WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.639 we've got the one the only the LG 00:00:03.920 --> 00:00:11.099 27gr95qe it's a Ultra gear OLED 240 00:00:08.639 --> 00:00:17.039 hertz what else can you ask for it's a 27 inch screen 1440p and it's fast so 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:20.820 we've seen this panel from a lot of other manufacturers LG display makes 00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:24.539 them all though and then LG Electronics their sister company will take the same 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:27.960 panel and make it for themselves so let's open this box and see what we got 00:00:25.980 --> 00:00:31.439 we gotta stand it's got you know basically my favorite design although I 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:34.860 wouldn't mind if they had a bit more uh column here to make it more sturdy but 00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:39.420 it's just your standard you know connect them and screw it in kind of guy we got 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:43.079 the rest of our stand here oh one thing we can see here it's got a little NVIDIA 00:00:40.739 --> 00:00:49.440 g-sync badge the shot this guy should be g-sync capable and freesync capable but 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:51.660 not freesync premium Pro or g-sync 00:00:49.440 --> 00:00:54.660 ultimate which is fine honestly variable refresh rate and adaptive sync 00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:58.620 technology has gotten really good and it works on basically every monitor now 00:00:56.219 --> 00:01:03.780 well on a high-end game monitor seems sturdy enough 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:04.700 oh there's a pretty heavy box tons of 00:01:03.780 --> 00:01:11.520 cables Ultra certified cable HDMI ultra high 00:01:08.820 --> 00:01:16.680 speed oh baby this should be HDMI 2.1 it's a 1440p 240 hertz display so you're 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:21.840 going to want a really good cable uh to reach those specs we got our USB B cable 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:27.119 we got our cable protector here cable cover very nice keep your cables covered 00:01:24.299 --> 00:01:31.259 on the back I would prefer something that's fully integrated into the stand 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:34.140 rather than having a cable cover on the back like this but this is perfectly 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:37.740 fine it's still good enough and the reality is you don't even need to use 00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:40.680 the cable management stuff it just looks pretty once you're done it comes with a 00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:44.880 remote you may have watched it already you may not have we did a 45 inch of 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:48.960 basically a similar panel and it also came with a remote and I was pleasantly 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:52.200 surprised I don't think personally that I'll ever use the remote but it's cool 00:01:50.759 --> 00:01:57.899 you know it's good to have we've got our handy dandy power brick and our handy 00:01:54.720 --> 00:01:59.399 dandy probably Korean power plug luckily 00:01:57.899 --> 00:02:03.119 we got a travel adapter so I don't even have to go get a C13 we're good to go 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:07.439 actually it's a C8 I think the Mickey Mouse plug I can never remember and a 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:10.259 DisplayPort cable if you don't want to use HDMI there could be a lot of reasons 00:02:09.119 --> 00:02:14.160 for that maybe your graphics card doesn't support HDMI 2.1 actually that's 00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:18.959 like the only reason I can think of but yeah you got a DisplayPort if you want to use that display quality assurance 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:22.800 report okay so they're telling us that we're gonna have a max value of a Delta 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:25.680 e of less than five for the max values that's pretty good because that's not 00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:28.319 just the average if all of them are lower than five then there's a good 00:02:26.819 --> 00:02:32.459 chance that especially with the OLED Black Level coming in at like basically 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:36.000 zero error there's a good chance that's like averaging out at less than two 00:02:34.140 --> 00:02:39.239 tells you about the gamma value and the color temperature and stuff that was 00:02:37.260 --> 00:02:42.660 tested at which is fine one thing that's interesting is that this guy was tested 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:46.260 at 8 500 Kelvin I think the other one was 6 500 Kelvin either way uh we're 00:02:44.940 --> 00:02:48.959 just going to put that in there put this all back in the box and forget about it 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.480 because I don't want to see these documents one minor thing I don't like Styrofoam I really wish they would 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:59.819 switch to like some kind of foam system that isn't made of styro okay I love 00:02:57.420 --> 00:03:04.140 these uh packaging materials the only problem is when it's like this and 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:07.379 there's no seam or split or when it's on the side especially and not on the 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:12.239 bottom because on the bottom you can just like lift it up and get that in there no problem but as you can see I'm 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.659 gonna have to like if I don't like splitting it open like this because I 00:03:14.099 --> 00:03:19.500 want to reuse this foam if I ever have to pack it up again like we can manage 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:23.580 here but you know I had to rip this part open and move it around it's just a lot 00:03:21.780 --> 00:03:27.060 easier when the seam is on the bottom so you can just go up and insert it like 00:03:25.019 --> 00:03:31.140 that but you know no harm no foul look at that I like how light it is already 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:35.400 as much as I love giant monitors uh they're heavy and they can be a major 00:03:32.940 --> 00:03:38.040 pain to both move around and cable manage and do all that stuff like 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:43.319 whenever you've got to move it for any reason it's just kind of a nightmare versus this you know this was easy 00:03:41.459 --> 00:03:49.260 because we've got an OLED and because the power brick isn't integrated come on 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:51.299 peel peel I have to I have to get out of 00:03:49.260 --> 00:03:55.379 there because of that this thing is super thin and it honestly looks really 00:03:53.459 --> 00:03:59.519 pretty even just from the side and the back and I'm digging the design here 00:03:57.239 --> 00:04:02.760 they've got this kind of hexagonal shape that I don't understand why everyone's 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:06.239 doing The Cooler Master hexagon you guys have gotta like find something else make 00:04:04.440 --> 00:04:11.220 this is flat you know I'd be fine with like a flat squared off back whatever 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:14.879 not a big deal this should all be RGB along the sides here and then we've got 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:18.900 the LG or Ultra gear logo here I'm not sure which looks like an l and a u maybe 00:04:16.979 --> 00:04:22.979 that's on purpose I don't know on the back we've got a decent amount of i o we 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:28.199 have a couple of HDMI 2.1 ports DisplayPort 1.4 Optical out and then USB 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:32.639 bead a on the other side and a couple of USB a ports right before we get to our 00:04:30.479 --> 00:04:36.960 DC in for our power plug we've also got a Kensington lock and a headphone jack 00:04:35.400 --> 00:04:39.780 on the bottom here and we finally got our power button way on the bottom here 00:04:38.460 --> 00:04:43.740 in the middle there's no navigation nipple because you've got the cool 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:49.259 remote we'll get to that later for now what I want to mention is I actually 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:51.660 really like the way LG does a lot of 00:04:49.259 --> 00:04:55.620 their i o I use a couple LG monitors at my desk and it's really handy having the 00:04:53.880 --> 00:05:00.060 plugs just go straight out the back like this instead of trying to like get them 00:04:57.900 --> 00:05:03.600 up into some weird area and then covering it with a cable cover this is 00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:07.199 just easy you're not going to have to think too hard when you're trying trying to set everything up and you're not 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:13.199 going to have like struggle with the DisplayPort cable or something like that so it's a really minor thing but it's 00:05:10.740 --> 00:05:16.919 something I like now the stand let's check it out let's check it out what can 00:05:14.460 --> 00:05:24.000 this bad boy do what can this 27 inch sweet sweet 240 hertz OLED do first up 00:05:19.979 --> 00:05:27.120 can't pivot that way but hey I don't 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:29.039 know why you would ever want to Pivot an 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:32.039 OLED monitor especially one that's 240 hertz and then run it in portrait mode 00:05:30.539 --> 00:05:38.340 but you know what if you're just that baller that your side displays are this 00:05:34.919 --> 00:05:40.199 thousand dollar 240 hertz display go for 00:05:38.340 --> 00:05:42.900 it uh what else has it got it's got height adjustment 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:47.100 pretty good amount too it's not bad swivel not a ton of swivel I would 00:05:45.180 --> 00:05:50.460 actually like a bit more swivel but this is fine and then tilt gonna Bounce It 00:05:49.020 --> 00:05:55.080 tilt that's not bad there's two main advantages to going with a smaller 27 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:58.620 inch screen like this now the first one is that it's not going to jiggle as much 00:05:56.880 --> 00:06:01.500 when you're gaming because there's not as much weight on the display itself 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:06.000 like yeah