Amazon.com: Customer reviews: LG 29UM68-P 29-Inch 21:9 UltraWide IPS Monitor with FreeSync

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2018

This is my first ultrawide monitor. I've been using a 27" and a 22" dual setup for a while and my 27" just died so I needed a new one. I decided on this one after basically thinking about how cool gaming would be on it, and the price was good so I tried it; and I'm definitely going to be using an utrawide setup from now on. It looks so good next to my 24" monitor (the 29" ultrawide is actually just a little shorter than a 24" monitor) and it's light enough to use an arm mount on it, which I love. The picture is fantastic, however, when I first bought it, I was very disappointed in the picture. The blacks were awful, the whites were very yellow and the contrast was really bad. I went online and found some Reddit forums about this monitor and the color issues I as having with it, and found out that I just needed to adjust some setting. After the setting changes it looks sooooo good. I've never had an issue with my 22" HP monitor but after seeing the white and black levels with my new setting this monitor, my 22" is starting to look worse in comparison to this one. I'm definitely going to be replacing it and probably with another one of these monitors.

I'm using it for gaming and movies, and it is so cool playing in ultrawide in games like Fallout 4 and ESO. 2d games will either stretch to the size of the monitor or leave black bars on the side to keep the 16:9 aspect. The black bars are most peoples biggest issue but it never really bothers me. Even better than the gaming is watching a movie, movies are awesome on this monitor. I watch so many movies and I'm still surprised at how many movies are set in 21:9 widescreen, which is this monitors aspect. Of course any movie that has a native aspect of 16:9 will also either get stretched or have black bars on the side. When it comes down to it, most movies are in widescreen but most, if not all TV shows are set in 16:9 so Netflix and Hulu shows will all have black bars on the sides. Luckily I have the 22" monitor to use for those shows but even with the black bars it's still totally watchable on this monitor.

Overall, this is totally worth buying. I think I might go with the 34" and a 27" 16:9 next to it next time, but for now this is just an awesome monitor. Just remember to changes the settings. Play around with the brightness and contrast settings but first, change the gamma to 0. The gamma is set to 1 on default and it makes everything look yellow. After that it's a good idea to pick a good black stabilizer setting; I just kept adjusting it until I found a black level I liked. After that, its all about whatever you settings you think look best.

I hope this helps. Thanks

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Casey

Really good budget friendly ultrawide

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2017

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Its a good entry level monitor. I had problems with the stand but other then that its amazing out of the box.

I have had this monitor for almost 5 months now. I couldn't be happier with my panel. The on screen display is miles ahead of the competitors that still use the buttons on the bottom instead of the joy stick approach. Navigating is a breeze and I found myself in the menu more then I was on my old monitor. It's just so easy to go in and change from game mode into a dimmer reader mode. The speakers are really good for being monitor speakers. I overclocked my panel to 75htz no problem with freesync and it works like a dream. Its a really good monitor for the price especially for an ultrawide.
Cons:
The stand could be implemented way better. My friend got the 34 inch version with the one click release for the stand mount. If that would have been on this version it would be a huge upgrade. My stand was super wobbly and my screws broke off into my panel. Luckily I was able to get them out. If you keep with the stand I would recommend getting some higher quality screws from a hardware store. Especially if you move it a lot like I do.
The color accuracy of my panel wasn't the best out of the box but it wasn't terrible either. After I calibrated it I could use it for editing without an issue.
Conclusion:
This is a really good more wallet friendly ultrawide. If calibrated it can work for editing and has some really good real estate for it too. Very productivity friendly. I can write my college essays on one 3rd of the screen and have research on the other 2 3rds. Gaming is also a really good experience. If you find games with support for 21:9, you get an experience that you just can't get with 16:9. I can never go back to old boxy my old daily driver. I mean its 2017 in the current year its got to be ultrawide. Well I guess I'm just rambling now and sliding down a pole towards dank memes. I'll finish with this. This monitor has been everything I wanted in a monitor. I mea. its no x34 predator but its a start and its a pretty dang good one. You won't be disappointed. Tha tha tha thats all folks!!!!

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Squidslinger

Near Perfect

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2016

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But very close. For starters let me say that the screen size is just massive when you are coming up from an old 20.1in Viewsonic. To be able to literally multitask with this is a dream. Gaming is also much better of course. Freesync operates nicely and I can now switch off VSYNC in games for a fps boost.

However, the problems..which aren't all that much really. But I want to subtract a star as to bring attention to those who may be looking at this monitor and dreaming.

