LG 43UD79-B Epic Review

Monitor unboxing and setup, gaming benchmarks with a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, monitor feature guide focusing on multiple devices on-screen at once, and final thoughts. A massive fifty minutes worth! Click "SHOW MORE" for the table of contents.

Notes:
1. A Playstation 4 Pro will output 4K to this monitor, and looks great doing so. But there is a trick to make that work, as your only choices to start with are 720p and 1080p (4K will be greyed out). See the other LG 43UD79-B video on my channel for a short how-to guide.

2. Not all USB-C cables are created equal. Some only work at USB 2 speeds, and will NOT drive this monitor. The "charge cable" that comes with new MacBooks and MacBook Pros is one such example of a USB-C cable that won't put an image on this screen. So make sure it is a USB-C cable fast enough for 4K at 60hz before you buy it if you choose the USB-C hookup in back of the monitor.

3. Though the monitor is advertised in some places as able to charge devices over USB-C, I could only get it charging my 2016 MacBook Pro 13" at 7W. Not enough for almost all devices. Especially a proper notebook. I verified all of my USB-C cables could charge my 2016 MacBook Pro 13" at 60W when connected between the notebook itself and its own AC adapter. So, unless I'm missing something, don't count on this monitor to charge your devices.

4. My apologies for using a GoPro, complete with its distorted settings. It's the least lame option of what I could get running at the time.

Table of Contents:
00:04 - Unboxing.
01:12 - Setup.
03:36 - Monitor Closeup.
04:42 - Windows Desktop. 4k at 60hz verified.
06:45 - Minecraft with GeForce 1060.
07:58 - GeForce 1080 Ti inside an AKiTiO Node eGPU box.
09:03 - Minecraft with GeForce 1080 Ti.
15:35 - Skyrim with GeForce 1080 Ti.
17:52 - Craft the World with GeForce 1080 Ti.
19:00 - DOOM with GeForce 1080 Ti.
20:32 - Ashes of the Singularity with GeForce 1080 Ti.
25:47 - Ashes of the Singularity with GeForce 1080 Ti and GeForce 1060. AT ONCE!
30:51 - Massive wall of text. Programmers take note!
32:28 - Monitor has built-in resolution scaling, for devices that can't do 4K.
33:11 - PS4 Pro works! See my other video to enable native 4K.
33:48 - Nintendo Switch works! Monitor automatically scaled up 1080p to fill the screen.
34:47 - Four devices sharing the screen at once. Moving them around on-screen. Picture-in-picture. Side-by-side mode. Top-and-bottom mode.
48:40 - Final Thoughts.

[slickill]

Thanks for the hands on and very comprehensive review of the monitors functionality.

[Maple_Extract]

Hi, I just want to say that your video helped me out a lot. I really need a monitor that can hybrid as a TV for my room size but I also want a lot of control over the split screen function and yours is the only media that went indepth on what can be changed. Thanks a lot.

[coveringgrape]

hey bro its been about a year, im wondering how its still going, have any issues popped up or your thoughts changed?
awesome review man I gave it a like, thanks for the effort.

[tylerdeng]

Exactly what am I looking for, amazing video. Thx

[GastonZuccala]

What is the minimum distance to use the monitor and see the text clearly. I'm a programmer and my desk is not big. That's why I'm asking. Great review BTW.

[TommasoRatiglia]

Nice review! What about media content, like movies and tv series? I am about to get the 2020 model but should be mostly the same

[Shmynkellbonkenstein]

It looks great. Could easily see myself getting this. Is there any noticeable smearing or ghosting or similar artifacts? In that case, is it possible to reduce by tinkering with settings? Thanks for a great review.

[giocalle]

i really loved your review, recently i bought a samsung TV qled but playn pc games on it through steam app is not so good probably i really need a monitor to do something like that properly, and this one seems good to me, just one thing the vesa mount it's 400x400?

[itsyaboia-dub]

The reason your frame rate dropped with the dual GPU test is because when you run two different gpu's, they are equalized. Meaning the 1080ti was matching performance of the 1060 for optimal frame pacing between the two.

[murtazanazham]

Very good review. When you have one input source (HDMI/DP)and split the screen into 4, can you put 4 different browsers/work space and control them independently? Many thanks.

[World_of_OSes]

Do you have to move your head around to use it?

[thomaslax]

I'm curious how the input lag feels? Does it feel sluggish like some other monitors in the size range? Also how is the motion blur? It's not easy to tell watching the video how smooth it is.

[brickmissing]

One question : Does it include USB hub functionality? ie. can you connect your mouse and keyboard to the two regular USB ports on the monitor - then patch the USB-C back to your PC. The documentation doesn't make this clear since they just focus on the USB-C ability to charge and carry video.

[ShoresOfHelll]

In the view mode with 2 inputs on top of each other. Can u play games in ultra-wide mode 21:9 aspect ratio on PC, just like we would on an ultra wide monitor?
Thanks

[mertdag]

Hello, I need calibration settings information. I have a this monitor but ı don't know what true game calibration settings is. Can you help me please ?

[VellDesign]

James, thank you for review! What can you say about dark edges problem? When the pixels near the screen borders goes in shadow. Have it take place on this monitor? I saw it on HP Z43, and it was terrible.

[DalisYn]

I just wanna know if it’s good for fps gaming, I’ll be using my console at school so if it can do fps it’s perfect

[SaeedMukhtar]

@James Beatty I'm trying to connect my 4K Lenovo Yoga via a USB-C to USB-C cable and the monitor detects that something is plugged in but it doesn't give any display, Monitor says no signal found. Any idea how to get it working? What kind of cable you used?

[TwstedTV]

Would have been nice if this was tested on First Person Shooters fast paced action games and see if Tearing would happen, because,
LG did state that this monitor does NOT support adaptive sync technology such as G-Sync or FreeSync. They stated that anything thats fast paces games going over 60-hz will get tearing,
And anything below 60-hz will get stutter.
Testing this on vanilla minecraft standing still is of no help at all when trying to measure tearing & ghosting within a video game.
Test it on new First Person Shooters like COD-3, APEX, Battlefield 5, RAGE, and other games a like.
As well as Destiny-2, Rainbow Seige 6, and other game like Also test on other games Borderlands 3, Path of Exile, Wolcen just to see different ends of the gaming spectrum.
Also test with things that move fast across the screen with other games and applications.
I seen that you tested on a few games, but you need to put the camera "Down" and play the game at fast pace. Standing still doesnt measure tearing & ghosting.
Thats when youll know if the monitor is worth it or not.

[CivicMB]

Good video man , im thinking to get this for my ps4 pro,