obviously you shake the desk the monitor is going to shake too but it's not like to the point where you 00:06:04.440 --> 00:06:10.740 feel like you need it to be on a monitor ARM because it's constantly destabilizing whenever you do something 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:16.199 as simple as move your mouse the other main advantage is that while this is 27 00:06:13.440 --> 00:06:21.419 inches it's also 1440p so you're getting 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know what I'm gonna do first I'm gonna plug some stuff in 00:06:56.580 --> 00:07:03.240 before I take it over there Pro tip for anyone who is setting up a monitor plug 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:06.960 in your stuff ahead of time ideally and then you just like run it down the back 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:10.680 of your desk it's no problem it's easy one kind of minor complaint is that 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:14.580 while I love the RGB on the sides here it doesn't go all the way across the top 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:18.180 as well or on the bottom it's really not a big deal but it's something that I 00:07:16.500 --> 00:07:22.259 would like to see in future revisions just have it go all the way across the 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:25.680 top you know come full circle minor thing but hey you're paying a lot of 00:07:23.940 --> 00:07:30.240 money one thing that instantly stands out to me not necessarily in the best 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:34.020 way but not in a terrible way either is this kind of chin here on the bottom 00:07:31.979 --> 00:07:37.620 that's housing the power button that is lit up by the way the power button is 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:41.280 lit and then you've got this other sensor here and that's got to be for the 00:07:39.419 --> 00:07:45.300 remote I don't know if they could have done it better because the sensor does 00:07:43.139 --> 00:07:48.240 take some space they maybe could have put like a tiny little module on the 00:07:46.860 --> 00:07:51.660 side and I would have preferred that I think but either way it's not a big deal 00:07:49.979 --> 00:07:54.240 it's not all that distracting I just kind of happen to notice it minor 00:07:53.099 --> 00:07:59.639 correction it's it's not actually the power button itself that's lit up there's a tiny light just behind it so 00:07:57.900 --> 00:08:04.099 okay they could have just made the power button glow but that's fine we're gonna 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:10.680 try the OSD with the handy dandy remote so I guess my only issue is there's like 00:08:07.620 --> 00:08:12.720 no other buttons anywhere that I can see 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:18.180 or feel so if this power button just turns it on and off man you can use this 00:08:15.780 --> 00:08:22.080 but it's one of those like single button press and hold to make a selection and 00:08:20.280 --> 00:08:26.819 then every press just goes along the bar it is usable but these suck I hate them 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:30.840 LG I really wish you would have just kept a navigation nipple uh while the 00:08:28.979 --> 00:08:33.899 remote is a super nice inclusion and I am a big fan of it actually you don't 00:08:32.580 --> 00:08:37.140 always want to use a remote you know you don't want to go looking for it like I'm 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:43.440 not going to keep this on my desk somewhere I'm probably just going to stash it away and never touch it but you 00:08:41.459 --> 00:08:46.380 know to each their own as for the OSD it's not bad 00:08:44.580 --> 00:08:51.360 we've got you know your typical like game adjustment mode so whether you want 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:54.240 gamer or you have like gamer 2 FPS these are just changing like how cool or how 00:08:52.560 --> 00:09:00.300 bright it is variable refresh rate features it does do freesync premium as 00:08:57.660 --> 00:09:05.339 well as it's g-sync compatible so that's great black stabilization sure Crosshair 00:09:03.300 --> 00:09:08.880 you can turn it on if you want same with the FPS counter I personally never do 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:12.839 then we've got just your typical brightness contrast sharpness gamma 00:09:11.339 --> 00:09:16.920 color oh actually being able to change the game is kind of nice it's becoming 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:20.459 much more common both in high-end monitors and lower end monitors but it's 00:09:18.839 --> 00:09:24.839 always nice to to see it as an option there and then it looks like there's RGB 00:09:22.260 --> 00:09:27.959 as well that you can change so you can change the individual colors manually 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:31.140 yourself it's grayed out I don't know how to enable it you might have to be in 00:09:29.459 --> 00:09:33.839 a specific mode but that's okay we're just going to stick with gamer one this 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:38.820 is actually really neat I don't think I've seen this in basically any other 00:09:36.660 --> 00:09:43.140 monitor it's probably there and I just haven't noticed it before but this has 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:47.940 got