LG UltraGear QHD 27-Inch Gaming Monitor 27GL850-B, Nano IPS 1ms (GtG) with HDR 10 Compatibility and NVIDIA G-SYNC, 144Hz, Black

While I think this is a beautiful monitor panel, with rich colors and great resolution, my problem with this monitor was that its not compatible with the highest settings of the Series X/S. I think that LG should update its firmware in these models. Let me explain. The highest settings you can run on Xbox are 120fps at 4k, yet there are only 2 reasonable, reputable screens you can buy out there as of February 2021 that allow 120fps at 4k with adaptive sync(because the Xbox uses AMD) via HDMI 2.1. Those are the 32 inch Samsung OLED TV and the Acer Predator X27, but most games arent fully synchronized for 4k/120fps yet and those 2 screens cost $1500 and $1300 dollars, respectfully. The market for 4k monitors at 120fps for HDMI 2.1/next gen consoles(not ones like the LG/Dell 4k monitors that only support it via displayport) is basically non-existent at the moment and will emerge over the next few years. Streamers/Youtubers have also tested games that claim to be 4k 120fps, and most fail to even get there. It will still be 3-4, maybe even 5 years before 4k 120fps gaming via HDMI 2.1 is truly commonplace and the price for 4k 120fps monitors drops. Therefore, most people buying the Xbox Series X/S(and I actually got one through Bestbuy) will be spending only around $500 dollars on a new monitor, like myself, to take full advantage of the 120fps at 1440p the Series X offers. The PS5 strangely doesnt support 1440p, so this only applies to potential Series X buyers. I prioritize framerate over resolution for competitive gaming, and 1440p still looks amazing. Yet, when you run a game at 120fps, you run the risk of screen tearing, which is when the screen flickers or lags. This happens when the consoles/PCs refresh rate is not in sync with the monitors refresh rate. To counter this, freesync was developed. It stabilizes and synchronizes the framerate from console to PC, eliminating screen tearing and allowing colors and the full graphics to load evenly. Freesync is known as adaptive sync for people who use AMD graphics cards and G-Sync for those using Nvidia graphics card. Some monitors might be both adaptive sync and G-sync compatible, if you see the green sticker in the corner of the monitor. Both the Xbox and PS5 use AMD cards and are programmed for adaptive sync. Yet, this monitor for some inexplicable reason, and the same goes for other LG monitors, only only support adaptive sync via HDMI 2.0(and this is important because the Xbox Series X/S dont have Displayport and no DP to HDMI 2.0 adapters for Xbox exist) up to 100fps. This is not ok for the Series X/S, because if you run a game at 120FPS at 1440p without adaptive sync, you will get screen tearing and your resolution will not be fully loaded. You cannot run at a game at 100fps on Xbox Series X/S either, because its simply locked at 60hz or 120hz. Therefore, this monitor is basically the equivalent of a 1440p 60hz monitor with adaptive sync for the Series X/S because it does not support adaptive sync at 120fps/1440p for HDMI 2.0 since Displayport adapters for HDMI dont exist for Xbox, and you will get screen tearing if you run the game at 120fps/1440p without adaptive sync. It does not make sense for LG to cap the adaptive sync HDMI 2.0 fps at 100, because the HP Omen 27i, Samsung G5, and the Dell S2721DGF both use the exact panel used for this LG monitor for their own 1440/144-165hz gaming monitors, yet those all support adaptive sync at 120fps for HDMI 2.0. Even more so, Acer, Asus, Viewsonic, Gigabyte, AOC, and Viotek all have 1440p 144-165hz monitors that support 120fps with adaptive sync for HDMI 2.0. To take this a step further, most of those companies I listed above, even the ones that use this exact LG panel, are moving on to making their own 4k 120fps monitors that support adaptive sync via HDMI 2.1. The fact that LG hasnt even made this monitor and others similar LG monitors compatible at 1440p 120fps with adaptive sync for HDMI 2.0, while others already have and are moving onto 4k 120fps for HDMI 2.1, is shocking to say the least. LG might be the only company that doesnt support 120fps with adaptive sync via HDMI 2.0 at 1440p. I truly wanted to love this monitor, but I couldnt because it doesnt support adaptive sync at 120fps. If youre paying $500 for a gaming monitor, it should support 120fps at 1440p with adaptive sync. I had to sadly end up returning this monitor, and I bought a HP Omen 27i instead at Bestbuy. I absolutely love the Omen and it can actually support up to 144fps via HDMI 2.0 at 1440p and 165hz for displayport with adaptive sync for both, even though the Xbox cant even go up to that fps, but my point still stands that LG capping adaptive sync support for 1440p at 100fps makes absolutely zero sense. Aside from myself, theres no way Im not the only Series X owner looking for the 1440p monitor that can run at 120fps with support for HDMI 2.0 with adaptive sync, so people realizing or learning that this monitor cannot do 120fps at 1440p via HDMI 2.0 with adaptive sync through word of mouth, Youtube, and Reddit threads will probably end up costing LG a few thousand potential customers and lots of money because they didnt upgrade their firmware to make it fully compatible with the Series X/S. LG needs to fix this issue pronto. I dont see why they didnt make the monitor capable of 120fps with adaptive sync enabled for HDMI 2.0 in the first place, considering they likely knew that these were the supported specs coming out for the Series X/S almost 2 years in advance. It makes no logical or economic sense for them to do this, especially when other gaming monitors support it.

