used the “low price guarantee” slogan to draw customers. And they had trained the average customer to believe that it meant they had the lowest prices. Back in those days price comparisons were hard. Sales ads changed every week or two but other than what was in the ads you had to go from store to store checking the price yourself. Yes, you could call around to different stores, but that was unreliable. Even just getting stores phone numbers was a hassle. Plus, most stores didn’t have their inventory computerized, and the ones that did were only close to correct once a year, right after they did their yearly inventory. So they just had to keep track of a couple of their closest and biggest competitors. If you tried hard enough you could save a few dollars, but it was rare and took a lot of effort. Most people would settle on what they thought was the “best store” and just stick with it. Even when a competitor had a sale at a significantly lower price that was simple enough for them to deal with, they would just pull their stock from the shelves and put a sign on it in the back room that said don’t sell until a certain date. If you shopped somewhere like Sears or circuit City where their sales people worked on commission, You could sometimes develop a relationship with one of the veteran sales people as “your guy”. And they would be able to have this insane knack for “searching the storeroom” for you and “mysteriously” finding the “last box that had been misplaced”.
Then Walmart came on the scene and was a huge pain in the ass by actually having cheaper prices on a lot of things. Enough companies complained that eventually a few suppliers would have a special model number for a few high dollar items that they sold to Walmart and then a different model number for everyone else. But this was only on a few things like computer stuff and car stereos.
And then the internet came along and they were forced to slowly start giving just about every store “unique models”.

Hilariously accurate.