LG 38GL950G - 37.5" 3840x1600/G-Sync/175Hz

Here's a new video where someone goes through its features and setting it up. Very heavy accent so it's a bit tough to follow at times.



175 Hz setting seems to use chroma subsampling so it is going to be bad on the desktop. That said running this res at 144 Hz is already going to be its own struggle so it's not a big deal.

The preset switching seems better than on my Samsung CRG9, the one on the Samsung is pretty slow in comparison and has stupid limitations to what settings are stored.

It does not have a PbP option at all which for me is a big minus as the size and resolution would have been suited for that. I guess LG wants to reserve that for their "business" models since those have it. Obviously not a problem if you use multiple displays instead or are willing to switch between sources.

I really would like to see more convergence between "business" displays and "gaming" ones because high refresh rates are great on the desktop too while gamers would also enjoy large sizes, high resolutions and accurate colors and PbP options can be useful.
 
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Here's a new video where someone goes through its features and setting it up. Very heavy accent so it's a bit tough to follow at times.

175 Hz setting seems to use chroma subsampling so it is going to be bad on the desktop. That said running this res at 144 Hz is already going to be its own struggle so it's not a big deal.

The preset switching seems better than on my Samsung CRG9, the one on the Samsung is pretty slow in comparison and has stupid limitations to what settings are stored.

It does not have a PbP option at all which for me is a big minus as the size and resolution would have been suited for that. I guess LG wants to reserve that for their "business" models since those have it. Obviously not a problem if you use multiple displays instead or are willing to switch between sources.

I really would like to see more convergence between "business" displays and "gaming" ones because high refresh rates are great on the desktop too while gamers would also enjoy large sizes, high resolutions and accurate colors and PbP options can be useful.

I just found that video and was about to post it - it's good to see them finally trickling in.

I think the lack of Pbp/Pip is most likely a limitation of the Gsync module. That's also the likely reason for just two inputs. That's enough for me and I'll always prefer a Gsync module, but having more inputs and input mixing is an advantage of using Freesync2
 
Some pretty bad glow/bleed obvious in that video. Don't understand why people think this is acceptable in a monitor with such a high price tag. An LCD TV at a quarter of the price doesn't have this. I know pretty much every monitor does, but it ruins the experience in dark movies/games, even in a well lit room, and is totally unacceptable IMO, certainly at this price point.

The CRG9 is the only monitor I've seen (in person) that was actually very good in this regard, but had its own other issues, namely flickering and an awkward ratio that doesn't play well in a lot of games. Still, it wasn't bad overall and I can see why many people would like it. It's not the best screen for productivity either though, wayyyy too letter-boxed. This LG is actually much better in that regard, but 4K still wins out for productivity obviously... 38" is more of a gaming/casual work monitor... 4K for work/casual gaming.
 
Some pretty bad glow/bleed obvious in that video. Don't understand why people think this is acceptable in a monitor with such a high price tag. An LCD TV at a quarter of the price doesn't have this. I know pretty much every monitor does, but it ruins the experience in dark movies/games, even in a well lit room, and is totally unacceptable IMO, certainly at this price point.

Most likely it'll have some bleed like you mentioned since it's part and parcel of this type of panel, but I'll withhold judgment until I see it in person. The reviewer said he was cranking up the exposure on his camera to show it better, but it'll be hard to judge how bad it really is until it arrives.
 
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Most likely it'll have some bleed like you mentioned since it's part and parcel of this type of panel, but I'll withhold judgment until I see it in person. The reviewer said he was cranking up the exposure on his camera to show it better, but it'll be hard how bad it really is until it arrives.

Yes, mileage does vary with IPS... some are OK, some are horrendous. Very much a lottery with any monitor purchase these days. It's a big risk and huge frustration when buying though... I only buy monitors from Amazon personally, as they are the only retailer who won't charge for returns and accepts them without question. Such a potential costly headache otherwise.
 
Welp, holy shit it actually shipped today. Estimated delivery is Friday.

