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Wow, this thing is wonderful. I purchased this after I had returned a Samsung curved monitor that arrived with splatters of dead pixels and I discovered that I did not enjoy the curved experience. I was worried this one might show up similarly damaged but NO, it was perfect! Zero dead pixels. It does include both an HDMI and a Displayport cable, which was awesome since other monitors usually come with one or the other. The cable management clip included is very welcomed. Putting the thing together was a breeze. I played a few rounds of Overwatch, did some roaming around in Subnautica and some bot matches of CSGO as a test and all performed admirably. I have a Vega 64 and it was able to deliver a butter smooth experience on High settings with free sync on and no overclocking. PC MASTER RACE gaming elitists will say you're better off with a high refresh rate 2k monitor at this size but I performed just fine with solid FPS across the games I tried and it looked superb doing so. My skills did not suffer at 60hz and your experience probably won't either. You're probably not chasing Top 500 spots in competitive shooters for a Mountain Dew sponsorship and professional gaming career. If you have a more modest graphics card, you may have a different experience so look out for that. The LG On-screen monitor control software is great! No more awkwardly fiddling around with a joystick to change monitor settings. Works for both Windows and Mac; you can find it on the included CD or download off the LG website with minimal searching if you don't have a CD drive. You can set it to automatically load a preferred profile based on your use; movie mode when opening a media player or photo mode when you open a graphic design program in both OS's so thats nice. I use this with macOS as well and it looks superb, definitely a rival for the LG 5k Apple display. Color is great and fine for intermediate design work and content creation but isn't 100% Adobe RGB so if thats you're cup of tea, might need to look elsewhere. I was perfectly happy after a couple of easy tweaks for my use. My only complaint is very small -- the included stand doesn't have a lot of tilt/height adjustments...but that's what VESA hardware is for. I was perfectly fine with it and would buy a VESA mount in the future if my needs change. TLDR: 10/10 product for mixed use gaming and content creation, would buy a second one.

EDIT: After binging Stranger Things, I see the IPS Glow now. Impossible to unsee once you notice it. I recommend keeping a small/dim light on during nighttime viewing or lowering the monitor's brightness to around the ~50 mark to alleviate this issue. That aside- still a great display. The IPS panel in this display is top-notch. At least on my particular screen, I've never had issues with image retention or backlight bleed. Out-of-the-box, the color calibration was the literal best I had ever experienced, and even non-4K content really pops on this. (The internal scaler seems to handle 1800p, 1440p, and 1080p very, very well. For gamers who can't run everything at native 4K, don't worry: you have options!) The only issue is the stand, which is flimsy and frankly feels godawful. I'm going to replace it with a VESA mount at the first possible junction.

This is a nice monitor. I got it for a little under $400, open box, and the only issue I'm able to find with it is two small magenta "smears" when the monitor is displaying pure black. When there's an image on the screen, or the monitor is off, I'm unable to tell that there's any kind of blemish. If I had to guess, this is not a defect so much as probably something caused by somebody mishandling the monitor, not wanting to be responsible for the damage they caused, and then returning it. I'm using it via a DisplayPort connection and it works just fine. I'm not interested in the dual input options or the ability to control the menu with the mouse, I pretty much just leave the color settings at sRGB with 50% brightness and go with it. I've not done any real hard color-comparing yet, but it appears to be faithful to reality. The included stand looks pretty cheesy; I have not used it, it was immedately screwed onto an Ergotron NeoFlex that I had lying around and it works very well that way. The picture made it looks like the VESA mount screws were very near the top of the monitor and that I wouldn't be able to get enough height, but it mounts up perfectly and has a very usable height range. The picture, from what I can tell without looking at it REALLY critically for a very long time, appears to be consistent from side to side, top to bottom, and at any reasonable angle. I'm impressed. Even at a bargain price it's still more than I've ever spent on a monitor, but it seems to be worth it. I like that the image goes nearly all the way to the edge on three sides and that there's no protruding border, it's all just nice and flush with the panel. Why not 5 stars? The back of the thing is cheesy; I don't like how the plugs just stick straight out, like they made this thing as bare-bones as possible. The power adapter is kinda cheesy too, but not too bad. Some MINOR nitpicks would be the standby light - it would be nice to have the option to have it "breathe" instead of just blink on and off, or just not be on at all. It can be turned off when the monitor is on, but it will blink on/off when in standby. Finally, whoever repackaged the monitor arranged it so that the panel was face up, right at the top of the box and not covered by anything to protect it. If I weren't a very experienced, sophisticated consumer, I'd have gone through with the knife when opening the box and destroyed the panel. Be careful!

