LG UltraGear QHD 27-Inch Gaming Monitor 27GL850-B, Nano IPS 1ms (GtG) with HDR 10 Compatibility and NVIDIA G-SYNC, 144Hz, Black

I am coming from another LG monitor (UM67 29UM67) and the (27GL850-B 27) is a nice upgrade/downgrade compromise. I loved the ultrawide feature of my former monitor, but I really wanted to get a 144Hz refresh. Cost, size, resolution and 144Hz urged me to purchase the 27GL850-B 27. Other than loosing the ultrawide this monitor has better contrast, brightness, color and the 144Hz in Counter-Strike Source is very nice. Ultimatly I think this monitor should sell for $350.00 and not $499.00, but I really have no regrets. If you have an average monitor you will notice the quaility of the screen. If you have not experienced 144Hz in a fast paced shooter...you are missing something. I would not go for a 32 or 34 2K monitor over converns of the dpi resolution. This monitor is a very good compromise. Update - I dropped a star because Counter-Strike Source models get a weird ghosting effect. It is noticable and slightly distracting. So far I am not seeing the same issue in Battlefield 4. I will fiddle with settings and contact support and provide an update. Final Update - This monitor is far from perfect and I am not able to get rid of the weird ghosting effect. In addition I just noticied a stuck red pixel...sigh. At this price point a dead or stuck pixels should not be an issue. LG needs to step up the quality control.

I am a photographer who occasionally games. With monitors they were traditionally broken into two worlds, photo monitors and gaming monitors. Photo monitors usually are usually IPS with wide color gamut (ADOBE RGB and DCI coverage), bright, great viewing angles, high resolution. Unfortunately they are almost always 60hz. Gaming monitors on the other hand are either TN or Va panels but you get the super fast 120-240hz refresh rates. Gaming monitors are usually 1080p, have very poor viewing angles, poor color gamut, and not as bright. This monitor however is IPS, good color gamut (88% ADOBE RGB), great viewing angles, and 1440p, and 144hz! Furthermore, I was easily able to overclock the monitor to 1440p @ 150hz by making a custom resolution in Nvidia control panel. Any further causes a out of bounds notice from the monitor. Its not a huge improvement but it certainly helps for free performance. This certainly is the best of both worlds as I can game and edit photos without much loss in color accuracy. I have tried gaming monitors before and the colors were always washed out yet this monitor remains vibrant and great. I can edit photos confidently knowing that they wont look different when the client receives them. The downsides: 1. There is IPS glow as you can tell from the black screen image. The glow looks very apparent in photos but in real life its not that bad. This is due to being edge-lit with edge LEDs and not selectively dimmed. Blacks are not very black since again, no selective dimming. 2. The white is fairly uniform and there is a small band of dark near the edges. It is barely noticeable. 3. The monitor is technically HDR compatible but the brightness is around 350 nits which isnt enough for HDR. 350 nits is on par with most monitors on the market but isnt superb. 4. The OSD menu button is terrible. LG probably decided to save money by using a one button OSD joystick. Theres no confirm or back/cancel buttons and navigating the OSD is extremely difficult. When you are done, you have to wit for the OSD to time out or press and hold to close. This is extremely unintuitive and different from every other monitor on the market. Its a small thing but very annoying. Overall a great monitor if you are someone like me who wants accuracy and resolution but with gaming capabilities. There are few compromises here. Some people have a dual monitor setup with gaming and work monitor but not everyone has the space for that. This is a great single monitor setup for both!

Note: The first display received was a loser in the so-called panel lottery. Horrendous backlight bleed, and a stuck pixel to go with it. Amazon rectified the issue within 2 days, and the second panel is better. Will not be returning the second. Whats in the box? - Your new panel and stand (w/ cable management system) - HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4 cables - Power cable Things I like: - Color accuracy in sRGB mode is about as good as it gets without advanced calibration - Power saving mode is quick to respond to a sleeping computer - Some of the gaming features are neat, even if I wont use them - G-SYNC works as described - Picture quality is great, and the 144hz refresh rate is a game changer if this is an upgrade for you - The monitor settings are intuitive, and the controls are better than the four button system present on other panels What I dont like: - Backlight bleed still present in second panel - The stand is flimsy, and has a lot more give than Id like. Ill be replacing it soon. - On the topic of the stand, the cable management system is a joke. It amounts to a hook on the back in an inconvenient location. If your machine is to the left of your monitor... You will not use this. - The power cable has an ENORMOUS power supply that takes up more than half of a standard power strip Overall, Id have no trouble recommending this monitor. Im happy to accept that I got a bad panel the first time, and that it isnt the norm. Expect to replace the stand, but other than that... Well done LG.

It does give a really nice picture. Although I highly disagree with all of these reviews (here and on the web) where they say the viewing angle is pretty good; its actually pretty bad. For instance, if I have a dark background everything looks great straight on, but when I stand up and look at it, it takes on a reddish hue. I have an old 2nd monitor (Acer S231HL) connected via DVI that doesnt do that at all. It has to be 15+ years old. Other than that, my main complaint with this monitor is that the windows on it are always getting moved all over the place whenever it comes back on after a power off. Windows on my second monitor get moved over to this monitor; other windows on this monitor get moved from the top right to the top middle-right; icons lined up to the left get rearranged, etc. None of this ever happened on my previous HDMI monitor, only this high DPI Display Port monitor. Its actually a really big deal rather than a minor annoyance after youve been having to rearrange them several times daily.