EDIT: Well, the label was created at least. Hopefully it actually goes out today.
 
If he upped his exposure and that's the BLB in a dark room then that is pretty minimal and I don't think it would bother me.

The AW3418 had basically the whole lower left quadrant bleeding so much light that you could see it in almost every situation - even with 35 brightness and a well lit room.

My center PG279 has no visible BLB and the left and right have a tiny amount in the outer corner, almost none at all.
 
Mine also shipped and fedex has it, won't be delivered until Wednesday the 4th. Cross country ground shipping is painful!
 
I already bought Sony TA DAC instead of this monitor and now ordering a balanced Forza cable for my headphones. Money went there. So next time I will be able to buy this monitor is September 2020 at the earliest.
Just reporting in like in americain army...
 
Mine also shipped and fedex has it, won't be delivered until Wednesday the 4th. Cross country ground shipping is painful!

Damn, mine is still stuck in "Label Created" status since yesterday. Hopefully it will arrive on Saturday, but who knows at this point.
 
So it's finally available. For the people that already ordered please post your thoughts on the monitor when you receive them.
 
Available for us aussies too, but I decided to wait for the Asus XG43UQ.

Almost certainly better in everyway!
 
People are starting to receive them.

Looks like it's got the typical ass IPS bleeding backlight.

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In this case hemorrhaging would probably be a better word than bleeding. Seriously, fuck monitors. MicroLED cannot come soon enough.
 
OLED powered on and ready. Why wait for Micro LED? When will you people stop accepting less?

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People are starting to receive them.

Looks like it's got the typical ass IPS bleeding backlight.

In this case hemorrhaging would probably be a better word than bleeding. Seriously, fuck monitors. MicroLED cannot come soon enough.

did you really expect this would be any different? Without a full array blacklight there's always going to be noticeable BLB.

Affordable MicroLED is probably 5 years away at minimum, and maybe longer since it certainly won't come to monitors first.
 
I'm not going to pretend that burn in isn't a problem. Backlight bleed is still better than that for computer monitors for the time being.

Lol

There’s no pretending, only paranoia. Enjoy your glow!
 
I have an OLED going on 3 years old and no burn in that I can see. Granted, I only game on it, no desktop use - but plenty of the games I play have static on screen elements. Even if it did develop burn in at this point, I would just buy another. Almost can get 2 55" OLEDs for the price of this monitor.

I still think getting an OLED TV + a regular LCD for desktop use is the way to go if you have the space to accommodate it. And if you are in the market for a $1.8k display then that should fit in your budget. If you must stick with one display, then this looks like one of the better options right now however. The glow/BLB looks normal for any IPS display. I would buy it to replace my 34" if the price was more reasonable.
 
I have an OLED going on 3 years old and no burn in that I can see. Granted, I only game on it, no desktop use - but plenty of the games I play have static on screen elements. Even if it did develop burn in at this point, I would just buy another. Almost can get 2 55" OLEDs for the price of this monitor.

100% this...except 2 years of desktop use here. No burn-in. Wouldn’t ever go back to LCD. That pic above looks horrible.
 
Personally at this stage of the game I think holding off for HDMI 2.1 on GPUs is the way to go before buying OLED and TVs. That's just my opinion though.
 
HDMI 2.1 GPUs and LG's 48" OLED can't come soon enough... I'll buy a bigger desk if I have to, heck I'll knock down a wall! Crappy LCD can suck its d*ck then shove it where the sun don't shine. I'll finally be done with it and won't look back. Don't even care if I get burn in... anything is better than staring at LCD gutter trash all day.

I really have no idea what people are thinking paying this kind of price for an LCD monitor. This price tag could perhaps be worthy of a non-existent smear free HDR-1000, FALD, super high contrast ratio panel, free of all bleed and glow... but this thing? Ridiculous.
 
48".... Yeah.

43" might not be too big. Maybe.

43" OLED isn't happening anytime soon, if ever... it COULD, but it's pure wishful thinking at this stage. It would be a minimum of 2-3 years out at the very least. We know for sure that 48" is due in 2020. It will be big, but if that's my biggest concern over all the issues LCD has, I'll take it.
 
