What are all of your thoughts on the gray line/border on the top of the taskbar and around the start menu? Love it hate it? What was the purpose of this border, because to be honest, I just think its an eye sore and would rather be able to shut it off! Somebody else on here mentioned its part of the Windows 11's design language.

Why does everything need an ugly border?

EDIT: on a side note, anybody know of any way to maybe turn off the borders or atleast make them less visible? The gray borders are getting to be an eyesore but apparently everyone besides me loves them

I’m pretty frustrated and hoping someone here has either dealt with this before or has experience with LG Canada’s RMA process.

I bought a brand new 32-inch LG GX8 OLED monitor directly from the LG website at the end of April when they had a sale. I’ve been using it daily for about three weeks, and according to the monitor settings it currently has 180 hours of total power-on time.

Of course, about a week ago I threw out the packaging, box, and styrofoam because I figured I would not need it again. I don’t really have space to keep a giant monitor box, and I planned on keeping this monitor for a long time. My desk setup is also finally clean and cable-managed, so I really do not want to take everything apart unless I absolutely have to.

A couple nights ago, while shutting down my PC before bed, I noticed a tiny red speck against a black background. I attached a picture (sorry for the quality). It only seems visible on black backgrounds. On normal desktop use or other colours, I either can’t see it or it is extremely hard to notice.

To be fair, it is very small and almost not noticeable during regular use. But this is a brand new monitor, and I paid a lot for it, so I do have some expectation that it should be perfect and free of defects. I think that is a reasonable expectation for a monitor in this price range, especially one that is only about three weeks old.

At first I thought maybe it was a few pixels, but after trying a bunch of fixes, it now looks smaller. It appears to be one perfectly circular red pixel at this point. So I’m guessing it is a stuck pixel rather than a dead pixel, but I’m not 100% sure.

Here is what I have tried so far:

I ran OLED Image Cleaning more than 10 times back to back through the LG settings.

I ran JScreenFix for about 6 hours straight.

I power cycled the monitor by unplugging it, leaving it unplugged for a few minutes, and plugging it back in.

I also tried gently rubbing/massaging that specific part of the screen with a microfiber cloth around my finger. I was very careful because this monitor was expensive and I really did not want to make anything worse.

After all of that, I do think the red speck may have gotten smaller, but it has not fully gone away.

One thing I noticed is that I originally thought OLED Image Cleaning was making the pixel disappear, but now I’m not so sure. When I watch it closely during the image cleaning process, the speck gets brighter, then dims, then disappears, and then comes back very dim. I think what may actually be happening is that the monitor is turning off or changing states during the cleaning cycle, which makes the speck temporarily disappear. If I turn the monitor off completely, the red speck goes away entirely, but it comes back again when the monitor is on and displaying black.

At this point, I don’t think I’m going to be able to fix it myself. I’ve already spent enough hours trying image cleaning, pixel fixing tools, power cycling, and gently massaging the area. I’m planning to contact LG later today and see what they say.

Depending on what LG says, I may even end up returning this monitor for a full refund and going with a 32-inch 4K Mini LED monitor instead, like the TCL 32” R84. It seems to be around the same price, actually slightly cheaper, and I wouldn’t have to baby it the same way I do with an OLED.

Has anyone here dealt with a stuck red pixel like this on an OLED monitor, especially one that only shows on black?

Also, does anyone have experience with LG Canada RMA/warranty service for monitors? Was the process easy? Did they require the original box, or were they able to provide packaging/shipping instructions?

Any advice would be appreciated. I’m hoping this is painless, but I’m not looking forward to potentially having to ship a 32-inch monitor without the original packaging.

Thanks in advance!

Hello friends, hoping someone here can help me figure out a weird browser/network issue.
I originally tried posting this in techsupport sub, but unfortunately they don’t support Windows 10 issues anymore, so I figured I’d ask here since it seems browser/network related.

