LG UltraGear QHD 34-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor 34GP83A-B, Nano IPS 1ms (GtG) with VESA DisplayHDR 400, NVIDIA G-SYNC, and AMD FreeSync Premium, 144Hz, Black

I used to run with a 3 monitor configuration for a while, 2 horizontal 1 vertical. But this has changed my work / play life. Ample space, Crisp Images, Sexy as hell on my desk. Its big af make sure you have a large desk. Easy Easy to built. Make sure your video card supports the resolution and hz. LG for sure kicked ass with this one. If you dont have the cash get in debt, it will be the best investment ever. Perfect for designers, coders, gamers.

Im super happy with this monitor! I work in VFX and motion graphics, and I was looking for something I could use for work as well as gaming. Most of the options I was looking at were $1500+. I had to compromise a little on color, HDR, and resolution, but this is a HUGE night and day difference between my two old 27 1080s from 2014. I was using smaller I think 22 4K monitors in class, and it was difficult to see the UI in my software sometimes. Im kinda blind, so the pixel to inch ratio on this monitor is perfect for me. Everything worked right out of the box -- comes with a display port cable, did a dead pixel test and there were none. I dont play anything super intensive, lately just Persona 5 Strikers or Destiny 2, and everything has been running great on my gtx 1070. Im looking forward to upgrading my gpu now that I have a nice monitor! Most games do not seem to support ultrawide, so if black bars on the side bother you, than this monitor isnt for you. I barely notice them when Im playing games. Also, Netflix wont display at full resolution in Chrome; apparently you need to use the Windows store app or Microsoft Edge. None of this is marks against the monitor, just a note. The monitor has a pretty big stand, so if youre not mounting it, make sure you have enough room on your desk. I currently have a 27 monitor, this 34 monitor, my ps4, and my PC all on my desk and its a very tight squeeze, and my mousepad that runs along my desk slightly overlaps the feet. With such a large base, itd be pretty much impossible to use a monitor stand with it, but thankfully it already sits pretty tall and can be adjusted even taller still as it slides up and down. I think this is one of the best bang-for-your-buck ultrawide monitors out at the moment and Im very happy with my purchase!

If youre in doubt at all, check out the review of this screen on RTings. I have two monitors set up, and moving things around on this screen vs. the other is absolutely night and day. LG really nailed it with the LCD pixel color transition math. Many good screens will still show a lot of blur when moving e.g. a window with sharp edges between dark grey and darker grey, but this screen stays super sharp on those same edges. If you like retro-style games with things moving fast in 2D fields, especially emulators playing games that were designed for zero-blur CRT televisions, thats a feature to go for. It turns on quickly, times out to sleep when the DisplayPort source goes to sleep, and you can set it so it has minimal light when in standby. The stand does not swivel, but you can put the screen on top of something like a piece of scrap plywood or posterboard (so the rubber feet dont grip) and that will spin. Honestly though, what you really want to do at this price point is get an articulating desk mount arm and VESA mount the screen. Theres a bit of a reflectivity issue. This screen is a concave reflector lens, with a focal length of about your usual sitting distance. Which sounds great, but it does mean if theres anything bright behind you, or visible reflected in a mirror behind you, this screen has just enough reflectivity that it will sometimes focus a dim blurry image of the light source that fills the entire screen. Ive never had that in a monitor before, not even my previous Asus ROG screen that was the same size and curvature. All navigation is done with a single joystick control, including turning the screen off. (Which does make it a bit difficult to turn the screen off, but I almost never want to do that. It goes to sleep automatically when the attached computer shuts down.) Whats good about the joystick control vs. other brands, is its centrally located right behind a visual feature that makes it really easy to find by touch, and it is FULLY RECESSED. Im glad I bought this screen, but the only reason I had to drop the significant cost is my previous monitor did not have that joystick recessed, and it got broken off while moving the screen around, rendering the still-functioning monitor useless because the menu could no longer be accessed. This joystick is in a place that will not do that! I dont find the menus very intuitive, they are over-stylized and changed navigation paradigms just to be different. Imagine someone took a good Wustoff kitchen knife set, then went to Toys R Us and glued a bunch of plastic toy sword handles on top of the original handles, and fit the knife set back into a bunch of belt and backstrap holsters on a 2-foot tall plastic ninja robot. Thats what using the menu is like on LG gaming screens now. OK, it might appear to people under 12, but all youve done is make everything harder to find, slower to get at, and clunky to use. I wish they would stop it, but hey you dont have to get in the menu very often, so its still a 5-star screen.

