Latest owner reviews

Owner has the same wake-from-sleep issue and must hard reboot their PC.

“I have this same issue. It is extremely annoying and to get it to come back on, I have to hard reboot my PC.”

New owner finds HDR too dark compared with their AW3423DW even after calibration.

“Just got this monitor coming from an AW3423DW and the HDR mode seems too dark.”

Open-box buyer sees very obvious image retention from new.

“the image retention is very obvious in real life, especially with a white static image ghosting on a grey background.”

Owner returned it because the fan noise was audible next to a silent Mac, choosing a fanless Dell 5K2K.

“The noise was driving me crazy and afaik it is expected according to LG.”

Owner who only games on it notices text looks worse than their IPS.

“i only game on mine but can definitely notice the text doesn’t look the best compared to my ips monitor”

Owner sees dark game scenes suddenly flicker grey and wash out even with VRR off.

“all of sudden will flicker grey and wash out the overall image.”

Owner's monitor has been flickering since June despite trying three HDMI 2.1 cables.

“My LG Ultragear 27GX790A-B has been doing a similar thing since June.”

Owner kept it because 42 inches was too big, though HDR is nowhere near their C2.

“I had the same experience but I still ended up keeping the monitor.”

Owner stopped the auto dimming by turning off power saving.

“I have the same monitor I turn off the power saving etc. it dosent dim anymore”

Second-hand buyer got eye strain within the first day; sRGB mode and lower brightness help a little but make colors look desaturated and greenish.

“I was happy with it for like half an hour, and then I started noticing eye strain.”

New owner found bright stuck subpixels after a day of use.

“I’ve encountered an issue with bright stuck subpixels (red/green/blue) on my new LG 27US500.”

New owner found backlight bleed in the corners on arrival; LG's technician confirmed it faulty but the replacement dragged on for weeks.

“When I opened it and plugged it, I saw screen bleeding issue on the corners.”

Owner loves it: the matte coating is extremely good and there's no grey banding.

“I love mine. Coating is "matte" but extremely good. No wierd gray banding. Very happy”

After four days and six pixel cleans, the owner still sees uneven graininess at 50% grey.

“During tests, I can already see this uneven graininess at 50% gray.”

Owner using it for gaming and home office for about half a year is really happy; 120Hz is enough for their games and the KVM software is great, though a Brio camera misbehaved on the 10Gb/s link.

“This feature still makes me smile from time to time even after half a year of using it.”

Owner loved the size at first but the 60Hz refresh became distracting, and the cost and ghosting bothered them enough to switch to a 34-inch model.

“I thought I was really happy with it at first. The size is amazing but I started noticing the 60hz to the point it was distracting.”

After five days of coding on it, upgrading from a 38-inch LG, the owner loves the text rendering and finds it relaxing on the eyes.

“I am loving the text rendering and overall experience. Very relaxing and easy on the eye.”

Owner who tried a G9 and an OLED says it is far better for productivity: KVM works great, 60Hz is OK, the IPS clarity is superior, though the curve is shallow.

“I have the U4924DW, I tried a G9 and an OLED, for productivity the Dell U4924DW is a hands down superior winner.”

Upgrading from a 34-inch Samsung for spreadsheets and documents, the owner finds the usable space unmatched but wishes the curve were tighter.

“I agree with the community feedback that a slightly tighter curve than 4200R would make the far edges easier to view, but the usable space is unmatched.”

After 4000+ hours in a year of work and heavy gaming at high brightness, the owner reports no burn-in, dead pixels or bleeding.

“Phenomenal monitor. No burn inside, no dead pixels, no bleeding. I use this monitor all day everyday for work and heavy gaming.”

After a week with it the owner saw bad VRR flicker and odd waves in dark areas at lower refresh rates, and switched to the FO27Q2.

“In resident evil 4 remake I had very bad vrr flickering with the Q3 with various fps caps from 120 to 345.”

Owner works eight hours a day with static Excel content and games at night with no burn-in, avoiding side-by-side windows.

“I work 8 hours a day on it then game maybe 2-3 hours on most nights and no issues.”

After about a month, the owner returned from sleep mode to bad banding across the whole screen.

“i left my Pc on for around 4 hours in sleep mode (screen was black) and came back to this really bad banding across the whole monitor.”

New owner loves it but it goes completely black once or twice a day for a few minutes, even with a different DP cable.

“Overall I love it, but sometimes (like once or twice per day) the display gets completely black and I can’t do anything”

After half a year as their only monitor, the owner likes the SDR colors but finds HDR disappointing compared with their LG C2.

“If I had to rate it based on price-to-performance ratio, it’s a somewhat above-average product.”

Owner of two new units on a Windows 11 NUC over HDMI found both reported no signal after sleep, and one needed its cable reseated.

“When I resumed the system from sleep this morning both monitors reported "No signal".”

After 798 hours of gaming, the owner enjoys it but wishes they had the glossy version for better contrast and blacks in their bright room.

“I fumbled by not getting an MO27Q28GR, which has a glossy finish.”

Owner using it for coding on a MacBook sees obvious text fringing and raised blacks they got used to, VRR flicker on desktop, and very impressive HDR in games.

“I have to say the HDR is extremely impressive.”

Can't get 120Hz on two Dell S2725QS through a Dell dock.

“I bought it and I'm not able to get 120hz on both monitors with a Dell docking station”

A week with the Dell S2725DC for office work: clear picture, the right resolution and lots of adjustability.

“So far it's been great, clear picture, just the right amount of resolution and tons of adjustability.”

In person their Dell S3225QC looks incredible in games, the cheapest 32-inch 4K 120Hz OLED and great value.