Ordered like 4 monitors from Amazon, and all had some manufacturing issues with them. Until this one. I have it for about 6 months now, no prob. The LG-850B is overall a solid monitor. Good colors, good refresh rate, okay profile management (cant create new profiles, but can edit the 2 gamer profiles). I bought this monitor for about 260$, so if you can, wait till xmas when for it to go on sale. I have a few complaints, some of which: 1. This is a U.S product, meaning it only comes with a U.S power supply unit. Go get an adapter. 2. The stand is ABYSMAL. I bought an arm to go with it. (F80 North Bayou, check locally, it might be cheaper than it is on Amazon). 3. The quality-control of all Amazon products is very questionable. You should get these types of products during the summer / xmas, where you have like 2 month window to return the item for a full refund, in case it completely breaks apart.

The monitor is good. Good picture quality, good color accuracy, good viewing angles, good refresh rate, and its easy to configure, with two custom profiles and a number of built-in profile. The gray-to-gray (G2G) response time is pretty good (though not 1 ms as advertised unless you want lots of reverse ghosting artifacts). The stand is also quite good, and if you dont like it, you can use your own. I love this thing! But it could be better. There is only one DisplayPort input. Normally this wouldnt be a big deal, but the monitors refresh rate is capped at 100 Hz (1440p) or 120 Hz (1080p) when using HDMI if you have FreeSync on. At the very least, you can disable FreeSync on the HDMI ports and just have DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync on, since the variable refresh rate setting is per-input rather than per-profile. Also, the audio quality that comes through the built-in 3.5 mm headphone jack is awful. Everything sounds like extremely compressed MP3, and even someones with not-the-greatest-hearing like me could tell this. Many devices have built-in audio jacks (most computers, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch), but some dont (PS5, DVD players, etc.) and rely on the HDMI audio. Either way, having to unplug and plug in things when switching inputs can be annoying. All-in-all, its a REALLY good monitor, but these caveats make it hard to recommend to just anyone. Of course, some of these caveats may not even apply to everyone. If you just have just one PC connected to it, you use DisplayPort, and you plug your speakers into the PC rather than the monitor, this monitor will easily be a 5/5 experience for you. Its a very high quality display, and LG did an great job with it. But if you have to use several devices, its a 3/5 experience.

ive been using a va curved panel for years, and i decided to try this one as my new main monitor. both monitors are of course 27 inch, and the color is very noticeably better on this lg monitor. it CAN do 1ms response, but you will get overshoot in the pixels which will result in white shadows around the moving images on the screen, so i keep it at the 4ms setting which doesnt hinder my gaming at all, even in games like call of duty, its not even noticeable to me. if youve been using a curved panel for years, using this flat monitor will likely look like its bent backwards, idk why but maybe its just cuz my eyes are used to seeing a curved display. i also recommend using a DP 1.2 cable if you want to run hdr or any high refresh rate settings but this is just personal preference mostly. just depends on what you want out of the monitor. this thing is amazing, and it fits well on a vesa mount. i recommend this monitor to anyone in the market for a good quality monitor, especially if they like 27 inch panels

I picked up one of these in 2020 and absolutely love it! The colors are very important to me for print and photo work. The contrast is excellent as well. Its been a fantastic monitor, Id buy a secod one in a heart beat if I needed one.

About 6 or 7 years ago (might not be exact to be honest), I purchased one of Acers 1st 144hz, 2k, IPS gaming monitors the first or one of the first of Acers Predator line. The Acer monitor has been great, but lately Ive been craving something a little more for the monitor space, since its been quite a while since ive had this monitor (actually a pretty good monitor even for todays standards). I decided to go with LGs 850b Nano IPS monitor since i really enjoyed a new LG Nano Cell TV I just purchased recently. Once I turned on the monitor, calibrated, and turned on the correct settings I was blown away by the noticeable difference from my previous 2k, IPS, 144hz monitor. Theres a distinct characteristic I like about Nano cell displays in particular, where the colors are more vivid than other displays. The images also appear to be more smooth than my previous display although it is running at the same 144hz. I can easily see this monitor being one of the best for the price point although I havent tested other monitors. The display that I got came with no issues, no dead pixels, and the backlight bleed does not bother me much if at all during normal use. With the recent Nano cell TV I purchased, and this monitor, LG has truly one my heart over for their display technologies. I have a Samsung QLED TV as well, and the Nano cell TV (which was way cheaper) was a much better deal and better quality. LG has done a spectacular job in the creation of this display and their recent line of TVs and offer a competitive price for the quality. A+

I picked up one of these in 2020 and absolutely love it! The colors are very important to me for print and photo work. The contrast is excellent as well. Its been a fantastic monitor, Id buy a secod one in a heart beat if I needed one.