LG 32GK850G-B 32" QHD Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate and NVIDIA G-Sync

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My 1st monitor was the Asus Rog 34inch 1440p 100hz gsync monitor. This currently is sitting on my desk @ home. The reason why I bought this monitor was because I needed a 2nd monitor for my girlfriends house, mind you I have an ITX SFF PC Build. That means I can bring my tiny pc anywhere I want. So I needed a monitor with all the bells & whistles, and this monitor happens to fill all the check marks. What I initially was worried about is the PPI I lose from my x34 to this one. From 108 PPI to 91 PPI, I was concerned this wont be as crisp as I hoped it to be. Another issue I was afraid of was will I be able to go back to 16:9? I loved the experience and enjoyed my extra peripheral vision while playing games. Lastly, this panel is a VA, and using an IPS monitor for a little over a year now. So I took a look at this monitor for a couple hours now, and I am blown away. Coming from [ 34in 21:9 1440p 100hz Gsync ] to [ 32in 16:9 1440p 144hz gsync ], here are my pros and cons: Pros: - 32 inches is big. Big means I can see everything especially enemies from far away - Screen size makes up for 21:9 - 144hz vs 100hz ; there is a noticeable difference. It feels more buttery and I prefer higher FPS - 16:9 = faster FPS vs 21:9 ; all the pixels I lost now make up for a high refresh rate - Colors are still very good - NO MORE BLACK BARS YES WOOHOO Cons: - Text does appear less crisp, as I expected for 91 ppi - Viewing angels shift compared to IPS monitors, but its not like I play at an angle or anyone else is watching me play - VA panel, colors not as good as IPS, but this one is very acceptable. Overall, I can confidently say that the LG 32in is officially my go to monitor. I sacrifice my ultrawide experience and pixel density in return for a faster refresh rate, larger screen size, and still a very immersive and enjoyable experience.

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Pros: - Brightness - Color accuracy - Refresh rate of 144 hz, overdrive to 160 hz - 1440p - Easy-to-use display controls via joystick - No ridiculous gamer branding - Rear LED ring provides decent bias lighting Cons: - Only HDMI and DisplayPort inputs. Wouldve liked to have seen more (HDMI, DVI, Mini DisplayPort) - Rear LED ring could be a bit brighter - Price. Id expect this monitor to be closer to $600-700. Ive been using this display for about two months now. Before that Id been looking at an upgrade from NEC EA243WM and EA241WM panels (both TN panels) for quite some time. While my primary use is editing software, I desired a higher refresh rate both for lessening eye strain and a more optimized gaming experience. I chose this display due to its extremely positive reviews as being a great middle ground between an IPS and a TN panel. Unlike most IPS panels, this panel has no backlight bleed. Unlike most TN panels, this VA panel has good viewing angles, very dark blacks and great color accuracy. It also has gamer-friendly features without being over-the-top with colored logos and lights some panels. Having used NEC panels and professional workstations, the lack of a wide variety of input options was a bit of a turn-off, but I realistically wont have a problem connecting any devices. It also seems these days one needs to accept some trade-offs when choosing a display for mixed use. The controls are great. I can switch inputs or turn off the display or change the mode with just two button presses on a small joystick located on the underside of the display. On both of my NEC displays doing the same thing required first identifying the buttons and then counting up or down to locate the correct one to press. On other displays I tested, one or more of these actions required opening up a settings menu first, a real PITA. The LED ring on the back of the display may be a little gimmicky (fixed presets, not as bright as Id like) but is bright enough to give you good bias lighting when using the display in the darkness. I also appreciate that its easy to turn on and off, and that this setting is remembered between powering on and off the display. Regardless of your choice of display, ts easy enough to add USB-powered bias lighting, like with the Luminoodle USB Bias Lighting . Coming from two 24" displays, a single 32" is BIG. For productivity this is great. For gaming, it becomes even more important to find the right distance from your eyes to the screen. For me its about two and a half feet from this one. Playing Sea of Thieves too close to this screen made me feel a bit seasick. This can of course be alleviated by positioning the display further back on your desk, or sitting slightly more away from it, but be aware of your desktop space and how far back youll be sitting from the screen. I didnt use the included stand for this display, but opted to use a VIVO Single Monitor Stand in order to save some desktop space. Because I like to use my displays with multiple computers, I had also considered buying a monitor with built-in KVM (multiple USB upstream, multiple USB downstream). However the benefits of that feature are handicapped by implementation; the monitor manufacturers rarely "get it right" when it comes to usability and controls. In the case of the Dell UltraSharp I tested, it was a pain to go through the menus to change the USB input. I ended up removing built-in KVM from my requirements list and instead purchased an IOGEAR 3.0/4 Port Switch which I absolutely love. It connects to both my MacBook and my PC and lets me switch my input (mouse & keyboard) between both via the included wired button Ive affixed to the bottom of my desk. If you use multiple displays and connected computers you will really enjoy such a solution. Overall Im very happy with this purchase, and expect to be using this display for the next several years. LG seems to be a good brand, so hopefully therell be no reason to use the 1-year warranty.

