LG Ultragear FHD 32-Inch Gaming Monitor 32GN50R, VA 5ms (GtG) with HDR 10 Compatibility, NVIDIA G-SYNC, and AMD FreeSync Premium, 165Hz, Black

I had this model months ago but used it and I kept tinkering around with it to see any visual or performance differences between HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4a in HDR and 240hz. I was able to see differences - which I thought was ODD since HDMI 2.1 had greater bandwidth and was newer. To put it short, DP was quicker, had whiter whites at similar adjustment and it allowed me to get into the BIOS, which HDMI does not even display the BIOS screen! DP with DSC is the only version that allows you to get 1440P/HDR/10-bit color/240hz. HDMI 2.1 allows those with room to spare. I then tried those settings with DP 1.4 with no DSC, and it will not allow anything above 144hz. I found that odd since DP specs say that it is doable. From gaming, I found that DP 1.4 @144hz AND @240hz DSC, reacted quicker than HDMI 2.1 (both with the latest, high quality official cables) and gaming textures appeared more realistic and more detailed. Of course, I am wondering how this was possible - but that is what I got! I also noticed that when I gamed with 2.1 and DP DSC @240hz, performance took a hit - which I again thought was ODD! Colors even looked washed out @240hz - gaming and Windows. I was starting to think that LG was using 240hz as a marketing gimmick and it was really a 144hz monitor pushed to 240hz by monitor software. Then I thought - the overdrive in the monitor pushes it to 265hz, so something else was up. Anyway, I just kept checking this out online, mainly for pricing - just out of curiosity. I like to see if I got the best deal. So, I look on Amazon and I see that it is going for about $150 LESS than I paid not long ago. For some reason, Amazon did not want to give me the price difference and save a return. I am glad that they did not!!! Today, I get the replacement model and although the box was damaged - this replacement was manufactured on 07/2022 and the previous was 05/2022. I decided to look at the dates once I hooked the new one up and immediately noticed TWO things - NOT LAG @240hz, and more luscious and distinct colors! This was at 240hz, so I decided to run more tests! THIS TIME, I immediately noticed MORE color, MORE detail and more freedom in HD/4K movies, gaming and internet! I viewed the same scenes from Book of Boba Fett, and on the other model, it looked great, but nothing special. On this replacement - it looked liked something special! This time, I could see the stitching in the clothing and difference textures on Fett's helmet, along with totally distinct colors and extreme detail! The difference as clear. In gaming, I started up GTA V Online and more details were clear and the city looked more realistic as colors were more localized for whatever section of the city had whatever color scheme. There were more minute details in effects and textures. Most importantly - @240hz - it was SMOOTH, CLEAN, QUICK, with no lag! This was on DP 1.4a and HDMI 2.1! Textures were more realistic and brought greater effect! This time, it also seemed as if the greater bandwidth in HDMI 2.1 was showing. However, both performed greatly. Maybe the replacement had a newer firmware, allowing the full bandwidth of both inputs, or the old one just had some issue holding them back. Either way, I am happy that I switched out, as I save money AND get better performance! Lastly, I don't want a 4K monitor, as I don't want my PC having as good or better quality as my TV - even though watching live shows on this monitor @240hz DOES bring in better quality than the TV. Sometimes I imagine if seeing 4K @240hz would look even better... UPDATE ONE: I noticed some edge bleeding along the bottom and it turns black into a cranberry or faded look. As much as I love the performance of THIS one, I may have to exchange it. I just hope that the next one has the uniformity of the first one but with the quality and performance of the second one. They SHOULD have better quality control at this price point. Part of me wonder if I got a 4K panel reduced to 1440P. We will see.... UPDATE TWO (12/19/22): I did receive the new one and I did get the best of both worlds! I now have the black and more uniform display of the first one, along with the performance and detail of the second one - despite it having been manufactured on 6/22. I feared for the worse, but now I can safely say that this is it and I am satisfied. I went over all materials that I had gone over with the 2nd model and blacks in the corners are black and not emitting a cranberry color light and watching movies or anything is now more even with a much better presentation. Blacks are blacks (as far as LCD's go) and colors are backed by black and actual white, without the cranberry coloring infringing on the picture. The only small detail is that it is not quite as detailed as the 2nd, but it is close. Maybe the extra light did something to the picture, but the added blacks on the 3rd reinforce the picture. I knew that constantly seeing that cranberry coloring in the corners would always be on my mind, and I am glad that I made the switch. Hopefully this will be the last monitor that I buy for years. There is STILL the issue of colors looking richer from Displayport than on HDMI 2.1 @240hz, despite HDMI having more bandwidth. I still find that odd. I thought that both had the same color capabilities. I also tried 260hz and I have not noticed any oddities and it made the picture a little sharper and more detailed. This seems like the best overall deal for a monitor with HDMI 2.1 and the other features. If you do get a different brand, make sure it has DP 1.4a if it does not have HDMI 2.1. Lastly, the 240hz picture - be it watching videos or playing games, looks very clean and clear and dare I say better than a 4K TV. It reminds me of 1080i vs 1080P. UPDATE THREE (7/1/2023): LOL. Yes, another update. I thought that I should add, that I originally used a separately purchased HDMI 2.1 cable and all of the above applied to that. I JUST got around to switching to an unlicensed Pacroban white cable that I bought about 3 years ago - and that, for some reason, gave an instantaneous improvement in bandwidth! I don't know if it was what it was made of or what, but when I was playing GTA V online, everything was rendered with all setting maxed out! Even MORE details came out with small particle effects such as glass being shot out, explosions, smoke, debris in the air, cars that look even more like painted metal, rocks that look more realistic and with more depth! Best of all - ZERO latency and when I moved the mouse around, the 48gbps HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, finally felt as if it had the bandwidth to spare! However - it get's even better!!! I put the licensed cable on my 4K TV - and THAT one greatly improved the picture quality similar to what I just described for my 4k Sony player! So... I decided to use the licensed cable from another brand and hook it up to my PC - and what I just described was the same - but better!!!! There must be some internal differences between cable quality, as I used to keep trying to decide if the DP was better and why the HDMI 2.1 seemed no better than DP. NOW, it is a no contest! I ditched the DP cable and now the HDMI 2.1 is a the CLEAR-CUT winner! Add to that an NVIDIA update that now allows the BIOS to be accessed through HDMI, and now HDMI 2.1 is where it is at all the way. The improvement is so great, that I now give this monitor the full five stars instead of four! NOW - I have the experience that I expected from this! it is crazy how after a year, my mind is blown even more so!

