"LG 32GK650F-B 32" QHD Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate and Radeon FreeSync Technology", Black

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.

The first monitor that was shipped out to me had a single, teeny, tiny dead pixel right dead center in the screen. I was devastated by this first world problem and immediately got on the amazon chat service. They were able to ship out a new monitor and I was able to keep the current one while it arrived. This was ideal since I had sold my previous monitor to help cover the costs for this one and would have been without a PC for several days. The second monitor arrived with no defects in all the original packaging, but curiously the box was labeled as "Returned: did not want" and I assume a different customer returned the item at their door. I was otherwise blown away by how nice the monitor looked. Stepping up from 1080p 144hz to 1440p 144hz was certainly nice, and switching from TN to VA panel technology meant that all the content on the monitor has an incredible contrast that wasn't there before. With just a few simple tweaks (without even using calibration software) you can get the monitor to near-IPS color levels, certainly significantly better than TN. My current settings are: 6500k color temp, 144hz, freesync on, 1ms motion blur off, 40 black stabilizer, and fast response time. Picture settings are 70 contrast, 70 sharpness and with gamma on mode 2. My other main concern was brightness. My eyes aren't sensitive to light at all and generally I turn every display I own to max brightness. 350 nits is a sweet spot for me as it's the same brightness level as my previous monitor, but this metric can be relative and they might only be advertising the peak brightness. All in all, this is a good monitor that I think is a great step between content monitor and gaming monitor that brings the best of both worlds, but not necessarily the best at both. However, for this price point, you're unlikely to beat the size and refresh rate with it's actual best, most amazing feature: it's a flat panel, not a curve! Thanks LG

I went from a 1080p 24" 60hz monitor (which I actually really liked) to this when we found out we would be doing some work from home. I don't know how it compares to other monitors on the market but for me it is amazing. Looks great, is large for a computer monitor which works great for gaming, streaming Netflix or YouTube as well as work (you can have multiple windows open simultaneously without overlapping and still be a useful size window) and doesn't break the bank. I guess I got lucky as some said it has a lot of light bleed but mine has none noticeable. It has a high refresh rate which works great for gaming with a beautiful picture. I noticed the difference right away when I switched (be sure your computer has the components to properly make use of the resolution and refresh rate). It's one of the best priced 32" 2560 x 1440 monitors on the market that I've seen and they don't really seem to cut any corners to get it there. My only gripe with the monitor is the stand is not my favorite. I'm not sure I like the size and shape and it does seem to rotate a little too easy. It is very adjustable though and has a Vesa mount for a monitor arm or wall mount. Great buy.