LG have a new 32 inch 4k HDR monitor
with free sync and Thunderbolt 3 so
let's check it out and find out how well
it handles content creation gaming and
day-to-day tasks the Nano IPS panel is
31.5 inches with a 16 by 9 aspect ratio
and runs with a 4k resolution it's just
got a 60 Hertz refresh rate 5
millisecond greater gray response time
and has free sync so should do OK for
gaming too however for most games you're
going to need some pretty serious GPU
power to maintain good FPS at 4k LG just
lists that the monitor has support for
98% of the DCI p3 color space and
unfortunately my software can't confirm
this using the spider 5 Pro I did
measure the panel with 100% of srgb 83%
of ntsc and 89% of Adobe RGB so it seems
a little better when compared with MSI's
create a monitor I recently tested in
this regard LG also listed contrast
ratio of 1,300 to 1 and I measured mine
at 950 to 1 so I have noticed my tool
always comes in below what's specified
they note that it's got a 450 net
typical brightness and 715 at peak
brightness and when a 100% brightness in
the center I measured 423 notes ghosting
isn't something I'm personally sensitive
to however you can see the differences
between the 4 response time settings
here
which are having it off set to normal
fast or faster and in this test faster
did look noticeably better but I can
only really tell that after reviewing
the playback in slow-motion viewing
angles were fine regardless of angle LG
nert that it's good for up to 178
degrees both horizontally and vertically
the monitor is certified for vase a
display HDR 600 and HDR content looked
good better when compared to SDR content
at least though I still don't have tools
to properly test HDR and it's not really
something I can show you either my
camera isn't recording in HDR and you
may not have a HDR monitor to view the
result anyway with HDR mode enabled it
enables local dimming while I didn't see
the number of zone
listed in the specs I counted 15 the
bezels aren't too thick I measured them
in around one point one centimeters on
all four sides though I honestly can't
say I noticed them given how large the
panel is there was some backlight bleed
mainly towards the bottom corners though
I could only see this during this worst
case test I never noticed it while
normally viewing darker content but this
will vary between monitor it's not all
just about the panel though taking a
look at the rest of the monitor it's got
a curved metal base with a silver finish
I did find this a bit less stable than
I'd like the monitor would shake a
little while typing however I did like
that there was plenty of space compared
to other stands on my desk the exterior
of the stand is the same silver color
but it's made of plastic the stand
connects to the back of the panel
without any tools required and behind
this there are four screws for the 100
millimeter base amount if you want to
attach the panel to a different stand or
monitor arm down the bottom in the
center there's a Kensington lock and
below this is the single joystick fawned
screen display navigation more on that
soon with the 2 5 watt speakers found on
either side the speakers sound pretty
good at least for a monitor definitely
above average out of the ones I've used
there was even a little base and there
was still quite clear at higher volumes
otherwise the back also has the i/o in
the center facing out there's a HDMI 2.0
and DisplayPort 1.4 input power input
3.5 millimeter headphone jack 2 type-c
ports 4 Thunderbolt 3 and the bottom one
also supports DisplayPort and to type a
USB ports which can be used if you're
connected to your computer with
Thunderbolt the Thunderbolt 3 port can
apparently be used to daisy chain to 4k
monitors together with one port however
as I've just got the one I haven't
tested this LG note that the monitor can
provide up to 60 watts of power delivery
over this port - so you could
potentially charge your laptop with a
single cable to the monitor if it
supports Type C charging like say the
Dell XPS or MacBook the on-screen
display was pretty easy to navigate
using the joystick it was easy to reach
from just below the screen compared to
others that you have to reach around the
side to get to this doubles as the power
button if you hold it when you power it
on it makes a beep which can be disabled
and you can also move it left and right
speaker volume more quickly mute LG also
provide their on-screen control center
software which lets you control the
screen through windows with your mouse
normally software like this needs a USB
connection to the PC or laptop so you
can manage it however I found it to work
with just DisplayPort only which I'm
still a little confused about the
software lets you set different screen
splits change picture modes update the
monitor adjust response time enable free
sync and more I found the screen split
option nice by default in Windows 10
it's easy to set two windows
side-by-side however you can select from
a lot more custom splits through the
software dragging a window into one of
these zones will automatically maximize
it within the specific zone the monitor
comes with a nice assortment of cables
including two type-c hdmi displayport
and power cable the monitor uses quite a
large external power brick as well it's
white and matches the rest of the cables
there's a little plastic clip that you
can stick on the stand to aid with cable
management - and I was able to get
things looking pretty tiny with it there
are a few adjustments available
including - 5 to 20 degrees of tilt
between 0 and 110 millimetres of height
adjustment and there's even 180 degrees
of pivot so unfortunately no
side-to-side swivel here
so far the monitor looks pretty good but
how is it to actually use day to day I
normally use a 32 inch 4k monitor as my
daily driver the Ben q1 which I've
previously reviewed in the past I can
easily say that this LG one instantly
looked better in about every way the
colors were obviously better and screen
brightness was a noticeable step up even
just having something as simple as
height adjustment was a nice change
after editing a few videos on it I'm a
little sad that I don't get to keep it
great so how much does it cost and is it
worth it for updated pricing check the
links in the description as prices will
change over time in the US it appears to
be going for around 1,100 u.s. dollars
at the moment while here in Australia at
the recommended retail prices 2600
Australian dollars on the LG website
though you can buy it for around 1,400
Australian dollars it's definitely not
cheap and honestly it's hard for me to
compare with others that I've tested as
I haven't tested many close to this
price point while I think it's a nice
monitor
better than what I was using previously
it would be hard for me to justify the
extra money for the improvements at
least while there are other options like
LGA and 5k ultra-wide for less money
with similar specs I do personally
prefer the larger screen real estate
granted I'd prefer a curved option at
that length let me know what you thought
of LG's 32 UL 950 monitor down in the
comments let me know if you found any
monitors that are great for video
editing I'm still on the lookout to try
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