3 Things I wish I knew! - LG 49WL95C-W - LG 49' 5k Monitor review

The LG 49WL95C-W is an absolute beast of a monitor with its 5120 x 1440 resolution!

This is the perfect monitor for your minimal desk set up but, would the Samsung 49" CRG90 (LC49RG90SSUXEN) be a better purchase?

After watching many reviews from the likes of Linus Tech Tips, The Tech Chap & Sara Dietschy I was convinced this was the right monitor for me.

LG 49WL95C-WE

Samsung

I also considered the Dell U4919DW and Philips 499P9H/00

PowerToys - FancyZones -

[joemanly]

Great review! Thanks much. I am deciding between the Samsung and the LG, and the feedback you gave on the light sensor and the built-in speakers was exactly what I needed to hear for my decision. Thanks again!

[AdrianP]

Thanks for the review. Ironically I had already picked the CRG9, but the tips on sorting the windows layout was fab.

[BennyTygohome]

Thank you for the review. I'm researching 49" Super Ultra Wide 5120x1440 displays and I'm heavily leaning towards this LG. I like it over the Samsung because of the better viewing angles with LG's IPS display compared to the Samsung. I do alot of team development work and often have someone sitting along side of me as I share information on my screen (lately I've been using Teams screen sharing more), and having wider viewing angles is very important to me.

Regarding custom window snap grid management software, if you have an Nvidia GPU when you install the driver software it also installs the "NVIDIA Desktop Manager" (now renamed as "NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager" but still works with pre RTX GPUs) which comes with template grids that can be customized to arrange your own snap quadrants.

[YassirEnnazk]

Crazy that this was uploaded today. No views yet. I land on this video right before clicking the buy button. Thank you for the thorough review.

[HudsonDoodle]

Great video. I already bought this monitor and am waiting for it to arrive. But your review was helpful nonetheless. And great suggestion to your viewers about Power Toys.

[gilghost]

love that solution for the screens... will get it also for my workspace

[SimonRushton]

thank you for your help you have given me the information i need to make my decision, keep up the good work

[donglobal]

With the LG software even if it has presets, you can manually change the width of each zone.

[robjvw]

So glad I found this video, really useful especially to see the way it displays PC stuff for workflow 👍🏼 Still trying to work out this LG monitor v Dell equivalent

[silvenepistola]

Thank you for going through the power toys

[zaheermt]

Thank you for the review. Have you had a chance to look at Samsung CRG90's text quality. All of Reddit users were complaining that the text on the Samsung was grainy (it being a VA Panel), which made me research the LG 49WL95C-WE. Any other viewers input also appreciated. I am close to buying this and the 3 factors you mentioned aren't a concern though I am sucker for symmetry as well 🤣

[tpcomcam]

Thank you for your excellent review. I was checking the final details before ordering in the near future. I too have 3 monitors and wanted to remove some cables and not have the bevels (even though the Dell monitors are thin). The audio limitations are not an issue - I quality reference monitors and t editing location has consistent lighting. Again thank you. David.

[Yahoomediaclub]

Great review on the LG 49 love to know where to order this Thanks

[jmd]

It would be cool if you did the bracket & put the wiring through the wall to make a really clean setup.

[jmanreal]

When did Keegan Michael Kee stat making monitor videos? Great review....I think I'm going to load up fancy zones, too!!

[Lgnd]

You don’t need the power toys. You can manually drag the on-screen lines to the size/width you desire.
The presets are just to get you started

[Mark-isdx]

Great video, and have been looking to buy. Only thing that worries me is the amount of these on ebay which are sold spares or repart/parts only. I wonder if they are that reliable

[MegaMaxHouse]

3:50 - adjust you'r camera above this sensor. to leave it opened.

[MehmetKayaalp]

I believe you were better off by keeping this monitor instead of replacing it with Samsung about which you were pondering, since your LG's display technology IPS is superior to VA panel of the Samsung model for work and reading. If Samsung were producing IPS panels, I would go with higher curved (1000R) Odyssey G9 so that my eyes-to-pixels would be fairly constant across to horizontal line when the monitor is 1 meter away from me, which is my regular setup. But right now you should have a harder time to read text at either end of the screen since they are much farther to you than the middle. You mentioned yours was 1800R but I haven't seen any such data. It looks flatter to me. Can you provide a reference for the curvature data?

[killineyhistory]

Excellent review, thanks. How are you getting on with this monitor after 1 year? Would you still recommend it?