To start, I'd avoid getting it here. This thing arrived in a very massive box with just a tiny piece of paper for packing. So of course it was likely thrown about a lot inside. Thankfully LG packaged it properly and it wasn't damaged. But that is par for the course in my experience.

Starting up the monitor I found something curious, the color temp and just the overall contrast and sharpness of the image on screen was a mess. Actually gave me a headache till I finally got it adjusted. The "Game Mode"s that preset the color, brightness, contrast/etc, are not all that good. In fact I finally played around in the monitor's menu and found a photo mode. After turning down the brightness a little I found this mode to be the best on the eyes and also gave the best clarity for text and images. The other modes produced either poor color recreation or the text just became rather hard on the eyes.

Never had a monitor right out of the box be hard on the eyes for both light and text. Took a bit of tuning to resolve this.

Thankfully my headache went away after I got this screen adjusted. Keep in mind, you may have to also tune the color temp in your GPU's control panel. I found I had to drop from a 6500K to a 5300K from my old Viewsonic to this. If I didn't, the images had too much blue in them.

Documentation for doing a lot of this stuff is rather poor. In fact there really is none. You have to load the manual from the disk and it isn't the greatest.

This was a lot more work than I've had to do with other monitors where you just messed with color temp, brightness, contrast, and done. To make matters worse, the monitor doesn't tell you all the settings for some of the modes so if you want to enable more game oriented settings with the photo mode, you can't.

To have to fine tune both the monitor and the GPU so much was unexpected. I'm sure some users will not be happy with this and will likely return the monitor figuring it is broken from the start.

Next the split screen feature actually isn't all that handy. It literally reconfigures the windows on the screen to fit what you want. So when you come out of it, you have to rearrange them all over again. I actually found it easier to just manually configure the windows in the arrangement I wanted. With the amount of space on this it is very easy to do.

Unfortunately the issues with that mode don't end there. They actually crop up when loading some games as the monitor gets confused as to what mode it is in. I finally just turned off the monitor software and gave up on it.

Gaming performance is rather nice even when not in an actual "game mode" on the monitor. I don't really notice any extra view range like some note but it certainly is a very gorgeous display.

The question now comes down to, would I buy it again? My other option at the time was a 144Hz Viewsonic gaming monitor. To pick a 75Hz monitor over that was mostly because I have more uses than gaming for it and I needed the improvement in multitasking.

As a multitask monitor this is fantastic. I don't have room for dual monitors but I have room for this and it handles just like if I had two monitors.

As a gaming monitor, will I miss 144Hz? Frankly not really. I don't have a standard for that as I've never spent a lot of time with 144Hz monitors. Is this better than my 11yr old Viewsonic 20in? Of course.

So when it comes to buying it again, after taking into account the extra work to set it up, sure. But at full price I'd hesitate and look at other monitors. I jumped because this was on a 199 deal and at that price point it was a steal (I had been watching these ultrawides for some months so I knew how low they had been going), but at full 299+, I think I'd probably hold off. Maybe check competitors more. I have no history with LG panels so if this holds up as good as my old one, don't know. Viewsonic had always been alright to deal with when it came to repairs/etc. Guess I'll find out.

Great multitask monitor, great gaming monitor, not so great initial setup and tuning. Remember that if you start getting a headache on set up.

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James

Great monitor, terrible quality control

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2017

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The features this monitor offers is nothing short of amazing. Personally, the height is perfect, especially for being only 1080p horizontally and you get great immersion from the width of the monitor. Freesync is great and really helps to make gaming with eye candy more enjoyable. I love the split screen controls that come with the software and really help my productivity. The colors are vibrant and beautiful while seeming pretty accurate. I absolutely love LG's menu button. The monitor that this one replaced had capacitive buttons on the bottom bezel of the monitor but with the placement of my computer speakers, they were always covered. It was a pain to have to adjust a speaker just to access the buttons. LG's button is a small button in the middle of the monitor, underneath the LED power light. It moves directionally to select things on the menu and then there is the software menu that is pretty nice to have to. That said, the quality control is not so great. I bought this over other similar LG models because most of the reviews said they fixed the backlight bleed found on older models, most importantly over 2015's 29UM67. I guess I am the unlucky one cause my backlight bleed was awful. I even turned down the brightness to 30 and the corners still looked almost white fading into gray. It is a great monitor with great potential but hopefully the replacement I have ordered has better quality because I really want to love this monitor.I have included a picture just to show how bad the backlight bleed is, it was taken at 40 brightness setting.