“I’ll start by saying in person this thing looks incredible.”

Three days with the Dell U2725QE for school, photos and video and loving it.

“Just got it like 3 days ago and i love it!”

Switching from a U2715H, their Dell S3225QS has nice colour and better contrast but visible VA smearing, and the bundled HDMI cable flickered at 120Hz.

“Colours are nice and the contrast was better than the old monitor when I tested BG3 on 120Hz.”

Their $225 Dell S3425DW has great colour, crisp text, 120Hz and convenient USB-C power.

“Colors look great, text crisp, and 120Hz/Power through USB C is nice and convenient.”

Their Dell U2424HE looks yellower than their previous UltraSharp and colour temperature won't fix it.

“But this time the more yellower, maybe due to the Hardware-level low blue light.”

A few days with the Dell U2724DE: tidier cabling and easy desktop-laptop switching, though too few USB ports.

“I did, only had it for a few days but really like it. My cables are much tidier and swapping from desktop to laptop is easy.”

Measured their Dell U2724D: VA-like 2000:1 contrast, excellent colour, superb motion handling and only slight corner glow.

“Colors are excellent, blue is a bit off compared to the rest.”

Their June-2025 Dell U3225QE is perfect, with no coil whine or dead pixels.

“I don't know if I lucked out or not, but my monitor is PERFECT. No coil whine, dead pixels, etc.”

After firmware and driver updates they're happy with the BenQ EX321UX for daytime work.

“I've had my issues with this monitor, but after several firmware updates, plus new NVIDIA drivers, I'm happy.”

Their new BenQ EX321UZ is superb, an unbelievable upgrade over their 180Hz IPS.

“It's superb. Mine arrived yesterday and I cannot believe the upgrade from IPS wqhd 180hz gaming monitor.”

Two months with the BenQ EX271QZ running 1440p 500Hz over the bundled HDMI 2.1 cable as expected.

“So, I purchased this product and have been using it for the past two months.”

No image retention on their BenQ PD2706U after long use.

“PD2706U and I have it more time and no one from the other two BenQ I own”

A video editor's refurbished BenQ PD2725U pair matches their M3 MacBook's colours perfectly in M-Book mode.

“the colors match perfectly to the Macbook's screen with BenQ's M-Book Color Mode”

Very happy with their BenQ PD2730S for work and doesn't miss 120Hz.

“I ended up going for the PD2730S. Very happy with it.”

Measured against the BenQ PD2730S, their ASUS PA27JCV is brighter with better contrast and gamut, but also has bleed.

“Asus has better contrast (1580 vs 650)”

Their new BenQ PD3205U is slightly warm on the left side in HDR mode.

“Turns out the 32 in one I got today is ever so slightly warm on the left side.”

Chose the BenQ PD3225U over Dell's U3225QE for creative work and is really satisfied.

“I got the Benq in the end. Really satisfied”

Side by side, the BenQ RD280U gave more screen space than Dell's U3225QE and its back light eased evening eye strain, so they bought a second one.

“I returned the Dell and bought another RD280U.”

Returned their BenQ SW272U over backlight bleed they couldn't live with.

“I returned my BenQ SW272U because I just couldn’t deal with the bleeding anymore.”

A developer uses three Dell P2725D at work and appreciates the space they give for coding.

“I’ve always appreciated the extra space they give me for my IDE, especially on the left and right panels.”

Their ASUS PG27AQDM had bad black crush, odd gamma and lots of banding, so they replaced it.

“I had it and it had quite a few probelms, terrible black crush and gamma weirdness, a lot of banding and dithering.”

Using their ASUS PG27AQDP since January 2025 for competitive FPS with no burn-in; only the bundled DP cable failed.

“Haven’t had any issues such as burn in or any problems related to the monitor”

Their ASUS PG27UCDM feels much better in SDR brightness than the PG27AQDP they had.

“I think it's great in SDR”

Their new ASUS PG27AQWP-W showed dirty greys with textured lines straight out of the box.

“all the grey colours looked almost dirty and the screen had these textured lines going through any grey bits”

Couldn't be happier with the MSI 271QR X50 after returning an ASUS tandem OLED.

“I quickly returned it and just went with msi MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50”

Their ASUS XG27UCDMG was awesome but they returned it over occasional blackouts.

“I had Swift's little 4K OLED brother, and it was absolutely awesome, but I had to return it”

Owning both, they find the ASUS PG248QP's 540Hz ULMB2 less clear than a 360Hz Zowie with DyAc+ in CS2.

“I have both of these monitors now, and i was kinda hoping the 540hz ulmb2 would be crystal clear”

Upgrading from a PG32UCDM, their ASUS PG32UCDM3 has immaculate uniformity and text, true blacks in daylight and DP 2.1 without DSC.

“Grey scale, white uniformity, text clarity and black levels are all immaculate on this thing.”

Their ASUS PG34WCDM is everything they wanted, but eye strain is killing their enjoyment.

“So I recently acquired the ASUS ROG Swift PG34WCDM, and it's everything I wanted in a monitor.”

Bought two ASUS MB16ACV: one works perfectly over USB-C to USB-A, but the other freezes or shows random colours after a while.

“Monitor A works perfectly when I connect it to any of the two laptops via the USB-C to USB-A cable that came with the monitor.”

Still owns the BenQ EX270QM, now their daughter's: excellent colour, motion clarity and build; they'd still recommend it at a good price.

“That being said it is a very good monitor. Excellent colors, motion clarity, build quality etc.”

Bought the BenQ GW2790QT for content and coding and doesn't regret it.

