Best OLED Ultrawide - LG 240Hz 45GR95QE-B Review

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Best OLED Ultrawide - LG 240Hz 45GR95QE-B Review
LG might have just released the best OLED ultrawide yet with the 45GR95QE-B. The 45GR95QE-B is a WOLED 240Hz 3440x1440 45" Ultrawide monitor which is very immersive. The question is should you buy it.

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[Aryzon]

"Best OLED Ultrawide"
>Proceeds to shit on it for the whole video.
Dude make up your mind.

[davidjenkins]

Bought this monitor and took a chance on an open box for 45% off and 12 months same as cash. In other words I got it for $845. It did not have a single scratch or dead pixel. So far I've had it 3 months and have put several 100 gaming hours on it. It is a very satisfying monitor. Same screen, only fixed curve as the bendable Corsair Xeneon 45WQHD240. OK it's not a 4K but at 1440P it looks real good. Does the job.

[thedeleted]

there is nothing wrong with matte finish lmao. It has absolutely no effect on image quality in a semi/full dark room

[PCPAyLOAD]

The low PPI is just about the only thing keeping me from ordering one. Needs to be minimum 3840x1600.

[EBackwards]

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- LG Major Decisions Department (Ice Cream Division)

[Spinelli__]

This is easily the best gaming monitor on the market today (and the 27" version if you don't want the size, curve, or high price). It can get eye-squinting bright when setup correctly. It has basically the lowest input lag on the market (even in Vivid mode with DAS off, it's total input lag is still only like 5 or 6 ms, let alone with DAS on). At 240 Hz & fps, it has the same motion clarity as the fastest LCD TNs at 400-500 Hz & fps. It's size is awesome, being basically an ultrawide version of a 36.5" 16:9 monitor (a 49" 32:9 is only the height of a 27" 16:9 monitor for comparison). Once setup with Nvidia DLDSR, it looks insane on another level further (there's a video with instructions on how to get DLDSR working @ 240 hz).

Regarding settings:
- update to latest firmware (takes 1-2 hours, set monitor to a low brightness of 0-30 % while doing this)
- when firmware update finished, unplug and re-plug USB cable, or was it the power cable? Firmware update screen will instruct you to do this, don't worry
- when monitor is back up, go to the OSD "General" --> "Reset to Initial Settings" and reset the entire monitor, there have been some weird issues when this step isn't done after a firmware update from multiple users (including me)
- disable "Smart Energy Saver" in the monitor's OSD menu "General" --> "SMART ENERGY SAVER"
- for HDR content, use Gamer 2 mode, it's a huge leap in HDR highlights brightness over Gamer 1 mode
- for SDR content, Gamer 1, Gamer 2 (brighter), or Vivid (brightest)
- increase contrast to 72 with all 3 picture modes (Gamer 1, Gamer 2, Vivid) (can do higher but will start to loose very, very light grey details)
- get a $7 LG service remote
- in the service menu, disable "CPC enable" (increases brightness, disables the brightness vignette effect)
- in the service menu, disable "LEA Refresh enable" (slightly increases brightness further)
- in the service menu, enable "HDR Mode" (for SDR content only) for yet even more brightness
- set black booster to 60%. 50% crushes blacks while 65% over-boosts blacks with the darkest blacks not becoming true, full black anymore (grey/hazy/milky). 60% is the true "default" in my opinion as it has no over-boosted blacks (still allows the OLED pixels to go to true, full black) while not over darkening parts that aren't supposed to be full black.
- look for a video that shows how to get Nvidia DLDSR working at the full 240 Hz (8-bit and 10-bit RGB) and use that if you have a good GPU. Try 2.25x. If that's too much for your PC, try 1.78x
- set DLDSR smoothing to 50%, don't go lower than 33-ish %. Smoothing with DLDSR is not the atrocious smear-fest smoothing that normal DSR uses. DLDSR's smoothing is actually a negative-sharpening effect. Unlike standard DSR, DLDSR automatically applies a sharpening effect. This can over-sharpen the image. You therefore want smoothing enabled to reduce this overly applied sharpening effect.

I was playing Halo 2 the other day in SDR mode with all the above settings and, man, it's like eye-searing. It sometimes looks like it's HDR content with how bright some of the highlights get with the above settings. And it looks even more insane thanks to Nvidia DLDSR 2.25x.

[theuzigodmachine]

Someone please tell me which is better to buy, LG ULTRAGEAR OLED 45 inch 45GR95QE-B or SAMSUNG ODYSSEY G9 qd oled?

[BlakeBake]

I got it for under 1000 just now at BB 👍🏻

[ActualKaktus]

Matte finishes:

They do it for office and productivity users that work in environments with bright, overhead lighting. It seems that they wanted to create a gaming monitor with broad appeal.

A matte finish doesn’t make sense for a monitor marketed at gamers. We’re neck beards and play our games in the dark 😅

[jamestaylor]

Best Buy blk Friday sales it’s 999 usd

[exactom]

Where in the hell is my 32 inch 4k 144hz oled with a glossy screen?

[Keebz.G]

You had this and the aw3423dw. Does this have a big difference with the extra 70hz? In your real life playing experience.

[josephparry]

Hey! Thanks for the video!! If I may offer some feedback for you? When you mention that there are other monitors out that that are better, please mention those!

[DisplayReality]

This looks awesome but I think it would leave me wanting more brightness. A small bit more... idk

[breaux]

$1500 for a pixel density less than a 24" 1080p monitor. What's even the point of getting higher resolution if you're not getting a sharper image?

[AGuyFromHazard]

Still waiting for a 32" 4k qd oled with a glossy finish. A monitor like that will last me years

[Nienormalny]

I will take a look at this LG but i was actually happy for matte finish as it should help with reflections on a bright room. Am i wrong? Speaking as non-professional that can live with 95% DCI-P3 instead of 100%:)
BTW why do you play Battlefield in polish?

[lespaul]

I got this monitor on a good deal. Wasn't impressed at first though (image/pixel cleaning process helped quite a bit), some really good hours of gaming completely but failed within the first 24 Big green band down the screen. Was definitely a hardware issue... Anyway, I didn't just go return it, I had high hopes so I exchanged it for the exact panel, and couldn't be more happy. New one didn't require any initial pixel cleaning process, the HDR was awesome when adjusted in Windows color settings, and finally just running some youtube HDR content just brought everything out. night and day from the defective panel.

[josephnorris]

I personally prefer a glossy finish but, my computer is in the front room, which has 4 windows and therefore, it bright during the day, especially in the summer. Therefore, the matte finish appears to work better in this instance.

[alexandreesquenet]

I don't like high brightness, I mostly reduce it to 15 or 20%, so that is good to me (to avoid eyes strain).