a total power on time measured in hours that's really cool actually so 00:09:46.260 --> 00:09:51.720 what you can do especially because it's an OLED and so you actually care about 00:09:49.680 --> 00:09:55.440 burn-in and image retention and all that say if someone's selling one of these 00:09:53.339 --> 00:09:58.620 three years down the line you're not going to know how bright they were 00:09:56.820 --> 00:10:02.580 running it or whatever but you can at least know how long it's been powered on 00:10:00.300 --> 00:10:06.660 for which is kind of Handy you don't see that a lot in a lot of electronics like 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:09.600 wouldn't it be great if your GPU just had a little clock cycle on it and it 00:10:08.160 --> 00:10:13.800 could be like yeah this GPU has been active for like two years yeah that'd be 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:17.459 cool yeah it's actually really handy I like that LG I like that a lot okay so 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:20.940 there's the OSD for you it looks like it's already running at 240 hertz but 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:26.519 HDR is turned off we want to turn that on because this is an OLED display so 00:10:23.700 --> 00:10:30.000 every pixel is a dimming Zone and I think this is rated at a thousand nits 00:10:28.680 --> 00:10:34.380 so you're only going to get that in little like one percent to three percent 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:38.519 little Peak brightness kind of glints on the screen but it's still really nice 00:10:36.420 --> 00:10:42.899 and if it can Peak at a thousand then it can probably do something anywhere from 00:10:39.959 --> 00:10:49.320 about 400 to 600 all white full screen 10 bit color 25 560 by 1440p 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:55.680 240 hertz we're going to check out the HDR and the color quality it can do a 00:10:51.839 --> 00:10:57.180 whopping 98.5 percent of DCI P3 and you 00:10:55.680 --> 00:11:01.800 saw that it came calibrated from the factory the classic Kyoto cherry blossom 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:06.120 that you've seen us look at a hundred times before if you've been following 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:09.540 the channel it looks good just like look at the blues like the color diversity 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:13.560 here I mean I know that you're seeing a lot of like white and blue and pink in 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:17.220 all of these cherry blossoms and stuff but then when you stop and you look at 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:21.540 the contrasting colors like all of those green and the like the blue on that 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:27.540 guy's jacket and stuff it's just crazy how good displays look these days 00:11:24.060 --> 00:11:30.540 compared to stuff 5 10 20 years ago like 00:11:27.540 --> 00:11:31.740 I grew up on garbage well I didn't say 00:11:30.540 --> 00:11:38.040 garbage but I grew up on like comparatively spec wise terrible CRT TVs 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:42.120 and I was always pining for and waiting for that like really big jump in 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:45.300 technology I was never a big LCD fan when they came out I could feel that 00:11:43.560 --> 00:11:50.700 input lag right away way and it felt terrible so I am just so on board with 00:11:49.079 --> 00:11:54.600 OLED I've been waiting like 20 years for this stuff to become mainstream and I 00:11:52.620 --> 00:12:00.720 think we're finally kind of there wow it's absolutely stunning even with 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:04.620 LG's white OLED it still just looks super good 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:09.060 um the contrast is insane I like that they're now going with a 1.5 million to 00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:12.480 one contrast ratio instead of some people when it comes to OLED they'll try 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:16.200 to say it's an infinite contrast ratio and I it's just terrible marketing I 00:12:14.820 --> 00:12:19.620 don't like that but they're sticking to 1.5 million to one and that seems pretty 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:23.820 reasonable you're getting over a billion colors with 10 bit color and it really 00:12:22.140 --> 00:12:28.380 does look incredible even this red on the umbrella or parasol or whatever 00:12:26.040 --> 00:12:32.100 God the lights on the uniforms and that sign those Blues they just pop and look 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:37.140 great but you know what it's 240 hertz it's OLED we got a game on it it looks 00:12:35.100 --> 00:12:40.560 gorgeous I'm pretty terrible at playing Spider-Man with the mouse and keyboard I 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:44.579 only just figured out how to web swing but you know what that's fine this looks 00:12:42.899 --> 00:12:49.920 so pretty and I mean we're only getting like 130 140 FPS so with this game in 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:55.500 particular with like Ray tracing turned on and all that we're not even taking advantage of what this display can 00:12:52.800 --> 00:12:58.920 really do which is 240 hertz uh we'll play