31.5" 2560x1440 165 Hz VA G-Sync - LG 32GK850G

Daniel - LG · 21 Feb 2018 at 09:04

Vega said:
A company with 57 Billion dollars in sales last year worried about a couple of monitors?

you have no idea - there are like 10 people on the approval process, 5 of whom are in Korea!

Panos · 21 Feb 2018 at 11:15

Do we know if OCUK received the monitors and put any on display?

JediFragger · 21 Feb 2018 at 11:30

Panos said:
Do we know if OCUK received the monitors and put any on display?

They don't usually unless they get a sample for it. And with LG that could be 5-6 months away from being approved

ademcg · 21 Feb 2018 at 14:16

JediFragger said:
They don't usually unless they get a sample for it. And with LG that could be 5-6 months away from being approved

I sense Si has had experience of LG in his murky past lol

JediFragger · 5 Mar 2018 at 00:16

Hunched said:
Learn how to launch a product

Tbf they're new to the (decent end of the) gaming scene, but they're VERY slow! Hopefully they learn from this

padman · 5 Mar 2018 at 00:21

JediFragger said:
Tbf they're new to the (decent end of the) gaming scene, but they're VERY slow! Hopefully they learn from this

Guys in Netherlands got their review samples in early December. Idk whats with the 4 month delay here in UK.
Usually companies send their products for reviews BEFORE launch to build up the hype and boost sales.

JediFragger · 5 Mar 2018 at 00:22

padman said:
Guys in Netherlands got their review samples in early December. Idk whats with the 4 month delay here in UK.
Usually companies send their products for reviews BEFORE launch to build up the hype and boost sales.

Agreed, it's very poor. I'm sure @Daniel - LG is doing his best and swimming against the tide though.

Stu · 5 Mar 2018 at 03:08

Yes, I'm sure Daniel is doing his best. I think we should be grateful to have a rep on here that shares what info he can.

JediFragger · 5 Mar 2018 at 07:36

Stu said:
Yes, I'm sure Daniel is doing his best. I think we should be grateful to have a rep on here that shares what info he can.

+1

Leopardi · 5 Mar 2018 at 11:24

padman said:
Guys in Netherlands got their review samples in early December. Idk whats with the 4 month delay here in UK.
Usually companies send their products for reviews BEFORE launch to build up the hype and boost sales.

You'll have to remember the quality control of the 32GK850G is ridiculously good in BLB/uniformity, on par with TV's. Maybe there's lots of discarded units and it takes time to build up stocks for new markets.

Better still to wait 6 months, than waste 6 months spinning the panel lottery, and then give up on the monitor completely to keep your sanity.

dark_orse · 10 Mar 2018 at 09:28

I've been following this thread since January. Thanks to all who have contributed to the discussion. Like many others I've been waiting to see the review from TFTCentral before pulling the trigger on this or something else.

@Daniel - LG I appreciate that your guys in the sample/marketing department are very thorough in their deliberations but it seems they are taking a really looong time to arrive at a decision. Given that TFTCentral will eventually receive approval would it not be possible for you to arrange for OCUK to drop off a unit to TFTCentral as an interim measure?

Baddass · 10 Mar 2018 at 17:20

I’d certainly welcome one. Is been a good 6 weeks now

Nexus18 · 10 Mar 2018 at 18:16

Probably hand picking one that has the least bleed and least severe IPS glow for reviewers

dark_orse · 10 Mar 2018 at 19:16

If it's a good monitor and "Recommended" by Baddass I'd happily take it off his hands when he's finished the review, and would pay OCUK for the privilege. Win/win all round.

Leopardi · 10 Mar 2018 at 20:14

Nexus18 said:
Probably hand picking one that has the least bleed and least severe IPS glow for reviewers

Shouldn't be hard, so far there's been zero user complaints about light bleed or glow on this monitor. No need to even specially cherry pick it for reviewers really.

padman · 11 Mar 2018 at 06:59

Nexus18 said:
Probably hand picking one that has the least bleed and least severe IPS glow for reviewers

It's a VA panel so obviously no IPS glow. VA glow is 10 times less annoying than IPS glow. Also, Dutch reviewers got some pre release samples that were scratched and "used" all over and they had to request another one so they could confirm their measurements. Knowing this I doubt LG will cherry pick anything. They wouldn't even be sending anything for review if we hadn't asked for it after all. LG is pretty bad in marketing in general. Look on their latest phone, the V30. Took them half a year after launch to get DXO Mark to review the phone. Now let's see Samsung - S9 was reviewed before launch..

Nexus18 · 11 Mar 2018 at 09:48

Ah my bad, thought this was the one with nano ips panel

Minstadave · 11 Mar 2018 at 09:49

padman said:
It's a VA panel so obviously no IPS glow. VA glow is 10 times less annoying than IPS glow. Also, Dutch reviewers got some pre release samples that were scratched and "used" all over and they had to request another one so they could confirm their measurements. Knowing this I doubt LG will cherry pick anything. They wouldn't even be sending anything for review if we hadn't asked for it after all. LG is pretty bad in marketing in general. Look on their latest phone, the V30. Took them half a year after launch to get DXO Mark to review the phone. Now let's see Samsung - S9 was reviewed before launch..

IPS glow vs VA black crushing, not sure which is worse. Hopefully this VA panel is decent.

JediFragger · 17 Mar 2018 at 12:10

Got one of these yesterday and must say I'm very impressed. No dead pixels or other defects and it's really nice to have the blacks back!!

If you get one of these and don't wish to fart about too much then set the colour profile to Medium and the Gamma Mode to 3 and put 60-65% setting into Digital Vibrance and it's pretty much bob on imo! Adjust Brightness and Contrast to suit