At these frequencies, gold plating is used to prevent oxidation. Most oxides are good insulators and therefore cause signal degradation. You'll not notice any difference right away though - it takes time for oxidation to affect the connection and it depends on environment (heat, moisture and...
I detect MONSTER cable fan...
It stands to reason that LG would not include an HDMI cable that was out of specs as it's in their interest you keep the monitor past 30 day return window. In addition this LG monitor can detect out of specs cables and will display a notice if it senses an issue.
Yes, considering that Samsung 43" is IPS - LG would be a better unit as long as you can stand (480HZ) flicker and ok with loosing 10pixels around border.
When you lower brightness you lower PWM duty cycle so screen will flicker more. Dell recommends brightness 70 and above, IIRC. 60Hz could be the artifact from turning LEDs sequentially, see the slow mo here.
When I had the monitor I found both - flicker and brightness tired my eyes...
I've seen the Acer at the Microcenter - it was $400 at that time. One thing that I noticed right away was backlight that was not uniform (though LG is not either - it's much more pronounced on the Acer). Also do not forget that some reviewers report screen retention on the Acer and Phillips...
Just a perspective on the pricing, it was $400 at Fry's , $550 at Costco and Newegg and I got one for $520 (and still returned due to issues you list, plus flicker). I don't think it's worth spending more on this monitor. Overall, just the only feature that it's got over "TVs as monitors' is...
Samsung TV does not not use PWM between 13-20 (20 is 100%) brightness levels, at lower brightness, levels 1-12, it uses 120Hz PWM. I use mine at 13 which is probably equivalent to 35 on the LG.
I think VX4380 may have the same panel as Phillips or Acer, while Dell and LG have a different, better, panel. Personally, I got a Samsung TV, UN40MU6300, instead of the LG and it's good enough that I will keep it for couple of years. It was half the price of 43" monitors, has much better...
On Samsung UN40MU6300 I do see the lines as well and it appears they are due to sharpening filter. I can remove line shadows completely by turning sharpness down to 25. At 35 they are very faint and very visible above 50.
That is very true. Flicker bothers me and above backlight 12- there's no flicker.
I'm using it with Fusion 360. Due to color scheme (gray on white) normally I do not notice 'trails'. If I make my model black, than yes, for a split of a second, when rotated fast you can see a yellow 'shadow'...
I have MU6300 and I see smearing only when moving window around quite fast but not when scrolling text (maybe because letters are small since I'm using 100% scaling). DSR on LG 43" monitor was driving me crazy (and flicker) and I'm happy to trade DSR for little bit of smearing. Note that...
Good viewing angles, uniformity, high contrast, supports 4:4:4 chroma, 60Hz on all ports and remote. Great as monitor especially if you can get it for less than $300.
I agree about the contrast. After returning it I got 40" Samsung (UN40MU6300) - uniformity (no DSR on Samsung) and especially contrast are much better (and no flicker above 12 brightness!).
With LG 43" I had difficulty reading text (I use 100% scaling) at edges of the screen especially when...
Flicker depends on brightness level. Dell claims using their 43" >70 should cause no noticeable flicker. For LG I found >75 to be comfortable but too bright. At levels below 50 flicker 'stings' your eyes and may cause headaches (not everyone is affected equally).
I don't overclock these days...
I returned mine, even if one was available for free I would not be able to use it - mainly due to flicker (had bad experience with LG tech support as well)
43" Dell: good quality but flickers and expensive
43" LG: flickers, some report brief screen blacking out, uniformity issues
43" Acer...