43" OLED isn't happening anytime soon, if ever... it COULD, but it's pure wishful thinking at this stage. It would be a minimum of 2-3 years out at the very least. We know for sure that 48" is due in 2020. It will be big, but if that's my biggest concern over all the issues LCD has, I'll take it.

I'd bite on 48" and call it a day. Was really hoping to replace my 43" curved Samsung with a 43" curved OLED..........we'll see if that ever happens LOL, doubt it.

I was in the market for a 43" Acer/Asus or this LG to replace my 60hz Samsung, but after buying a C9 last month, fuck that. I won't buy a non OLED at this point. The difference is night and day and I can't stand to look at others screens, but ALAS, not using my 65 C9 for anything other than TV or console gaming because it's in the living room and huge.
 
LG OLEDs aren't an option at 55"+. They need to be smaller or be like 8k. They're also fairly worthless until there are HDMI 2.1 video cards.

I'm done with 60hz. At least you can run this one at 144hz+.
 
LG OLEDs aren't an option at 55"+. They need to be smaller or be like 8k. They're also fairly worthless until there are HDMI 2.1 video cards.

I'm done with 60hz. At least you can run this one at 144hz+.

Depends on desk size... I've seen 55" work, but yeah, you need some distance from it and not everyone has that set-up.

I wouldn't say worthless... VRR on an OLED is very nice indeed, you have to see it to really appreciate it, on top of all the other benefits that OLED brings. There's a good reason people swear off LCD after they experience OLED... it really is night and day.

I've never understood why people worship at the alter of high refresh at the expense of everything else. Yeah it's great, but is utterly ruined by horrible contrast, bleed/glow and all the other issues LCD has that OLED doesn't. And we're talking about an LCD monitor here that could buy you the best part of x2 OLEDs FFS!!!! That's the craziest part of all this.
 
Any chance we can get some mods in here and clean this thread up? Jesus, its literally page after page about people trying to convince other people to buy a OLED TV. And talking about literally NOTHING about the topic. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND POST, WE DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR OLED TVS. THIS IS A THREAD FOR THE 38" LG 38GL950G.



With that being said, it looks as if the LG 38GL950G is finally shipping. Has anyone received one yet? would love impressions of the LG 38GL950G in the thread titled with the same name.
 
when they make usable 32"-40" OLED monitors maybe??

PEOPLE PLEASE STOP SUGGESTING OLED TV's AS MONITORS. I've used a 55" OLED on my desk and it sucks and is WAY to big for normal use.

STOP IT

"Stop liking what I don't like!"

You seem awfully angry. We all have different preferences - just because it didn't work for you doesn't mean much, frankly. We've already admitted that it's not ideal, but it's better than going back to all of LCD's pitfalls.

Having said that - this monitor does look good! I hope it's not as disappointing as the Asus 43" turned out to be for some people. At $1800, it's too expensive but considering it's kind of in a class of its own I guess they're going to try to milk it.
 
"Stop liking what I don't like!"

You seem awfully angry. We all have different preferences - just because it didn't work for you doesn't mean much, frankly. We've already admitted that it's not ideal, but it's better than going back to all of LCD's pitfalls.

Having said that - this monitor does look good! I hope it's not as disappointing as the Asus 43" turned out to be for some people. At $1800, it's too expensive but considering it's kind of in a class of its own I guess they're going to try to milk it.

While that’s true he is right that this isn’t the thread for extolling the many virtues of OLED.

I was really looking forward to the 38” LG but it’s hard to swallow the $1800 price given much higher quality displays are available for less.

Though as far as monitors go for a typical desktop setup this is the best thing going.
 
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While that’s true he is right that this isn’t the thread for extolling the many virtues of OLED.

I was really looking forward to the 38” LG but it’s hard to swallow the $1800 price given much higher quality displays are available for less.

As far as monitors go for a typical desktop setup this is the best thing going.

