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when steve jobs unveiled the original iphone back in 2007 the year i graduated

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high school he pitched it as a music player a phone and an internet

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communicator all rolled into one are you getting it

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and the crowd went nuts because who wants to buy three devices when one

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device can do it all fast forward to today and we're seeing similar

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convergence in the world of monitors case in point the lg 27 gn 950 a 144hz

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variable refresh rate monitor for gamers that's also a color accurate 4k monitor

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for creatives but can it compete with samsung's 240hz

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my first impression of the 27 gn 950 was that it was basically just a 4k version

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of 2019's immensely popular 27 gl 850.

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that monitor was the first ips to advertise one millisecond pixel response

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time but it was only 1440p but is that

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the whole story just decide if the higher resolution is worth an extra 300

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bucks to you and call it a day not quite as the 950 addresses a couple

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of our gripes from last time around namely upping the brightness to achieve

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a vasa display HDR 600 certification and

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most importantly adding RGB

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another upgrade comes with display stream compression a feature of

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displayport 1.4 that allows this monitor to run at 3840 by 2160 resolution at 144

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hertz with 10 bit color and no chroma

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sub sampling something that was not possible on even the best monitors just

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a short while ago the catch you need either a 20 series NVIDIA

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graphics card or an AMD one from 2019 onward or else it's just not gonna work

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and as far as we can tell you'll be relegated to 95 hertz

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big buyer beware there companies should just be more direct

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LTT Store.com but assuming you're using it to its full

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potential gaming on the 950 is a great experience it's snappy clear and offers

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a great deal of flexibility with g-sync compatible and freesync premium pro

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designations and the high resolution gives you the freedom to crank the

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details in sightseeing games or drop down to 1440p or even 1080 if you

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absolutely need as many frames as possible and hey if you're hoping

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NVIDIA's upcoming 30 series graphics cards are gonna let you run 4k at 120

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FPS and beyond then this monitor will have you covered for a fair few years in

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that respect too also get subscribed so you don't miss our coverage of those

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gpus when they arrive but what about lg's claim about one

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millisecond pixel response time can this ips panel really game at 144 hertz

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without turning into a smeary mess to find out we set up a pursuit camera

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to photograph the display's inherent motion blur that's motion blur that's

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not due to the persistence of vision in your brain on the default fast setting

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it looks pretty good with very little smearing on the trailing edge and while

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the pictures don't look materially different with the slower normal and

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offsetting selected in real life you can actually see a difference lg has made

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this easy to test since the settings change in real time without the screen

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going black between toggles nice

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it's also nice that lg lets you choose whatever overdrive setting you want even

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when adaptive sync is turned on something we did not see in our recent

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review of the samsung odyssey g9 back to the lg in order for them to get that one

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millisecond sticker on the box though they definitely use the faster setting

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where aggressive pixel overdrive introduces garish inverse ghosting or

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coronas that are really distracting in game with

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no real benefit in my humble opinion i will definitely be keeping it on fast

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so yes the 27 g950 is great for gaming

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but this monitor is 4k it probably makes the most sense for gamers who also are

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creators and it delivers there too out of the box

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the color accuracy on our unit was squarely in professional territory with

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deviations below what's detectable by the human eye it covered over 97 of the

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dci p3 color gamut and a respectable 74

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of rec 2020 it also offers hardware calibration as long as you have lg's

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calibration studio software installed which should be available soon for free

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from their website okay so the 27 g950

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is a worthy upgrade to last year's 850

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but a lot has changed in that year what about compared to arguably the hottest

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displays of 2020 samsung's odyssey lineup the g7 is 50 cheaper 5 inches

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bigger and runs at 240hz instead of 144.

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it too has great color accuracy thanks to a quantum dot enhancement film but

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it's only 1440p not 4k if you lean more

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gamer than creator though the g7's higher refresh rate definitely

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contributes to better motion clarity but with more smearing and dark scenes due

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to the va panel's poorer handling of dark to dark transitions additionally

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though the g7 has a motion blur reduction strobing mode

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but that introduces image doubling due to crosstalk you're also going to have

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to be okay with narrower viewing angles and a tight 1000r curve so it's

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definitely a more gamer focused less versatile display than the lg 950 which

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above all has more RGB

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it does but you know just kidding but i do really like how it's implemented in

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addition to the regular lg nipple stick for controlling the SSD there's also a

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click wheel that lets you adjust the brightness and select effects without

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installing any extra software very convenient and intuitive the bezels

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have been improved on this monitor since last time around with a narrower d

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branded chin bar there's no logo here and it's sharp but not too in-your-face

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stand offers 16 centimeters of height adjust 20 degrees of tilt and 90 degrees

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of rotation still no swivel though

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which brings us to the monitor's shortcomings

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HDR while the 27 gn 950 does have an

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appreciated and noticeable vasa display HDR 600 certification the difference

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between HDR and sdr isn't that crazy and

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there's a lot of daylight between what this monitor can do versus one that

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shines at a thousand nits overall it's a

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nice to have just don't buy this monitor for HDR

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similarly the backlight is a bit weird

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i'm not miffed that this monitor doesn't have full array local dimming with

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hundreds of zones because i'm generally not even into

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fault really but this monitor doesn't not have local

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dimming either it's somewhere in the middle what lg calls active dimming the

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de facto result isn't as bad as it looks on this test pattern but i'm still a

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little on the fence about it i mean i guess it's making some scenes darker but

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if you're looking for it it can be noticeable sometimes so ah

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probably not that big of a deal so should you buy this monitor

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only maybe if you don't have enough GPU power to

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game in 4k at high refresh rates maybe save some money and go with the 1440p

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27gl 850 instead or save a little less

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money and check out the 240hz samsung g7

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but if you're a gamer who also dabbles or even works in photo editing or video

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editing or if you have a multi-monitor setup or if you just really prefer 4k

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guys if you like this video you might also like our recent review of the samsung odyssey g9 it's like the g7 but

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it's 49 inches super ultra wide 240hz that's insane

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