LG 32UN500-W 32 Inch UHD Monitor, AMD FreeSync, DCI-P3 90% Colour Gamut, HDR10, $399 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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LG 32UN500-W - 32 inch UHD Monitor (3840 x 2160) Display, AMD FreeSync, DCI-P3 90% Colour Gamut, HDR10, Built-in Speakers, Narrow Bezel Design, White $399 @Amazon.

Lowest price ever!

Seems like a pretty decent office monitor from a good brand. VA panel of course.

Reviewed well here
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lg-32un500-w

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  ShouldIBuyIt on 21/11/2022 - 10:51

  No USB C I presume?

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  Stefce on 21/11/2022 - 10:59

  Pros
  +Decent build quality
  +Good contrast
  +Adaptive-Sync

  Cons
  -No portrait mode or adjustable height
  -No USB ports
  -HDR is lacking

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  netsurfer on 21/11/2022 - 11:01

  Was excited until I see VA. Sorry, while others are fine with VA monitors, I cannot stand VA monitors (just cannot stop spotting the colour shift).

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    ShouldIBuyIt on 21/11/2022 - 11:06

    Can you elaborate VA vs (IPS?) please ? What would the cons/ what should I pay attention to?

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      netsurfer on 21/11/2022 - 11:30

      Will talk about the cons part of both technologies:

      • VA: there is colour shift, so when you move your head horizontally, you can see that colour shift. It may or may not be an issue. Most of the time, you are probably looking directly at the monitor. Input lag tends to be a bit higher (but if we are talking about 60Hz display, then we are not talking about serious gaming).
      • IPS: there is contrast shift, again, move horizontally, you can see that. Between colour shift and contrast shift, I personally think colour shift is more annoying. Another issue is you cannot get true black on IPS (unless local dimming is implemented, but at this price range, there is generally no local dimming or awful local dimming).

      VA monitors are making a comeback due to its generally better contrast ratio (due to deep black, though I find that to be specs cheating a bit). However, this monitor doesn't take advantage of that (i.e. it doesn't bother to cheat and do fake HDR 600 or better). Seems like it doesn't even bother to reach HDR400 (so just firmware trick to accept HDR input and do whatever it can to show it, rather than proper HDR. To be fair, majority of monitors are like that anyway).

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  alpln on 21/11/2022 - 11:10

  The same link shows 32UN88A which seems to be a (more expensive but a) superior IPS variant for $650. Does anybody have it? Is it worth an extra $250?

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    netsurfer on 21/11/2022 - 11:41

    If you have a need for a USB-C / alt-mode display, then at the moment, not many choices available. The 60W pass through power is a bit disappointing but you cannot have everything in that price range at the moment. It does what most people want currently (USB-C, DisplayPort, HDMI ports). The only minor nitpick is HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.4 only. While we cannot expect HDMI 2.1 support on a 60Hz monitor (generally not worth it, there is 1 HDR 4K / 60Hz mode that's in HDMI 2.1 which PS5 supports (4:4:4) - honestly though, with just HDR10 (a marketing trick term to still claim HDR despite not even reaching HDR400), I doubt you will see the difference. However, I guess if you want to do photo work with HDR, at 1:1, you could argue that matters). I don't think there is a pre-tuned Adobe RGB mode on that monitor.

    Bottom line, with no real competition and USB-C based monitors continue to demand a premium, 32UN88A is a decent choice.