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

This is a good monitor for sure, it was very easy to get set up on its stand that comes with it. The picture is very clear and crisp, everything looks smooth when using it to game. The only negative thing about this monitor is that the picture kind of looks like it has a backwards curve to it, now this may just be because i was using a curved monitor for years before i got this monitor so my eyes may just need to adjust to using a flat screen monitor again. Other than that this is a great monitor, also the stand that comes with it is not overly large so it does not take up much room on your desk. The stand can also adjust for height or even tilt if you want to use your monitor in a portrait view instead of the standard landscape view. you can also tilt the monitor to have the screen angled a bit more down or up.

After doing research for months I settled on this monitor. I had a Viewsonic 32 ink 4k monitor that was just a little to big for my desk and the 4k made writing to small. When I would zoom in or make the print bigger it would get fuzzy around the edges. This Monitor is perfect for my needs. I never thought a higher refresh rating would make that big of a difference but, all I can say is wow. Everything looks so much better. I game at 1440p with an NVidia card and with G-Sync and high refresh this meets everything I could ask for and the price was perfect. Didnt feel to low and therefore a cheap construction product, and not so overly priced and covered with RGB that does nothing but drive the price up. If you want to game at 1440p at 144hz on a budget, please consider this monitor.

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.

I write this review as the former owner of 3 Asus PG279Qs and one PG279QZ. I was drawn to this realm of the monitor market because I do not believe that 4K displays are worth it at this particular point in time. As far as I see it, the majority are a compromise as the bandwidth requirements for running 4:4:4 chroma subsampling, an extended color gamut, a refresh rate of 144 Hz and beyond, and a resolution of 3840x2160 all at the same time will be much better served by DP 1.5 or HDMI 2.1 (proper HDR wouldnt hurt either). Although it could be argued that achieving 144 frames at 1440p is more resource intensive than 60 frames at 2160p, I believe the experience to be the most immersive, at least until 144+ frames becomes viable at 4K. Unfortunately, based on the price to performance ratio trend of the current generation of graphics cards (Nvidia’s in specific), it is going to be a long, long time until that is achievable at a reasonable price. All things aside, I can state with confidence that I’ve found my sweet spot for monitors in the form of LG’s 27GL850. It has addressed all of the quality control concerns that I’ve experienced throughout my quest of trying to obtain a high refresh rate, 1440p IPS-type display. Seeing as this is an LG product, the monitor can rightfully be referred to as having an IPS (In-Plane Switching) panel as this is their proprietary term for the technology that produces the wider color gamut and viewing angles. I did not buy this display because I am a hardcore gamer; I bought it because I wanted a quality monitor with good color reproduction, a uniform panel, and good response time. My purchase was based solely on the off chance of LG producing a monitor where quality control wasn’t an after-thought. Now that it has finally arrived, I am proud to report that this monitor delivers. The display has zero backlight bleed and excellent uniformity, contrast, and response time. White uniformity is even across the entirety of the screen while the factory calibrated colors appear accurate even next to my calibrated Dell. Outside of sRGB mode, the colors do come off as over-saturated, although some may prefer the added vibrancy of the Nano IPS technology (I did not). Black levels are on par with most other IPS-type displays that I’ve used despite the specified measurement coming in at a somewhat lower figure than similar displays. As for response time, it seems universally accepted by the monitor community that the fast setting is adequate in preventing overshoot. The faster and fastest settings produce undesirable artifacts known as coronas. Despite this monitor not having variable overdrive, I have had no perceivable issues when it comes to gaming as I do tend to binge on CS:GO from time to time. If I had to nit-pick, and I do because this is a review where transparency informs prospective buyers, I will say that the strength of the presence of IPS glow on my display falls on the moderate end of the spectrum. This could be due to the fact the panel is 27 inches, which is a decent amount of real estate for this phenomenon to occur. It is also important to keep in mind that this is something that varies on a per panel basis. Without a doubt, it is a consequence of choosing to utilize an IPS panel for one’s computing purposes. Regardless, it is nothing unexpected or anything that cannot be addressed by adjusting the brightness level as well as the viewing distance, height, and angle. Besides simply turning down the brightness, placing the monitor further away is one way to remedy the matter. Another way to minimize the glow is to position the screen in such a way that one’s gaze meets the center of the screen as IPS-type displays fare better when the height of the top bezel is of equal height or greater in relation to one’s eyes. A final tip is to manipulate the screen’s tilt angle as oftentimes angling it upwards reduces glow. By applying these adjustments, I can easily say that this is overall the best monitor that I’ve used to date. I will not sit here and bash Asus’ most recent iteration of their high refresh rate, 1440p IPS-type display, the PG279QZ, as one can refer to the top review of the PG279QZ to see what types of problems plague those monitors. What I will say is that it’s a breath of fresh air to see that quality control still exists in consumer-grade monitors. Realistically, no manufacturing process is going to produce near perfect monitors all of the time; however, this purchase has instilled confidence in me when it comes to the LG brand. I imagine that this model will provide all disillusioned monitor buyers a glimmer of hope when it comes to having a fighting chance at obtaining a quality monitor in this realm of the market. ***As per a request in the comments, Ive attached pictures of the monitor at brightness of zero, 50%, and 100%. I also managed to track down another monitor from Micro Center, so I posted the same array of shots for this sample too. The results were very similar; however, a small circular area of bleed does exist in the top left corner. It is somewhat noticeable on a black screen unless I increase the height of the stand. To identify the pictures of the second monitor, please see the pictures without the headphones in them. Despite trying several approaches and platforms, the photo uploader refuses to retain the sequence in which I had originally ordered them).***

