Customers love the UltraGear 27" IPS LED monitor's picture quality, refresh rate, and HDR capabilities, frequently praising its vibrant colors and smooth performance. Many appreciate the monitor's affordable price and sleek design, along with the convenient stand adjustments. While some users found the brightness to be insufficient in brightly lit environments, the overall positive feedback highlights its value as a gaming monitor.
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Pros mentioned:
180hz refresh rate, Resolution
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Game Changer! Going from 1080 to 1440!
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This monitor is beautiful. Going from a 1080p monitor to 1440p is like night and day. I’ve definitely spoiled myself with the QHD resolution – I don’t want to go back to 1080p. Everything looks so much clearer, and even going back to some of my favorite games, I noticed details I completely missed before.
The colors pop, and the refresh rate makes everything feel super smooth, especially during fast-action moments. The 180Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time keep everything crisp and responsive. It’s also awesome that it supports both G-SYNC and FreeSync, so no screen tearing or stuttering.
If you’re looking for a 1440p monitor, this one won’t disappoint. It’s a great balance of performance and picture quality, and I’m honestly not disappointed in any way. If you're upgrading from a lower resolution, you’ll feel the difference immediately.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
180hz refresh rate
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect monitor ever
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Perfect display ever 2k , 180zh is amazing view , very smooth performance, beautiful design, the easiest way to put the HDMI
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
No speakers
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great entry gaming monitor for the price
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Awesome entry gaming monitor, you need to buy speakers for this monitor. I wasn't aware of this at the time of purchase. So keep that in mind if it's an issue.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
180hz
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
LG Monitor
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
A good gaming monitor QHD with refresh rate of 180 hz, nice design and quick response for the games
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
experts in what they sell and recommend
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It has a very good resolution, very suitable for competitive play. The sellers' appreciation was very helpful.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Monitor!
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a great monitor! Looks super good in my setup, lots of options and features. Solid pick!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Monitor
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I’ve never had a monitor that looks this crisp and the refresh rate is amazing!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best out there for the price
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Great gaming monitor if you want those clear graphics for call of duty! I used to be an omen guy, but I’m glad I made the switch!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing monitor for price
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Great picture, smooth and amazing, nothing beats it at this price point.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great monitor
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this when I was upgrading my system and wanted something bigger with slightly higher resolution. Has been wonderful so far and is easy to use!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best Budget Option
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Amazing Gaming Monitor Pairs well with The Ps5 Lets Go!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Happy with my purchase
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Amazing monitor. Definitely an upgrade from my old one
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best bang for your buck!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Has all of the features of the high dollar monitors at a very attractive price. The image looks stunning and the controls are super convenient. My games look sharp and the colors are amazing!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Monitor!!!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great monitor!! Made my gameplay from my PC look so much better than my old one.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ultra gear monitor
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Monitors great the quality is amazing definitely recommend
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Gaming monitor
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Amazing quality and performance. Your not beating the price either
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Good monitor…or so I thought
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Exchanged my 32” Samsung for this 27” which the size I like a lot better and specs were good for my budget. However, I exchanged my Samsung one after not liking the size for this LG on February 24. Today is May 11. Not even three months went by and a red/purple line shows up on my screen while I’m playing. For those not sure about getting the 4 year warranty, do it because if something like this happens. Will be going to get a new monitor very soon.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from LG Digital Customer Care
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Hello there, Tommy. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We understand your inquiry regarding the 27GS75Q-B.AUS monitor and the concern about the red/purple line appearing on the screen. This isn’t the experience we want for our customers. In many cases, a quick test such as unplugging and securely reconnecting the display cable—or trying a different one—can help rule out signal issues. It may also help to reset the monitor to its factory settings via the OSD menu. We’d like to explore additional solutions with you and ensure this gets resolved. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-ultragear-27-ips-led-180hz-1-ms-nvidia-g-sync-compatible-and-amd-freesync-gaming-monitor-with-hdr-black/6575404.p?skuId=6575404 Please send us a private message on social media @LGUSSupport so we can assist you further. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us. —Renzo
Pros mentioned:
180hz refresh rate, Price, Resolution
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great budget 1440p high refresh rate monitor.
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The LG UltraGear 27GS75Q, a confusing name for a simple, yet strong, monitor. LG throws a solid IPS screen with an appropriate resolution for a great 27” size. Coupled with a high refresh rate this should be a real winner. First and foremost, this is billed as a gaming monitor. But does it serve its purpose?
Before we jump into that, out of the box, the UltraGear is pretty well equipped. Despite a fairly reasonable price, the stand has a fairly robust height, rotates to portrait, and tilts -5 to 20 degrees (estimated, I couldn’t find my protractor). The weighted stand is fairly wide, and a dark gray texture (the texture is plastic). The top and side bezels are narrow at about 7mm. Below the front lower bezel, which is larger at about 2cm w/ a 5mm chin below that. The chin honestly struck me as a light sensor, or IR receiver, but alas it is neither.
The stand is easy to attach, clipping in tool free. The bottom attaches with a wing nut, and you’re in business. Around back you’ll find a DisplayPort 1.4 and 2 HDMI 2.1 ports. The monitor also sports a 3.5mm audio port for headphones or external speakers. There are no internal speakers. The only other port on the back is a DC power jack, and yes, this monitor has an external power brick. It’s small, but only has a 4’ power cord.