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The monitor is absolutely amazing in performance... I took one star off for a glaring issue I dont fully understand as someone who has tried 30 or so monitors. The colors on this panel while accurate are not as vibrant as any VA panel made popular by Samsung... The Samsung panels are known for their popping colors and while this one has the same panel style it doesnt have the same coloration. Now on the Samsung if you up the response time the colors fade and on this one there is little if any fade by using the monitor at its full performance. All in all this is the best gaming panel Ive used when compared to BENQ, Samsung, Asus, Dell... I have not tried any of the Acer Predator line. I didnt know I could be so satisfied with a monitor. At the performance level if you remove my subjective coloration view no monitor touches this one in use. I did not run any scientific tests Im judging it specifically on using this panel compared to all the other panels I used and got rid of.

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First off, this is not a bad gaming monitor. G-Sync, 32 inches wide, QHD resolution, and a very good performing VA panel with excellent contrast. That being said, Ive not found a decent use for it as an upgrade to my AOC 24" G-Sync monitor. The VA panel produces excellent contrast, colors, and blacks, but suffers noticeably from poor viewing angles. Im not that far from the monitor (maybe a few feet), and the sides have a very noticeable darkening effect. Given the fact that this has no monitor curvature, this made things a bit worse in my opinion. A panel curve could change the viewing angle, which should improve the VA panel viewing angle. To what degree is debatable, but for my unique setup, I think it would have made a positive difference. It would have also made the price tag seem more reasonable. The 2560x1440 resolution at 32" is good, but has roughly the same pixel density as a 1080p 23.5" to 24" monitor. I noticed no sharpness increase, which was to be expected. However, 32" at the same pixel density makes everything bigger and more immersive, so there are still benefits to a larger screen in this regard. G-Sync worked flawlessly, minus the screen flicker (but thats a deep and far-reaching problem caused by G-Syncs implementation). Having that $200 price tag hurts a lot though, and thats exactly why Ive given this a 3 star rating: price. For my setup, I saw very little benefit and value coming from an already amazing G-Sync panel. I was not expecting the VA panel to suffer so badly in terms of viewing angles. For almost $700, it did not seem like a justified expense. For those who have yet to experience G-Sync though, have no doubts—this is still a solid gaming monitor. But perhaps there is some better value to be found elsewhere? The Sphere Lighting feature is a nice touch, but the lack of full user customizability makes it, in my opinion, a gimmick. It would be amazing if the lighting could be changed via software, and had an option to adapt to on screen colors. Oh, and the OSD joystick navigation system is the best Ive seen yet. Absolutely better than standard buttons on all fronts. The OSD menu itself is also nicely designed. If you can get this on sale for around $500, it would be worth its price tag.

