LG UltraGear FHD 32-Inch Gaming Monitor 32GN50R, VA 5ms (GtG) with HDR 10 Compatibility, NVIDIA G-SYNC, and AMD FreeSync Premium, 165Hz, Black
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Marissa M.
> 3 dayGreat quality at a good price!
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JOSHUA
> 3 dayLet me open up this review by saying, yes, you should get this. Its good. I like it. I dont regret my purchase in any way whatsoever and you probably wont either. Im now going to complain because something this good shouldnt have some of the weird nearly-inconsequential flaws that it does. Input auto-switching is finicky. You occasionally have to do it by hand when it should be obvious to the monitor which input is active. The slim bezel is a double-edged sword. I love that its comfortable to use in a pair. I also wish it had a little more top bezel to clamp a camera to. FreeSync works great and theres an extended compatibility mode that is intended to make it work with G-Sync if you monkey with your drivers a little. That isnt as consistently reliable as I wish it were, but once you get it going its mostly fine. It urgently wants to go into sleep mode if theres no signal. This isnt really a problem at all unless you have multiple systems hooked up to the monitor. If you do, you will often find yourself in a situation where you switch inputs, turn on your other machine, and if it doesnt boot like lightning the monitor will assume theres no signal and switch back. Its really only annoying if you want to get into the second machines setup mode or EFI menu. The back of the monitor is not flat. Its curved toward the mounting post. Remember that camera I wanted to clamp to it? The back of the monitor is not parallel to the front, so the clamp is a little wonky. I read every slip of paper that came with the thing and carefully assembled the mounts. Theres still a small plastic clip in one of the parts bags that I have no idea whatsoever what its for. Its shown on the parts diagram with no description and Ive probably spent a good hour trying to puzzle out where its supposed to go. Maybe one day Ill figure it out but until then the little clips sit in a drawer. Heres my big one, though, and Id almost call this half a star off the review if I didnt really like this monitor: Two identical monitors from the same shipment sit at different heights. The height is adjustable just fine (although one post is a little stiffer to move than the other). If you bottom out both of my monitors, though, one sits about a quarter of an inch higher than the other. This wouldnt really be a problem for anyone who doesnt have a kind of high desk. I have a kind of high desk so I have to bump the other monitor up by that quarter of an inch. In any case, its still a great monitor and Im super happy with these things. No regrets. Despite the fact that 80% of this review consists of complaining, all the things I didnt talk about are fantastic. Pictures great. Price is terrific. Easy to put together. Doesnt take up a ton of space. Has a bit of cable management in the back for multiple inputs and its pretty easy to reach back there and blindly mess with plugs if you have to. Power cord is acceptably long. Itll actually show a scaled picture if sent a 4K signal, although by default it will complain that youre in the wrong resolution. I dumped the EDID and its pretty accurate; its not faking that its a 4K monitor, it just happens to not fail outright if you get a high resolution signal. All the good stuff. Oh. Right. The stand is kind of ugly. Its got these cool gamer red stripes on it that are a bit tacky and dated. If you put the monitors on a swing arm you can avoid having to look at the stands feet. So, yeah, buy it.
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Criscassee
> 3 dayThis is for the 650 freesync model no hdr. I recently returned the Samsung CH70 to Best Buy as there were several issues. I stumbled across this monitor and read some positive reviews regarding performance so decided to give it a try. I am blown away by the quality of this monitor. I primarily game on the Xbox X and although that system can’t push more than 60hz the response/imput lag of this monitor is very impressive. The Samsung Ch70 according to many is the best monitor possible for the Xbox and after using both the 650 performs slightly better. So if HDR is not important and you want a monitor with above average picture quality with excellent response/imput lag then this is for you.
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Mike
Greater than one weekOverall great with two caveats. Picture is great. Color now comes calibrated if you set it to custom 6500k.brightness is good. There is some black smearing but its a va panel so its to be expeted. 32 is almost too big and makes the ppi equal to 1080p @ 27 inches so you lose a little resolution compared to 27 inches @ 1440p. But I have no real complaints. Its great for the price and most people wouldnt notice those small issues.
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Bob
> 3 dayThis monitor is almost everything I could ask for a this price point. I will say 32 inch is huge as far as monitors go and i wouldnt want anything bigger. Free sync seems to work flawlessly with Gsync; I am running a rtx 2070, but you might need a 2080 push the more demanding titles at 1440p 144hz high settings. So far Im impressed with the picture and colors. My screen did come with a dead pixel in the lower right corner, but thanks to the size and resolution I dont even notice it unless im actively looking for it on a white screen. I recommend this monitor for anyone looking for freesync, and a big *** monitor. If it wasnt for the dead pixel, I would have given 5 stars.
