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I received this product for free from LG as part of an event. They asked me to post my thoughts, but these are my own opinions.

I come from an AW3225QF, so that’s what I’ve been comparing this against. As of now it honestly seems like the best of both worlds in terms of productivity and gaming and the perfect monitor for those of us that switch between Mac and PC and want one monitor to do it all.

First, the brightness is kind of insane. I knew it was labeled as a Hyper Mini LED monitor and I knew it was supposed to get bright, but it still caught me off guard. The ultra-high brightness is probably the first thing I noticed. Even just doing normal desktop stuff it looks great. My OLED always had me wanting just a little more brightness during the day even though my room isn’t even that brightly lit. It does have a peak of 1250 nits which I totally believe 😂

The other thing that surprised me were the colors. I actually thought this would be the biggest downgrade from OLED. Maybe it’s just me, but the colors actually look better to my eyes. Maybe something to do with the brightness but I actually thought the high brightness was going to wash out the colors. I play a bit of OW, The Finals, and Diablo 4 so the colors really pop there.

The text is also ridiculously sharp. I spend my time between my PC and my MacBook and going back between the PPI of the Mac screen and my OLED has always been jarring. Also anybody who has OLED knows that the text fringing issue is annoying, even with a lot of the stuff you can do to make it better (Cleartype, etc.). All that to say that it is a night and day difference. 138PPI vs the 218 PPI on the LG. I included a picture of the difference (should be obvious but the picture of the text witht the magenta and green fringing is the OLED). For me, this alone is worth me choosing this over any other OLED or other non 5k monitor. I will say that I prefer glossy monitors but honestly didn’t mind the matte coating. I also appreciate that I don’t have to worry about burn in or sit through a refresh cycle every 4 hours.

Just a quick note on using it with a Mac, no issues at all, it’s just plug and play.

Lastly, I also thought I’d miss having the bigger display. The 27-inch size has actually grown on me pretty fast. I do kind of miss the curve of the oled, but I honestly think it was necessary for the 32 inch size, not really needed for a 27 inch monitor.

These are just first impressions. Looking forward to do a deeper dive as I spend more time with it. One thing I didn’t have a chance to dive into to much was the dual mode. In a past life I was an FPS esports athlete so want to see how well the implementation is, also still finalizing the Mac/PC setup right now so apologies for the wired mess.

I received this product for free from LG as part of an event. They asked me to post my thoughts, but these are my own opinions.

I come from an AW3225QF, so that’s what I’ve been comparing this against. As of now it honestly seems like the best of both worlds in terms of productivity and gaming and the perfect monitor for those of us that switch between Mac and PC and want one monitor to do it all.

First, the brightness is kind of insane. I knew it was labeled as a Hyper Mini LED monitor and I knew it was supposed to get bright, but it still caught me off guard. The ultra-high brightness is probably the first thing I noticed. Even just doing normal desktop stuff it looks great. My OLED always had me wanting just a little more brightness during the day even though my room isn’t even that brightly lit. It does have a peak of 1250 nits which I totally believe 😂

The other thing that surprised me were the colors. I actually thought this would be the biggest downgrade from OLED. Maybe it’s just me, but the colors actually look better to my eyes. Maybe something to do with the brightness but I actually thought the high brightness was going to wash out the colors. I play a bit of OW, The Finals, and Diablo 4 so the colors really pop there.

The text is also ridiculously sharp. I spend my time between my PC and my MacBook and going back between the PPI of the Mac screen and my OLED has always been jarring. Also anybody who has OLED knows that the text fringing issue is annoying, even with a lot of the stuff you can do to make it better (Cleartype, etc.). All that to say that it is a night and day difference. 138PPI vs the 218 PPI on the LG. I included a picture of the difference. For me, this alone is worth me choosing this over any other OLED or other non 5k monitor. I will say that I prefer glossy monitors but honestly didn’t mind the matte coating. I also appreciate that I don’t have to worry about burn in or sit through a refresh cycle every 4 hours.

Just a quick note on using it with a Mac, no issues at all, it’s just plug and play.

Lastly, I also thought I’d miss having the bigger display. The 27-inch size has actually grown on me pretty fast. I do kind of miss the curve of the oled, but I honestly think it was necessary for the 32 inch size, not really needed for a 27 inch monitor.

These are just first impressions. Looking forward to do a deeper dive as I spend more time with it. One thing I didn’t have a chance to dive into to much was the dual mode. In a past life I was an FPS esports athlete so want to see how well the implementation is, also still finalizing the Mac/PC setup right now so apologies for the wired mess.