LG B 32" QHD Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate and Radeon FreeSync Technology

Let me open up this review by saying, yes, you should get this. It's good. I like it. I don't regret my purchase in any way whatsoever and you probably won't either. I'm now going to complain because something this good shouldn't have some of the weird nearly-inconsequential flaws that it does.Input auto-switching is finicky. You occasionally have to do it by hand when it should be obvious to the monitor which input is active.The slim bezel is a double-edged sword. I love that it's comfortable to use in a pair. I also wish it had a little more top bezel to clamp a camera to.FreeSync works great and there's an extended compatibility mode that is intended to make it work with G-Sync if you monkey with your drivers a little. That isn't as consistently reliable as I wish it were, but once you get it going it's mostly fine.It urgently wants to go into sleep mode if there's no signal. This isn't really a problem at all unless you have multiple systems hooked up to the monitor. If you do, you will often find yourself in a situation where you switch inputs, turn on your other machine, and if it doesn't boot like lightning the monitor will assume there's no signal and switch back. It's really only annoying if you want to get into the second machine's setup mode or EFI menu.The back of the monitor is not flat. It's curved toward the mounting post. Remember that camera I wanted to clamp to it? The back of the monitor is not parallel to the front, so the clamp is a little wonky.I read every slip of paper that came with the thing and carefully assembled the mounts. There's still a small plastic clip in one of the parts bags that I have no idea whatsoever what it's for. It's shown on the parts diagram with no description and I've probably spent a good hour trying to puzzle out where it's supposed to go. Maybe one day I'll figure it out but until then the little clips sit in a drawer.Here's my big one, though, and I'd almost call this half a star off the review if I didn't really like this monitor: Two identical monitors from the same shipment sit at different heights. The height is adjustable just fine (although one post is a little stiffer to move than the other). If you bottom out both of my monitors, though, one sits about a quarter of an inch higher than the other. This wouldn't really be a problem for anyone who doesn't have a kind of high desk. I have a kind of high desk so I have to bump the other monitor up by that quarter of an inch.In any case, it's still a great monitor and I'm super happy with these things. No regrets. Despite the fact that 80% of this review consists of complaining, all the things I didn't talk about are fantastic. Picture's great. Price is terrific. Easy to put together. Doesn't take up a ton of space. Has a bit of cable management in the back for multiple inputs and it's pretty easy to reach back there and blindly mess with plugs if you have to. Power cord is acceptably long. It'll actually show a scaled picture if sent a 4K signal, although by default it will complain that you're in the wrong resolution. I dumped the EDID and it's pretty accurate; it's not faking that it's a 4K monitor, it just happens to not fail outright if you get a high resolution signal. All the good stuff.Oh. Right. The stand is kind of ugly. It's got these "cool gamer" red stripes on it that are a bit tacky and dated. If you put the monitors on a swing arm you can avoid having to look at the stand's feet.So, yeah, buy it.

I am comparing this product to the VIOTEK GN32DB as I've had both and they are direct competitors. I consider this product better for most people, as it renders text clearer, has more accurate colors, and ultimately is a more well rounded product. That being said, I personally enjoyed using the VIOTEK monitor more, as it has a saturation option that allows you to blast colors into your face and this LG monitor does not.The build quality is excellent, as I've found with most LG monitors I've purchased. The cables are managed properly and aren't a pain to plug in. The stand spreads far across the desk, but has no wobble. The stand is also very versatile, with pivot, tilt, height, etc. Excellent build. Some people won't like that the power brick is external- I don't really mind.Picture quality is superb. Colors are great, though might need some tweaking. This monitor offers two "butter smooth gameplay" options in the form of Freesync, which sacrifices GTG response time, and 1ms motion which reduces color quality in exchange for greatly decreasing ghosting and overall making this look and feel like a low latency TN panel. I enjoy having both of these options because you can switch between them - I'd use 1ms for CS:GO and Freesync for something like Witcher 3. These two options cannot be enabled at the same time, but given the types of games they are geared for, I think having these options available are wonderful.As measured by Hardware Unboxed - this monitor is the *only* 32 inch VA panel that he's tested that can keep up with 144hz refresh rate as far as response time goes - measured at 6.5ms (versus most other's ~8.5ms) - I could not personally tell the difference between this and the VIOTEK but it still gains props for being the fastest.Colors are good, contrast was very good and text was reasonably clear. Do note that you are essentially buying a TV- this thing is rather large- however it works well as a monitor particularly for gaming. If you're planning on sitting close to it, however, I'd definitely recommend going for a 27'' 1440p panel instead as text clarity does suffer. This worked well for me based on my sitting distance, but it may not work for a large amount of desk setups.Overall, this is the monitor I'd recommend anyone looking for a larger form factor gaming monitor should get on a budget. It's effectively flawless - where the only gripes I have with it are personal preference and absolutely not normal preferences for anyone to have. LG has done a great job here, and I appreciate how they are bringing their fantastic technology to the budget gaming sector.

This monitor is excellent, the specs on this monitor are a great value for the money. Most monitors with these specs cost about a hundred dollars more. The contrast makes the colors vibrant and pop. The brightness is more than adequate for gaming and working. The aesthetics are also slick with the "red orange" accents, although you cant really see them while you are working on the monitor. Im coming from a 1080p 60Hz LG monitor and the difference while gamming is noticeable. The Hz provide a smoother picture and experience while gaming.Big pluses:-Comes with 4ft display cable, which is important because you can not get the 144Hz without display cable!-Price is $100 less than other models of same quality.-Red orange accents look slick-Raises and lowers, tilts-Ability to fine tune with onscreen displayCons:- Comes about 8" off of the wall when on original stand. This is only a problem if your workstation is against a wall and you like the monitor pushed up against the wall on your desk. But you can always mount it to the wall because its fully VESA mountable.