20 Best 4K 120Hz Monitor For Ps5 (2022 Updated)

I had been searching for a high end hdmi 2. 1 compatible tv for my Xbox Series X for a while. The LG C1 Oleds were highly recommended but I needed something a little smaller than the 48” that LG offered.

I stumbled upon this device while searching and the specs were excellent and the right size for my setup: 43”. I would have preferred the specific Xbox edition but I could not find that unit anywhere.

Best Buy price matched with a competitor and had it to me in 4 days. Setup was super easy…. basically plug and play out of the box. Color, contrast, clarity, and frame rate are exemplary. I highly recommend this monitor.

Not a Pro or a Con but something to be aware of: this does not use a standard monitor plug and does not have an internal power supply. It has an external power brick with a fairly long cord up to a barrel plug for the monitor and a non standard 3 barrel plug from the brick to a grounded plug to the wall.

If you want a bright/vibrant/fast and sharp 4k high refresh rate monitor I would recommend this, the price is a little high but the panel I got is fantastic and feels worth the price to me. I do want to make it known I came from 3 generations of different 1080p monitors prior to this.

I started with a $600 BenQ TN panel, then jumped to a $400 Asus TN panel then to a $300 MSI VA panel (the price difference is due to the technology maturing) All of the monitors I used up until this one were great and fulfilled their purpose but so far this ROG monitor blows them out of the water in terms of vibrancy and refresh rate with the BenQ probably being the close 2nd.

With my older Asus and MSI monitors it did not offer true 144hz they had to use overdrive and overclocking to hit 144hz without ghosting and overdrive artifacts. This monitor hits 144hz with no issues and could probably overclock higher (not really worth it personally because I wont hit the 144hz limit @ 4K) Side note that I appreciate: it comes with non keyed DP and HDMI cables.

This thing is fantastic! Yes there’s a tiny bit of ghosting in certain situations. But that’s the trade off for having fantastic color and viewing angles with a VA panel. This is a highly valuable trade off for something that’s to be used as a gaming TV.

The colors and options are on point! ELMB sync is a blessing for those who get motion sickness with games. This thing is fast responsive and stunning. Best for last; this thing isn’t serving you ads and spying on you in your living room.

Looking at you Samsung and LG.

I want to give this monitor 5 stars but it has a few issues that need to be resolved through a firmware update. issues that need to be addressed: – brightness in SDR with local dimming set to ‘auto’ is far too dim.

Auto is only real usable setting because the other two available options which are low or high introduce noticeable and distracting blooming. What’s odd is that the auto local dimming setting with HDR enabled is the best way to use the monitor.

The monitor still remains bright while severely limiting any blooming. There’s no reason why the brightness for the auto setting while in SDR can’t be increased while still limiting blooming. This is my main issue with this monitor and really urge Samsung to fix this.

My second issue is the monitor also dims the screen brightness significantly with a full screen window. this is a mini LED panel and there is no reason why the full screen brightness should be limited to this degree, especially with how Samsung advertised their ‘HDR 2000’ certification to be unmatched.

Basically the monitor can get bright in a small section of the screen with certain settings enabled, but the overall fullscreen brightness and brightness in SDR is restricted and there’s just no reason for it.

I think it can be addressed in a firmware update and should be asap. – Also while there is almost no blooming with local dimming set to ‘auto’ both in HDR and SDR, there is a minimal amount of flicker when bright objects move across the screen which is just due to the mini LEDs turning on and off abruptly.

It’s relatively minor but I think if Samsung puts more attention into fine tuning their local dimming algorithm for both SDR and HDR these brightness and flicker issues could be resolved. Another issue with this monitor and Samsung monitors as a whole is quality control.

My first unit came with multiple dead pixels in the middle of the screen so I sent it back and got a new one. The second I received seems to be fine so far but for $1500 there should be zero of these issues at all.

A lot of people have also reported scanline issues but both units I received didn’t have any of these issues. With all that being said this monitor’s picture quality is phenomenal. Blacks are black, the contrast is insanely high very comparable to OLED, and like I said before aside from the SDR local dimming issue, with local dimming set to auto there is almost no blooming compared to other mini led or FALD monitors.

The response times are insanely fast, and while you can’t hit 4k 240hz consistently now there are new cards coming out soon that should be able to hit that and for now whenever I’m playing something competitive dropping the resolution works fine.

And aside from the full screen brightness not being as bright as Samsung’s advertising makes it out to be, HDR games and content look amazing. While the monitor isn’t perfect I think if they solve some of the issues I’ve described with a few firmware updates it will be the best 16:9 monitor you can get, and the price isn’t insane like something like the ASUS PG32uqx which is twice the price and has a ton of blooming issues that this monitor doesn’t.

If you aren’t dying to grab one of these as soon as possible I would wait until they fix some of the brightness issues with updates and by that time this product will like see some sort of price reduction.

First, the color is great. The monitor looks very nice. This can all be found on any review of this monitor. There are a couple negatives that I’ve never seen mentioned. I’ve worked with BenQ support to resolve both of these issues and neither had a satisfactory fix.

1) HDR mode. I somehow switched this monitor to HDR. Because of this, I can not switch to rec 709 which is the reason I bought this monitor. In fact, I can’t switch to any other color profile. BenQ said that this is because Windows manages HDR so in order to switch it off, I have to find settings in Windows and turn it off there.

This should have been mentioned in the documentation so that people would know to avoid it if this is an issue. This model has a puck to quickly set certain settings but what is the point when you also have to go into Windows to adjust things? Note that I did do a factory reset but even that didn’t help.

2) While the resolution is typically great, black text on white background is all but illegible. I bought this monitor to replace a very cheap monitor that handled black text on white perfectly. There’s not really an excuse for an $800 monitor to not show clear text.

BenQ’s advice was to look at something else instead(???) So I will. Maybe an ASUS.

I have used dozens of monitors over the last 20 years of photographing and here more recently, video. Immediately removing from the box and setting up was the easiest of any monitor I have owned. It literally took about 2 minutes to open the giant box, remove all the packaging and putting it together.

The screen quality is astounding. It’s not a 4k monitor, but I did no want that, as my previous experience with a 4k monitor have resulted in headaches for some weird reason. Regardless, the image quality rivals that of the Apple Retina.

Yes, I have used them in my previous fulltime work. The puck is fantastic in that you can easily adjust the brightness by turning the knob and 3 other buttons that are useful. It has speakers, but I never use them, and who ever does??? If you are considering a widescreen, do yourself a favor and spend the extra money and get this one and not one of the cheaper LG monitors.

They do not compare to this. The extra screen has been a dream and the color reproduction is spot on right our of the box. Just get it.

I thought I knew what I was getting into with this monitor, and for the price, it’s not actually horribly bad. I primarily edit images for the web, so choosing an sRGB compliant monitor was good enough without having to splurge on something with a wider gamut.

Having used and loved the PD2700q in the past, I was expecting a bit more from this panel which is basically the same monitor with USB-C connectivity. However, a few things caught me off guard. LED bleed through seems way worse than my PD2700q.

On a dark image, the corners bleed through quite a bit. This also changes depending on your viewing distance from the monitor. Sitting a little closer makes it significantly worse. On the flip side, a bright white image shows moderate vignetting at the left and right edges.

Definitely not ideal for run of the mill image editing work, and absolutely not ideal for professional use. But then again, it’s a fraction of the cost of the hardware calibrated BenQ SW line with screen uniformity specifically for editing work.

It’s probably okay for CAD/CAM work though, and more than okay for the general user surfing the web and binge watching youtube videos. Also, on a Windows 10 system connected through USB-C, I’m having compatibility issues between Datacolor’s calibration software and the BenQ Display Pilot software.

When the Display Pilot software is running, the Datacolor Spyder Utility throws errors when trying to load the calibrated ICC profiles during startup. Disabling the BenQ software fixes the issue, but doing so takes away the software based control of the monitor.

Seems like they’re both trying to load ICC profiles during startup and conflicting, but I’m not 100% sure on this. I’ll play with this for another day to see if it’s worth keeping, but I have a feeling I’ll be returning this for something better, albeit more expensive.

The good. BestBuy gets 5 stars for their shipping speed (delivered next day), and for their excellent return policy.

