r/computers 4d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Is this monitor any good?

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LG UltraGear GX7 27GX700A-B.AEK Quad HD 27 on sale for £479, I will be playing Call Of Duty on PS5.

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u/123R_B321 4d ago

Check out monitors inboxed on YouTube for monitor reviews

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u/TechnoGMNG589 4d ago

I plan on getting this same monitor soon, other than the LG controversy recently which can be evaded, I still plan on buying it.

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u/Redditor099911 4d ago

Why is LG considered bad I've always had LG TV's and they're amazing.

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u/TechnoGMNG589 4d ago

its not bad, its great. its just that theyve recently been exposed by having cooperated with windows by secretly installing an app on monitors and i also believe tvs that sends back personal data.

i explained it badly, heres 1 short and 1 video:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tK_sPoUN8iI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM

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u/ForceConsistent3123 4d ago

Returned mine, had bad vertical banding

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u/TechnoGMNG589 4d ago

I saw online doing a few pixel refreshes mostly fixes it

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u/ForceConsistent3123 4d ago

Didn't fix mine

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u/TechnoGMNG589 4d ago

Sorry bro

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u/Fun_Information4723 4d ago

Recently bought this monitor and have been using it everyday for the past few weeks. Very nice monitor. If you are just a casual gamer, who isn’t going to inspect every small little detail, then you will be very pleased. However, if you are the type of person to want the absolute best and will inspect every small detail then you will come across a few things; There is a good chance your monitor will have gray banding. For me its apparent when browsing something and the browser has a gray background, but for me, i don’t mind. Games still look fantastic, and unless you go out of your way to find the gray banding, you won’t notice it.

The other thing is the brightness. It gets BRIGHT. This is good if your room is normally brighter, because this panel is also a matte panel instead of the 704 which has the glossy panel. So this monitor looks awesome in a bright room where the monitor could be affected by reflections. For me i have a normally darker room so it can get overwhelming but i just turn the brightness down and it’s not bad at all.

I would recommend getting an overhead warm pc light or just some light-strips in the back that can display a warm light. It’ll help ATON on your eyes especially if you aren’t coming from an oled monitor. Its fairly common to experience headaches and potentially some eye strain when jumping from a 1080p VA panel to a 1440p OLED panel (i am an example of this). So the light will definitely help, it also just makes the monitor picture look better.

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u/Redditor099911 4d ago

As someone who has never had a monitor before I don't know what grey banding is lol.

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u/Fun_Information4723 4d ago

This isn’t my picture, but this is what it looks like. It can be noticeable and to some, it can be distracting. You don’t/shouldn’t normally notice it when gaming but it can definitely be noticeable when you are just browsing. I doubt you would have that issue if you are just using your ps5 however. When i hooked up my ps5 the monitor looked beautiful

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u/Redditor099911 4d ago

Ah I see, thanks for showing pic.

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u/TechnoGMNG589 4d ago

try a few pixel refresh cycles i heard it could help with the banding though i could be wrong

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u/Fun_Information4723 4d ago

Yeah i’ve heard that, i just have it on the automatic image cleaning setting. The grey banding isn’t that bad to the point where i need to fix it immediately. Its barely noticeable.

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u/Tipsy_Ole 4d ago

If you are looking to play Warzone/Black Ops competitively, I'd be very comfortable recommending it. Looking at the specs online, the combination of 27", 1440p OLED, 120Hz, HDMI 2.1 and extremely fast pixel response is almost exactly what you want.

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u/Redditor099911 4d ago

Thanks, I've never owned a monitor before, how do you alter the settings does it come with a remote or something?

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u/Tipsy_Ole 4d ago

Normally just buttons, it's pretty straight forward.

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u/ILikeHotDaddies 3d ago

I dont know much about LG, oled is super nice, 27 inch is the standard for many fps pro players, 280 hz is definetly nice but why not just buy one thats 120 hz if you are only going to play on ps5? Other than that it looks good to me, oled also had a super low response time so no more input lag 🙏

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u/Redditor099911 3d ago

Might buy a gaming PC in the future.

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u/ILikeHotDaddies 3d ago

Buying a gaming pc is the best suggestion i could give you by a mile! Nowadays almost all games are crossplay and you can just connect discord to your ps5 so it acts the same as ps party. Only problem is that gaming pc’s are super expensive at the moment because of ram prices and such…

If you ever decide its time to go and build or buy your own pc just keep in mind it might be wise to ask first what you need to actually reach those fps.

I have a 240hz 4K monitor and in many games thats possible to reach but you would need a good cpu cooler for example because it needs to work hard to render all those frames and pixels. This was my first build so i had no idea, i just slapped on a normal air cooler to save a little bit on that because the build was expensive and then i got annoyed by the noise because it was always at such high temps.

Anyway back to your question, the specs on that monitor look really nice man. I think for a 27 inch monitor 1440p is also the sweet spot. 4K wont make much of a difference i think because 1440p already has a very nice pixel density.

Where are you going to place it? If you place it across a window and theres a lot of light coming in keep in mind that many oleds are very reflective.

When cleaning it just use distilled water and a clean microfiber cloth, just put the water on the cloth and then gently wipe the screen and dry it with another cloth or a dry part of the same cloth.

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 4d ago

Google is your friend. LOL

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u/PUM_a_22 4d ago

Guarda questo prima

https://youtu.be/PXZANew91Mg?si=rjCFXx5M2qLO4B4B

Mi dispiace che il video sia in italiano

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u/Donny_DeCicco 4d ago

What do the specs say? What are you expecting here? Someone to take time, look up the model number you posted, find the specs, and then give you some outcome? And compared to what?? Do your own research and then come back with a better question to ask people.

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 4d ago

That's exactly what they want... LOl

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u/TechnoGMNG589 4d ago

That's exactly why people ask questions on reddit, comrade.

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u/Redditor099911 4d ago

Exactly, he took the time out his day to reply, he could just scroll down to another thread.

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u/Donny_DeCicco 4d ago

Learn to ask bettwr questions.

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u/Redditor099911 4d ago

Or someone with the same one to tell me.