![]() The pivot tilt adjustable stand is made from solid metal and is quite sturdy. I was also happy to see slim bezels around the LCD display – resulting in a virtually borderless visual experience. White plastic has a tendency to yellow with age, and this monitor is about 12 months old and seems a little less white than it originally was, but I couldn’t tell for sure. The color scheme of black bezels, white chassis, and silver stand looks quite premium, and will blend in at either an office or at home.Īlthough – the back of the monitor is plastic, and I’m not sure how it will hold up over time. Overall the design and build quality of the 27UN850-W is good, with a few cut corners, likely to reduce the price tag of the monitor and make it more affordable than other similar competitors. it does have a few flaws, and I’ll touch on those briefly in this review. The LG 27UN-850-W is a good fit for pretty much anyone – including designers, video editors, coding, those looking to maximise productivity, and surprisingly, it’s also a pretty decent gaming monitor. You can really zoom in and get a great visual experience. For reference, a 1080p 27” monitor only has 82 PPI.Ī high PPI is essential if you like the content on your screen to be really clear, like text or when editing photos for example. Why would you want a 4K resolution on a 27” screen? Isn’t that a bit overkill? In my opinion it’s not, especially if you’re currently using a MacBook Retina display.Ī 4K, 27” panel has 163 PPI, or pixels per inch, compared with 227 PPI on the MacBook retina screens. LG 27UN850-W Specifications Screen sizeĦ1.21 x 45 x 23.37 cm lowest position with stand (24.1 x 17.7 x 9.2 inches) 4K resolution and USB-C connectivity aside, the biggest selling point of the 27UN850-W is simply the lack of compromises you have to make when choosing it. It’s under the hood however, where it really starts to get interesting. The 27UN850-W is the latest iteration in this lineup, and on the surface it looks just like any other monitor. That is, until LG’s UltraSharp monitors came along. Whether that’s choosing a 1440p resolution instead of 4K, cheaper build quality, or no stand adjustability – there’s always something. There are no luminance controls there and the saturation sliders don’t work, but I still wound up with great color when I was done.When you start getting into the sub $400 range for monitors, you often have to make some compromises. There’s no way to disable the feature, but it’s not a problem in normal use.Ĭolor measurements taken after the grayscale calibration show a slight hue error in magenta, which I easily fixed using the CMS. Obviously, that yields a false reading or none at all. ![]() Sending a zero-percent signal to the 34UM95 shuts down the backlight completely after a few seconds. There is one quirk that you'll discover when you try to take black level readings. ![]() The corresponding drop in light output forced me to max the Brightness control to compensate just so I could just reach 200 cd/m 2.Īfter calibrating grayscale, I settled on Gamma 1 and Black Level Low as the options that best maintained the monitor’s native contrast. To dial in 100-percent brightness, I reduced the Contrast control from 70 to 56. I achieved excellent results using the Custom color temp mode and the Hue controls in the CMS. Finally, you can reset the entire OSD to its default state.
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