I’ve been using this monitor for close to three weeks now, and as other users have shared, it’s a wonderful affordable 4k monitor. I was looking for an 4K HDR monitor that was either IPS or VA to use for both my PS4 as well as my PC for gaming and movie/TV viewing, and to use as my 2nd monitor.

I ended up going with this one based on good reviews and feedback online. I’m happy to report this fulfilled all my expectations. Playing PS4 games on this monitor is a dream, and watching 4K content looks amazing on this monitor.

That being said, when using this on my PC, I have noticed ever since I had connected this second monitor, I would intermittent crashes, and the computer would just reboot, no blue screen or error messages.

I checked the Events Viewer and the only critical error would be Kernel-Power issue, Event ID 41. Thinking this was a power related issue based on the Power kernel error, I did extensive testing such as 1 hour stress tests with OCCT , heavy gaming for extended periods, watching movies, etc.

But I could not replicate this crash and reboot when I wanted it to happen. The PC would just crash at random without rhyme or reason. Tried different solutions such as plugging the power supply directly to the wall outlet instead of the surge protector, uninstalled and reinstalled all my video card and sound card drivers thinking it was conflicts with drivers, but no, the crash and reboot still kept happening despite all that.

After Googling extensively for a solution for weeks, I finally narrowed down the problem to the DisplayPort cable that came included with the monitor. Just Google “The DisplayPort Pin 20 Problem” to understand the underlying issue.

But the jist of it is, most if not all Monitor manufacturers, even one as reputable as ASUS, sometimes still include very generic and sub-par quality Displayport cables with the 20 PIN still “live”. Once I changed the included DP cable for a higher quality one from Cable Matters (Ivanky is also a good brand which I’m using on my LG monitor), the crashes went away and the Kernel-Power issue never happened again.

So don’t cheap out on the DisplayPort cable (looking at you, ASUS!), it actually matters! I’m unsure if there is an issue with HDMI, but seeing as the HDMI doesn’t have a “20 pin issue” like Displayport cables do, I’m fairly certain it’s safe if you just use HDMI instead.

I`m by no means a pro gamer and thus prefer the top visual graphics that my console/PC can output so I`ve looked at nearly all the 4K 60FPS monitors out there and returned my fair share to which I`ve finally found the perfect monitor here with ASUS for what I`ve been looking for! Firstly, the aesthetics of this monitor instantly set it at the top of the pack as the ASUS quality shines instantly upon just setting the monitor up.

There is definitely some heft to it and the stand is probably the most sturdy I have tested out of all the monitors I`ve used. The solid base is much my preference over the wide feet that take up a large portion of my desk and ASUS ensured that the base was well made and sturdy since users would be adjusting the screen as it allows for nearly every orientation possible.

Then the other aspect that sets this monitor apart is how visually pleasing it is sitting on a desk as my desk is set up to expose the back of my monitors as mine is not simply pushed up against a wall so this was where this monitor really stood out among the rest as ASUS actually spent time on what the back of the monitor would look like! The aesthetics are not the only place this monitor excels as the actual performance is top-notch as well! I will say first that I am personally a fan of saturated colors and peak brightness and feel that most are to which this is why display model TVs at stores are always set to peak brightness so even if “professional” review sites may ding monitors for oversaturation and “unreal colors” you more than likely will prefer that setting to which I love what ASUS has done with this monitor in regards to this for it`s “Scenery Mode.

” However, there are numerous modes you can set the monitor in if you prefer standard or “Cinema Mode” and the unique aspect was that it had specific presets already for gaming including FPS and RPG versus the typical “Gaming” preset that nearly all other monitors have so this just shows that ASUS was aware that not all gaming is similar and that different game types benefit from different settings.

ASUS furthers this gaming component in that it includes various “GamePlus” aspects such as Crosshair, Timer, and FPS Counter. With most monitors in this range since they are similarly spec`d you won`t find much difference, but upon actually using this monitor you can definitely see the greater vibrance in the colors and even though it may only be 350 nits it definitely punches above its weight class in that category compared to its competitors in the same range.

Overall, I just can`t praise this monitor enough and after testing numerous 4k monitors and scouring Reddit and various other message boards I definitely have found my final monitor I plan on using going forward.

I would not hesitate to recommend this monitor to anyone as it fits every box in this price range and even well above it both in the visual aesthetics and actual performance.

No issues at all!!! Refresh is great, delay is grate, and colors with such brilliance I haven’t seen since watching the “Speed Racer” movie! More than enough for watching 4k Movies. Has kept up with gaming my PC has thrown at it.

(3080ti) Plenty bright in both well lit rooms and low light conditions. Was it worth a grand. time will tell, but for now I am happy.

Excellent monitor! Compared to my 6 year old NEC MultiSync EA275UHD, the picture quality is so much better. I’m not a gamer, so I was looking for a bigger (32′ or 34′) diagonal and 4K @something better than 60Hz, mostly for coding and internet surfing, with decent picture quality.

Purchased this one and couldn’t be happier.

This product is amazing. After buying it I’ve won every single cod 4 game. I’ve raised 7 children and got a degree in neuro science. I have an amazing wife and a cool monitor.

UPDATE 10/27/2021 After a month of tweaking settings, I finally discovered this monitor is usable at 120hz with an hdmi 2. 1 cable. DisplayPort does not have enough bandwidth for full RGB and requires chroma subsampling.

Do not run 144hz and do not use DisplayPort. 144hz pushes this monitor too hard and the pixel response time suffers greatly. Best Settings: – Overclocking: Off – Variable OD: Level 4/5 – AMD FreeSync Premium Pro: On – ELMB SYNC: Off – Dynamic Dimming: Off – Blue Light Filter: Level 0 – DSC: On With these settings, the black streaking and ghosting is minimal.

Rocket League is incredible to play at 4k 120hz w/ G-SYNC enabled. RPGs like Horizon Zero Down, Elder Scrolls Online, etc. all work great. testufo. com/ghosting @ 600 pixels/s shows almost no ghosting on the bottom row and only a little ghosting on the top row.

Most monitors and tvs have minor ghosting on the top row so this is fine. Games do NOT work good @ 144hz with this monitor. 120hz is good and should be the marketing copy. Upgraded rating from 2 stars to 4.

—————————————————– Original Review: Pros – 144hz looks great – G-Sync works perfectly even though it says FreeSync – Beautiful colors – Extremely bright HDR – ELMB SYNC is amazing technology for reducing blur at high fps Cons – Worst ghosting I’ve ever seen for a VA panel.

Some RPGs are unplayable. Bright, fast paced games are playable as long as they don’t have too many dark colors. Scrolling through websites in dark mode will ghost due to light text on dark backgrounds.

Dragging the Steam client around the desktop produces ghosting. Spent 6 hours tweaking settings and it’s impossible to reduce ghosting to playable levels. – SDR content is very washed out when HDR is enabled – Very blurry text until you configure it correctly via both OS (ClearType) and monitor settings (VividPixel) Conclusion: Do not buy this monitor for gaming.

You will regret it.

So before I begin, I represent the unfortunate crossroads of that guy that wants a single monitor that does *everything* well. First of all, I game (quite a bit), and want a monitor that games well (low input lag, fast refresh, and hey, HDR would be nice these days).

If it stopped there, I’d be in luck. there are *fantastic* gaming monitors these days, even huge curved ones, that are really reasonably priced! Sadly, the next bit is the wrench I like to throw. and super critical for my work.

I also happen to be a professional photographer/artist/developer that demands color perfection for my graphics work. With this in mind, I switch between two systems (OSX for my normal work) and PC for pure gaming.

This gives me a few key requirements: – easy input switching (I’ll leave the PC on. DisplayPort and the Mac on HDMI) – no unbearable issues (e. g. backlight/IPS glow, black smearing, etc) – fast/responsive (less of an issue as I’ve always had slow monitors due to the color requirements) – easy to calibrate – more real estate than I previously had on my 27″ Eizo CS2730 (really need the side-by-side space for graphics and programming) So with that in mind, I began the quest to upgrade my Eizo, which, while *fantastic* for color, was falling behind in terms of all the rest.

Plus everything looked a bit. “flat”. My first choice was the newly released 38″ LG 38WN95C. It was a beast, an IPS panel (typically far better for color reproduction), and $1000 cheaper than this one.

I got it in, set it up, and was immediately underwhelmed. The IPS glow was even worse than my Eizo (which I was also extremely frustrated with in this regard), to the point that I couldn’t even take a phone snapshot of artwork on the screen (which I often to for BTS shots to Instagram).

