LG Newest 29" UltraWide Monitor, 21:9 FHD (2560 x 1080) IPS Display, sRGB 99% Color Gamut, HDR 10, 3-Side Virtually Borderless Display, USB Type-C, HDMI

LG monitor.. the first one I got was faulty. Half of the screen didn't light up properly and I was very disappointed. Thankfully LG paid for shipping for me to send it to an electronics repair vendor and took care of everything. It took me an extra 2 weeks I believe to get it shipped out, repaired, and then sent back but once I had it I was very satisfied.It's very nice for gaming since I paid about $185 for it around Black Friday (I don't know if I would pay $250 for it nowadays, could pay a little more and get something better), but for under $200 it is very good.2560x1080 is a resolution that most games support these days, if a game doesn't support it there's a 9/10 chance that there's a fan made patch to get it working in 21:9. Otherwise it will just run in 16:9 with black bars.The only major pain with ultrawide is trying to stream or record game footage, especially if you are constantly switching between games that run in 21:9 or 16:9. It's pretty inconvenient and I blame this on the game developers who haven't all adopted or accepted 21:9 Ultrawide in gaming. Dead by Daylight developers are notoriously bad, they used to support it but actively took it out of their game because they thought it was an "unfair advantage", which is just stupid. The Ultrawide aspect ratio barely gives you any extra real estate to help in a game, it is just way more immersive and enjoyable.This monitor itself has HDR10 but the HDR implementation is so low and bad that it might as well not be there. Windows 10 also has HORRIBLE HDR support so getting it to run properly in games without the monitor flickering on and off constantly is kind of not worth the trouble. The only game I've gotten running and looking beautiful with HDR on this monitor is Monster Hunter: World. Sadly, I don't play that game much anymore and it isn't a huge difference (like my friend who has this monitor and convinced me to buy it thinks there is) but it's basically a novelty at this point. Maybe one day HDR will catch on because I'm sure it looks amazing having 10-bit color instead of 8-bit colors but until HDR monitors that are worthwhile are cheap, we are stuck in limbo right now.This monitor has up to 75fps which is nice, I couldn't overclock it at all though sadly. It has G-sync/freesync support up to 75fps, or at least the G-sync display is on screen even when I play at 75fps. I don't really notice much of a different with freesync turned on, but I guess it's nice that it's there. I run my games with Nvidia Fast Sync and RivaTuner turned on to cap the framerate at 75fps for no screen tearing.Also this monitor is an IPS display so that is nice, the IPS glow isn't bad at all. I usually run f.lux to lower the blue light levels at night anyway so it doesn't really matter to me.So yeah, overall a nice monitor for the price. If I've learned anything it's that I will definitely be buying an LG monitor next time if they offer an Ultrawide at 100fps with IPS and freesync at like 1080p or 1440p that was around 32 inches instead of 29 inches? I would be very happy.This monitor is basically just a normal 23inch monitor but they can get away calling it a 29 inch monitor because it's ultrawide. It's the same size as a normal 16:9 23inch monitor and it feels small, but you get used to it after a while. I want a 32 inch ultrawide or 34 inch with 1080p, or 1440p and up to 100 or 120 fps that's IPS with 5ms response time. If I had that monitor, I would be happy but right now something like that I think costs at least $500-600. LG brand is good, they treated me like a valued customer, even for a cheaper monitor, I will be sticking with them I think.

Amazing monitor for those who multi-task. Love the LG driver allowing multiple layouts but I find myself using side by side the most; or when in Excel this is great for wide spreadsheets. I will admit with only one program/app up it can be difficult because the width. My eyes can’t focus that far out, but generally I’ll open something else and resize the width to something comfortable for the main app I’m using. In all honesty who doesn’t like having a webpage open with live feed as you work. In this case it doesn’t cut down on the size of your main program. Oh and the 2k? Is a great picture too. Have not done any gaming so can’t comment on latency or rendering.UPDATE 6/25/20: I'm taking some programming courses on Udemy and this monitor is great for that. On one half of the screen the Udemy course video is playing and on the other I’m writing code as they talk. I’m keeping up with the instructor which is amazing. I’ve been so impressed with this monitor I bought one for me niece who is entering college in the fall.Gaming update: I have done some gaming with this monitor now but still prefer console gaming so I’m not one to comment on how it performs. I can say picture was clear with no noticeable blurring issues, and adjusting the field of view in an FPS game on this monitor is awesome. The extra width/FOV in a game like Destiny 2 is great for PVP. (Too bad it didn’t help my game play ☹).

The settings are tricky to set up if you don’t want to use monitor presets.I will update once I start my quarter to really feel the impact of ultrawide and the overall quality, and use of the monitor, so far ive been using it to stream videos, and light reading of documents, i cant speak much on how much more productive an ultra wide is in regards to having a few windows open simultaneously side by side.my brother used it briefly for a video games and he says its a good buy.update: depending on the device I pair it with- colors are a bit off, sometimes more yellow or green. Took a lot of adjusting to get colors to match my needs and wants. I used it for academic purposes mostly, streaming videos, and occasionally editing my photos.Very great asset for me, as it made it easier to open multiple windows: assignment on canvas, pdf files, digital notes and music app.For when I was working on audio production/recording, it made mixing a smooth experience.

Buyer beware. I thought this would be a great choice and maybe for others it will be great but for my purposes it was not a good fit. I wanted to use this as a display for my Macbook Air 13". The resolutions between this ultrawide display and my Macbook were not compatible at all (LG ULTRWIDE 2560x1080 | MACBOOK 1920x1080)PRODUCTIVITY/GENERAL USE:The screen was obviously stretched out and hardly useable for me. Everything was distorted and looked weird.It seems that if i had a computer or PC with a different resolution it would be fine but just not what i needed.Colors and quality seemed okay, not great but okay, if not for the distortion and stretching. I definitely want to get something more deeper blacks and more accurate colors as i do a lot of photo/video editing. ASUS I've heard have great color accuracy and I think I will be going in that direction.CONSOLE GAMING:Played both Nintendo Switch and PS4 on this screen. Distortion was not dearly as extreme as it was with my Apple Macbook but still noticeable stretched (though it was minimal, I am very particular with these things and so for me, i was very noticeable, perhaps others it will not matter as much). Besides my that slight stretching both consoles performed great. Nothing spectacular that I was not already getting on my TV but still good.I would recommend this for casual console gamers and those with computers that have proper resolution compatibility with a 2560x1080 display. Just looked up what you'll be using it with and see if it'll work!