LG 23" LED Monitor

This monitor is low cost and lightweight. Adjustment on the stands are limited to tilt. Image quality, sharpness, and contrast are generally good, except for color temperature: the monitor generally appears very "cool", probably due to the LED backlighting. However, it's tolerable even for movies and games. The LED lighting allows for high dynamic range display, which looks impressive next to other monitors. Keep in mind that the high contrast only works for larger regions; text and fine graphics render as they do on a regular display. Still, it's a nice effect for games and movies. The LED lighting also makes the monitor more energy efficient (it stays noticeable cooler than other monitors). Altogether, it's a cheap, nice-looking, lightweight monitor.

Since purchasing this monitor it has been fantastic and really is a pleasure to use.

- The LED screen is amazing, and the colours are so rich, and the blacks are actually black. Makes my other screen's blacks look like gray in comparison. I was also impressed that it uses a lot less power than normal LCD monitors, which should save me money in the long term as I use this a lot. and the 23" for me is the ideal size, as any bigger I think is too big.

- 1920x1080 resolution. This is huge and makes everything seem so crisp, and watching HD or blu ray films in this is really nice.

- Stand/Standless feature. This is one of the main reasons I bought this. I have this sitting beside my laptop as a dual monitor, and it doesnt sit way high like normal monitors, and the bottom is on the same level as my laptop's screen which makes using this a LOT easier. It is also very stable without the stand as the whole base is aiding its stability. Taking off and...Read more

I bought this monitor so I could work from home and play a few games, as well. I haven't tried movies on it. Something about the picture quality is, in some undefinable way, not quite as nice as the Samsung monitors I have at work, but it's still pretty solid and far better than using the built-in screen on my laptop.

My main negative observation is that the image doesn't look that great when I use a regular VGA cable. I found an LCD calibration test on the web (google for the "lagom" one) and just couldn't get the color/picture/gamma/brightness adjusted right. This isn't likely to bother people with modern computers/video cards, but it's something to keep in mind.

With an HDMI cable, I had to wrestle with Windows and my Vaio's controls for a while to get the correct resolution to work, but once I did, everything looked solid. The picture passed the above calibration test no problem, after a few minor adjustments. I do wish I could boost the brightness a...Read more