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This panel has excellent uniformity across the board, both colors and blacks/greys. The Pixel response times are far faster than the "5ms" advertised would lead you to believe. Particularly relative to the "1ms" response times advertised on other panels. Think of it this way: Those are the fastest response times and only ONE transition amongst literally millions... At 165 Hz a response time of 6ms would completely eliminate ANY blurring. And the response times are so fast on this panel that only high speed photography and fast on screen movements would even be able to capture any sort of evidence of blur. Ghosting from overshoot is almost entirely eliminated and can only be seen if you specifically find a environmental contrast like a dark object against a bright background and quickly move back and forth AND look very close to see it. Theres no way youre going to notice this in games. So effectively this panel has no observable blurring or ghosting AND is 165 Hz so fast movements look SUPER fluid. The VA panel offers a night and day difference in static contrast relative to IPS and TN panels which normally have at maximum 1000:1 static contrast. This panel has a static Contrast of 3000:1. This is the total difference between the darkest dark on the screen and the lightest lights, and every shade in between. Not just blacks/greys/whites either, but the shading of colors too, which makes them POP. IPS and TN panels look washed out by comparison. And it has G-sync, a huger contributor to just how much this panel, a VA type that usually is known for smearing, completely eliminates it across all refresh ranges (due to its ability to adaptively adjust its pixel overdrive). I was skeptical about G-Sync and high refresh before I bought this panel. G-Sync is real. The Adaptive Sync range is 1 FPS to 165 FPS. This is far beyond the capabilities of Freesync even in its best form. Ive cranked up settings (5K+250% resolution) and played at 10-11 FPS, which although still only being a 10 FPS slide show, was also still smooth and playable. The only caveat Id have with this panel is that the first one I received had a dead pixel just above the center on the screen. I cannot say this is due to generally poor quality control as most reviews have reflected otherwise. But it was there and theres no denying it. Which is why Im so glad to have bought this panel on Amazon, who promptly sent me a new one which arrived two days after I made a ticket. I was allowed to keep the one I had until the new one arrived and return shipping was paid for by Amazon. I am happy to say that the new one is completely free of the defects of the previous one. And it was literally the next one on the assembly line. The serial number of every single component was exactly one number away from the defective panel. I would urge any consumer to promptly inspect all aspects of their product upon receipt no matter how glowing quality control reviews imply. In the end, this is a BIG and Beautiful display with functionality perfectly suited to PC gamers, particularly the overwhelming majority that are GeForce gamers, out there. It cost less than most UW displays and requires less GPU power to drive it, which only adds to the benefit that its much higher refresh rate allows. Its uniformity and performance in terms of blurring/ghosting is far superior to even the very best UW displays. I find that having a bigger higher refresh 16:9 format display that allows you to flick back and forth quickly to take your environment in is far superior to an UW that forces you to move your head back and forth to truly take advantage of the panels wider aspect ratio. Our eyes have a limited area were out vision is truly good enough to really distinguish elements anyway and having to move your head negatively effects both your immersion and your reaction time. Sitting back far enough from an UW to truly take everything in only makes everything so much smaller and harder to distinguish. UI interfaces on an UWs are extremely hard to take in all at once. I would urge anyone considering an UW instead of a 16:9 panel with the vastly superior performance of the LG 32GK850G-B to consider all these points.... For $800 its really a great deal relative to other offerings on the market. The 32" Freesync 2 Samsung CHG70 is a truly awful performing panel cross the board, all the highs of the LG are starkly contrasted by lows on the Samsung, which I wanted badly to buy before I read the reviews.... UWs are universally poorer performing panels due to thew limits of their aspect ratio and the manufacturing process. IPS panels suffer from slower response times and washed out colors (little shade gradation), not to mention greyer blacks. TNs only offer almost completely meaningless improvements to response times while returning the same poor contrast as IPS panels in addition to poor colors and viewing angles.