“The monitor is good in my opinion. I got it from Benq's website and i paid INR 23999 for it.”

Beside an LG 39GX950B, their Studio Display XDR is in a different league for desktop work, with brighter, crisper text and more colour pop than the OLED.

“For normal desktop use, though, the XDR is still in a different league for me.”

Their ASUS PA248QV arrived with a heavy yellow tint despite factory calibration, so they're returning it.

“I was horribly disappointed to find the unit sent to me had a horrible grey yellow tint.”

Loves their two ASUS PA278QV for freelance photo and video editing, but they've fallen behind their needs and gaming.

“I currently run 2 x 27" PA278QV side by side and while I love the monitors”

Their new ASUS PA279CRV's whites look grey with a green-yellow tint even after calibration.

“The tint is noticeably leaning towards the greens or yellows”

Their older ASUS PA278CV has been great and measures more accurate than their newer PA279CRV.

“I had an old PA278CV I bought a couple years ago (and it has been great).”

Their ASUS PA32QCV has poor uniformity, a line off-angle, buzzing and Thunderbolt drops after power-off.

“look at the images how non uniform this panel is”

Their ASUS PA32UCDM's fan kicks in minutes after power-on and stays audible in a silent room, even on the latest firmware.

“My ASUS ProArt PA32UCDM has an audible fan.”

A year with the ASUS XG27ACDNG and no issues noticed.

“I have the same monitor for a year now, didnt notice any issues.”

Returned their ASUS XG27AQDMG over annoying uniformity issues.

“I had this monitor but it had annoying uniformity issues”

Their final review of the ASUS XG259QNS: a steady stand and decent matte screen on a 380Hz esports IPS.

“Stand is strong and steady enough .”

Their first ASUS XG27AQNGV kept overheating and shutting off with Pulsar on; the replacement has been fine so far.

“is constantly overheating and automatically shutting itself off with Pulsar activated”

Their ASUS XG32UCDS has insane colour, deep blacks and vibrant highlights, and no issues so far at $699.

“For $699, this honestly feels like a steal.”

Owner loves it except it often fails to wake after a long sleep, staying off after image cleaning on the latest firmware.

“I love every single thing about this monitor but one - I am having all kinds of problems waking it from sleep.”

Owner with a 3080 Ti over DisplayPort gets no signal at boot, though it works once logged in.

“if I try to boot up or restart with the cable plugged into the LG 45", it won't recognize the PC and instead displays a "NO SIGNAL" message.”

After a week at full brightness, the owner sees no image retention; power pass-through doesn't work with their MacBook Pro.

“I'm only about a week in but haven't been able to see any burn-in/image retention.”

Owner working on it 8+ hours a day for two months finds it easy on the eyes with very clear text, coming from LG's 45-inch.

“Its very easy on my eyes. i have had it 2 months.”

Coming from a 48-inch C2, the owner was underwhelmed by SDR until adjusting settings, and disabled DSC for DLDSR.

“I was so underwhelmed at first, especially with sdr content, after fiddling with a few basic settings I'm in a happy place.”

Owner loves everything except that it takes 80 seconds to wake from sleep every time.

“it takes literally 80 seconds to come out of sleep, every single time.”

Returned it after hours of tweaking: oversharpened artifacts, blurry text, and dull colors in SDR and HDR versus an old IPS, despite great blacks.

“Text was blurry on the LG, and although I mostly game, I also use my desktop for other things”

Owner of LG OLED TVs found it dull next to their C2 even after much tweaking, despite its smooth high refresh rate.

“There is a very dull look to the monitor.”

Owner's used/refurbished unit died after two years.

“Mine died after two but I got it used/refurbished.”

Owner who had OLED and mini-LED doesn't miss them: IPS glow is minimal with no bleed, though fast motion shows KSF ghosting artifacts.

“I have it and I like it. I had oled and miniled monitors before and I do not miss them that much.”

New owner using it with an M1 MacBook Air for coding sees a green tint at the bottom and plans to return it.

“I and my sister can definitely see the green tint at the bottom.”

Owner has the same corner bleed plus a slight bend in the middle, and LG service says it's normal.

“I have the same issue with the same monitor. The service team of LG says they dont have to fix it as its normal.”

Owner coming from 1080p IPS finds it very responsive with great colors, good matte and clear text, but HDR is poor and 720Hz mode is clumsy.

“No text fringing for me - text very readable and clear - I use it a lot for work.”

Two ASUS XG27AQWMG units had bad banding and more black crush, so they're sending it back.

“The banding was awful, so I returned it and tried a second unit this one.”

New owner finds Thunderbolt laptop swapping and PBP practical, but Dell Display Manager KVM lags on macOS and there is backlight bleed in all four corners.

“Present in all four corners, especially noticeable in a dark room. While not a major issue for work and coding, it’s inconvenient for media consumption and gaming.”

After a week the owner is very pleased: size and resolution live up to hopes, image quality is great, FPS games are fine and the KVM switches peripherals between PC and laptop.

“The image quality is great as far as I'm concerned. And I have tested it in a few of my favourite FPS games, and am happy with how it performs”

Upgrading from a U3818DW, the owner says 120Hz alone is worth it and was pleased to get 5K at 120Hz from laptop integrated graphics and a GTX 1650.

“The 120hz alone is well worth the upgrade for me.”

New owner prefers it to 27 and 34-inch monitors and the 49-inch LG and G9 they tried; it looks great at native resolution on a work MacBook, though they wish it were more curved.

“Text feels a lot clearer as I don't need to scale it anymore.”