CS go briefly I just wanted to look 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:04.079 at something that's a bit more vibrant and colorful and interesting and God it 00:13:01.800 --> 00:13:08.100 really just does look gorgeous you're floating around at Ultra at super 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:12.779 high speeds because you're Spider-Man and just nothing looks blurry like it 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:17.279 all looks crisp no matter what you're doing it just looks clear as day I love 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:23.160 how fast the pixel response time of OLED is is just like so wild it's .03 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:25.320 milliseconds oh okay let's check out CS 00:13:23.160 --> 00:13:31.260 go I gotta try I gotta try a fast-paced game I don't know how to explain it like the 00:13:28.680 --> 00:13:36.779 difference from 60 to 120 is massive and the difference from 120 to 240 is not 00:13:33.660 --> 00:13:38.700 nearly as massive absolutely not but you 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:42.779 know what I think I'm finally starting to like really notice that difference 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:48.420 now that I've used a lot more like 240 hertz displays it's not something that 00:13:45.420 --> 00:13:50.639 you need however it is definitely a nice 00:13:48.420 --> 00:13:53.639 to have and especially with OLED just having such crazy pixel response times 00:13:52.260 --> 00:13:58.079 you might as well take even more advantage of it by giving it a really a 00:13:55.800 --> 00:14:02.760 high refresh rate as well see I just killed both I just killed three Bots are 00:14:00.060 --> 00:14:06.240 they Bots yes but did I kill them also yes the only real problem with this 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:09.240 monitor because otherwise it's fantastic and I would love to own this thing I 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:15.660 would you know I already have a different display but like it's hard to go wrong with 240Hz OLED 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:22.980 but it is a little pricey it's 27 inches 1440p in 2023 and you're 00:14:20.880 --> 00:14:27.959 going to be paying a thousand dollars that being said just a year or two ago 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:32.279 to get this exact same display maybe not 240 hertz because it wasn't even out yet 00:14:29.459 --> 00:14:36.720 then but like let's say OLED 165 27 inches you'd be paying a very similar 00:14:34.260 --> 00:14:41.940 price if not more so the fact that you can get a 1440p screen at 27 inches 00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:46.320 which is basically like the universal um sweet spot for 1440p now that you can 00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:49.920 get it for like a grand it honestly might be worth upgrading to 00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:53.579 a lot of people especially if you're watching more and more HDR content and 00:14:52.079 --> 00:14:59.220 you don't already have like a really good movie or game screen that you can 00:14:56.760 --> 00:15:03.300 use for HDR if you can afford it I think it's worth the upgrade and yeah LG has 00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:06.540 really just they've outdone themselves they've crushed it they've knocked it 00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:09.720 out of the park there are going to be other options you 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:14.279 know if you don't want LG specifically Acer's got their own version of this 00:15:11.940 --> 00:15:18.000 panel ASUS has got their own version of this panel so if you prefer those Brands 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:24.420 you can you can go with them if you want to but I'll be honest I actually love 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:26.279 the back I O for the LG versions and I 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:30.360 also really like their stand it's pretty versatile it's really minimal it's 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:34.620 pretty Sleek I'm happy with this thing overall the chin you know what I I 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:38.399 completely forgot about it after I started like using the Monitor and 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:41.519 talking to you guys again so whatever I I complained about it before I don't 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:47.779 even care anymore strike it editor cut that cut that from the record we don't 00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:50.399 we don't need that this is the LG 27 gr 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:55.380 95qe yeah that took a little while but I got there uh and we had a little too 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:59.820 much fun unboxing it to be honest I can't even stop playing Counter-Strike on it it's just so clean thanks for 00:15:58.139 --> 00:16:05.040 watching guys this is ShortCircuit this is the 27 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:07.380 gr95qe from LG it's a fantastic OLED 00:16:05.040 --> 00:16:12.240 display if you want to look at another OLED display maybe check out the 45 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