I bought an LG 34GP83A-B. It works as advertised (with the exception of the setup). I had a Dell 34 UltraSharp wide-screen monitor that has been great for 5+ years. I needed a second wide-screen monitor. I chose this one based on the great price at the time I bought it and based on feedback from friends using the same brand. Pros: The picture quality is at least as good as the Dell I had, if not better. Very pleased with the picture quality. The monitor performance is great. I dont use demanding gaming apps that would require me to take advantage of the overclocking to 160Hz. 144Hz is sufficient for me. I have not tried to use the screen splitting option yet since I have my own pre-existing app that manages it for me. Ill follow up later and update this post after I use the split-screen option from LG. Pro/Con... The pro is it has cable management. It is on the back of the monitor stand if you want to use it. The con is it is too small and weak to support all the cables. I didnt use it for my setup. Setup: I had it as a con, but changed it since the main issue was not the fault of the monitor or LG. The biggest aggravation was the setup. I have two monitors connected to this PC. A 27 BenQ and this one (LG). When I first connected it, both monitors showed as separate monitors. The resolution on the LG defaulted to 1920x1080. I updated my drivers and rebooted. No change. This time my system literally saw both monitors as 1 monitor. Weird. I downloaded the latest driver for my Windows version from the LG website (34GP83A-B.AUS). Attempted to install it and received an error this was not an LG driver. Downloaded again to see if perhaps it was a file issue. Same error. Upgraded my graphics card driver (Nvidia GeForce 3090), rebooted, and the monitor worked. A PCI-to-PCI driver upgrade appeared to fix the issue. However, LG needs to fix its driver or provide a different one. An additional minor issue for me is the monitor stand. The base feet are a little flimsy and stretch out in front of the monitor in a V shape. Takes up to much desktop space. I am able to work around it, but would advise others to keep this in mind when planning your desk layout. Received a response: The LG 34 UltraGear Curved WQHD Nano IPS 1ms 144HZ HDR 400 Monitor with G-SYNC Compatibility, Model # 34GP83A-B is a Plug and Play Monitor. Plug and Play is a feature that allows you to add a device to your computer without having to reconfigure anything or install any manual drivers...^Ivan -- The comment is true. If my PCI-to-PCI adapter was already current, then the monitor would have worked as a plug-and-play. At the time, I didnt know this was the issue initially and struggled with the LG driver for this monitor. My recommendation is still to resolve the LG drive incompatibility issue. 2/11/2023 Additional comments after some time using the monitor. Input Selection: I saw some complaints about the button-style controller that allows you to change monitor settings, including the input source. It did take a minute to get used to it, but it works fine for me, and have no issues with it. Work laptop: I use the DP cable for my personal PC and the HDMI with my work laptop. My work laptop (HP ZBook) has a port replicator that only uses DP connections. I use an HDMI hub to plug all my HDMI connections from my monitors with a DP connection back into the port replicator. This did not work with the LG monitor. Received the same odd errors I had above with my PC and, if I reboot, none of the screens (including the laptop would work). I bought a DP to HDMI converter, bypassed my HDMI hub, and plugged my LG monitor HDMI connection directly into the port replicator using the DP to HDMI converter. Everything works as normal now. The only minor issue is when my laptop goes to sleep and I wake it up, I have a 50/50 chance of the LG monitor not coming on. I disconnect the port replicator from my laptop and plug it back in. LG monitor wakes up. Its a minor workaround. This does seem to coincide with other comments about sleep issues with the monitor. I hope this helps others who are trying to use this for work. Im using Nvidia RTX Desktop Manager to configure split screens on my LG monitor without any issues. I plan on using this for a few months and then will update my post later. So far the monitor has been great!

Overall a fantastic monitor for the purchase price of $800. I see the price fluctuating pretty frequently, so how much it costs you may be different. Pros: - 160hz for an ultrawide is excellent. - Works great with gsync. - Color quality is great. - Works great over HDMI and DisplayPort with windows. - Low motion blur. - No noticeable input lag. - The HDR color depth is awesome. Just disable the local dimming or it can get annoying. - Decent backlight bleed and IPS glow for an IPS panel. Definitely less bleed than the other 3 IPS panels that Ive owned, and the backlight bleed is fairly evenly distributed. Neutral: - Managing an OSD (on screen display) with just the nipple is passable. As I switch inputs pretty often, my Alienware monitor let me set up a shortcut to double tap a dedicated button on the monitor to switch between HDMI and Displayport. This monitor requires you to always navigate the OSD menus (even though it doesnt take too much to switch inputs). - The curve is subtle and is just fine. No complaints, nothing great about it either. Cons: - Does not work properly at 160hz at full resolution (1440p ultrawide) when connected to my Macbook over HDMI. The Macbook will only allow 50hz, meaning everything feels choppy. Its a borderline-acceptable framerate for text-only workflows or just browsing the web. - Overall build quality is just good, which kinda sucks for an $800+ monitor. The plastic on the back feel flimsy. - Local dimming is TERRIBLE. I highly recommend disabling local dimming but enabling HDR for the extra color depth. Conslusion: An excellent monitor for productivity and gaming, with just a couple minor gripes that prevent it from being perfect IMO.

