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

Bought this monitor for 1440p gaming and couldn’t be happier!

This is a review after 1 year of usage. Provided cable is still functional although when i first plugged it i was worried it would break at some point so be gentle with it. The monitor is 1440p 144hz so if you are buying this make sure you have a capable graphics card able to drive it. I personally have an RTX 3070 while it runs fine this card has 8GB of VRAM and it is starting to be affected negatively in some games. VRAM usage is quite high and I would say you need more than 8GB VRAM if you plan on playing latest triple A games and potentially more games in the future. Older games will function fine with this little VRAM. Nano IPS is a great panel from LG. The monitor does get a little warmer when gaming at higher refresh rate but doesnt seem to be negatively affected by it. Brightness is great and the included stand mount. Coming from cheaper monitors I never thought having such flexibility with a decent mount would be that nice. Out of the box the Windows UI display on this monitor is rather small personally it was too small for my liking so i increased the scale to 150% it enlarged everything on the screen. I did have trouble with doing this early stages of windows 11 and to be specific GTA V wasnt handling the the scaling that well but now its completely fixed. If you run into issues with specific case scenario you can easily revert back to the default scaling which is 100% Nothing wrong with it overall but if you are buying for an HDR experience turn away from this model. The implementation of this model is better never touched.

Best monitor I have gotten so far. The colors really pop once you tweak some of the settings. PS5 now supports 1440p output so most games look amazing.

I went back forth for a while on what type of monitor to get. I was coming from a 4k display, but a pretty cheap 60 Hz TN panel that I got on a Black Friday sale years ago. High-refresh 4k panels are too pricey (and I dont think my graphics card could cut it), but I wasnt sure if I wanted to commit to trading resolution for framerate. My initial impression after using the 27-GL850-B for a couple of hours is that I absolutely made the right decision. The picture quality blows my old monitor out of the water — the better colors and viewing angles more than compensate for the lower resolution. I have to really lean-in and look hard to notice the pixel edges, and I sit fairly close to the screen. Movies/shows/videos look amazing, as well. >99% of the content I watch isnt available in 4k, anyway, so for those things the monitor is just an improvement in every way over my old one. Screen real-estate is obviously less, though, which, depending on what you do, can impact productivity (which is why I brought the old 4k monitor to the office!). Initial impressions for the high-refresh are very positive. Id never gotten to use a high+variable refresh rate monitor for an extended period of time, and honestly didnt think the difference would feel as stark as it did. Games like CS:GO are lightning-quick, and even moving the cursor across the screen feels buttery smooth compared to the 60 Hz (probably garbage input lag) panels that I have as my secondary and tertiary displays. Even for non-competitive or not-as-fast-paced games, I appreciate the snappiness over a 60 Hz display. Variable refresh works great out of the box (on Windows 10, at least — intending to test with Arch Linux soon, and might update this review). Some other reviews have mentioned the recessed VESA mounting point being a problem. This recess is 12cm x 12cm and roughly ~0.65 cm deep. I was worried that I was going to run into an issue here, but my monitor stands (Monoprice #15708) VESA mounting brackets just barely cleared and were able to fit into said recess. I strongly suspect that, even if ones VESA mounting bracket is too large, as long as it is symmetrically so, then one could just use longer M4 screws than the ones provided (this will put extra radial torque on the screws, which screws arent really designed to handle. In theory, the monitor is light enough that it should be fine, but dont blame me if you break something). Some minor complaints: * Every preset other than the default Gamer 1 preset grays-out many picture options except brightness. For example, if I want to use the clamped-gamut sRGB mode (which is accessed as a preset in the OSD), then Im prevented from adjusting the white point. * I/O (particularly the DisplayPort) is along the vertical center of the monitor, which results in interference between DP cable/plug and my monitor stand. Mine might be an uncommon situation, but it still couldve been avoided. * HDR support is token.