Owner of a couple of weeks is really happy and uses the inbuilt KVM to switch between three computers, mainly a MacBook Pro for contracts and Excel.

“Really happy with it. The inbuilt KVM is great”

New owner finds text clarity fine with no noticeable fringing, HDR as reviewed and great value, though the speakers are poor.

“For $699 USD it’s a fantastic value especially compared to where we were with pricing even just 12 months ago”

After trying four other 1440p OLEDs, the owner finds much less VRR flicker and no eye strain, but there's no DSC toggle, HDR modes needed tweaking and the packaging is styrofoam.

“Much less flickering with gsync enabled than aw2725df which flickered like crazy in dark scenes.”

Their ASUS PG32UCDM's HDR is dim with a big black lift, looking washed out like an IPS.

“the HDR is absolutely horrible on the monitor”

Owner's DisplayPort 2.1 kept dropping with certified UHBR20 cables, and they concluded the port was broken from purchase; HDMI 2.1 runs 500Hz fine.

“I bought the monitor with the DisplayPort already broken.”

Two-month owner has random shutdowns throughout the day; pressing the joystick turns it back on.

“I have a FO32U2 purchased 2 months ago and experiencing the same issue.”

Owner since release has had no issues gaming in HDR.

“I've had this same monitor since release date and I admit I've had no issues gaming in HDR.”

After a week, the owner finds it no better than their old 24-inch for video beyond extra brightness, with similar colors.

“I am not a fan of this monitor for watching movies, shows, or YouTube.”

Owner loves it, uses the HDR Game profile for brightness and says Ghost of Tsushima looks unbelievable; a factory reset fixes colors after firmware updates.

“Eh, I own the same monitor and love it to death.”

After 100 hours with a PS5, PC, MacBook, Steam Deck and work laptop, the owner says it works perfectly and was a great buy at €735.

“The monitor works perfectly. Great picture, no coil whine, no built-in fan.”

Used the Dell S2725QS in their home office and with a PS5 without any issues.

“But it’s a very capable entry level 4k monitor.”

G-Sync works great on their Dell S2725DC, though pixel response is a bit slow.

“To inform everyone as I bought it, GSync works great. Pixel response is a bit slow.”

Owns the Dell S3225QC and calls it an incredible monitor.

“It's an incredible monitor. I have it at home”

Returning their Dell U2725QE over bad backlight uniformity and a dim, blurry bottom edge.

“For 700$, I think it’s unacceptable to have such a bad backlight.”

Their work Dell S3225QS is very cheap for 4K 120Hz, but as a flat VA the edges look off up close.

“its super cheap for this frame rate and resolution.”

Twenty days with the Dell S3425DW: good overall with a little backlight bleed.

“overall it's good, what I was expecting, but it has some black light bleeding not much”

One Dell U2424HE developed a loud noise and both replacements came with a yellow tint and lower brightness.

“One has gotten a very loud squeezing noise issue.”

Nearly two years with the Dell U2724DE: solid with a well-used KVM, though its built-in NIC drops on switching.

“I've had mine for maybe close to 2 years now. I've used the KVM feature quite a bit.”

Their Dell U2724D wobbles on its stand even with the screw tight.

“Is this normal? The screw on the bottom is tight.”

Nine months with the Dell U3225QE: great single-cable Thunderbolt, fantastic brightness, no coil whine.

“I've had mine 9 months and love it.”

Their new BenQ EX321UX's HDR underwhelms without lots of calibration, and SDR/HDR switching is manual.

“HDR seems underwhelming in games I tried it in.”

Six months with the BenQ PD2725U and loves it; its KVM switches between two Macs with one tap.

“I did end up buying this monitor and I really love it! It’s only been about 6 months, but I haven’t had any issues so far.”

Measured side by side, their BenQ PD2730S is more colour-accurate and sturdier than the PA27JCV, but dimmer, lower contrast and with bleed.

“BenQ better Delta E (ΔE) color accuracy (.56 vs .99)”

Their ASUS PA27JCV had a slow KVM, an input button that failed after a day and worse bleed than the BenQ.

“Only having the monitor for a day the input button became unresponsive ( maybe a defect?)”

Loves their BenQ RD280U's eye-comfort features and squarish aspect ratio and is considering a second.

“I chose the rd280u mainly for its eye comfort features (which do seem to help), but the squarish aspect ratio is what really enhances my focus, I love that.”

Their new BenQ SW272U whines audibly unless brightness is at minimum, so they're returning it.

“New display right out of box, and it’s making this clearly audible, very annoying high pitched noise.”

Keeping their $600 ASUS PG27AQDM: colours look good and nothing odd so far.

“I got the monitor a few days ago now and I am deciding to keep it.”

Their first OLED, the matte ASUS PG27AQDP, means they'll never go back to IPS.

“Finally got my first ever OLED monitor. I’m never going back to IPS again.”

Two weeks with the ASUS PG27UCDM: crisp text, beautiful colour and HDR, but blacks turn purple in light so they're going back to LG.

“I must say, this thing is a beauty!”

Their new ASUS PG27AQWP-W shows blacks far better than their matte Samsung QD-OLED.

“tonal difference between this monitors is quite big asus is more accura”

Glad they swapped to the MSI 271QR X50: better image and text than the ASUS tandem OLED.

“Defnitely glad i did, the image quality on the MSI is much better than on the ASUS.”

Their ASUS XG27UCDMG is razor sharp with amazing colour and plays great on PS5 Pro.

“Image is as sharp as butcher’s knife. Colors are amazing.”

Their ASUS PG248QP looks great and very bright at 480–540Hz despite a heavy coating, but G-Sync flickers badly in PUBG.