This monitor is definitely a good deal for the price ($296). I bought two but had to return one because the screen was brighter on one side.

Original review: I work from home and use this monitor as my daily driver for work, doing zoom calls, software development, etc. Ive been using this monitor since Aug 2021. After several hours of use I noticed artifacts and ghost images, and the screen even flickers. This is a new issue after a year and a half of using this monitor. For the $839.99 I spent back then I expect more longevity out of this monitor. Ive tried adjusting the refresh rate, contrast settings, and several other settings with no luck. The ghost images from text and camera pictures from zoom calls with peoples faces persist, even if I disconnect my mac and switch to my PC. I downgraded to HDMI for use on a mac and it seems to be working well so far, but Im holding my breath. I also use it for PC gaming using displayport, and thats been a great experience with no ghosting issues, but Im guessing because there is not a lot of static content on the screen in that scenario. UPDATE: LG support was not helpful, they wanted me to spend $400 + shipping to look at my monitor. By pure chance I changed the color profile from the default LG ULTRAGEAR to a custom color profile that looked good to me and this resolved the issue! I no longer have this issue. I like the product but I updated to 3 stars because of the hassle I went through and poor support experience. This issue is resolved on USB-C and HDMI.

Ill be honest, I didnt sleep much last night because I was so nervous about getting a display with dead pixels. Some of the reviews make it seem like a problem, but the fact that there are only a handful for a few thousand reviews probably should have been more telling. Needless to say, my display is flawless. The picture quality is jaw dropping. It doesnt even feel like Im playing the same games. Jumping from 1080p @ 60 hz to 1440p @144hz is an insane difference and the color quality blows my old monitor out of the water. I am honestly annoyed with myself for waiting this long. As tired as I was, I found myself tracking quick action in fights and connecting shots way more reliably on top of being way more aware thanks to the expanded viewing area (turned my FoV in Apex from 96 to 110 since the screen is so much wider). Despite being dead tired, I played some of my best games just now. Assembly is a breeze, they include the display port cable you need to use to get max refresh rate, and it seemed well packed and easy to unbox from start to finish.

EDIT1 -------- At some point shortly after my initial review I discovered 1 stuck pixel about 3 down and to the right from center. It only shows up on a completely black background so that does lead me to believe its stuck and not dead. Its not noticeable in real-world use so Im not going to knock a star off for it. I do want to again mention the HDR on this monitor. Its just disappointing so dont buy it if youre looking for a good HDR experience. The white levels are very overblown and it sometimes makes me want to hook my PC back up to my LG OLED TV. The SDR performance however is quite good and again for this price range and other features, Im not surprised by the tradeoff in HDR performance. ------------ Im always hesitant to make expensive electronic purchases like this online for fear of getting a defect but luckily this worked out. Ive had this monitor for about a week now and its been really great. Not a single dead pixel or issue so far. At first I thought the curve might be annoying but its just the right amount thats immersive without being overly distracting. This monitor really allows my EVGA 3070 GPU to show its power and I have no problems running games like Destiny 2 or CoD/Warzone at high settings at Native Resolution with GSYNC enabled. There is some backlight bleed in the corners of the monitor but thats honestly expected for a monitor of this size and its not distracting. The default color settings for Game Mode 1 are highly accurate out-of-the-box though I did end up loading a color profile from the Rtings.com review of this monitor. It didnt make much of a difference though which is good because that tells me it was well calibrated from the factory. I do have some complaints which Ill go into next but I want to be clear, these are minor considering the size, general color accuracy, GYSNC/FreeSync support and response times of the monitor. First, Im glad I was home when this was delivered because it did not come in an unmarked box; it was clear to see that this was a large monitor and it could have been easily stolen so make sure someone is around to bring it inside immediately after its delivered. Second, make sure you have approximately 12.5 inches of depth on your desk because the base of the stand is quite large; I actually had to attach small piece of 2x4 wood to the back of my desk to extend it out a little to the stand would fit. Third, my box was missing the USB & HDMI cables - which is fine as I have spares, but all I got was a DisplayPort 1.4 cable. Fourth, the cable management is pretty much just a hook on the back of the stand; its laughably inept for such a nice monitor. Lastly, the HDR is not very good but thats to be expected on most PC monitors. I still play games with it turned on as it makes them look more vibrant but the whites and yellows seem a bit overblown. Overall this is a really really great monitor for the price point. So far Im glad I took the chance on this and there hasnt been any major issues.

No dead pixels, Great sounding speakers, and HDR bright!!!! Love gaming on this monitor!!!!! Worth the money! Damn I love LG Stuff lol