Point taken and I agree that this thread should not be about OLEDs. But when terrible pics are posted like the one with the awful backlight glow/bleed, and the fact that you can get an OLED for far less than this thing costs, comparisons are naturally going to be made. But this LG has some features that other displays do not and the size will be more reasonable for most people, so there is that.

It is a discussion forum after all. More people should communicate with politeness and tact like yourself and not be so triggered when other options are mentioned. If I start a thread asking "Hey guys, what's the best Nvidia card right now?" and someone says "Yo man, you need to check out the AMD ABC3DWOWFX, it's legit!" I might say "No thanks, I prefer Nvidia" but I'm not going to yell at them with bolded text...smh. But it is 2019 and people are angry about everything, especially on the internet.

All that being said, which higher quality displays are you speaking of, and by what metrics? As you know, every display has compromises, pros and cons, and that's what's so frustrating. The fact is, if you're looking for high refresh and G-Sync in a monitor bigger than the overplayed 34" ultrawide market then this pretty much stands on its own, right?

I think it's fair to compare these with the 43" 4K monitors from Acer and Asus, but so far those are a relative unknown just like this one. I'm hoping that the people who purchased these will give us some good feedback soon! Or maybe there will be some reviews by reputable sites to look at soon. How cool would it be if [H] was still doing reviews and they were thoroughly putting these cool new displays through their paces? :(
 
Point taken and I agree that this thread should not be about OLEDs. But when terrible pics are posted like the one with the awful backlight glow/bleed, and the fact that you can get an OLED for far less than this thing costs, comparisons are naturally going to be made. But this LG has some features that other displays do not and the size will be more reasonable for most people, so there is that.

It is a discussion forum after all. More people should communicate with politeness and tact like yourself and not be so triggered when other options are mentioned. If I start a thread asking "Hey guys, what's the best Nvidia card right now?" and someone says "Yo man, you need to check out the AMD ABC3DWOWFX, it's legit!" I might say "No thanks, I prefer Nvidia" but I'm not going to yell at them with bolded text...smh. But it is 2019 and people are angry about everything, especially on the internet.

All that being said, which higher quality displays are you speaking of, and by what metrics? As you know, every display has compromises, pros and cons, and that's what's so frustrating. The fact is, if you're looking for high refresh and G-Sync in a monitor bigger than the overplayed 34" ultrawide market then this pretty much stands on its own, right?

I think it's fair to compare these with the 43" 4K monitors from Acer and Asus, but so far those are a relative unknown just like this one. I'm hoping that the people who purchased these will give us some good feedback soon! Or maybe there will be some reviews by reputable sites to look at soon. How cool would it be if [H] was still doing reviews and they were thoroughly putting these cool new displays through their paces? :(


All valid, but it doesn't change the fact we live in completely absurd times when it comes to OLED and LCD. It's almost the equivalent of a Ferrari costing less than an average family hatchback... the latter is obviously far more practical and suitable for daily driving, shopping runs, picking up the kids from school and general use etc. but can you imagine if such a car cost MORE than a 4-litre, twin-turbo charged V8 700bhp Supercar that did 0-60 in three seconds flat?? Utter and complete madness.

The 43" 4K monitors aren't unknowns by the way. The Asus is very poor and the Acer will likely be very much the same... no indication otherwise given its specs are broadly identical. Nothing spectacular here and they are WAYYYY behind what OLED at a lesser price offers.
 
I have had this monitor since Tuesday and I think it's great.

Coming from the LG 34GK950F

Backlight notes
- control/adjusting via software: requires the monitor to be plugged in via USB so I'm not using the software
- control/adjusting via Monitor's Hardware: jog wheel on underside can change backlight intensity and cycle between 4 static presets (red, purple, cyan, white) and "peaceful" (slowly cycling and "dynamic" (annoyingly fast cycling)

The only issue I've had thus far is going from HDMI to DP sometimes will set the monitor to 75hz.
Powering off and back on fixes it back to 175hz.
 
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