Which monitor

Mike cone · 13 Nov 2023 at 12:05

Hi all,

I'm currently looking for a screen and currently torn between 2 choices.

EX3210U
G3223Q

I like the idea of built in speakers just to save on desk space but the reviews seem in favor of the dell panel. If anyone had any input on these or if there's a better model at a similar price point that you can reccomend that would be brilliant. Its mainly used for gaming/movies.

Thanks,
Mike

Apex · 13 Nov 2023 at 22:32

LG 32GR93U-B Review

The LG 32GR93U-B is a mid-range 4k, 144Hz gaming monitor. Part of the UltraGear gaming lineup, it's a newer and lower-end model than the LG 32GQ950-B with a lowe...

www.rtings.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuV8tKixKk - 6.09 onwards. Monitors Unboxed.

Best 4K 32" IPS in that price range, I think it will come back down to £579 come Black Friday if not cheaper.

Mike cone · 14 Nov 2023 at 09:06

Thanks for that, I'll try and hang on and see if it comes down in price

stephenb · 14 Nov 2023 at 14:17

Apex said:
LG 32GR93U-B Review

The LG 32GR93U-B is a mid-range 4k, 144Hz gaming monitor. Part of the UltraGear gaming lineup, it's a newer and lower-end model than the LG 32GQ950-B with a lowe...

www.rtings.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuV8tKixKk - 6.09 onwards. Monitors Unboxed.

Best 4K 32" IPS in that price range, I think it will come back down to £579 come Black Friday if not cheaper.

Was eyeing this one up myself over the weekend but it seemed to go out of stock yesterday. Dissapeared from one well known high street retailers website and was shown as out of stock on LG's site (OcUK don't stock it). Bizarely checking just now before posting it seems to be back in stock :confused:

Will try and hold on until black Friday to see if it gets any cheaper.

Apex · 14 Nov 2023 at 14:22

stephenb said:
Was eyeing this one up myself over the weekend but it seemed to go out of stock yesterday. Dissapeared from one well known high street retailers website and was shown as out of stock on LG's site (OcUK don't stock it). Bizarely checking just now before posting it seems to be back in stock Will try and hold on until black Friday to see if it gets any cheaper.

I have seen this too, it comes back in stock on LG's site the next day. You can set an e-mail stock notification. There's not much you can do really if people are buying, I would not worry about this monitor disapearing though it is very new, it's not going to go EOL any time soon. PS if you "sign up" to LG's site, you get 5% off your first purchase if within 90 days, but obv, don't sign up until you need to.

stephenb · 14 Nov 2023 at 14:28

^ Good to know. Thanks for the tip but I can get 7% off at the other place through my works staff benefit scheme.

stephenb · 18 Nov 2023 at 16:55

Just picked up the LG for £549. Gave up on trying to get the extra discount via my works staff benefits scheme, hatful app (vivup) and wouldn't have had the protection of paying via credit card. Should be available to pickup from my local store on Monday.

Tejstar · 29 Dec 2023 at 13:28

stephenb said:
Just picked up the LG for £549. Gave up on trying to get the extra discount via my works staff benefits scheme, hatful app (vivup) and wouldn't have had the protection of paying via credit card. Should be available to pickup from my local store on Monday.

I was looking at the same monitor - it would be good to hear how you're getting on with it - are you pleased so far?

I've seen some reports of fan noise with the monitor, which could put me off depending on how loud it is.

stephenb · 29 Dec 2023 at 18:31

@Tejstar Delighted with it so far. Only just got it properly set up after being gifted a monitor arm for xmas. I should disclaimer that I haven't gamed on it yet, as I mainly sim race in VR, but I've been viewing my race replays on it and they look beautiful. I've not had a VRR monitor before but the motion, I use the SDR preset which looks the overdrive mode, is buttery smooth. Subjectively screen uniformity looks good and no backlight bleed/IPS glow on a black screen - e.g. when it powers up. For the price zero complaints.

I didn't know this monitor had a fan, not that I'd hear it anyway as I'm either using headphones or the on ear speakers on my VR headset. I have just stuck my ear to the back of the screen and couldn't hear anything.

Tejstar · 29 Dec 2023 at 22:16

Thanks for the reply @stephenb, appreciate it. I'll probably wait a few weeks to make sure there's nothing out of CES 2024 that piques my interest more, but otherwise I'm very likely to pick this up.

I was looking at the OLED monitors which look great, but over 75% of my usage is productivity vs gaming, so don't feel comfortable with potential burn-in issues. I feel that picking up an IPS monitor for a few years will hopefully see more Mini LED monitors appear at a reasonable price when I next come to upgrade!