Best purchase I've made in ages!
by Jay Anstiss
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I was in two minds about getting this monitor. Did a lot of research prior to the purchase, but once I took the jump and ordered it and set it up once it got here - this monitor is amazing. Next to one of my other monitors (which is a good one itself) the colours and overall look on this LG monitor are totally noticeable. The blacks really are black. Everything running through it looks great. I cannot fault this monitor. if you, like me, are thinking about getting one just do it! You won't regret it.
Great monitor , but LG makes it hard
by BW
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Overclockers fantastic service as always…..This is a good monitor but LG do not help themselves here. The out of box experience is not great. The first thing everyone needs to do is update the firmware . Without the firmware update the monitor in many games will divert to 120hz in full screen mode locking you out of 240hz . The update fixes that and some other bugs, then you will need to colour calibrate as it is to blue out the box. It’s not difficult you can either use LG’s own calibration tool (another download) or there are plenty of videos on YouTube giving the accurate colour settings ……LG needs to do better on this front and do the legwork before shipping ….But once you’ve done all that man is it good! The HDR is fantastic you can’t beat those OLED blacks. The picture in motion is fantastic, the response time is incredible. Also recommend running windows HDR calibration tool if you are on windows 11. No it isn’t the brightest monitor you have to curb your expectations on that front and it will depend on how much daylight is in your room if using a lot in the daytime as to whether it’s right for you. But used in a dimly lit room or in the evening it’s great! Also use PS5 on the monitor and it now looks and runs great, VRR and 120hz as well as HDR!
Couldn't Be Happier
by J Terry
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I've now had this monitor for a month, receiving it in early April as part of OCUK's first batch. I've used it for over two hundred hours at this point, around 2/3 gaming (Resident Evil 4 Remake, Judgment & Project Zero IV) and the rest of the time for basic Excel/Word editing and web browsing. Here are my thoughts.
- Build/feature quality: Sturdy steel stand that was easy to assemble. Easy to navigate menus and I'm a big fan of the remote. Fans are very quiet.
- Brightness: whilst my initial impressions in the first few days were that the monitor appeared a little dim compared to my previous IPS panel (which I ran at approx 50% brightness), I adjusted within a few days and now the notion that it lacks brightness seems absurd to me. In fact, I've turned the brightness down to 85% and it's more than enough for me whatever time of the day in a room that can get bright.
- ABL: Whenever I view a webpage or document that is over around 70% white, the screen WILL dim the white parts of the screen, and you cannot turn this off. Again, this took a little getting used to at first, and now I rarely notice it. In fact, it's nice not being flashbanged all the time and I've always used Dark Themes where I can anyway.
- HDR: Noticeably brighter in this mode and looks as good as one can get it looking with Windows 11 calibration.
- VRR Flicker: I hadn't heard about this before, and never noticed on my LG C1. Was surprised more professional reviews don't mention much in regards to gaming on OLED panels. Essentially, if a framerate varies quite widely, it can result in a subtle flicker in darker areas with VRR enabled (something to do with the gamma, I gather). Loading screens can be most affected, but I did notice it in during general gameplay in RE4 Remake as my rig is capable are running the game between 120-200fps. My solution for that particular game was simply to cap the framerate to 120fps and it virtually eliminated it. I haven't encountered it in any other games thus far (albeit because I have been able to mostly max out the 240Hz . It does appear to be a trade-off once has to accept 2% of the time for the benefits of OLED the rest of the time.
tldr: VRR Flicker is a part of gaming on a OLED and can be mitigated by capping framerate to your 1% lows in those titles where framerates fluctuate wildly.
All in all, I'm exceptionally pleased with this monitor, but it does take a week or two to adjust to coming from a more traditional LCD panel blasted with a backlight.