The bloom was simply way too bad for this! Secondly, the LG controls were *terrible*. A single joystick on the bottom was supposed to do everything, but in practice was really fumbly, slow to respond, and was no longer a simple process to switch inputs (nothing beats the double tap of a single button on the Eizo, to be fair).

On top of this, the monitor would regularly “blink” during games, or cut out entirely. Simply not cool for a monitor that costs as much as it did. So what did I do? Sent it back immediately, and decided to throw even more money at the problem.

with this unholy beast of monitor, the ASUS PG25VQ. While super-not-excited about the cost outlay, I figured it was worth the experiment, if nothing else. and if I wasn’t happy, I’d return it too, and just wait it out with my trusty, but aging Eizo.

Spoiler Alert: I may be keeping this one. So here it is. this will be a direct comparison of the 38″ LG 38WN95C and the 35″ ASUS PG35VQ. BLACK LEVEL/GLOW: ASUS wins handily. The IPS glow on the LG was extremely evident, especially in a dark room (which I’m usually in while working/gaming).

The ASUS VA panel has blacks that truly disappear for an incredible experience. It’s very close to the best of the HDR LED TVs I’ve been seeing lately. SIZE: Obviously the LG wins here. The extra 3″ of diagonal was noticeable for sure, AND thanks to the lighter weight of the screen itself, and the better stand design (IMO), the LG was able to sit back further on my desk.

It just felt great. SCREEN SURFACE: ASUS comes ahead again here, with a much better matte surface that seems to be a fair bit better at combating screen glare (I have a couple French doors directly behind me which is challenging for light glare/reflections).

On top of that, and this one is a little hard to describe, but the ASUS image just appears painted on the surface of this matte screen, as opposed to the LG that almost seemed to have a slightly “recessed” image (think: early iPhones that had that thick glass layer above the actual pixels).

The ASUS just looks better here, hands down. CONTROLS & OSD: ASUS wins again, easily. Their joystick is fast and fluid for navigating menus, compared to the spongy, clunky one on the LG. On top of that, the menus on the ASUS are just much easier to navigate, and much more intuitive.

As a UI designer myself, there’s no excuse for a crappy OSD on a monitor over $1500. INPUT SWITCHING: ASUS wins (the OSD and menu is just much faster to get to the input switching selection), but really neither are as fast as the Eizo.

I really just want a single button somewhere that cycles the inputs. Ideally, with the ability to remove unused inputs via the OSD. I guess most people don’t even have the need for multiple inputs? Dunno.

HDR CONTENT: Both are way better than my non-HDR Eizo, but the ASUS wins again thanks to it’s where-the-heck-did-my-screen-go black levels, and eye-scorching flashes possible with its backlight array (this was Full Array Local Dimming/FALD, but now called Variable Backlight in the OSD).

All last night I was literally just pulling up HDR videos on YouTube and watching in awe. Plus a few HDR games I’ve tested so far (Ori, Shadow of the Tom.

Let me start off by saying that I did a ton of research online before making this purchase and to be honest, I was nervous this would be awful after reading and watching every review on the net. But now that this glorious monitor is sitting on my desk, I realize just how outrageously nit-picky the tech reviewers online can be.

Most of their complaints are about tiny differences in specification numbers and subjective opinions that at the end of the day, are virtually imperceptible. A lot of reviewers complained about the bezels being wide, but I think they’re fine.

I’ve heard complaints about text being illegible but text looks just fine to me at 125% scaling with no ClearType tweaking. They said the pixel response times are slow but it feels extremely snappy to me.

People whine about the stand not having height or swivel adjustments, but I think it looks dope and the tilt is all I care about. Others complain that you can’t do 10 bit color at 120Hz without chroma sub-sampling, which is true but I’ll be damned if I can tell the difference between 8-bit and 10-bit color.

One guy complained that it was way too big and nobody needs a monitor this big, but it’s just perfect if you have a grown-up sized desk with a keyboard tray that positions you ~4 feet away. I even saw a review that complained about how no cables or remote batteries were included, but they must have had an engineering sample because mine came with every cable you could ever need and batteries in the remote.

Ignore all the nonsense. This monitor is pure awesome! I am totally blown away at how much of an incredibly massive upgrade this is from a 1080p HDTV @ 60Hz. The refresh rate makes everything feel silky smooth as long as you have the video card to drive it and configure your game settings properly.

The colors are really bright and vivid. There is no perceptible backlight bleed or dead pixels. The 4K resolution is beyond amazing. The brightness is so intense I actually turned mine down a bit from the factory default.

When you shut your computer off, the monitor only displays a brief message about no signal then the screen goes black, so you can just leave it powered on all the time if you want.

Dead pixel brand new out of the box. HDR is awful. It constantly turns itself off and will not turn back on unless you unplug and replug the video cable. The blacks on the HDR are also awful. New games that are dark or have lots of shadows look terrible.

The blacks appear purple and pixelated. Fan is louder than anything else in the room (computer, laptop, other monitors, etc). The fan makes an audible whining sound that speeds up and slows down constantly.

This is one of my most regretable purchases. I will never buy another Asus product after this heap of junk.

I bought this monitor when I was able to get it price matched for a deep discount. I would not recommend paying the full price on this as the value is just not there. I do like that this is a G-Sync monitor, with an IPS screen, and a high refresh, all at 4k.

That cannot be beat. I have a 2k (QHD) monitor by ASUS right next to this one, and I actually think that monitors colors and display look higher quality than this one (except for the resolution of course).

The fan noise on this thing is also crazy. When it really ramps up, it is louder than my PC fans.

This monitor legitly changed my life. It’s huge with HDR. My employees and I can sit around and see everything. We can see product in colors that the vendors intended us to see. No more guessing about whether products will match color.

Video quality is amazing. Gaming minus CS:GO is amazing. For CS:GO, it played the same as previous generation monitors. For whatever reason, I was expecting super smooth. However, as I am aging, I can’t keep up with the young cats on FPS’s so I’m planning on moving onto other games anyway.

Overall, if you’re on the fence about this monitor and you’re currently using multiple monitors, just get this one to save desk space. It’s overwhelming at first, but you’ll get used to it.

TLDR; I do NOT recommend this for visual sensitive work at all due to the noticeable colour and contrast shifting, even when you perfectly in the centre and a natural ways away from the screen, but it’s good for a casual user and a gamer (what I use it for) as it’s not *that* noticeable but definitely a deal breaker if you work with visuals professionally.

IMPORTANT: If you plan to use with a floating style VESA arm, the power and visual cords are directly to the left of the vesa mount (when you are in the direction of looking at the screen). The cords may prevent the monitor from getting pushed flatly against the wall as the cords shoot directly outwards and they might cut into the arm mount if your arm extends from the left.

This is probably it’s greatest flaw other than viewing angles. I bought a 90 degree HDMI and then realized the power cord also sticks out. Top notch of me. I’ve been on a picky journey with monitors.

I purchased this one because rtings had stated in their review that it had the best black uniformity. Unfortunately my unit does have backlight bleed but nowhere near as bad as my pervious curved VA.

I miss my curved one but this one is a higher resolution and with some tweaking of the settings you can perfect it so that back light bleed is minimal and the shifting colour and contrast on the sides isn’t noticeable.

I’m happy with it overall. Holding up for a 4k OLED in the future. The brightness is good to me. I keep it on 0 when just browsing and messing around but I always keep my electronics very low as I’m migraine sensitive.

It’s still bright at 0 to me. I usually never put the brightness above 40-50 because of backlight bleed in dark scenes of games but tweak contrast and black stabilizer to your visual preference and you don’t need it any higher than that unless you’re in a room with sun glare.

Very nice monitor for the money. Might have given it five stars if not for being used to working on an iMac. I’m using it for a secondary display for a 2019 27 iMac. The blacks are not as deep and the white’s are not as bright.

They are good, just not AS good. The 31. 5 inches of real estate is very nice though. About the color accuracy: I’ve tried calibrating and adjusting settings but I just can’t get the color to look nearly as good on the LG as it is on the iMac.

If this was my main monitor maybe I’d never be able to tell but I have to put all my non-critical color stuff like email and and Finder windows on the LG but my Adobe work has to be on the iMac. I do have one dead pixel about half way between the center and upper left corner.