“the screen looks great except the heavy coating while having a very high brightness”

Their first OLED, the ASUS PG32UCDM3, is insanely good after a VA panel, even in SDR.

“it's actually insane how good it is to the va panel i had before”

Their ASUS PG34WCDM replaced a Xeneon Flex and is a massive upgrade for work and gaming.

“It has been a massive upgrade in pretty much every way for me.”

Kept the ASUS MB16ACV over the MB166C: same colour and brightness for clerical work, with a slick, solid kickstand.

“it had a much bigger footprint than the slick kickstand on the ACV, which I've already used more than I thought I would”

Uses the BenQ GW2790QT as their main office monitor and recommends it.

“check out the BENQ GW2790QT, seems like it fits all your need, it's my main working monitor in office now”

A colour-focused designer prefers their Studio Display XDR to the Pro Display XDR at work: more even backlight and easier on the eyes.

“But overall, the Studio's a better display in the real world”

Their three ASUS PA248QV monitors matched perfectly out of the box and they've loved them for colour work.

“All 3 of those matched each other perfectly (to the human eye) fresh out of the box.”

Dark spots appeared on their ASUS PA278QV after a year and keep growing, visible on grey backgrounds.

“It started out faint a year after I got it.”

After a few weeks their ASUS PA279CRV's HDR misbehaves and brightness can't be adjusted.

“brightness adjustment do not work at all..”

Very happy with their ASUS PA32QCV's panel, but Thunderbolt 4 isn't re-detected after using the power button.

“overall I'm very happy with it – great panel, no great backlight bleeding, no dead pixels”

As a motion designer on Mac, they find the ASUS PA32UCDM's text fringing unusable.

“The text fringing is so insanely bad that it makes my eyes hurt.”

Their new ASUS XG27ACDNG looks oversaturated in SDR and too dull in HDR despite hours of settings.

“I've been trying to fix the saturation for hours now.”

After two weeks unused, their ASUS XG27AQDMG showed retention on black that cleared minutes later.

“my monitor suddenly looked like that on the 1st picture”

No coil whine on their ASUS XG259QNS, but its headphone jack hisses constantly.

“there is static noise coming all the time in my earphones”

No overheating on their ASUS XG27AQNGV, but a faint high-pitched whine with Pulsar on.

“Never happened on mine. You should return it. I have noticed a high pitched whine when pulsar is on though.”

Coming from a 32-inch 1440p IPS, their new ASUS XG32UCDS still amazes them.

“Found and got it 2 days ago and am still boggeling every time I look at it.”

Owner loves the aggressive 800R curve.

“I have this monitor and love the aggressive curve.”

Owner since 2020 had their monitor become unusable from image retention and flicker.

“This just started happening to me last night! 😢 I got mine in august 2020. It’s unusable now.”

Mostly-productivity owner finds it pretty good but wonders about text clarity and eye comfort, and the fan is audible on a quiet Mac.

“I have this monitor and think it's pretty good (90% productivity; 10% gaming)”

Owner noticed unused pixel rows at the edges compared with another LG monitor.

“I saw that some of the screen wasn’t being used”

Open-box buyer at $600 loves the matte coating.

“I guarantee the previous buyers didn’t like the matte coating but i love it.”

Owner's unit has none of the picture issues others reported.

“Mine has none of the issues you've mentioned”

Owner has no fan noise but a bad vignette, and is switching to a PG32UCDP.

“I have no fan noise, but this monitor has a bad vignette (CPC).”

Owner is returning it because of text fringing.

“I’m returning mine because of text fringing.”

New owner calls it the best IPS they've seen, with no backlight bleed, near-zero glow, perfect text and deep blacks, great for work and gaming.

“It's so butter smooth, zero tearing, zero VRR stutter, G-SYNC works perfectly.”

Owner of a week finds it really great.

“I finally bought it a week ago and it's really great!”

Owner's unit died after four weeks and LG had no parts, so they got a refund.

“Mine crashed and died after 4 weeks. They can’t fix because don’t have parts.”

Returned it because text looked too pixelated and unclear at its pixel density, and switched to a higher-PPI 27-inch 4K monitor for productivity.

“I wouldn’t recommend U3425WE, honestly text is too pixelated and unclear. I’ve returned mine”

New monitor emits coil whine when a laptop is powered over USB-C; Dell replaced it but the replacement whined too with their Dell Precision laptop.

“it emits "coil whine" when my laptop is connected to the monitor via USB-C with video + data and power delivery.”

Owner's MacBook Air M2 can't drive it at 120Hz over any connection, and the Mac can't control volume through the built-in speakers.

“I've tried Thunderbolt, USB C to Display Port, and USB C to HDMI. None will push at 120hz.”

After three weeks the owner finds it too wide and text too small at 1440p height, despite lots of space and excellent color reproduction.

“I've discovered that a 49" is too wide for me. You are forced to turn your head too much which is annoying.”

Two-month owner loves it, but their PC with an Asus board and 4090 won't boot unless the monitor is off, on any connection.

“i have mine for 2 month now. love it. the only problem i have is, that i have to switch it off to start my computer.”

Owner since January says it's been amazing, uses it for coding too and doesn't worry about burn-in given its protection features.

“I bought on January and It's been amazing, no regrets.”

New owner found gamma 2.2 measured closer to 1.8 and looked greyer than their MSI; Gigabyte Control Center caused a settings mismatch before they fixed it.

“I noticed that my new Aorus looked more grayish vs my MSI 271QRX right next to it.”

