LG IPS277L-BN Anyone got one? Want opinions

[V4NT0M]

I have a 24" BenQ G2420HDBL at the moment which is a great monitor, the colours are incredible and contrast is great the only problem being the TN viewing angles.

I'm looking to go IPS now and bigger I love the style of the IPS277L-BN but am I going to get the same kind of contrast and color? Don't want to take a step down in that regard.

Any opinions or suggestions of other 27 inchers welcome.

 

[V4NT0M]

For anyone interested, I did buy the LG in the end, it is a striking monitor.

Gaming is perfectly fine on it, I don't notice any lag or ghosting, no different to my BenQ.

The picture is fantastic, at first I wasn't impressed but after turning the black level down and the color/contrast up it looks amazing, much better than the BenQ. Highly recommended. I also noticed, yellows look a lot better on this monitor too and it has CMYK colour controls.

 

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apparently they was supposed to have an ultra thin bezel, but they are thicker than advertised... not that I would care anyway about that

Close up it does technically have a very thin "bezel" as the screen surface goes all the way to the edge of it but the picture behind the surface does not fill it.

and what about the viewing angles?? much better than in the benq?

Viewing angles are much better than the BenQ... Infact I have noticed barely any contrast or colour change vertically or horizontally.

The only strange thing about it is that around the edges there is a strange effect if you view from more than 45 degrees or so, not sure what causes it...

Here's a pic of what I mean:

One final thing I noticed, in the monitor setup I had the "response time" setting on fast assuming that would give me the best picture. But for some reason this gave ghosting on the screen. When set to normal there is no ghosting.

I'll post some pictures of the screen test program a little later.

Edit: Here's a quick image from PixPerAn. Camera battery died so no more atm.



Photos...

 

[V4NT0M]

Personally I would say it is a great upgrade from the BenQ, definitely even some "wow" moments. I sold the BenQ to my housemate so I can still pop back and forth to compare the two.

Viewing angles are much better, I would notice much different contrast from the top and bottom of the BenQ, there is barely any on the LG.

The picture "pops" from the LG much better than the BenQ, it really feels more like a picture in front of you than a monitor.

The all round image is crisper, richer coloured and better contrasted. The backlight is very low key, it turns completely off when the screen is black, which is a strange effect but shows how dark it gets. And in general black looks much more black and uniform.

What I would say is that out of the box the image on the LG was not looking as good as the BenQ, I like my screen very bright. I did a lot of tweaking and it went from being an ok upgrade to an awesome picture.

Here is what I did to the settings:

Brightness 100
Contrast 100
Sharpness 5
Black Level Low
Response time Normal
Gamma 0
Colour Temp Medium
RGBCM saturation to 72 individually

And just a tiny boost to vibrance in windows.

Having the gamma and black level low combined with the high brightness/contrast and saturation balance each other out so the image is not compromised at all.

 

[V4NT0M]

Text is perfect for me, but that is never something I have had a problem with on any monitor really.

 

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When I first switched it was a noticeable difference in gaming, movies were fine. After a day or so I got used to it and barely notice the lower density, it is there though.

I wouldn't let it put you off buying one, seems like a nice compromise for price.

I agree with the looks though, that's why I bought this one over Asus/AOC, silver just didn't go with anything in my room lol.

 

[V4NT0M]

I'll take a few photos of the screen with all black when I get home today. I'll see if I can take a couple of the BenQ doing the same too just for reference.

Technically the BenQ probably has better response time, going by the specs but I personally noticed no difference in the response or ghosting, only the problem I fixed above with the "fast" response time setting.

It's also possible that the BenQ is brighter, but it may just be my settings, either way the extra brightness only washes out the colours and glares a lot so not something I would consider "better".

Edit: I forgot to mention, the only thing that is probably better is the stand itself, at least for stability. The stand on the LG is just like the stand on my LG TV. It is a little bouncier than most stands.

 

[V4NT0M]

I took a shot of both monitors with the same exposure settings (can be seen below). As you can see, the backlight on the LG seems to mainly come in at the bottom left, whereas the BenQ is all over. It was difficult to get exactly the same lighting in each room but they are very similar, the white/yellow light on the LG is a bit of reflection from the wall.

BenQ G2420HDBL





And a small side by side:




Exposure settings:

 

[V4NT0M]

lol will give it a try a little later

 

[V4NT0M]

Ive recently took delivery of one of these monitors and I was blown away by it until I turned it on. First thing i noticed was the huge spot of white light in the bottom left hand corner which is super visible in movies and games. Colors are lifeless compared to my 3 year old 23" flatron with cathode back light. Ive tried about 30 different calibrations with the monitors own settings and through nvidia control panel but it still just looks dull.
One of the main points of this monitors advertising was the 'real life' color it reproduces. Blacks are grey, not me being picky grey, they are light grey. Even my girlfriend notices and shes thick with anything like this. It's for want of a better word, utter crap. I will be returning.

There must be other people who agree with how bad its backlight is, its proper unacceptable.

Did you try the settings I posted in the posts above? I can only imagine there is something wrong with your monitor or your settings as blacks are very good for me.

The three major tips I would give to make sure this looks at its best would be to make sure your black level is set to low, increase the colour saturation levels to 70+ individually and increase digital vibrance in windows just a tad.

You guys found a way to disable the Dynamic Contrast on this LG?

I have not noticed any dynamic contrast...It's usually something that looks pretty obvious.