It’s really in the worst spot possible but normally I don’t even notice it. In fact I didn’t even know it was there until I did a monitor test to compare the LG against my iMac screen. I actually just pressed very lightly on the screen and the dead pixel went away so I’ll just have to see if it comes back or not! Honestly though, for the price I really think you’d have a hard time finding a better display.

I purchased a new computer with a 3480×2160 display driver, so I needed a compatible monitor to replace my old 1080p monitor. I did quite a bit of research and have had good luck with LG products in the past.

I found this monitor and it had the resolution and features of much higher priced monitors, so I bought it. I have been very pleased. It has not missed a beat, has performed very well and the resolution and clarity are excellent.

I do a fair amount of video creation and editing, and it has worked very well for that application. I especially like the LG On-Screen Control software that allows me to have multiple open windows displayed simultaneously.

I had originally thought about an ultra-wide screen like my old 1080p monitor but I like this better. Much more room on screen to work with.

I decided that it was time to upgrade my Dell P2715Q 8bit+FRC for a true 10bit display, so I bought the LG 27BL85U-W. It’s pretty good so far, but there are far too many settings that prevent me from understanding what the baseline photo-editing default really is.

From built-in black compensation to an apparent 2. 2 gamma setting as default 2 the language and menus are confusing and answers are not easy to come by. I was hoping for an out-of-the-box upgrade solution for my Lightroom Classic CC workflow, but I’ve spent more time messing with the endless settings rather than getting to work on photo editing.

As someone who has to routinely deliver upwards of 1200 color-corrected photos weekly, I’m a bit disappointed with my experience. It really does seem like a good monitor, but it’s not clear whether ‘game mode’ is constantly ‘on’ or whether my applications are overriding this setting.

I’m going back to my simple, factory-calibrated Dell for the time being.

I purchased this monitor for my MacBook Pro. Truth be told, the image quality is not *quite* as sharp as it is on my Mac, however, the clarity / colors are very good! The bigger screen size is a huge help, and the adjustable screen hight / angle will make my setup much more ergonomic.

Super easy to set up, only took a few minutes to figure it out and works very well with the Mac. So far I am finding this to be a great value and would buy again. B&H had the best pricing anywhere for this model at the time of purchase, and the delivery was quick.

Everything arrived in great shape. They were great to order from.

I was using a 4k 32″ Dell U3219Q monitor for work, which has an excellent picture but was fixed 60Hz. I knew I couldn’t go down in panel size or resolution once I experienced that, but I was worried about the compromise in picture quality in going for a 144Hx VRR panel.

I viewed both panels side by side with a duplicated display for comparison. The out the box settings weren’t great, the picture was way too warm and dim, but after a few hours trying out different settings I was able to get the colours to better than what I was had on the Dell.

Red was reduced to 92% and Green to 86%, and brightness increased to 90%. There are also six colour channels and I made some minor changes to hues and saturation in some of those but that’s a personal preference.

The only issue is white text on a black screen isn’t as white and crisp as it is on the Dell, the whites aren’t quite bright enough. and nothing I tried could fix that. Also sharpness could be very slightly better, but only noticeable when having the two screens side by side.

It’s the compromise that has to be made at this kind of price point. The VRR works well with my Nvidia 30 series GPU, no complaints there, though apparently it doesn’t work below 48Hz. I don’t tend to touch the other settings, though I’ve turned Overdrive off.

I noticed in MS Flight Sim there was massive ghosting on the clouds. It mostly disappears when I set it to Picture Quality, but I don’t play superfast games so I just switched it off completely. Build quality is good, but the large v-shaped feet are bigger than they need to be, preventing you from getting the keyboard as close I would like.

The rough plastic effect gives it a bit of a cheaper fill, smooth would have been better. Also the ‘chin’ at the bottom of the panel is too large, it would have been better if they’d used the same slim bezel at the sides and top.

Otherwise the design is nice and simple, no unnecessary fancy lights or features at the back. The OSD has a comprehensive set of functions such as the six channel adjustments mentioned above, though this is not available in all modes, so I used one of the three Custom modes for my preferred settings.

The joystick at the back of the panel can get a bit tiring to use if you’re spending more than a few seconds making adjustments, which is where the OSD Sidekick software is useful. You’ll also need that to update the firmware.

Note, if you want to use the KVM I believe you can only do this with a laptop that supports video and peripheral signal via a USB-C cable, like a Macbook Pro, and you’ll need a Thunderbolt cable to do this, and these are not cheap.

A normal USB-C charging cable won’t work.

TL;DR: Great monitor, problems with multi-monitor setup and nVidia graphics card/drivers (probably not the monitor’s fault) This is truly one of the best 4K monitors on the market right now, while also being one of the most affordable.

The picture quality and color accuracy are outstanding and my panel had almost no backlight bleed (that I could notice anyway). The KVM is helpful for anyone trying to add more than one device. The high refresh paired with a powerful graphics card allows you to experience high refresh rate gaming in 4K, but it comes with a huge caveat that ended up leading me to return the monitor.

To get that high refresh rate, both the DisplayPort and HDMI ports require Display Stream Compression (DSC) and there is a known issue with nVidia’s drivers where there are issues having multiple displays if any of them use DSC.

This has led to me getting random black screens that last a few seconds every time I’m on the computer. I’m not sure if AMD cards suffer the same sort of issues and from what I saw online single-monitor setups don’t have as many issues (if any).

Some people have reported that you can also turn down color settings and/or lower your refresh rate to keep the display bandwidth under the point where DSC gets enabled. However, that didn’t work for me.

If Gigabyte had gone with a full-bandwidth HDMI 2. 1 port instead of relying on DSC, it would be a non-issue because I could still use that port without DSC kicking in. Hopefully they implement it in the next generation.

Due to Best Buy’s amazing return policy, the best thing for you to do is get this and see if you like it in person with your set-up. Personally, it checked all my boxes and sated my want for a monitor that could output all that my PS5 could muster.

Now the one complaint I do have. There is 1 dead pixel that I did not notice until about a month after I bought it. I will say though, I havent noticed it again since the day I saw it. but still for 700 OOD, I would have expected something like that to have been caught by any competant QA at Gigabyte.

Unfortunately, it seems to be somewhat common and getting a perfect panel is something of a lottery. That said, if it has 3 or more dead pixels, your eligible for a replacement through Best Buy’s protection plan (which I highly recommend for something like this monitor), so I’m not upset about it.

I do get why some people would be pretty ticked off though, as some people WILL notice it everytime they look at the screen. All in all, get this monitor for gaming, you will not regret it BUT check for dead pixels the second it is plugged in on an all white/black/ and colored background.

If it passes, you won! If not, get an exchange until Gigabyte finally knocks the dust off their QA department and dead pixels aren’t the norm.

So look. I saw this on LTT and I instantly got swept up into the hype. I still mulled it over for about a month because it was 1500 at the time. Not a cheap display. I got it and it was love at first sight, it really gives amazing first impressions, but after about a week of using it I started to notice its annoyances.

Primely, even if it’s been off the entire night, I will sometimes turn it on in the morning and receive the message saying to turn the monitor off for panel protection. It will do this even if the full panel protection runs when I turn it off.

It doesn’t do it every day, but probably 3 times a week and the message is concerning for a monitor so expensive. So I create a ticket and I ask them if this is a bug, an issue I should be concerned about or what? After a lot of back and forth they told me that it was a setting in my GPU driver.

Why on earth would they think that the OLED conditioning app is a driver setting. It’s extra stupid because I told them it happens with my Xbox, it happens with my Raspberry Pi, it happens with the HDMI splitter hooked to 6 other classic consoles.

Yet somehow it’s my driver. I went back and forth on them with this for a while and was eventually told that it was “fine” and not to worry about it. Here is a list of bugs that I currently have: – Connection to the desktop app is buggy – Monitor “Runtime” says 20 hours despite the fact that I use this 10ish hours a day and have had it for 6 months.

– Monitor complains about panel protection even if it JUST DID IT – Picture Mode sometimes changes randomly – Random audio issues (this one could be my Razer Speakers) Features missing that I consider unacceptable: – A way to force run the panel protection.

The only way is to use the display for 8 hours straight and then turn off the panel (indicated by the blinking power light) I’m currently on the latest firmware and I regularly check. It’s sad, this is a PREMIUM product and I feel like it’s unacceptable to have these kinds of issues with a monitor that costs over a thousand dollars.