The brightness and the picture quality are awesome. Really accurate colors. However, Apple silicon macs do not support 1440p. So you either have to use betterDummy to workaround the HiDPI issue or just move up a notch to get a 4k display. However, you will need to pay a lot more to get a 4k display with this kind of color gamut.

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.

The monitor is good. Good picture quality, good color accuracy, good viewing angles, good refresh rate, and its easy to configure, with two custom profiles and a number of built-in profile. The gray-to-gray (G2G) response time is pretty good (though not 1 ms as advertised unless you want lots of reverse ghosting artifacts). The stand is also quite good, and if you dont like it, you can use your own. I love this thing! But it could be better. There is only one DisplayPort input. Normally this wouldnt be a big deal, but the monitors refresh rate is capped at 100 Hz (1440p) or 120 Hz (1080p) when using HDMI if you have FreeSync on. At the very least, you can disable FreeSync on the HDMI ports and just have DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync on, since the variable refresh rate setting is per-input rather than per-profile. Also, the audio quality that comes through the built-in 3.5 mm headphone jack is awful. Everything sounds like extremely compressed MP3, and even someones with not-the-greatest-hearing like me could tell this. Many devices have built-in audio jacks (most computers, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch), but some dont (PS5, DVD players, etc.) and rely on the HDMI audio. Either way, having to unplug and plug in things when switching inputs can be annoying. All-in-all, its a REALLY good monitor, but these caveats make it hard to recommend to just anyone. Of course, some of these caveats may not even apply to everyone. If you just have just one PC connected to it, you use DisplayPort, and you plug your speakers into the PC rather than the monitor, this monitor will easily be a 5/5 experience for you. Its a very high quality display, and LG did an great job with it. But if you have to use several devices, its a 3/5 experience.

Ordered like 4 monitors from Amazon, and all had some manufacturing issues with them. Until this one. I have it for about 6 months now, no prob. The LG-850B is overall a solid monitor. Good colors, good refresh rate, okay profile management (cant create new profiles, but can edit the 2 gamer profiles). I bought this monitor for about 260$, so if you can, wait till xmas when for it to go on sale. I have a few complaints, some of which: 1. This is a U.S product, meaning it only comes with a U.S power supply unit. Go get an adapter. 2. The stand is ABYSMAL. I bought an arm to go with it. (F80 North Bayou, check locally, it might be cheaper than it is on Amazon). 3. The quality-control of all Amazon products is very questionable. You should get these types of products during the summer / xmas, where you have like 2 month window to return the item for a full refund, in case it completely breaks apart.

This is for the LG 27GL850-B Nano monitor. I wish I had bought an IPS panel sooner. Everything is so much more vivid and clear, and the monitor has very little light bleed (I have a small bleed in my top left corner I almost never notice). Mine came with no dead pixels, which finally broke my unlucky streak of first-new-monitor-always-has-dead-pixels. The joystick menu is the best monitor menu Ive ever used, its fast and responsive, and is easy to switch inputs or turn settings on and off. This monitor doesnt have hardware G-Sync, but the G-Sync compatibility does make a difference, especially if a game you play is prone to screen tearing or sudden frame drops. Being able to drop frames but still have pretty smooth gameplay feels much better. This monitor also doesnt really have the hardware for true HDR, but whenever something allows me to turn on HDR, everything still looks more vivid. Not quite what a real HDR monitor will hand you, but for 1440p 144hz and (almost) G-Sync? Im willing to put up with it for the price. Doom Eternal on this monitor utterly blew my mind. Im very happy, and might buy a second one soon. My current second money looks so gross next to this one.

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.