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-Jaw dropping visuals; especially if you have a good card that can run 1440 P games at 60+ frames - Abiltiy to OC to 165 hz/ adjust reponse time. - G-Sync - RGB on the back is really nice for gaming in the dark. - I couldn’t tell the difference between VA or IPS panel (I have a LG ultra wide IPS) next to this. I feel like the contrast and picture is more vivid with VA panel IMO. - Joystick is easy to use, responsive and simplistic. - Stand is stiff and sturdy; quick and easy install. - I tried to think of any negatives and I couldn’t think of one. Conclusion: I did loads of research before dropping over 700 dollars on a gaming monitor. After I compared this to it’s competiors~ (Acer predator/ ASUS Rog monitors) I walked away more impressed with this one! I highly recommend for an immersive experience, because simply put it’s just that, IMMERSIVE!

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Ultimately -- this is REALLY beautiful and immersive for gaming. 165hz on such a large screen + Frostbite 3 game engine is just surreal. You can easily switch "modes" to a reader view, and its easy to adjust contrast from 0-75 on top of that for day/night (apparently VA panels are AMAZING in low light... never felt as comfortable gaming in pitch black as with this monitor, especially with the back lighting). Super immersive and doesnt strain my eyes at all, even with contrast at 0. This monitor is infinitely better than IPS in low-light. My only problem is that with fine-grain text and only 1440p on such a large VA monitor, the pixel separation is noticeable and it feels like my vision is blurry, because the font isnt quite as smooth as it should be. Theres a bit of "blur" around adjacent pixels, just because the fine-lines between them

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I just built a new system and got a 2070 graphics card. So I wanted a nice 144hz larger monitor w/gsync to go with it. So I bought one of these. I could get it to 144hz in windows and it seemed okay. I also had another side monitor connected and when that was on the screen flickered on this one when scrolling web pages etc.. not all the time but enough to notice. Only got to try one game real fast and I could not get the game to run in 144hz like windows was. Maybe a config thing so I wont hold that against it. So since this is a new PC I was installing some software and left the room. When I came back the screen was black. Dead. I could not get the onscreen menu to come on or anything. The ring in the back was still on. disconnecting and reconnecting the cable made the Windows sound for that so Window seen it. Just no display. Only got to use it maybe two hours. Now Amazon wont simply exchange it, only a return. <SIGH> That is fine but now what do I do? Buy another one? From that same company?

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got this as an upgrade from a tv. the jump to 165 hz was stunning. the color is great, anybody that says the color is bad because of its being a VA panel is nuts. if the colors were any more vibrant theyd look fake. the slight loss of pixel density doesnt bother me at all, i dont sit with my nose glued to the screen anyway so its hard to even notice. whats easy to notice is the jump to 1440p from 1080p. MUCH sharper picture. the main reasons i went with this over the standard 27" 1440p IPS monitor that everyone else sells is i like to watch a good bit of netflix/amazon/hbo and often like to watch from the couch. 27" would be a real strain to see from the couch. also this has a 3000:1 contrast ratio and the others are all 1000:1 at best. i like the shadows and dark scenes in my movies to actually be dark. 5ms is more than fast enough for any human, if you think youll suffer with anything over 2ms you are just lying to yourself or you are a cyborg. construction is quite good. i saw a few people complaining about the base being plastic. it is SLEEVED in plastic the whole stand, feet and pole, is metal under that veneer of plastic. its plenty sturdy unless you plan on playing rugby with it. price is high but not much higher than the competition and its a LOT bigger. right now its the only one of its kind available. well worth it in my opinion. also the bias lighting is really nice for playing/watching in the dark. strongly recommend.

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This monitor is really nice. I had an LG 21:9 Ultra wide but i like this one better. The question is this. I know what screen tearing is and what causes it and this monitor has G-Sync and eliminates it but why do we have screen tearing now but we never had it before. The last 20 some years i never saw screen tearing until i bought the most expensive video cards and most expensive monitor. But anyway this LG GK850G-B has the technology to STOP screen tearing. I keep the RGB lighting off but I like this one better than my ultra wide 21:9

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