I love this monitor but it shares a panel with the LG C1 and honestly the LG is more feature complete and would have as good or better visual quality. Don’t bother with this.

This is large and crisp. We are all hesitant that it is too large. Push it back quite a bit on your desk, can even be wall mounted. I appreciate all the desk room in front of the display. Unlike a large LCD there is no random light pollution on your face.

This helps the size issue. In a dark scene, you’ll still be in a dark room with an OLED, unlike a large backlit screen will be a light for the room. It spoils you rotten, I can’t believe how complacent we’ve been with bright gray with no uniformity and light bleed on the edges for so long.

This is the only splurge to consider. 3080 Ti Founders maxes it out this display for rock solid 120Hz 4K on Max Settings often times (Witcher 3, All things Doom) and this is adaptive as well, so even when its not locked at 120Hz, you still see 90’s is amazing.

Be smart, take care of the panel a little bit (don’t leave it on a still image for days on end), change the game you’re playing from time to time, and most of all. stop being complacent with LCD that sure they last 12 years but gosh they look terrible.

And they do look terrible you are just “used to it”. 10 bit color. I kid you not, I got the 5K Apple Studio Display next to this thing and the OLED is in another league. Price is decent, I haven’t dealt with GIGABYTE customer service so I can’t comment on that.

This thing is the ultimate treat. 3080 + this really shine together. 75% of games highly depend on black. In a dark room, images appear to float on screen.

I really want to like this monitor. The size is terrific if you have the space to accommodate it. The features are also great and Gigabyte has added a few things you won’t find in the LG C series to this monitor.

120 Hz is nice as well but I am not a gamer so that wasn’t a selling point. If you have not already done this please research ABL for OLED screen. This is an auto dimming feature built in to almost all OLED units where the display will dim whitish background in relation to how large those appear on the screen (when you resize windows larger the dimming gets worse).

This is a feature that supposedly is to save the OLED from burn in. The issue is that this feature renders the FO48U incapable of any type of photo or video editing where accuracy is needed. The aggressive nature of the ABL in the FO48U made creating a color accurate.

icc file useless. All the white areas are rendered as gray and nothing is close to being accurate from a color perspective. I reached out to Gigabyte and their response was ABL cannot be disabled or modified and monitor cannot be calibrated.

I was looking for a 27” 1440p monitor but everything is sold out near me or around 500 dollars. I had been eyeing this monitor ever since I seen it at my local Walmart and noticed it came with HDR and a 240hz screen.

I already had a 1080p 144hz crg5 monitor so I was a bit skeptical of spending 369 dollars on another 1080p monitor, especially going up to a 27” which I figured may make the quality like a little worse.

However, that wasn’t the case. The screen is much brighter and I don’t notice any pixelation. It also has great quality control with no dead pixels or backlight bleeding/ips glow as my crg5 had 1 dead white pixel.

I havnt played any games to notice the 240hz screen making a difference but it would probably be a little hard to tell anyways considering I had 144hz before this. Anyways, I think the monitor looks top notch and has great build quality.

If you’re looking for a monitor under 400 dollars, I don’t think you will find a lot better, if any.

I bought this monitor because I managed to score an RTX 3090 from Micro Center. Paired with a Ryzen 9 5950X CPU, I new I could get 4K gaming. Even if I had a “lesser” system I would have gone for 4K just to future proof my purchase.

This monitor has true G-SYNC and great color and speed. It is rated at 144Hz refresh rate but that’s overclocked. Real refresh rate is 120Hz. Over DisplayPort, I could only get the native 120Hz refresh rate to work reliably using the included Display Port cable.

Video input amounts to 1 DisplayPort 1. 4 and 1 HDMI 2. 0 port. There are 2 side USB 3 A ports and 1 rear USB 3 A port. There is also a USB 3 B port for input from your PC. A USB A to USB B cable is included.

Awesome monitor. Colors look great. HDR kinda sucks but thats not unusual for 32 inch monitors. If thats what you want you should just get an OLED tv. In order to get the max benefit from the 4k 144hz though your going to need a decent gaming pc.

Usually only older games will get close to that 144fps mark. Other than that though, the image quality is stunning even if you arent getting max refresh rates. I upgraded from a lower quality acer 4k monitor and the difference is night and day.

I believe console players get 120hz out of it with hdmi, but I’m only PC so i dont have much to say on that.

I have had many 4K gaming monitors over the years, Samsung, Dell, ViewSonicj ust to name a few brands and I have to say that this Acer Predator 4k monitor is probably the best monitor yet. The HDR mode is wonderful and really brings out the colors.

The 1ms and 144hz is awesome. Playing the latest PS5, Xbox Series X and PC games (Dying Light 2, Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Rings) on this monitor is eye catching candy and a blast to play. The visual graphics are crisp and is top notch.

I would definitely recommend this monitor. Its a little pricey, but definitely worth the money.

With the “new normal” of working from home I was looking for a second screen to complement my 5 year old 32″ 4k Samsung display. I was tossing up between a Gigabyte M32U and the MSI Optix MPG32UR-QD, and decided to with MSI’s monitor because everything the Gigabyte could do, the MSI could do better.

The MSI’s display is gorgeous with excellent colour space coverage and accuracy thanks to its quantum dot technology providing accurate colours even at peak brightness. That peak brightness of 400-600 nits also outperforms Gigabyte’s display, but still offers satisfyingly deep blacks especially for an IPS panel.

Gigabyte heavily advertised the KVM feature of their monitor, but the MSI Optix offers the same feature, letting you use the monitor as a hub for your keyboard and mouse and switch seamlessly between input devices.

Both the Gigabyte and MSI Optix support a peak refresh rate of 144Hz and have VRR/Freesync support, but only the MSI Optix has full bandwidth HDMI 2. 1 making it the better choice for anybody planning to hook a PS5 console up to their monitor.

While the primary reason for my buying a second monitor was to improve productivity at work, I also wanted the new monitor to be my primary gaming monitor, and the MSI Optix doesn’t disappoint. I play a lot of fighting games and the input lag between making a button press and seeing the result on-screen is important.

Input lag is unnoticeable to me, and if the “Hardware Unboxed” Youtube reviews are to be believed, this screen takes less than a millisecond to get image from source to screen whether at 60Hz or 144Hz, and any display lag after that is down to the speed of the panel refreshing.

So unless IPS panel technology dramatically evolves over the next few years, you’ll be on an equal or better footing with anybody you compete with online. Finally the panel supports HDR600. While the peak brightness is not as high as I’d like for HDR and more local dimming zones would help provide blacker blacks, these would also drive up the cost.

The HDR support is a nice-to-have feature when using the monitor for games and movies. There isn’t any other panel in this price range that is going to look better for content consumption. The MSI Optix provides an excellent balance of price to performance and has to be the pick of monitors for gamers or professional artists/editors in 2022.

I recently purchased this monitor because of a sale price, had intentions of getting a non-quantum display, am very happy I caught a sale on it because I think it looks fantastic. Not many reviews out on these newer MSI monitors so want to contribute where I could.

The monitor came out flawless, no bad pixels nor any bad IPS glow or bleeding. First off, make sure to get the monitor driver from their website and install it on all the computers using this monitor.

Also get the gaming OSD software so you can control the display settings and profiles from your mouse and keyboard. One of my favorite things about this monitor is KVM. I previously used another MSI gaming monitor that had KVM and fell in love with it so I was looking forward to using it on this one, but one major flawthere is only ONE usb port on this monitor! ONE! KVM stands for KEYBOARD video and MOUSE.

How am I going to hookup a keyboard and mouse with one USB?? The previous MSI monitor had 2 USB ports so there was a decision to remove the much needed extra USB port for some awful reason. Luckily, I am still able to use a powered USB hub to connect multiple devices to this monitor kvm.

Non-powered USB hub did not work for me. So now instead of having the normal 2 built in usb ports for a efficiency and a clean look, I have to have more junk cables and a box hanging from the monitor and taking up another power spot on my battery backup, very ridiculous and this is my biggest gripe about the monitor.

Once I got the USB 2. 0 hub ($13 from Best Buy), I was finally able to use my gaming laptop on this monitor. There are no instructions or explanations about settings, it sadly came very bare and couldnt find much except some youtube videos, most of which had similar settings I was trying to learn about.