Returned the ASUS PG32UCDM for an Alienware, finding about 250 nits full-screen too dim for HDR.

“I ended up returning mine and got the Alienware 4k QD-OLED since I value per pixel control more.”

Owner sees a group of pixels flashing randomly in one game, even with the original cable.

“When I’m playing deadlock my monitor has a group of pixels flashing randomly while in a match.”

New owner had two blackouts the first night, updated the firmware from F03 to F06 and hasn't seen it since.

“I've actually not had the issue since day 1, after about 12 hours more use in the last few days.”

Owner running DP 2.1 on an RTX 5080 finds PC HDR very dim with weak highlights, though SDR looks much better and PS5 HDR looked good.

“great SDR monitor, but HDR on PC is nowhere near what a good miniLED or even a TV‑grade OLED can do.”

Owner of three weeks updated firmware, tweaked settings and has had no problems, even in a bright room.

“I even play in a bright well lit room most of the time and it looks great.”

Owner has one barely visible dead pixel after a few months but a nice experience, and HDR1000 after a firmware update looks great.

“I have 1 dead pixel after a few months, but can't even really see it.”

Their Dell S2725QS developed display artifacts within a year and runs warm when using its ports.

“I bought mine in May and now it appeared to have display artifacts without even reaching a full year of use.”

Their Costco Dell S3225QC works great with Mac and PC, a big step up from 1080p IPS.

“I'm so satisfied cause I have a Mac for work and a 4070 for play, works so well with both.”

A designer and video editor enjoys their Dell U2725QE, with colours best in standard sRGB mode.

“I have one too, and I enjoy a lot!”

Their Dell S3225QS has slightly better contrast than their old monitors and they can't see pixels up close.

“Contrast is a little better than my old monitors I think. Quality is there too.”

Their £160 Dell S3425DW with a 3-year warranty is pretty good for a budget VA ultrawide.

“Pretty good for a budget VA UW monitor.”

Returning two Dell U2724DE for extreme IPS glow even at zero brightness.

“I have two of them (U2724DE) and I'm returning them. They both have an insane IPS glow, even at brightness 0.”

Their new Dell U2724D wobbles whenever they type and they may return it.

“Whenever I type or lightly lean against the desk the entire screen moves.”

A month with the Dell U3225QE and no issues; one USB-C cable handles everything.

“I have had it for like a month and I have no issues at all”

Very happy with their BenQ EX321UX: as good as their Dell UltraSharp for text and far better for gaming.

“I ended up getting the BenQ MOBIUZ EX321UX, got it a few days ago, I've been very happy with it.”

Bought both and kept the BenQ PD2730S for its faster KVM, easier menu and quicker startup.

“I chose the benQ because I use KVM and I found the KVM on the Asus to be slow and unresponsive.”

Both ASUS PA27JCV units they had showed terrible backlight bleed.

“I have had 2 ASUS PA27JCV and the 2 with a terrible backlight bleeding.”

After OLED eye fatigue, their BenQ RD280U has been much easier on the eyes for long coding sessions.

“Switched to an RD280U a few months ago and it’s been a lot easier on the eyes for long sessions.”

Returned two BenQ SW272U units for high-pitched whine, though the picture looked great.

“I've had two SW272U monitors. Both returned due to a high pitched whine. The picture looked great”

Their ASUS PG27AQDM has taskbar burn-in after 10 months of about 12 hours a day.

“I work and game using this monitor around 12h a day with weekends off.”

Their ASUS PG27AQDP is great, with only occasional VRR flicker in game menus.

“I have the same monitor and it's great.”

Worried about overspending, but their ASUS PG27UCDM is worth every cent.

“it is the real deal and worth every cent”

Runs their ASUS PG27AQWP-W at 540Hz and it's the best of three OLEDs and a Pulsar they tried for CS.

“I tried 3 OLEDs and a Pulsar and this is the best out of all of them for me, for CS.”

After a 1440p 360Hz OLED, their ASUS XG27UCDMG's 27-inch 4K is so sharp they'll never go back.

“it’s safe to say I’m never going back lol”

Their ASUS PG248QP's recessed mount means they can't VESA mount it without a $50 adapter.

“now i can’t VESA mount it because the place to screw it in is sunken into the monitor”

Their ASUS PG32UCDM3's colours are crazy good after returning two ASUS tandem models.

“the PG32UCDM3 colors are crazy good”

Uses their ASUS PG34WCDM for work and gaming and barely notices the curve; HDR was poor out of the box.

“Using mine for work and gaming. Barely notice it.”

A few months with the Studio Display XDR for mostly text work and really enjoying it.

“I bought an Apple Studio Display XDR a few months ago and have really been enjoying it.”

Loves their ASUS PA248QV and mostly runs it in sRGB.

“i love mine. generally leave it in sRGB”

Their new ASUS PA278QV has a yellow-grey tint they can't calibrate away.

“nothing I do even comes close to getting it less yellow/gray”

Their new ASUS PA279CRV looks warmer than their iPad with teal blues, so they're considering returning it.

“the colors are noticeably warmer than my iPad air 5th”

Their new ASUS PA32QCV loses Thunderbolt after power-off and they may return it.

“I bought the monitor yesterday I'm experiencing same issue I guess.”

Their ASUS PA32UCDM is fantastic apart from a loud, whirring fan they may sell it over.

“Though besides that it’s absolutely fantastic.”

Their new ASUS XG27ACDNG is amazing in person.

“Got it the other day it’s amazing. photos truly don’t do it justice.”

Had the ASUS XG27AQDMG without any issues.

“I had that monitor before and it was a good monitor. Had no issues with it.”