Colors are MORE vibrant and immersive than 1080p without a doubt, 144hz, few other modes built in. The only thing i will say is the brightness isnt as bright as i would like it to be to be honest (tbh). If you have a dark room or like to use your PC at night then the brightness is plenty. At night ill leave the brightness at like 45-65 cause it gets up there lol

I bought this with the idea that I would easily have a easy advantage over other consumers of a different product due to lower resolution and low fps, and sure enough, I was wrong but at least the visuals look nice and the gaming experience has now become more enjoyable due to the upgraded hertz on the monitor. Warzone 2 is even more lit now. I’m better than the majority, thank you. Minecraft also runs amazing with mods.

I have other monitors. I had some in the 160 hz range and others in the 144 but they were maybe at best first or second generation monitors. I had some that were curved and most of them are flat and they worked great for the time that they came out the newest being nearly 4 years old now. But THIS monitor is different. It has all the bells and whistles that a modern gamer would need as well as being a better format than standard monitors in my opinion. It is simply amazing. Sure there are 4k monitors at the higher 244 hz standard but you gotta pay a lot for them and this is a BARGAIN for what you get. I mean by far the best I have ever owned. Install is a snap. Looks great in HDR mode and when playing games in RTX mode there can not be enough words to describe how good it looks. It is simply amazing. Worth every penny I spent and got chewed out by the wife for. I may be in thee doghouse but with this monitor the Doghouse is not so bad!

No problems Excellent performance and resolution

i mean its LG come on did you think it was going to suck. it has a good refresh rate. it only really like to be at its designed size or youll get the its not a recommended refresh rate or size warning showing up on the screen, but other than that its Lg bro its not a g7 Samsung but it does a GREAT JOB for a 27 montior

One day in. No dead pixels, monitor in perfect condition. Ill play with the settings some later, but out of the box everything looks great. So far, only used one HDMI input and the audio jack. Of note with the audio jack, if youre on Windows 10 then your system may, as mine did, set this new input to MONO output without any indication it is doing so. If this happens (both L and R channels coming out of both speakers, instead of being distinct), the fix is luckily simple. The fix to mono audio in Win 10: Right click the speaker icon in the taskbar, select Sound Settings. Once there, select Ease of Access audio settings which will be on the right side column or towards the bottom, depending on window size. Next, deselect the Turn on mono audio option, and apply. Check that its working by adjusting balance in your media player of choice. My only other note so far, is that my laptop outputs with a higher gain than the monitor does, but thats really not an issue since its still plenty loud... and I can just not use the monitor for audio, if I so choose.

First off, I got this monitor to replace my 32 Acer Nitro 1440p monitor. I wanted something a bit smaller that had higher color accuracy. This thing absolutely delivered on all my expectations and exceeded them in terms of picture quality. The display is crisp, and the color calibration is on point right out of the box. The blacks are very deep as well, Im genuinely shocked how nice the blacks were for not being OLED. The best settings are also enabled by default for least amount of motion blurring and crispness at high FPS. I run a 6900 XT and 5950X in my system, so I have all the horsepower needed to push the full 144FPS needed. It holds up well. I would definitely rate this as one of the best monitors on the market, especially at the price point. I havent had any issues thus far, but Ill update if I do.

Works great for the ps5 and allows 120 fps @1080p. The price may be a little hesitant at first but once you realize that on the market, this is a Ips panel with great color not to mention with fast response times comparable to TN panel monitors but without that washed out look. Makes it great for gaming and if you really want to enjoy a game with high resolution. This gaming monitor allows a 4k render with hdmi 2.0 but of course down scales it to 2k or 1440p resolution at 60 fps. It’s not 4K but the panel and 2k alone is still a fantastic quality to play your games. Very minimal smearing aka ghosting when set at “faster” setting. Wouldn’t recommend “fastest” setting as you will start to see ghosting and playing games like that isn’t ideal. Hope this review helped out. Highly recommend this monitor.

I am a photographer who occasionally games. With monitors they were traditionally broken into two worlds, photo monitors and gaming monitors. Photo monitors usually are usually IPS with wide color gamut (ADOBE RGB and DCI coverage), bright, great viewing angles, high resolution. Unfortunately they are almost always 60hz. Gaming monitors on the other hand are either TN or Va panels but you get the super fast 120-240hz refresh rates. Gaming monitors are usually 1080p, have very poor viewing angles, poor color gamut, and not as bright. This monitor however is IPS, good color gamut (88% ADOBE RGB), great viewing angles, and 1440p, and 144hz! Furthermore, I was easily able to overclock the monitor to 1440p @ 150hz by making a custom resolution in Nvidia control panel. Any further causes a out of bounds notice from the monitor. Its not a huge improvement but it certainly helps for free performance. This certainly is the best of both worlds as I can game and edit photos without much loss in color accuracy. I have tried gaming monitors before and the colors were always washed out yet this monitor remains vibrant and great. I can edit photos confidently knowing that they wont look different when the client receives them. The downsides: 1. There is IPS glow as you can tell from the black screen image. The glow looks very apparent in photos but in real life its not that bad. This is due to being edge-lit with edge LEDs and not selectively dimmed. Blacks are not very black since again, no selective dimming. 2. The white is fairly uniform and there is a small band of dark near the edges. It is barely noticeable. 3. The monitor is technically HDR compatible but the brightness is around 350 nits which isnt enough for HDR. 350 nits is on par with most monitors on the market but isnt superb. 4. The OSD menu button is terrible. LG probably decided to save money by using a one button OSD joystick. Theres no confirm or back/cancel buttons and navigating the OSD is extremely difficult. When you are done, you have to wit for the OSD to time out or press and hold to close. This is extremely unintuitive and different from every other monitor on the market. Its a small thing but very annoying. Overall a great monitor if you are someone like me who wants accuracy and resolution but with gaming capabilities. There are few compromises here. Some people have a dual monitor setup with gaming and work monitor but not everyone has the space for that. This is a great single monitor setup for both!