MSI makes a great monitor but could definitely do better marketing and could ship out units for review. So youre mostly on your own for fine tuning, but there is a guy on youtube who does over a 3 part video on this monitor (His name is Not Bios or something like that).

It helped me understand what settings I should use based on his opinion and explanations. My aged video card on my desktop could not maximize the beauty of this monitor but my laptop sure did, my COD game looks smooth and fantastic! I used some color settings from rtings.

com for a similar MSI model to find a good option for a custom profile. The colors are rich and beautiful and switching profiles is fairly easy with the Gaming OSD app. However, it does have a weird dimming option that I think is tied to the HDR option which really bothers me when a dark screen comes up.

I do love bright screens with rich color, so I like the default Movie and RTS settings, but the youtube guy wasnt fond of them. This panel is gorgeous and Im glad a sale happened so this monitor would catch my eye, I believe it competes with some of the higher end Gigabyte monitors easily and at a better price point.

The KVM setup was strange for me since I didnt know what to expect, but USB C provides Video/Keyboard/Mouse and whatever else I guess I hook up to my hub. to another computer. My laptop does not have Thunderbolt but it still worked and appears to be 100% functional as far as max display settings go.

You need to hookup the USB B cable to your computer (my desktop in my case). Overall Im very happy with this monitor, so much so I ordered a new video card for my desktop (hurt my bank account lol). MSI really needs to work on their marketing, they have a great product but with the lack of reviews out there, no one is going to find out about it.

I recently got this monitor to replace another 34 non-gaming monitor, but ended up returning because of a bad pixel. Thats no reason to take off a rating IMO as that is just normal for there to be monitors with bad units, instead I wanted to focus on the monitor and its features which I really liked.

Since there are only a couple of reviews, I wanted to be sure to provide any insight I could for future buyers. First off, the monitor looks great for gaming. The higher refresh rate and with the 10 bit color was a nice upgrade for me.

It was the best monitor I could find in its class at this price range ($499 on sale). One of my favorite features were not the panel or display, but the KVM. I have a desktop and gaming laptop and being able to switch easily was amazing! Love using my desktop keyboard & mouse and now new monitor with my laptop just by plugging in the USB C cable to my laptop.

I got the max refresh rate and resolution on my laptop even though my USB C port is not Thunderbolt. Now the KVM is not perfect because, when the computer falls asleep or the monitor turns off due to being idle, your mouse and keyboard wont wake up the computer which is an aggravation.

I had to hookup another mouse to the desktop to wake it up, or you can turn off and on the monitor which should work. Aside from that, which hopefully therell be a fix soon, I love it. The gaming OSD (software install) is also a nice feature so you can change monitor profiles or settings without the knob in the back.

You will also need to make sure you have the driver for the monitor installed to get the gaming OSD and KVM to work. I also had to turn off and on the monitor to register the driver and settings for KVM.

So initially I ran into some speed bumps, but it worked great. Their instructions and explanation of settings is horrible, basically non-existent. I found some youtube videos of other MSI monitors that go over some of the settings, but each monitor may be different with available options, so you gotta play with it and find what you like.

I reached out to Support regarding a location to check for firmware updates since there are none on the download page. They responded quickly which was nice and basically told me when one becomes available, itll be on the download page.

I wish MSI would market and promote their monitors more to increase the reviews available, they really do have a good product but marketing is non-existent by the looks of it. Overall its a great monitor.

Easy and intuitive to use the knob in the back, came with all the cables I would need. The included cables were a bit short for me though so I ordered a longer Display Port cable for my desktop. I ended up upgrading to a nicer quantum MSI monitor because of a sale, but would have been happy sticking with this monitor and getting a replacement for the bad pixels if the other opportunity never surfaced.

This was my first MSI monitor I was really impressed with their brand and think they can compete with the other top brands.

I bought this monitor from Newegg on 4/1/22, received it on 4/4/22, and started experiencing problems with it on 6/6/22. First thing I noticed was that the monitor would sometimes no longer turn on with an active input.

The “no signal” message would go away and the LED would go from blinking to solid, but no image would appear. This was inconsistent but would regularly happen when turning on my PC, waking up my PC after energy saver turned off the display, or when connecting/disconnecting my work laptop.

At the same time I started noticing flicker when running at 60Hz (with my work Macbook connected), which was particularly noticeable with white backgrounds, and it started giving me major eye strain.

When scrolling web pages, text would often show some ghosting on the red channel in particular. This was confirmed by the UFO blur trail test where a red vertical bar would appear after the white line.

(https://www. testufo. com/blurtrail#foreground=FFFFFF&background=000000&thickness=1&height=480&ppf=16&separation=1000) I compared this to my wife’s cheapo $250 Dell monitor to make sure I wasn’t my laptop and it’s totally fine.

Thirdly, I also noticed the monitor seemed brighter than usual so I went to adjust brightness and lo and behold, the brightness control is now also broken and 0 and 100 look exactly the same. So it seems pretty clear that some internal component is no longer working correctly.

It’s not like this monitor even saw a ton of use. I was away for a couple of weeks in May so realistically this saw at most 1. 5 months of use at 10-12 hours a day. If Gigabyte support was amazing this would just be a small inconvenience, but after almost a week of back and forth and spending well over an hour of my time describing the issue, taking and uploading videos to show the problems, they finally approved my RMA.

But apparently now I’m going to be out $50 to ship this thing back to them and be without a monitor for who knows how long while they service it FOR A PROBLEM THAT ISN’T MY FAULT. Better companies will typically send you a replacement before you send the defective product back and cover the cost of shipping.

So, yeah, I’ve completely lost faith in the quality of Gigabyte’s monitors and I would encourage anyone to think twice about purchasing this monitor or any other Gigabyte product unless you are willing to roll the dice.

There are a few competitively priced 4k gaming monitors on the market, the main players seem to be this one and the LG GP27 (which is 27 inches). The LG monitors have the cool RGB lighting that syncs with the content on your display, but the Gigabyte monitors have a built in KVM.

If you use a work computer and a personal computer on the same desk then a KVM is invaluable, and if you’ve ever shopped for one you may find that a KVM capable of handling 4k at 144hz is extremely hard to find, and will likely cost hundreds of dollars.

To me this was an easy decision, I wanted a 32″ display since I don’t do competitive gaming, I needed a KVM for my work, and this monitor has a higher score from Rtings who I trust for highly accurate reviews.

The monitor looks fantastic from the moment I set it up. I haven’t adjusted the settings yet, but I really like the default look my panel came with so I’m not sure I’ll even bother. It’s a slightly warmer color, much more so than my last monitor.

I did a check for dead pixels, backlight bleed, etc. and everything turned out okay, obviously your luck may be different so for a big purchase like this you would be wise to do a check on your own panel.

Setting up the monitor was very easy, the stand was extremely easy to put together and it was packaged well so I never felt like I was putting the panel at risk. It comes with all the cables you might need, other than a USB-C cable to connect a second computer for the KVM.

I will say that for me I found the cables a bit short, but I planned on buying extra long cables anyway since I use a sit-stand desk so I don’t mind too much. If you get this monitor and get extra cables make sure you get the high end 8k DisplayPort or HDMI 2.

1 cables or you may run into issues like flickering. One thing I should briefly mention is there was one strange issue I encountered. At one point the monitor started making a bit of a buzzing sound towards the bottom left of the screen.

It went away when I changed to colder color profiles. I don’t really know what caused it, I restarted the monitor and haven’t heard it since. Hopefully my panel won’t suddenly die or the buzzing doesn’t come back.

I want to throw in a quick extra word on setup and the KVM, just for anyone who does decide on this monitor. I almost thought I had a DOA monitor because it was not turning on or reacting to the power button.

As it turns out, the monitor has an additional power switch hidden by the ports that isn’t mentioned in the setup guide for some reason. If your monitor isn’t working, make sure you flipped that on. The second issue I had was with the KVM, it is somewhat unusual.

You can use DisplayPort (which you have one of) or HDMI 2. 1 (two slots for that) for the KVM, whichever two slots you want. You then, somewhat strangely, will use USB-B to connect the USB input to your PC.

A USB-B to A cable is provided for you (though you may find it somewhat short). The other computer will have to connect to the USB-C port on the monitor. There are three USB-A ports on the monitor, but for some reason you will need to use USB-C and USB-B for the KVM setup.