Their new ASUS XG259QNS running 380Hz with ELMB and G-Sync is nuts.

“Yep just got mine currently running 380hz ELMB + Gsync. This monitor is nuts.”

Loving their ASUS XG27AQNGV at full brightness with Pulsar on, with no noise or issues.

“I recently bought a xg27aqngv and I've had no issues with mine.”

Their €549 ASUS XG32UCDS's HDR disappoints next to their LG C3 and they may return it.

“I'm a bit disappointed with the HDR compare to my LG C3.”

Owner's early banding faded over a few maintenance cycles.

“I had it bad on the first few days and it slowly went away. Now it's nice and even.”

After two years, the owner's monitor developed temporary image retention and constant flickering, and they never got 5K on their Mac.

“I recently have temporary burn in just started and constant flickering.”

Owner pairing it with an RTX 5080 runs most games well with FSR or DLSS, but some games struggle at 5K2K.

“Star Wars Jedi survivor runs great on my 3440x1440p, but this monitor it just won’t run well with any settings”

New owner loves everything but the slight grainy look on white screens, and likes the 800R curve.

“I'm loving everything except the grainy effect when viewing white screens.”

Open-box buyer at $699 finds it very bright with ridiculous colors and deep blacks.

“this thing is stupid bright, the colors are ridiculous, blacks are black-hole black”

Owner's dull colors were fixed by disabling Windows auto color management; colors and yellows now pop.

“Genuinely fixed my biggest complaint about the monitor”

Owner with a very quiet PC can only hear the fan with their head above the back.

“I can't hear the LG's fan from where I sit.”

New owner finds the dim display bright enough but the anti-glare coating worse than expected, like a cheap plastic screen protector.

“that anti glare coating was worse than I thought.”

Upgrading from a 27GP950, the owner finds blacks close to VA, minimal glow and no bleed, good HDR and solid build, but weak viewing angles.

“The IPS Black technology is exceptional, I’m not exaggerating when I say the blacks are as good as, or at least close to, those on my old VA panel”

Upgrading from a 60Hz 1080p screen, the new owner loves it for movies and finds games very smooth.

“I love this monitor. I just recently bought one.”

New owner saw grainy grey screens that worsened after an automatic pixel clean.

“the screen looked pixelated and grainy-ish on gray screens.”

Buyer finds the screen gorgeous and spacious, but the KVM needs extra software setup and isn't as seamless as hoped, so they question paying for all the features.

“The screen is gorgeous, and the extra space is amazing.”

Owner with the same setup runs it at 3840x1600 with no issue on text size and says you won't find a better monitor for the price for office productivity work.

“I think it's perfection from a productivity standpoint.”

Owner had issues with an M1 MacBook Pro, but with a Mac mini over HDMI 2.1 got much better color and 120Hz and is now extremely happy.

“I now am EXTREMELY happy with this monitor.”

Owner using it with Windows and macOS says macOS scaling doesn't work correctly, while Windows and Linux show no text clarity issues.

“MacOS scaling does not work correctly on this monitor (as it did not on my Samsung 4k 32" display prior) - This is more of a MacOS issue as in Windows and Linux I am not seeing text clarity issues.”

New owner coming from Dell's 40-inch finds the 52-inch too big for daily use and is switching back.

“came from the Dell 40"....I find the 52 just too big for day to day... so will be switching back.”

Owner reports zero motion blur and good-enough text, with contrast and blacks an LCD can't match.

“I have FO27Q2 and motion blur is non-existent, zero. Text is not perfect but it is good enough that the vast majority of users will not notice the problems.”

Owner capped at 360Hz in Black Ops 6 and Rocket League never noticed VRR flicker and has been very happy.

“I never noticed VRR flicker at all.”

Two days with the ASUS PG32UCDM: 10/10 and ridiculously beautiful.

“this thing is 10/10! ridiculously beautiful! received mine 2 days ago”

After a weekend, the owner says it looks great but still black screens briefly when alt-tabbing over DP 2.1 with a 5090.

“Looks and feels great but I'm a little curious over the DP 2.1 port.”

After six months and about 1000 hours, lines appeared on the owner's screen.

“I've been using this monitor for about 6 months, about 1000 hours of use time.”

Recent buyer was disappointed at first and Gigabyte support didn't help, but got used to it and now finds HDR impactful with less black crush than their AW2725DF.

“today i find hdr to be very impactful and pretty!”

After 100 hours, the owner coming from a 4K IPS calls it a great upgrade with no pronounced banding; HDR only impressed in Peak 1500 mode.

“I got myself a tandem OLED and I'm happy with my purchase. I do not have pronounced vertical banding”

Returned it because DSC can't be disabled and the menu lacks color modes and HDR options, despite a great image.

“The image is great but this is a basic tier monitor for the price or a premium product. Returning this asap!”

Their new Dell S2725QS has a noticeable green-yellow tint next to their other display.

“the Dell looks noticeably green even when compared”

A month with the Dell S3225QC on Xbox and PS5: amazing picture and decent spatial audio after a VA.

“Picture quality is amazing, and I actually find the spatial audio pretty good.”

A month with the Dell U2725QE: otherwise good, but coil whine at night and other quirks are deal-breakers.

“It turned out to be an otherwise good monitor with a bunch of quite annoying and silly issues”

Their new Dell S3225QS looks blurry next to their MacBook Pro's screen.

“My MacBook Pro is so much clearer and crisper than my monitor.”

Likes their Dell S3425DW with a MacBook, but wishes it were 4K and the stand went higher.

“I really like mine. Wish it was 4k though.”

