LG 27UD68-W 27-Inch 4K UHD IPS Monitor with FreeSync

The monitor itself is fantastic. The cheap-o plastic base that comes with it is pretty much garbage, though. Plan on buying a proper monitor stand to go with this! I use this with my new 13" MacBook Pro and the colors are amazing. I was on the lookout for a 4k monitor, after having gotten used to sitting at a big old Apple Cinema Display. They dont make those anymore, so I began the hunt. This is by far the best rated 4k monitor for the price, hands down. The colors are fantastic, I have zero bleeding or display issues at all. The menus are easy to access and manipulate, which is always a plus. The tiny bezels are what really pushed this monitor over the competition for me. I sit with with my desk facing a window so I can enjoy the sunshine and I really like that the the bezels are really small, minimizing the amount of blocked view to my window. The stand the monitor comes with is probably the only negative thing about it. I have it sitting on a standing desk, which means theres a little bit more movement to the desk then normal, and its enough to cause the whole monitor to constantly wobble while Im typing. There are decent, well-made monitor stands available for pretty cheap, though, so I wouldnt let that stop you from buying this!

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This is a nice monitor. I got it for a little under $400, open box, and the only issue Im able to find with it is two small magenta "smears" when the monitor is displaying pure black. When theres an image on the screen, or the monitor is off, Im unable to tell that theres any kind of blemish. If I had to guess, this is not a defect so much as probably something caused by somebody mishandling the monitor, not wanting to be responsible for the damage they caused, and then returning it. Im using it via a DisplayPort connection and it works just fine. Im not interested in the dual input options or the ability to control the menu with the mouse, I pretty much just leave the color settings at sRGB with 50% brightness and go with it. Ive not done any real hard color-comparing yet, but it appears to be faithful to reality. The included stand looks pretty cheesy; I have not used it, it was immedately screwed onto an Ergotron NeoFlex that I had lying around and it works very well that way. The picture made it looks like the VESA mount screws were very near the top of the monitor and that I wouldnt be able to get enough height, but it mounts up perfectly and has a very usable height range. The picture, from what I can tell without looking at it REALLY critically for a very long time, appears to be consistent from side to side, top to bottom, and at any reasonable angle. Im impressed. Even at a bargain price its still more than Ive ever spent on a monitor, but it seems to be worth it. I like that the image goes nearly all the way to the edge on three sides and that theres no protruding border, its all just nice and flush with the panel. Why not 5 stars? The back of the thing is cheesy; I dont like how the plugs just stick straight out, like they made this thing as bare-bones as possible. The power adapter is kinda cheesy too, but not too bad. Some MINOR nitpicks would be the standby light - it would be nice to have the option to have it "breathe" instead of just blink on and off, or just not be on at all. It can be turned off when the monitor is on, but it will blink on/off when in standby. Finally, whoever repackaged the monitor arranged it so that the panel was face up, right at the top of the box and not covered by anything to protect it. If I werent a very experienced, sophisticated consumer, Id have gone through with the knife when opening the box and destroyed the panel. Be careful!

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I love this monitor. It looks exactly like advertised. There is almost no bezel and the picture quality is crystal clear. It even boasts a excellent response time for an IPS monitor. The only complaint I have about the monitor its self is that it will occasionally (around once a month) get a dead pixel which a pixel fixing program will not fix, but every time it has happened it was fine the next day. The stand on the other hand is utter garbage. Do not mount this excellent monitor on the flimsy piece of plastic it comes with or it will fall over. If you buy this monitor a VESA mount is a must. I knew this before buying this monitor and that is why I am still giving this 4 stars.

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