To reiterate, if you are buying this monitor and plan to use the KVM feature, buy a USB-C cable, one will not be included (however, the USB-B to A will be included). The KVM works with a button on the back, which I found a little bit annoying.

However, you can set up a keyboard shortcut for this KVM. You will need to get the Gigabyte OSD Sidekick software on both computers and then you can change the KVM settings and set up some kind of key combination to switch computers.

Switching computers takes a few seconds, as with just about any KVM. This includes a delay for keyboard and mouse input. My keyboard turns off for a brief second and then reconnects to the proper computer.

All in all, the KVM is working great for me and I’m very happy with it. So in summary, the picture quality is better than any monitor I’ve ever seen, the refresh rate is a great feature (though most games don’t get that many FPS running at 4k yet), the KVM feature with the keyboard shortcut is extremely handy and even essential to me, there was a slight buzzing issue for a time but no other quality issues for my panel that I found, and setup was generally easy but I wish they would have provided a much more detailed setup guide and manual.

In fact, the manual wasn’t provided at all, only a quick setup guide, I had to find the manual online. Very expensive, but a great monitor, I have no regrets. If it’s a little too rich for you then Gigabyte they also offer a 27″ 4k 144hz monitor, the M27U, for cheaper but sadly Micro Center does not offer it.

I’d argue 32″ is the perfect size for 4k though anyway. If money’s not an issue for you or you really want an absolute top of the line monitor, then this is a great choice.

First of all, great monitor. It is big, has accurate color, comes with a great stand and more. There are a few areas that I feel hold this monitor back. They may not be deal breakers for you but I wish I knew them earlier.

First, one item that I was aware of but still wish this monitor had is the ability to daisy chain the display port connections. Next, the KVM USB ports are not usb3. -The KVM switch is in a place that is not ideal for a multiple monitor setup, especially if this is the right-hand or center monitor, since the switch is behind the monitor you will have to keep a slight gap to reach your hand through.

I read that the software allows a hotkey for this but I haven’t tried yet. -This leads to my biggest issue, the KVM itself. 3 times now in 2 weeks my keyboard and mouse stopped working altogether when switching back to the USB-B input.

I had to connect another keyboard a reboot my computer. Also, I noticed if my main PC is in screensaver, screenoff or sleeping, when I switch to it, it just switches back to my laptop, I have to wake my PC ‘manually’ with another device that is only connected to my PC then hit KVM.

Both monitor apps(OnScreen Control and LG Calibration Studio) do not work at all in macOS Monterey 12. 1. LG has had a whole month to fix this but still nothing has been done despite releasing new versions of the apps multiple times.

So LG are working on the software, they’re just not listening to anyone or bothering to test anything. The light ring on the back of the monitor runs a crazy rainbow light show at full brightness every.

single. time. you turn on or wake the monitor from standby and there is literally no way to disable it, even if you have the light disabled in settings. Minimum brightness for this monitor is about 80nits, which is ~2x the minimum brightness on basically every other monitor in existence.

So general nighttime use is a bit of a pain unless you use a third party app to artificially dim the screen further in software. As far as I am aware there is no way to manually adjust picture settings for HDR mode, and sadly the set colour temperature is way off.

The little joystick thing on the bottom of the monitor is obnoxiously loud when clicked. A large annoying instruction card is displayed on the screen every time you turn the monitor on, again there is no way to disable this either.

LG support is absolutely terrible. Contacted them about all of the above issues and they either make up excuses to justify the problems or say they would escalate my case and call me back, but they never bothered to.

Works well for gaming if that’s all you care about.

Bought a couple of weeks ago to replace an aging 2k display. Great for next gen gaming, handles 4k at 120hz with ease. Haven’t tested the full fps range yet. Plenty of options to tweak the picture. Excellent colour range.

It’s an IPS display so don’t expect the best blacks or contrast, and there will also be some bleed from the backlighting. If that’s important to you, don’t go IPS. Don’t bother with HDR, it’s always going to be rubbish on a display like this.

Real HDR requires something much more high-end, ideally an OLED TV. A couple of quirks. Firstly, you can’t stop the RGB light show whenever the monitor turns on. It will do it every time, even from a sleep state.

It doesn’t auto change inputs, something even my 6-year old display could manage. Not a problem if you’re only doing one thing with it, but if you switch between consoles or PC, you’ll need to go into the menu to change inputs every time.

A minor thing, but for £500 I would have expected more. Main issue I have – the fan. Yup there is a fan at the back and even now I can hear it faintly in the background, like a rapidly ticking clock.

Going to ask support of this is normal. If it is, and you enjoy working in silence, it may annoy you. Overall an excellent display for the price range, but if you want all the ultra high def bells and whistles I recommend saving up and buying a big TV.

This monitor should be a market leader, but it simply isn’t worth buying in my opinion. I’ve had mine for just over 2 months and feel very frustrated with the intermittent black screen problem. I have tried the DP cable that came with the monitor and 3 others but changing cables makes no difference.

Just when you don’t need it the screen goes black and stays black for a couple of seconds. During one session this happened 17 times in 30 minutes, and I had to shut down my PC and walk away in sheer frustration.

I can go for a week and not experience a single black screen and then just as I start to regain my confidence in it, the screen blacks out again. There is no way I would recommend this monitor as it is.

Why LG have not fixed this yet is beyond me as the “black screen” issue is well documented on various sites. I have seen reviews of people having theirs exchanged just to experience the same black screen on their replacement.

Look elsewhere people, this monitor is doing my head in!.

This monitor is blowing me away. I used to have to decide between work and play for choosing a monitor, but not this time. The color clarity and accuracy is excellent for my design and digital artwork, pre-tuned perfectly right out of the box.

I can finally play in the maximum available frame rates of supported games on my Series X, or even higher on a PC. Unlike a different brand I tried first, this monitor (thankfully) auto-connects to whichever device is in use right out of the box.

MSI is quite generous with included cords. There’s only one HDMI 2. 1 included, but a cord is included for just about every other major port. Though it’s obviously a “gamer oriented” interface design, the OSD menu is not overdone and makes perfect sense.

It is easy to navigate and key functionalities are customizable. There’s extra OSD Gaming software downloads that MSI offers for Android and Windows, but as usual, there’s, understandably, no extra OSD software download for macOS or iOS users.

Why bother I guess? That being said my Macbook connected right up in seconds via the USB-C port. It is stunning to work with a monitor of this size and clarity and via 120Ghz on macOS. Buttery smooth.

Additionally B&H, via FedEx, had this monitor to me, as promised, in TWO days. I would have preferred the contents be obscured for shipping, but it wasn’t a dealbreaker with a signature required package.

Kudos to MSI for designing packaging that is TRULY protective. (Not so for the previous comparable monitor I had to return to B&H). The box is sealed on the outside and then there’s an additional MSI seal to open inside before fully unpacking.

There’s more to learn, but I am extremely grateful to be able to say “Yes” to such an amazing tool for work and play.

The best upgrade to my system this year. After running a VG259Q (1080p 144hz monitor) this offers a significantly sharper image, faster response times and refresh rate. Colours look amazing on this and I have been very happy with gaming aesthetics, content consumption and photo editing.

Noticeably more accurate than my previous monitor with much more real estate too. This is more expensive than the 270hz version of this monitor which comes with ELMB. But I genuinely don’t feel like I’m missing out on the extra 30hz and the clarity in FPS games is superb on this model even though it doesn’t have ELMB or equivalent backlight strobing (even at the extra cost of this model).

The images are already more crisp than my previous Asus 1080p 144hz with ELMB and the screen can get way brighter as well because it doesn’t utilise backlight strobing. I genuinely can’t notice any significant over or undershoot unlike with the 1080p monitor without ELMB.

I originally wanted a 4K monitor with 144hz or higher refresh rate but honestly, this 1440p suits my needs far better for now and I’m sure it will be my main monitor for the next 5 or more years. 240hz at 1440p is already difficult to drive with current tech (I’m using a Ryzen 5600x and RTX3070) so I feel that this Is very future proof.

The only thing that may change my mind is a 4K 240hz monitor with the same performance as this. Why didn’t I choose the cheaper XG model? Mostly because the few reviews of this PG monitor online seemed overwhelmingly positive and I grew very curious and tired of waiting for 4K monitors to be available.

