LG UltraGear OLED 45 Review | Massive Curved Gaming Monitor

The low resolution is a dealbreaker for me

Does this also have a TV tuner inside?

Really want to try 3 of these for sim racing. The desktop experience is meaningless there, but I like the resolution. Multiple 4k monitors make a 4090 look mortal.

I thought the remote was pretty cool. I guess it depends on who you are because I purchased the Samsung ultra wide 49" monitor a few years ago. There was no remote. The fact that you can access pip, make adjustments to the color display, and access the settings from a remote is better than hitting the button on the actual display to access them anyway. The only gripe that I had about this monitor is that most of the games that I play, Valorant for example, did not allow me to use the entire screen and showed black bars on the left and right of the display. Cyberpunk 2077 is Absolutely STUNNING! I'm using it with an i9 13900 and an RTX 3090 and it looks incredible. Not to mention I can use the entire screen to see every detail. I want to say there is a fix for the black bars but it's very difficult to figure out if there is one. I believe this monitor would suit people who like single player games, MMO games and movies. I love all three of those but have a hard time with my eyes with the fast paced FPS games. I played Valorant after I got it all hooked up and had a great experience. The hit boxes seemed larger and I could see much better than usual. COD MW3 literally made me dizzy with all the movement that was involved. Take all of this in consideration when buying and also consider the price point. If you live for the things I enjoyed about the types of games you would like on this monitor, then I believe you will LOVE it. Beside it being just a really beautiful display.

make it 4k and ill buy it today

how do i get 120 hz on ps5? i only get 60 hz 🫠

It has an 800r curve so the optimal viewing distance is 800mm or 31.5 inches.

how is this monitor for watching movies?

Just picked this up for $1,000 new from best buy. Loving it besides the faint vertical banding with darker grays or dark scenes on the monitor. I've heard it gets better over time? Anyone else have experience with this?

The matte display will make me go for the G9 OLED Samsung

Again with the cables pointing horizontally outward... LG please stop this trend. This is the only reason I'm not buying your monitors again. WHY!

Way way way, way too many caveats

Just snagged one at BB for $995 👌🏼

To those who are looking to purchase this besides the 240hz it’s not worth it . I purchased it and it’s honestly a waste of money . If you game like I do , your neck will hurt and eye sockets will hurt. For the price the color isn’t worth it . Find you a multi monitor setup and that’ll be perfect . This monitor is truly annoying. Hopes that help your decision .

doesnt matter about 4k not like u can run high frames in 4k even with todays gpu

for gaming, the res is a non issue. for production, it could be a bit of an issue.

I have the LG c3 OLED tv. Horrible screen tear in games idk what it is tried all options no fixes couldnt find anything online about it either. When i switch my games to my monitor which is my second screen. my games are smooth but when i change to the tv very teary im gonna sell my tv and give this monitor a try i love lg products.

what prevents me from buying this is the resolution. With the screen being this large 3440x1440 just doesn't cut it. The pixel density is crap

Love this monitor, was slightly worried about the pixel density but tbh no issues at all.

would you rather have this or the lg oled flex?

I bought mine about a week ago and I’m in love with it.

The desktop experience is more than passable. SDR brightness sucks, and desktop text isn’t as sharp as I’d like it to be (it isn’t terrible), but gaming on this thing is magic (especially with HDR enabled)

When paired with a high end gpu, the smooth motion is incredible, and the aggressive curve is very immersive.

Honestly, the screen looks terrible on video. Probably the pixel layout and PPI. And i bet it looks bad in person too.

If this was 4K it would've been perfect

I do not care about it’s features, so long as there are no dead pixels im ok with it.

now im thinking which bank to break in order to buy this :D

Great video. Saved me a lot of headache

Monitor manufacturers will die before they give a 21:9 45 inch 240hz 1800p HDR display.

But don't worry you can get an 8k 57 inch 240hz 32:9 that not even 4090 owners can run well!

They never listen to us and its infuriating. New tech should go to standard formats and branch out, not the other way around.

So is this not good for console gaming?

I was worried about the resolution sharpness for the size, thanks for including that in the video.

Great work, guys. Would love to see a video on the "trace free" feature that some Asus Monitors have. Always caused me confusion, like, is it motion smoothing or something else? How does it work? Does it affect the cinematic blur? What is the best value? When is it helpful to leave on/off?

too big for 1440p

42 inch over this any day. Only advantage this has is its curve.

The curve is a tad too agressive for me but what kills it is the bad resolution, hard pass but would love this monitor with a better resolution.

At least half of the time I use my monitor it's for web browsing... tried this model in best buy. If it wasn't so fuzzy looking from the low ppi, would buy it in a heartbeat.

Just curious what would be the perfect resolution for this?

I got a $450 dollar 43” Nano Cell TV for my gaming. It is only 60hz but if i cap FPS to 60 and use VSync it works really well. Games are smooth as butter on my beast gaming rig. Color accuracy was an issue at first but with trail and error I calibrated it pretty close to accuracy and now it is awesome.

HDR content looks amazing on it. No need to spend big money on gaming monitor.

Nice display, but its too bright! When i drop the brightness down i see terrible color banding in dark scenes, especially in movies!

The biggest problem I have with monitor is updating firmware took 3hrs.

Black bars arent a issue on OLED to me on a dark room

Yep had to return it due to the brightness or lack thereof. It was far too dark when doing anything but gaming.

have it about 5 days i miss mi ultragear lg38950gb it was better

Dumbass BS from big corpa reviewers everytime, not the guy (he is just on payroll), Digitaltrends. If a gamer buys a 240Hz monitor he doesn't want 4K, maybe if you run some benchmarks you'd understand, or maybe not even then noted how little importance you gave to 0.03 ms response, which is insane. 45 inches at 2k is plenty good pixel density wise, even if you use it as a TV which is fantastic for with that OLED panel. How much content there is at 4K? Regardless this is for PC gaming obviously, consoles can't go beyond 60fps FCOL.

I picked one up as well and this monitor is sick. I wish it had a higher resolution but the 1440p looks fine. You're eyes get adjusted to it with text, but for gaming and media use it's really nice. When it comes to creating things with straight lines just use the tools that most programs have so you can make sure your lines are straight if you struggle with using your eyes only. It's definitely worth picking up when on sale, but the full price is pretty steep for the specs. The demo they had at best buy doesn't give it justice and when you plug it into your own it looks amazing. I use it for both my gaming pc and my new macbook pro when I edit videos. Both work great with this monitor.

Got an LG C2 42 oled sat on my desk , i won't be going back to a monitor anytime soon.

If you had unlimited money.

Oled flex 42 OR ultragear 45?

For me. The Flex.
Glossy, more ppi, flat or curved whichever you chose, no black bars on any modern competitive game. U can chose 21:9 res If you want still immersive at 900r cruve more steep than the g7 and ark. Honestly my pick

I will never consider buying one until the resolution gets a serious buff.

I got one ! But the hdr10 is even more dim . Need to do more calibration. I think it’s the fault of windows 11

Nice monitor !
I wonder if I can achive those 240 FPS in Cyberpunk with full raytracing on my RTX 3060 ??