Update 08/25/17: I got a replacement monitor and the light bleed was much more subdued. It was really only noticable when the room was completely dark and whatever I have in the screen is showing a completely black image. That's said, I cannot go back to 16:9; the immersion this monitor offers just cannot be beat. I love being able to have 2 windows open to do stuff for work. Of course non-techie people are in awe of this thing, especially with a game on the screen. My only complaint now is not with the monitor itself but youtube only displays 16:9.

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Il Duce

A plucky underdog monitor for the budget conscience

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2017

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I have to say it took awhile to get used to this thing. I moved from an older Asus gaming monitor 21" to this monster. It's much shorter than I realized and I was afraid that it would be awkward to use since I've never experienced ultra wide monitors before. This monitor is amazing but it's definitely something you have to play around with. The screen real estate is plenty for research and multi tasking. I'm not a rich person so I guess in my mind it boils down to this: if you are a multitasker with a small budget and don't mind a slightly older monitor, but still want an ultra wide and don't mind playing around it's a perfect fit. Within days I had fallen in love with it. I'm using the DP connection to get 75Hz and an amd gpu to utilize freesync and once I started gaming it all made sense fairly quickly. This thing is dirt cheap and lightning fast, I'm not Chuck Norris on CS:Go I don't need an absurd refresh rate or response time on the bleeding edge of technology, I mostly do research for work, watch youtube and play Warframe. The settings for font clarity and refresh rates really only took 5 minutes to figure out and I was rolling. It's amazing how big of a difference 60Hz to 75Hz is. When playing games you are absolutely immersed in the gameplay, with beautiful colors, sharp crisp lines and a huge amount of fov. There is nothing in months of research for my new ryzen pc that came close to this for the price and I'm very glad that I have this thing. It feels and looks like monitors twice the price with stats that fall center field where others always seem to fall short in at least one category.

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Good price for a large screen but some confusing features and less than great picture quality.

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2018

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UPDATE: As mentioned below in my original review, LG has stated that this screen has no speakers. For the past 4 mornings or so there has been an EXTREMELY loud buzzing when I turn the monitor on that doesn't go away until I shut the monitor off. I then turn it back on and it pops as I stated below. This is not only annoying but also incredible that apparently LG doesn't know their own product enough to know that there ARE in fact speakers in this monitor. I still have no idea how to get any music to play out of them and apparently the company doesn't either.

Not the greatest picture and no speakers in this one according to LG despite having a volume control, full EQ options, 3.5mm input jack and I swear I hear occasional pops out of it....so that is all very odd.

The picture is OK. I certainly wouldn't consider it hi def but at the same point I'm just doing data processing on it so it gets the job done.

It was a good price for such a large screen though but I wouldn't recommend it for anything requiring any kind of high quality pictures.

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Alex Kapellen

Absolutely love this monitor

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2016

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Absolutely love this monitor. Perfect size. Never going back to 16:9. Ultrawide is the way to go! Especially for productivity. I am able to put two word documents side by side and none of the pages feel squished. I sometimes use the feature where I have four pages up in each of the four corners. This monitor is a must for video editing. I have a much bigger workspace and it does not feel like everything is jammed together on the screen.

Screen quality is very good. There is no screen bleeding when on black. The colors are awesome. I love that you can adjust a lot of things to have it exactly as you like it. Gaming is awesome with this too. While it is not 144hz, it still looks amazing. Most people can not even tell the difference anyways.

My only issue with it is that there is a blinking light when I turn off my computer. It basically signifies a standby mode. Basically, the monitor turns on when the computer gets turned on, which is how I like it. So on to why it is an issue. My monitor is in my bedroom and it annoys me when I try to go to sleep. I covered it up with a piece of duct tape and its fine now. That really is not a complaint, I am just picky.

Anyways, awesome monitor. Tons of usable work space. My girlfriend loves it too, which is annoying because she wants to use my computer every time she does homework and I am stuck with her laptop! It makes homework, task work, editing, etc so much easier. Some movies will have black bars at the edges, but I can live with that because when a movie goes full screen, it looks amazing! Highly recommend!

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RK

Ideal for video or music creation software!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016

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Great monitor! Glad I didn't go with anything smaller because height-wise this monitor feels like a regular 20-23" monitor but length-wise it is of course wider than any monitor I've ever had but this gives me so much space to use for positive reasons. If you use any kind of video or music making software (DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)) then this width will be a God send! If you ever found yourself scrolling through that timeline constantly, then this will help alleviate that issue. You can see so much more of your content on screen without having to constantly scroll to see things. This is my main use for this screen and its size and for this purpose it is amazingly good.