I would like to mention that I have 34GP950G-B and a 32GP850-B that I use for a combination of gaming and work. I decided to pick this monitor up for the fact that it has HDMI 2.1 and I recently got a PS5. The 32GQ850-B.AUS was clearly designed around supporting gaming consoles as it shows most of the video features that current game consoles display on their video menus, for example, VRR setting. Of course, previous monitor versions with G-Sync are VRR capable it is just not shown on the display menu. I would say if I compare my last year 32GP850-B with the new 32GQ850-B the only differences I see are (not comprehensive): 1- Higher Refresh rate. 2- More console centered Display menu showing the status of VRR. See attached pictures for detail. 3- HDMI 2.1. 4- DTS headphone Jack. 5- Higher price. 6- RGB-LED lighting at the back of the monitor. That being said, in terms of day-by-day work and gaming I saw not much difference. During work the difference between 165Hz to 240Hz was not visible from my point of view. For PS5 gaming there is no difference due to the capabilities of the console itself. However, I must say that both of these monitors support 4K@60Hz on the PS5 which is quite awesome. I believe these monitors come with a 4k panel and limited by software to 2k resolution. I used my 34GP950G-B to compare the RGB lighting with the 32GQ850-B and I have no say there is no comparison. The RGB on the new 32GQ850-B are quite lacking on features and flexibility, one main drawback is that you cannot really control the intensity of the light you can only turn them on or off. In addition, this can only be done thru the on-screen menu there is no hardware on the monitor do adjust the lights. The 34GP950G-B does have a dedicated dial to adjust the lights brightness. Do not get me wrong the lights looks amazing but could be quite bright if looking at them directly. All of these 3 monitors suffer of the usual IPS issues, black not being pitch black and panel edge light bleeding. Of course, this will depend from panel to panel and I have been lucky enough not to have panels with light bleeding. To me these IPS issues are not a deal breaker and I enjoy all of these 3 monitors. HDR works great on all of them as long as you do not enable the response to the FASTEST this will cause a horrible halo effect when you scroll. In conclusion, if you own a 32GP850-B I do not see the need for an upgrade to the new 32GQ850-B. If you are in the market for an excellent overall monitor then the 32GQ850-B could be the one you are looking for as it checks all the boxes for gaming and work. Now if you do not care about the extra 80Hz of refresh rate and VRR being displayed on the menu or HDMI 2.1 then you can save yourself tons of money if you go for the 32GP850-B. I would recommend the 32GQ850-B only if it is on sale otherwise, I would still pick 32GP850-B.

Awesome monitor up to this point. Premium model 240hz, dark spots forming This monitor was not cheap. UPDATE: This 240hz monitor no longer operates in 240hz, it is now a 120hz monitor with no explanation, and the burn in is gradually getting worse. 2/22/25

Very Very good condition 240hz 98% DCI-P3 Very amazing For gaming and video editing and color grading