This monitor is pretty dang great and for the price of 250 I paid for it on Amazon day was a steal.. I use it for my ps5.. some games on ps5 give you a crispy downscale to 1440p image and other games can actually look terrible and grainy at times I dont know why tho.. ps5 native 1440p support is coming in the next firmware up hopefully.. some select ps5 users is playing beta mode for the native 1440p as we speak.. I got this monitor because I want to play everything at 60fps and to do that most likely all games will run at 1440p at 60 so Ill hold off on a 4k monitor for now... note i also been having some flicker issues playing fps games sometimes but its not worth returning I simply turn the monitor on and off them the problem is gone.. had the monitor 2 months and thats happened 7 times... I recommend this monitor if your a console player that wants that 60 to 120 fps at 1440p... one more thing the brightness isnt the best but it still a great monitor..

I just started using it and I love it. It has different configurations according to the game you will play and also for daily use. The response time and refresh rate are excellent combined with the DAS feature LG monitors have.

I have only really one complaint, and I just solved it with an arm, but the stand on this monitor annoys the living heck out of me. The gamingness of the stand having long spikey legs that really just interfere with absolutely anything I might have on my desk was plain awful. Everything else though has been wonderful though. The controls are easy to use, the picture looks good, having a higher refresh rate is just nice, etc etc. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a reasonable display, but with the caveat that you either have a big empty desk or get an arm because the stand included just rubs me the wrong way.

i use my display a lot both professionally and for recreation. the LG 27GL850-B has some real nice options and color reproduction and brightness, but the IPS panel has some minor bleed you cant get away with and uniformity across the panel has an extreme variation of about 9% from the lower left corner to the middle of the right hand side of the screen. during black moments, this is noticeable, especially in a room without lights, but i keep a dim light on and usually have something on display, so it isnt noticed at all. the swivel adjustment is incredibly stiff and not worth hassling over. the stand is slim and out of the way with a cable keeper that is convenient to tie cables too for tidiness. the screen itself has a non-reflection coating and a bezel about 2.5mm thick which isnt terrible. brightness is over 700 nits (!) which is great if you want a bright screen for movies and stuff. the g-sync module in it works great too, and matches up over displayport perfectly (but not HDMI for some reason). the display is HDR10 capable (10 bit color) and has a gamma of around 2.25. paper white is about 320 nits. the USB ports on the back are at right angles to the display and are easy to get to, but a pain if you have short cables - i would much prefer them on the lower edge of the display like what Dell does. the built-in USB ports are USB 3.1 rated, but you only get two of them. overall very happy with the display!

LG has certainly set the bar here with these monitors for both quality and price. I think a lot of people will be debating the LG 27GL83A-B and the LG 27GL850-B; I’ve had both and I immediately knew the decision was to keep the LG 27GL850-B. I was blown away when first viewing images on the 27GL850 when comparing to a TN panel, and this was not something that I felt with the 27GL83A at all. My specific unit has no noticeable IPS glow (orange tint) and has very minimal back light bleed that would only be noticeable in a completely dark room. Compared to its lower priced counterpart, I think the Nano IPS display makes a world of difference for quality and the ability to reduce that IPS glow and back light bleed. Blacks are deeper and more consistent on the 27GL850A and colors really pop on the wide color gamut panel. Pros: + 1440p @ 144 Hz + Good viewing angles + Gsync certified and Adaptive-Sync ready + Supports wide color gamut and provides a very good sRGB emulation profile for those that do not like the saturated look + Nano IPS provides decent black levels for IPS panel standards + No IPS glow visible to eye (specific to my monitor) + Very minimal back light bleed (specific to my monitor) Cons: - Advertised 1ms (you’ll need to select the “fastest” response time setting, but you greatly sacrifice quality for minimal benefit) - Contrast level is lacking due to panel technology - Stand is on the cheaper side - HDR support is a gimmick (can accept HDR signal but this monitor only has a 350 nits level)

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.