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malewizard
31-10-2024Product came looking undamaged from the box. Once we connected it the colors seemed off and not brilliant and clear. It had like a haze that we kept trying to tune it for better sharpness and color. Always seemed weak,but not a valid reason we thought to return it,since that was subjective. We thought it had failed. Colors were weak and faded out. No crispness a tall,even with adjustments. Terrible for gaming. We were going to send it back,but didnt.LG was ready to let us to be fair ,but, we use it outdoors at night now instead. Its good enough for that. I love LG products and wont diss the whole company over one weak egg. We replaced the computer monitor with an upgraded model primarily for high end gaming. All in all I would not buy this for gaming.
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Ramil Fernandez
> 3 dayPicture quality of this monitor is great, bought for gaming purposes. It serves the purpose very well. Will recommend this from those looking for affordable gaming 32 monitor. It has 165Hz, G-SYNC, 5ms, Thin vessel monitor.
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JOSHUA
Greater than one weekLet me open up this review by saying, yes, you should get this. Its good. I like it. I dont regret my purchase in any way whatsoever and you probably wont either. Im now going to complain because something this good shouldnt have some of the weird nearly-inconsequential flaws that it does. Input auto-switching is finicky. You occasionally have to do it by hand when it should be obvious to the monitor which input is active. The slim bezel is a double-edged sword. I love that its comfortable to use in a pair. I also wish it had a little more top bezel to clamp a camera to. FreeSync works great and theres an extended compatibility mode that is intended to make it work with G-Sync if you monkey with your drivers a little. That isnt as consistently reliable as I wish it were, but once you get it going its mostly fine. It urgently wants to go into sleep mode if theres no signal. This isnt really a problem at all unless you have multiple systems hooked up to the monitor. If you do, you will often find yourself in a situation where you switch inputs, turn on your other machine, and if it doesnt boot like lightning the monitor will assume theres no signal and switch back. Its really only annoying if you want to get into the second machines setup mode or EFI menu. The back of the monitor is not flat. Its curved toward the mounting post. Remember that camera I wanted to clamp to it? The back of the monitor is not parallel to the front, so the clamp is a little wonky. I read every slip of paper that came with the thing and carefully assembled the mounts. Theres still a small plastic clip in one of the parts bags that I have no idea whatsoever what its for. Its shown on the parts diagram with no description and Ive probably spent a good hour trying to puzzle out where its supposed to go. Maybe one day Ill figure it out but until then the little clips sit in a drawer. Heres my big one, though, and Id almost call this half a star off the review if I didnt really like this monitor: Two identical monitors from the same shipment sit at different heights. The height is adjustable just fine (although one post is a little stiffer to move than the other). If you bottom out both of my monitors, though, one sits about a quarter of an inch higher than the other. This wouldnt really be a problem for anyone who doesnt have a kind of high desk. I have a kind of high desk so I have to bump the other monitor up by that quarter of an inch. In any case, its still a great monitor and Im super happy with these things. No regrets. Despite the fact that 80% of this review consists of complaining, all the things I didnt talk about are fantastic. Pictures great. Price is terrific. Easy to put together. Doesnt take up a ton of space. Has a bit of cable management in the back for multiple inputs and its pretty easy to reach back there and blindly mess with plugs if you have to. Power cord is acceptably long. Itll actually show a scaled picture if sent a 4K signal, although by default it will complain that youre in the wrong resolution. I dumped the EDID and its pretty accurate; its not faking that its a 4K monitor, it just happens to not fail outright if you get a high resolution signal. All the good stuff. Oh. Right. The stand is kind of ugly. Its got these cool gamer red stripes on it that are a bit tacky and dated. If you put the monitors on a swing arm you can avoid having to look at the stands feet. So, yeah, buy it.
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Carmen Ortiz
Greater than one weekI went from a 1080p 24 60hz monitor (which I actually really liked) to this when we found out we would be doing some work from home. I dont know how it compares to other monitors on the market but for me it is amazing. Looks great, is large for a computer monitor which works great for gaming, streaming Netflix or YouTube as well as work (you can have multiple windows open simultaneously without overlapping and still be a useful size window) and doesnt break the bank. I guess I got lucky as some said it has a lot of light bleed but mine has none noticeable. It has a high refresh rate which works great for gaming with a beautiful picture. I noticed the difference right away when I switched (be sure your computer has the components to properly make use of the resolution and refresh rate). Its one of the best priced 32 2560 x 1440 monitors on the market that Ive seen and they dont really seem to cut any corners to get it there. My only gripe with the monitor is the stand is not my favorite. Im not sure I like the size and shape and it does seem to rotate a little too easy. It is very adjustable though and has a Vesa mount for a monitor arm or wall mount. Great buy.
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Shawn
> 3 dayBest monitor I have ever owned. Its flipping HUGE! This is actually my second one because my cat broke my first one, just a warning to cat owners it is VERY top heavy and the weird feet on it are not too sturdy so it can very easily topple over from kitty cat face rubs on it like mine did. I will be securing this one to the wall with a furniture strap.