I have a living room PC, a Dell AIO running Windows 10, and the issue started right after I upgraded my home router. I switched from an older TP-Link Wi-Fi 5 router to a new TP-Link Wi-Fi 7 router. I am still using the same Rogers Ignite modem in bridge mode, so the only real change was the router.

Every other device in the house works perfectly. I have multiple computers at home, some on Windows 10, some on Windows 11, some connected through Wi-Fi and some through Ethernet, and none of them are having this problem. It only affects this one Dell PC.

The Dell connects to the internet using an older Wireless N / Wi-Fi 4 USB adapter that I have been using for years without any issues. Since the router upgrade, certain websites either fail to load properly or only partially load. In both Chrome and Microsoft Edge, I keep getting ERR_CONNECTION_RESET.

For example, on mail.com, I can log into the email account and the top header loads, but the actual inbox stays greyed out and eventually gives the error. On Reddit, posts usually load, but comments often do not. It just sits on the Reddit alien loading animation until I refresh, and then sometimes the whole page changes to the connection reset error. It does not happen on every website. Some sites load fine, while others partially load on the first try and then work after one or two refreshes.

At first I thought it might be a Chrome issue, but the exact same thing happens in Microsoft Edge, which has no extensions installed. I also found a few other Reddit posts from people describing what looked like the same or very similar issue, and I tried the fixes suggested there, but nothing has worked so far.

So far, I have rebooted the modem and router multiple times, tried different DNS servers including Google and Cloudflare, temporarily disabled Windows Defender and the firewall, disabled AdBlock in Chrome, tried incognito mode, cleared cookies and cache, reset Chrome settings to default, disabled all Chrome extensions, moved the USB Wi-Fi adapter to different USB ports, and ran the Windows Network Reset tool.

I also ran the usual network commands, including netsh winsock reset, netsh int ip reset, ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew, and ipconfig /flushdns.

The router MTU is set to 1500, which I believe is the default for Rogers. Windows updates and Dell drivers are current as far as I can tell. I am not using a VPN, and I am not running any third-party antivirus or firewall beyond the basic Windows Defender.

The interesting part is that I borrowed a newer Wifi 6 Wireless AC USB adapter and that fixed the issue completely. So it really seems like the problem is related to this older Wireless N adapter talking to the new Wi-Fi 7 router. I am trying to avoid buying a new adapter if there is a router setting or Windows setting I can tweak, because the old adapter was working perfectly before the router upgrade.

Could this be some kind of compatibility issue between Wireless N / Wi-Fi 4 and the newer Wi-Fi 7 router? Or maybe something related to IPv6, or something else on the new router?

Has anyone run into this before? Any suggestions for router settings or Windows adapter settings I should try?

Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone! I’m officially joining the OLED community. I just treated myself to the LG UltraGear GX8 (32" 4K Glossy WOLED).

I’m upgrading from a 10-year-old LG 27" 1080p IPS, so the jump is massive. I’m mainly using this for productivity (Excel/Chrome) and movies. I have it hooked up via DisplayPort at 4K @ 165Hz. While it looks sharp, I’m struggling with the calibration and a specific visual issue.

The Problem: Washed out colors & "Zig-Zags"

A lot of colors (especially grays/blacks) appear "washed out" and non-uniform. In the attached photos (taken of a MS Teams test call background), you can see visible zig-zag patterns and banding instead of a solid, smooth color.

• Is this a Windows HDR setting issue? * Could it be "Color Compression" (DSC) or a bit-depth setting?
• Are there specific LG settings I should toggle for office work vs. movies?

My Environment:

• Room: Bedroom, low sunlight (glare isn't an issue, though the glossy reflection is new to me!).
• Usage: Zero gaming. 100% Productivity and Media consumption.

I’m looking for any "Golden Rule" setup guides for this specific panel or general tips on how to get those deep OLED blacks without the weird artifacts in the gradients.

Thanks in advance for helping!
Pictures are here:
https://imgur.com/a/BFni9kR