LG UltraGear Gaming Monitor 27GL63T-B, 27 inch, 1080p, 144Hz, 1ms MBR, IPS Display, HDR 10, AMD FreeSync, Nvidia G-Sync, Energy Saving, DisplayPort, HDMI, Anti Glare, Adjustable Stand

I have yet to power it, however the monitor came in perfect condition, in moderately safe packaging and it was quick and easy to assemble the stand. It seems to have a plastic piece to hang headphones on the back of the stand, nice addition. Comes with a lot of cables including displayport. Not sure how good those cables are so just in case im using my own DP cable.Will update review in a couple months to say how it performs.Edit: 2 years later I think? Monitor is very good. It's not 1ms because in order to avoid overshoot you HAVE TO set the monitor to "Fast". It's almost objectively better having the setting on Fast.You can callibrate the monitor to have rather DECENT colours and contrast. Search on Reddit and Youtube for rough guidelines on how to do it without buying an expensive callibration tool. Of course, for Gaming it will be partially personal preference. Personally, I just use the settings that universally look good, with decent contrast and colours but not too contrasted in order to avoid colour too crazy colour inaccuracies.HDR is obviously not supported, it's not even worth batting an eye at it. If you want better blacks, you will want to set your Black Stabiliser to around 25-35, you could probably also mess with the contrast setting on top of that. Here's my settings for greater contrast/colours (these may look different on different monitors, therefore it's only a GUIDELINE for better blacks):"Gamer1":Black Stabiliser: 25-35 (Mine is 30)Response Time: "Fast" ("Faster" creates severe Overshoot on my monitor)Brightness 80-95 (I use 95)Contrast 60-75 (I use 68)Sharpness 50-70 (I use 70)Color Temp: Custom:- Gamma Mode 2 (for best colour): RGB(48, 49, 50)- Gamma Mode 4 (for best contrast): RGB(46 43 51) (I use Mode 4)DFC: OffSMART ENERGY SAVING: OffAutomatic Standby: Off (Risky setting if you play Competitive games. Walk away for a few hours, come back, and you may find yourself right in the middle of combat while your monitor is 10 seconds away from going to sleep mode)OSD Lock: On when you're happy with your settings (I envy you, I'm never satisfied so I could never imagine enabling this setting...)

The LG 27GL83A-B is a great 1440p IPS monitor that delivers great gaming performance. It has a very fast response time that delivers fast-moving content with almost no blur trail and has very low input lag. It is a cheaper, slightly less featured variant of the heralded and very well reviewed LG GL850 which is exclusive to another UK retailer. The only difference between this panel and that one is the GL83 has a slightly lower colour space due to the use of a different backlight and no USB ports on the back. That being said it still shows almost the entire sRGB colour space which is used by the majority of content.The monitor comes pre-calibrated by the factory with a calibration report in the box, and with a slight tweak to the brightness (from 50 to 15) you can achieve a great colour temperature and fantastic accuracy. Additionally, the monitor comes with multiple overdrive modes to enhance pixel responsiveness, choose Fast, not Fastest, as the Fastest setting introduces horrific inverse ghosting and overshoot. The fast setting performs the best with fast transitions and very little blur or trailing.Finally before wrapping up with pros and cons, you can see from my photo that I have it VESA mounted and I had no problems doing so on my Amazon Basics Dual monitor arm.Pros+ Fast response times with almost all pixel transitions within the 6.94ms window of 144hz.+ 144hz IPS monitor 27"+ VESA mountable (100x100)+ Thin 1cm bezel on sides and top, slightly thicker on the bottom+ Freesync monitor that is also Gsync compatible (works with AMD and Nvidia graphics cards)+ Price (I paid £330 - which is stunning for an IPS 1440p 144hz monitor)+ Colour accuracy+ Great viewing angles+ Excellent grey uniformity+ Excellent gradient handling, no banding issues+ Joystick style button to control the OSD is fantastically easy to use and navigateCons- Claims to be HDR but peak brightness and lack of local dimming means its not really HDR- Contrast ratio is 894:1 (Like other IPS it suffers in very dark scenes in a dark room but its not very noticeable and can be aided by using bias lighting behind the monitor)- Lack of availability?Other facts* Thickness with stand is 16cm, without the stand it is only 5.6cm.* Comes with 1 display port and two HDMI connections which are very accessible* Bezels are thin at 1cm around three edges, slightly thicker on bottom bezel.* Weight with stand is about 6kg and without stand its 4kg* 27" panel, 2560x1440p resolution, 144hz refresh rate* Freesync and Gsync compatible* HDMI only reaches 120hz* Comes with power adapter brick and both HDMI and DisplayPort cables.

Coming from a smaller size monitors, this took quite a while to get used to! However, the IPS display is beautiful and the response times are what you'd expect - Definitely a high quality product - Recommend!And just to add, I've had the monitor for the last 4 years - and it's still an absolute killer without any issues whatsoever!