After my experiences with this for the last few weeks I genuinely don’t feel like I’m missing anything (other than a faster GPU to hit those max refresh rates). Honestly, this monitor is fast enough as it is at 240hz with plenty of resolution and motion clarity!!.

Let me just say, if you’re in the market for the icing on your no compromises pc rig cake, this beautiful thing is it! The resolve and vividness of this thing is out of this world. Now to address the minority of people who complain about the “blooming issue” on it.

Yes it does occasionally suffer from a little haloing in certain scenarios if you look for it, but it’s never enough to pull you away from the pure immersion this panel produces. If you’ve got the money i say go for it.

You won’t be disappointed.

Great product: – colors are great and true (coming from a good and calibrated TN here), – smooth refresh rate, – no dead pixels on arrival, – great built quality, – easy to set up and use (little joystick and buttons in the back), – on light shows in what mode you are with a different color light, – super sturdy stand, – different options available in the monitors UI – bright enough for my use with a window behind me, reflections handled very well, – good contrast, dark scenes are dark indeed – good low brightness as well Cant really see anything wrong with it.

I highly recommend this model, best monitor I ever had for sure.

This is a very good panel but potential buyers should be aware of the inherent limitations of VN panels which, even at this high end of the market, still produce significant ghosting – more so than IPS panels.

On the plus side, what this monitor does have over IPS are much richer colours, much blacker blacks and no edge backlight bleed. These are all huge pluses which, with the right colour profile settings, bring this monitor close to OLED performance in these areas without the risk of image burn that is still present in OLED panels.

The only drawback then is the ghosting. The noticeability of image ghosting is subjective on an individual user basis. There are people will not notice and so will not be bothered at all. There are those that once they see it, they will never be able to unsee it.

Finally there are those like myself who probably fall somewhere in the middle, most of the time it is unnoticeable and so is not a problem but in certain gaming settings (FPS with significant contrast) it can be more noticeable and bothersome.

There are some hardware features on the monitor designed to offset the ghosting issue, most prominently, a feature called ELMB sync. While this does to a large degree offset the ghosting for those that can see it, it has the side effect of making the screens brightness much lower/darker.

This is a real shame on a screen that a major selling point of is the extreme brightness/HDR ability and i don’t think the ELMB on balance is an acceptable solution to the ghosting issue. So this monitor is excellent in many regards with one major flaw.

For anyone considering purchasing, i think it would be best to see the monitor in use yourself to decide if the image ghosting is going to be an issue for you. This is not a bad monitor though, the vibrant colours and deep blacks are wonderful and for those who don’t game (or don’t game FPS/3D games) the ghosting issue will not arise.

Alterative would be to wait for LG’s upcoming 42″ OLEDs.

I bought this hoping it would be good for everything: movies, photo editing, and general desktop work. I had a few annoying problems at first: it kept waking itself up out of standby and I couldn’t find any setting that would make text on the MacOS desktop look good.

Updating the firmware to V041 solved these problems, the standby bug is gone and the new firmware has a “VividPixel” setting which can be turned down to make text look decent. (this seems to be a sharpening filter, the default setting is over sharpened) Apart from that the picture quality was always stunning on movies and the monitor looks cool.

It has a white back that looks like part of the Millenium Falcon (not visible in any of the product photos).

Getting DSC to function correctly in my experience can be kind of difficult depending on the complexity of your setup & how many monitors you have running & what graphics card you have. I ran into all sorts of troubles for months that ended up being another monitor I had plugged into an HDMI port on my graphics card that was causing the flashing black screen issue on this monitor at the 144hz setting for months.

Making it even more complicated my old 2080 Ti does not suffer from this issue with this monitor & the old monitor on HDMI, only my new 3080 did. Keep is simple stupid, if you have problems. https://www.

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I use a pair of these for software development — plenty of screen space for IDE, notes, documentation, email, and chat to be permanently on-screen. Having 4 device inputs is great for connecting to Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chromecast.

Only thing I wish that the monitor had was a physical switch for input selection — the OSD/remote controls are fickle to use. Must use with a monitor stand. Good quality and amazing value.

TranslateShow in original languageNet een uur in mijn bezit, ter vervanging van een Philips BDM4350UC die (na al een keer de led diffusors te hebben teruggeplaatst ivm witte vlekken in het scherm) nu ineens bovenin het beeld donker was geworden.

Tijd voor wat nieuws. Na wat rondkijken gekozen voor deze IIyama vanwege het energielabel dat lager is dan dat van de meeste andere 43″ monitoren en de optie om hem evt straks nog op een hogere refreshrate te kunnen gebruiken.

Daarnaast heb ik vaker IIyama’s gehad en ze ze hebben me eigenlijk nog nooit teleurgesteld. De bestelling ging wat minder soepel dan ik van Coolblue gewend ben, de “voor 23:59 besteld, morgen gratis bezorgd” bleek een dag later te worden.

Wat onhandig als je er vanuit gaat dat je de dag na je bestelling weer kan werken, maar ik vermoed dat het druk is bij PostNL momenteel en dat Coolblue er niet veel aan kan doen. Vandaag de monitor dan in ontvangst genomen.

Qua formaat is hij net zo groot als de oude Philips maar deze voet is wel een stuk fijner, ook omdat je het scherm hierop ook wat kunt kantelen. Het bevestigen van de voet is 1 schroefje aandraaien en klaar, ideaal.

Voor mijn gevoel kan het scherm ook wat meer naar achteren tegen te muur dan mijn vorige scherm. Verder ziet het er netjes uit, niet al te dikke randen en het panel zit mooi strak in de behuizing, je kunt de buitenste pixels prima zien.

Links en rechts is er wat lichte vignetting waar te nemen. Niet storend maar het is daar wel iets donkerder. Het scherm kijkt fijn, met een mooi rustig beeld. Wat wel een minpunt is: in de specs staat dat dit een mat scherm is.

Ik weet niet precies waar ze het mee vergelijken, maar op het werk heb ik een zelfde formaat scherm staan van LG, die is aanzienlijk matter dan deze IIyama. Eigenlijk is het gewoon een glanzend scherm, je ziet jezelf er in weerspiegelen overdag.

Nu is dat voor mij thuis geen ramp maar als je een echt mat scherm wilt zou ik deze niet kopen en even naar bv. de LG 43UD79-B kijken. Het geluid is zoals verwacht bij dit soort monitors niet heel bijzonder.

Het klinkt wat dof, alsof het geluid uit een pak melk komt. Vooral bij bv een interview is het door de dofheid wat lastig te volgen. Voor mij geen issue aangezien ik losse studiospeakers heb en eigenlijk zelden tot nooit de speakers van de monitor gebruik, maar verwacht er niet al te veel van.

Qua instellingen kun je alleen het volume aanpassen. Het scherm instellen via de knopjes aan de rechterzijkant was even wat lastig, omdat het na 5 seconden alweer uit gaat. Je kunt dit zelf op bv. 15 seconden zetten, maar het was handig geweest als IIyama dat standaard al had gedaan.

Verder staat het scherm standaard erg warm ingesteld waardoor wit vrij gelig is, dus ook dat even aangepast. Het menu is redelijk uitgebreid en zijn er wat eco standen die met name de helderheid van het scherm beinvloeden (een beetje vergelijkbaar met het sparen van de batterij van je telefoon door het scherm minder fel te zetten).

Je krijgt er een aantal aansluitkabels bij en een afstandbediening. Ik had wat moeite met de afstandbediening, die leek soms niet te reageren. Als je dat ook hebt: je moet wat lager mikken, dan werkt ie prima.

😉 Het scherm instellen via de afstandbediening is overigens aanzienlijk makkelijker dan met de knopjes op het scherm, alles werkt dan een stuk logischer. Ik heb het scherm gekocht om op te werken (programmeren) en voor in mijn thuisstudio (audio/visueel).

Gamen doe ik alleen op de PS5 op mijn TV dus daar kan ik niet veel over zeggen. Ubuntu detecteerde het scherm direct, dat is wel makkelijk. Bij oa. de Philips en LG schermen moest ik eerst nog wat doen om de juiste HDMI variant te selecteren voor een goede refreshrate, dat ging bij dit scherm allemaal vanzelf.

Al met al een prima scherm. Met name door het formaat kun je bij bv. audiobewerking erg veel sporen op je scherm kwijt en je kunt perfect inzoomen zonder dat we van alles buiten beeld valt.