The image quality is standard to high, meaning, if you own a retina display or something then you might feel that the image quality is nothing special but truth to tell, the image quality is otherwise, when not compared to a retina display, really great. It doesn't tire my eyes and I'm not super young and color and sharpness is all adjustable so no complaints there. There's quite a few settings for the screen that you can use to your advantage to really set the screen to be the way you want it. I've not used any of the game or picture modes, I'm just using a custom setting that suits me and I love how this monitor allows me to do just that - adapt it to myself!

The stand isn't wobbly at all, in fact, if it does wobble at all, it only does so if I touch the screen and shake it and then it only shakes the monitor from where it attaches to the stand. The stand itself doesn't move at all. So despite what it looks like, the stand is actually sturdy. The stand allows upward and downward tilting, but there's no raising or lowering function. I don't miss that in my case as the top edge of the screen should ideally be about eye-height anyway and because of my height it is. Cranking your neck back to look at a monitor is not good for your neck, ergonomically speaking that is. This monitor ticks all the boxes for me and I couldn't be happier.

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Robert

Ultrawide, Freesync, Screen Split For The Win!

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016

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This review is coming from an everyday gamer who has downsized and upgraded from a 32" HDTV 60Hz. Just because it's 2560*1080 does not mean you will have a problem with pixel count. You won't notice pixels unless you sit way too close to your monitor. The image quality is crisp and the colors really pop on this monitor. Since a lot of content isn't yet in 21:9, backlight bleed hasn't been an issue. There is some from the corners but your eyes aren't looking there anyways. My monitor sits even with my head and no more eye strain from too much real estate and no eye strain from blue light. I used to wear yellow tinted glasses if I were to use my Tv for extended periods of time but not anymore! Windows 10 has side by side window mode but LG Screen Split is a blessing for students and business folk. I can have resources, an essay, PowerPoint and YouTube all on the screen at the same time if I wanted. No annoying going between tabs anymore. Setup how you want the screen to be split and save time and increase productivity. I will not go back to anything without this Screen Split feature. I never knew I needed until I had it. Tilting the monitor is great if your desk is a little high so that's a plus. Sturdy stand, for sure. I just jostled it from side to side and there is enough flexibility without it feeling like it's going to break. Jostling it from forward to back, the monitor would sooner tilt than rock back and forth. I had no fears with any of those tests. Since its IPS, viewing angles are nearly identical from almost 180° which is great if you'll be entertaining friends and family. Lastly, freesync. If you game, you'll realize how less choppy your frames are with this feature. If you have an AMD card that can push frames, why not get a freesync monitor. Oh and I overclocked this monitor to 75Hz by typing my desired output speed in the check box. No problems. I wonder how high it can go though...

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Nice display panel; marginal quality otherwise

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017

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LG is clearly serious about the display panel. It is calibrated at the factory, and comes with a lab test report. We know LG can make some pretty high end stuff since the Apple store sells the LG UltraFine series displays. I bought this model for its IPS panel, which has a wide color gamut. I can't complain about the panel since it meets expectations, even though it has some uniformity issues.

Now, everything else was a letdown. The joystick controller for the power/menu operation, while not badly designed, is quite a flimsy gadget. Is it too much to ask for a decent power button? The stand is under-engineered and the enormously wide monitor does not seem stable. The inputs on the rear do not face downward as they do on every decent monitor I've owned. If you want to scoot the monitor against the back wall, you have to deal with right angle cables or adapters. Instead, I planned to use a generic VESA mount, but the mounting holes on the monitor’s back are so close to the (non-downward-facing) inputs that the inputs are blocked by a universal size VESA plate. The housing is ultra-shiny ultra-thin black plastic, which only looks good in product photographs.

If you don't mind the marginal build quality, but want a reasonable quality panel, for not a lot of money, this is not a bad deal. If you require an ultra-wide 21:9 monitor, this may be one of the better deals. But, if you don't have a specialized need (like gaming) for an UltraWide display, I would go with a 27" 16:9 IPS monitor. It has approximately the same screen area as a 29" UltraWide, but feels less awkward for common tasks I perform, like photo editing, creating office documents, or web surfing. For about the same price as this 29" 1080p 21:9 model, a 27" 1440p 16:9 has 33% more pixels.

I did not mark down the score for this monitor because of the UltraWide aspect ratio, which is a design criterion, not a flaw. I did subtract points because of the build quality and engineering.

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