Their Dell U2724DE has IPS glow noticeable at night and some backlight bleed in a corner.

“I ended up buying the DE version and it also has some glow”

Kept their Dell U2724D for its excellent hub, though reflections are only so-so.

“Overall I kept mine because the hub functionality is awesome”

One of their two new Dell U3225QE arrived with a visible defect the other lacks.

“the identical twin I bought doesn't exhibit it”

Their new BenQ EX321UX has very nice contrast with some blooming; Mac support for HDR and refresh rate is limited.

“With the local dimming, contrast can be very nice (perfect blacks even in SDR mode) with the exception of some blooming.”

A pro photographer using the ASUS PA27JCV daily at work loves it.

“I love the ASUS so far, I’m using it daily”

A month in, their ASUS PG27AQDM showed heavy retention; they later RMA'd two units.

“I have this monitor for one month now , as you can see in the pic there is a lot of retention”

After a week with the ASUS PG27AQDP for competitive play they preferred a 540Hz TN instead.

“spent a week with the PG27AQDP (480hz OLED) and felt overall disappointed”

Liked their ASUS PG27UCDM but QD-OLEDs give them headaches.

“I liked mine too but unfortunately all QD-OLEDs give me headaches.”

Their ASUS PG27AQWP-W started with banding, desync and strong DSE, but after 300 hours it settled down.

“fortunately, after a 300-hour break-in period, the panel has stabilized significantly”

Their new ASUS XG27UCDMG has a large gap between the pixels and the bottom bezel.

“I just got this. Is the gap between pixels and bezel on the bottom big for you?”

Their first ASUS PG32UCDM3 arrived cracked from poor packaging; the replacement finally looks truly black to them.

“Panel. Finally it looks black to me.”

Coming from an LG 27-inch OLED, they enjoy the ASUS PG34WCDM's ultrawide immersion and USB-C.

“Really enjoy it thus far.”

Their Studio Display XDR has been incredible for work and personal use, and its 120Hz is lovely.

“I purchased a studio display XDR a few months ago. It’s been incredible”

Their previous ASUS PA248QV had dead-accurate colour, though they disliked its 16:10 shape.

“I previously had a PA248QV and color was dead accurate”

Their ASUS PA278QV looked too warm at 6500K by default and needed the blue gain raised.

“I was very upset seeing the default warmth at the 6500k temp.”

Bought the ASUS PA279CRV for colour grading and found a heavy green tint across computers and settings.

“The monitor has a massive tint shift to it (leaning heavily towards green).”

One of their two ASUS PA32QCV loses Thunderbolt after the front power button is used.

“One works perfectly, but the other one loses the Thunderbolt connection”

Their new ASUS PA32UCDM's loud fan and high-pitched noise went away after a firmware update.

“The noise went away when I upgraded to the new firmware.”

Returned the ASUS XG27ACDNG after days of tweaking: tiring text next to their IPS and dim, inconsistent HDR.

“text browsing is just awful compared to IPS”

Loves their ASUS XG27AQDMG: glossy, good HDR and text, and great for the price.

“I have one and I fucking love it! Glossy woled, hdr is good.”

Their ASUS XG259QNS was great for competitive games until coil whine started after a week.

“Unfortunately, coil whine started on the 7th day and has become noticeably louder since then.”

Using their ASUS XG27AQNGV only in Pulsar mode with no overheating.

“Mine arrived on Friday and I have been using it since then only in Pulsar mode, no issues with overheating at all.”

Notices more colour banding in YouTube on their ASUS XG32UCDS than on their IPS.

“For some reason I notice colour banding way more on my OLED in YouTube videos than on my IPS”

Owner's out-of-box banding was fixed by pixel cleaning and the panel now looks uniform.

“Mine had that too out of the box.. just run the pixel cleaning as mentioned in the quick start guide which fixed it.”

Owner's fourth unit, an RMA replacement, also switches off randomly despite testing different cables and computers.

“Just received the RMA replacement for my third LG 5K2K monitor, and whaddya know it switches off randomly”

New owner finds colors great and BF6 insane in HDR.

“I got the monitor a few days ago and the colors look great to me! BF6 looks absolutely insane, especially in HDR.”

Owner hit a blurry-image bug and no G-Sync certification over HDMI, so switched to DP 1.4 with DSC.

“there is a bug in some games (for example Fortnite) that forces 3840x2160 resolution and image becomes blurry.”

New owner saw scallop-shaped light patterns above the bottom bezel on grey and returned it for a replacement.

“there is a row of evenly spaced, "scallop-shaped" or "dimple" light patterns sitting right above the bottom bezel”

Bought new in box for $600 and calls it the best purchase they've made in a long time.

“In the small amount of time I’ve had it, I can say it’s the best purchase I’ve made in a long time.”

New owner loves the look but hears an annoying droning fan in their quiet room.

“the fan noise on it is getting quite annoying. The fan noise is loud enough for me to notice it and has a noticeable droning/whining sound.”

Disappointed owner finds it too dim, HDR underwhelming, text fringing noticeable on Windows and the matte finish grainy.

“I'm finding it's just too dim for my purposes.”

Owner is really happy with the picture quality and found the FHD 480Hz mode better than expected.

“I bought this monitor and I am really happy overall with the picture quality.”

Next to their Dell S2721DS, the owner finds it dimmer with bluish whites, though it is well built with a good stand and fine for Arc Raiders and CS2.

“Everything is a lot less bright, and the whites are very blue looking.”

New owner sees graininess on everything but solid black, on both PC and Mac; less noticeable in games.

“Solid blacks look fantastic, but everything else has this sort of graininess to it.”