Procuraré dar la mejor reseña posible en el poco tiempo que tengo con el monitor. Es mi primer monitor de alta gama y valor (o tal vez, gama media alta), y es la renovación de mi setup, por lo que no podría dar referencias con respecto a otros monitores del mercado. Antes que nada, trabajo como programador y estoy de home office, lo cual puede ser relevante para ti si es que buscas un monitor que se adapte tanto al trabajo como a la hora de jugar. Menciono esto, porque primero tuve 2 monitores VA baratos de 24", al principio eran buenos y siguen siendo buenos para gaming, pero para trabajar, después de un tiempo comencé con molestias en los ojos, tras un periodo de estar viendo el código, me lastimaba levemente los ojos, ya que, los ángulos de visión eran realmente malos en esos monitores, por lo que decidí comprar uno de 32 igual VA de LG (el que se muestra a la izquierda en las imágenes) y el salto en calidad fue superior, con ese ya no me dolieron los ojos, veo las cosas desde mejores ángulos y el brillo es superior, incluso podía comprar otro similar y quedarme con ambos. Pero, para ser sinceros, algo le faltaba y es que, al ver las orillas, como que se ve oscuro y no me deja ver el scroll para navegar por el código o las páginas web. Entonces, después de ver reviews y comparativas vs el Odyssey G7, al final decidí comprar este monitor para ver si con eso ya no tendría problemas de ningún tipo... Y realmente superó mis expectativas!!! El monitor luce increíble en sus acabados, tiene esas luces traseras que lo hacen lucir aún más caro de lo que está, el diseño es magnífico. Y lo más importante, la nitidez, brillo de la pantalla, los ángulos de visión, los colores, pff, todo mejora con creces incluso contra el otro monitor que tengo, lo opaca en todo sentido! Para trabajar está más que perfecto, no tengo ya ninguna queja o detalle que le pueda encontrar, el brillo lo tengo al 30 y siento que ya se ve bien, brillante, contra el nivel 50 en brillo que tiene el otro monitor. Ustedes pueden ver la comparación de colores en el gaming contra un monitor VA de menos precio a pesar de que es de la misma marca (LG UltraGear). Por lo que se aprecia, la representación de colores es abismalmente mejor, sin duda compraré otro monitor de estos para cambiar el que tengo de menor gama. Con respecto al ghosting, a mi parecer prácticamente es inexistente, verificando las reviews que vi en inglés donde hacen el UFO test, tampoco no he encontrado fugas de luz (ojo, en la cámara parece verse algo extraño, pero saben que, a diferencia de una cámara, el ojo humano lo interpreta distino), el ips glow la verdad no soy muy experto, pero la verdad es que no me quejo nada en todos esos temas que podrían preocuparlos. La conexión por USB funciona excelente y en el monitor tengo conectado un micrófono el cual reconoce sin problemas. Aún no hago pruebas con todos los ajustes y parámetros que tiene el monitor, en mi caso no lo veo necesario, ya que casi no juego competitivo. Veredicto final: 10/10 es excelentísimo para jugar y para programar es una chulada, contenido multimedia y ocio más que de sobra.

Un MUY BUEN MONITOR, cumple lo prometido, ojo, no tengas miedo a los comentarios de abajo y la valoración que le dan en Amazon (yo tenía ese miedo xD), ya que te digo de una vez que el monitor llego excelente!, totalmente nuevo y un panel ips sin nada, literal sin nada de problemas. Los colores y calidad de imagen puff, los 260hz son una sabrosura y eso que vengo de 144hz 1080p. Acá obtienes 2k y 4k, 2k 260OC y 4k 120hz, debes usar el displayport para los 260hz y la novedad es que ya incluye HDMI 2.1 para las consolas de última generación, gracias a esto veras 4k 120hz en la configuración de las consolas sin problema. hasta aqui mi reporte Joaquín y como conclusión este monitor sin duda ha sido mi mejor compra. No extrañas el 4k si eres gamer AAA y FPS.

Excellente monitor para mi uso. Antes tenía un Asus 24" 144Hz, quería dar el salto en Hz a 240 pero a la vez también quería una buena resolución ya que algunas veces lo utilizo para trabajar y mientras mas espacio para mis "Exceles" y correo pues mejor. Es de 32 pulgadas y buscaba ese tamaño para jugar CoD y poder ver mas grande la imagen, la cual por cierto es muy buena. Entrando a mayor detalle yo no compré este monitor para editar fotos, video, etc, nada que requiera la fidelidad de colores, para mi es muy bueno el calibrado que viene de fábrica pero puede que haya a quien no le parezca suficiente. Los negros al no ser un monitor OLED se puede decir que son buenos a secas, pongo las imágenes en donde se supone es un "Black OLED wallpaper" y pues claro que se aprecia el tono gris, sin embargo no tiene destellos irregulares de luz o pixeles muertos. El brillo es excelente aunque si tienes una ventana detrás de tu escritorio si te reflejará un poco. El único punto que no me agradó es que se mueve mucho la pantalla al teclear, entiendo que es por el gran tamaño del monitor pero si es un poco exagerado el "tambaleo" recomiendo ponerlo sobre un brazo o en la pared. Nota: Viene con un cable de alta velocidad para el puerto HDMI 2.1 y si alcanza los 240Hz a 1440p en mi PC sin problemas.

Je suis très satisfait, belle résolution, Merci