I bought this when I started working from home. I like the 4k resolution, because it lets me use Windows in high-DPI mode for sharp text. The color accuracy, viewing angle, screen consistency, all seem quite good. The brightness doesn't go as high as I'd like ideally, but for a budget display it's pretty much what I'd expect and adequate. The build quality is fairly cheap, but I get that they have to build it to a price so it's fine. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase.

I'm planning to get a new desktop computer and decided to get a new monitor as the first step. I've been using a 21" Acer 1080 x 1920 monitor at home (which this monitor will replace) and a HP DreamColor monitor at work. The difference in quality between this monitor and the ones I have been using is like night and day. In addition to having a beautiful 4K display, the user interface on this monitor is great. Instead of having an array of buttons it has a single combination joystick/button on the bottom turns the monitor on and off and allows you to navigate the menus and control the sound level. The menus are very well designed and intuitive and include several pre-programmed modes such as reading, photo, cinema, and several game modes. At first I used photo mode for everything but now I'm primarily using the reader mode. The reader mode has a reddish cast and looks relatively unattractive at first but I've found it to be easier on my eyes for day-to-day computer work. The DisplayPort input works great with my HP notebook which supports 4K video out over DP. The HDMI input works great with my Acer laptop but unfortunately that notebook only supports 1080 x 1920. The monitor looks great too. The display is surrounded by a very thin aluminum edge, with a small black section with an LG logo at the bottom. Overall a really great monitor. BTW, I bought an open-box monitor which was available via Prime for about $120 less than the best new offer. It looks like the monitor was returned because a screw was missing from the base which made it unstable. I bought a replacement M4 screw at Home Depot which completely fixed the problem. The DP cable was also missing but I wasn't too concerned about that considering how much I saved. I bought a new one from Amazon for about $10. Still more than $100 savings for an otherwise perfect monitor.

I’ve purchased this monitor 4 times if that tells you anything. It’s a good screen, but my biggest problem is the build quality of the back and stand. The back is made out of an extremely cheap plastic. Like I’ve had monitors that were half this price point and had nicer plastic. If you don’t have this monitor against the wall be prepared to be slightly embarrassed. As for the stand, it’s also complete absolute garbage. Be prepared to purchase something like a Vesa mount. Like 50 monitors have better stands. I would give the stability of this monitor a 4/10. It will stand up but if you bump it, the monitor will fall over. If it weren’t for how good the picture quality was, I would say give this a hard pass. Lg can make a beautiful looking screen but has no standards for the materials

I have had this screen for about a year, very happy with the quality of the picture and no issues at all. However, today, after a year of working absolutely fine, the stand which it was screwed into just decides to randomly bend and snap due to the weight of the screen, causing the screen to fall onto my keyboard and flat out break. When you pay $500 for a brand new screen, why would you shortcut the material for a stand so flimsy it can't take the weight of the screen and bends forward? So frustrated, waste of $500.

Pros: - A very thin frame/border for a cleaner look and less space wasted, which is necessary for multi-monitor configurations on multi-monitor stands. - The input mode toggling allows for fast switching between computer inputs. With another older model (by another manufacturer), it only auto-senses the input, and takes a lot more time to switch to the computer system that you want. LG's monitor let's you quickly switch and go directly to the input that you want. - 4k / 10bit monitor provides fast response rates and ultra high visual quality. - The VESA mount (which is fairly standard across monitors) fits well on my AmazonBasics dual monitor stand. The combination of these two is amazing, imho.