Powering on the monitor is easy, and it lets off a cheery beep when you do. The beeps appear to be accessibility features that are turned off by default, but it obviously needs to let you know that it has powered on. The accessibility features are nice to see. To power on the monitor simply press in the 4 way joystick found on the bottom center of the display. Once powered on, you’ll find tilting the joystick left or right will adjust volume of the audio output, up and down open the accessibility menu, and another press in will show the on screen menu which changes what each direction does. Up turns the power off, left selects in the input, right goes to game mode, down closes the menu and another click in will open the full settings menu.
In settings you’ll see a nice display of the current refresh rate, feature settings, response time, and DAS mode status. The first menu lists what ‘Game Mode’ is active and let’s you select one. The options are Gamer 1, Gamer 2, FPS, RTS, Vivid, Reader, HDR effect, and Color Weakness. I found that Gamer 1 is the most like standard, while the other modes tended to play with the color balance and gamma. The Game Adjust menu is the next option, and this is where you find the tasty settings of ‘Overclock’, which enables 200hz over the stock 180hz, Adaptive Sync, which is on by default, but the set to extended, black stablizer, which can enhance dark scene details.
Below those menus you’ll find picture adjust, with the normal color controls. Gamma controls are represented as ‘modes’ and color temp has 4 presets and a manual. Individual RGB channels can be adjusted as well. Input and general are left, and the only interesting piece in input is the ability to turn on or off automatic input switching, which is a great thing. In general you get language settings, the ability to change what settings are found on the first menu, and various energy saving settings. The power LED is off by default, and offers a warm red glow when enabled.
Leaving the settings behind, what exactly are we looking at? Well this panel sports a 2560x1440 resolution at a 27” size, HDR support, 200Hz refresh rate and about 300 nits of brightness. If your eyebrows raised at the ‘HDR’ and 300 nits, I don’t blame you. You’re not getting any true HDR experience out of this. Sure it supports HDR 10, but in name only really. Colors look bright and vibrant though. The monitor will wash out severely in a bright room however. That said, this panel is billed for gaming, and here is where it excels. Very rarely can you find such a nice looking panel w/ IPS support and high refresh rate with a usable resolution.
So how does it game? Well first, let’s max out this by going to the settings menu and selecting “Overclock” to yes. Once we have that turned on the monitor will reboot. You should now be able to select 200Hz as a refresh rate (if it doesn’t already default to it). Note: You’ll need a GPU from the past few years. I would recommend leaving HDR off in Windows with this monitor. I’d also recommend turning on G-Sync or Freesync, which should be enabled by default. I found leaving the default “Fast” overdrive setting was best, as there was limited overshoot and ghosting in my pictures.
Now that we have the monitor optimized, let’s game. The default game 1 settings are appropriate for most games, despite there being an FPS and RTS settings. 1440p is a great resolution for many mid-high end GPUs to drive at high-ultra details. I fired up Counter Strike 2 and found buttery smooth frame rates (my 4090 knocks out plenty of frames to hit 200 FPS+ in this game on Ultra at 1440p). Playing Starcraft 2, one of my all time favorites, was great as well. The colors popped, motion was smooth, and the overall experience was excellent. Dark Souls, a game locked at 60FPS, won’t get a lot from the high refresh rate, but definitely pointed out a weak spot on this monitor with IPS glow very evident in the darker scenes in this game. Luckily the glow was even, without much backlight bleed around the edges. This means dark games, played in dark environments are pretty rough compared to a VA panel or OLED. Of course this is the tradeoff for those beautiful IPS colors that pop and excellent viewing angles.
Of mention, the 200Hz overclock is legit. I had no trouble running the resolution at that refresh rate, and I did frameskip tests - with perfect results. Motion also was excellent when doing high speed captures of the UFO motion test on Blur Busters website. This monitor does excellent motion for LCD.
The overall experience of the LG Ultragear, especially considering the prices, is excellent. You get a solid 1440p monitor, at an exceptionally high refresh rate, a large variable refresh rate support, and great color. You deal with the realities of IPS technology, but good quality control is evident, as backlight bleed was practically non-existent. LG makes some of the best IPS panels in the business, and even their budget offerings are top notch. Dark scenes will suffer, but if you don’t mind those compromises, this monitor stands out as an exceptional piece of kit for the budget minded high resolution gamer.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
180hz, Nvidia g-sync compatible
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing Screen, Gamer and Convenience Features
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Let’s get this out of the way, the only thing I regret after using this monitor is possible going up in size. The screen is so crisp, and the colors look really good. If you are looking for a gaming monitor, or just a good overall monitor that happens to work well with games; then this is the monitor for you.
Ok, so what makes this monitor special? Let’s begin with the fact that it has a refresh rate of 180Hz and a response time of 1ms. Combine that with the HDR, 2560x1440, and impressive color accuracy; that gives you a quality monitor that can tackle whatever you toss at it. No matter what game I have tried running on it, it’s smooth and crisp. I’ve been playing Fortnite on here with my sons, and the motion looks very crispy. We also played a few rounds of CoD, Apex Legends, Minecraft, and some Forza. Everything looked very good, and the motion was super smooth. I played the new BM:W when it released and it also looked very nice.
It’s great that it also supports G-Sync and AMD Freesync. I have been using this with my 2024 ASUS G16 laptop and the G-Sync has been a nice feature to keep everything looking good.
Initially I was going to use this on a monitor stand that is built into the desk, but the stand this comes with is so much more robust. Honestly, the stand was a nice surprise. You can choose what height you want, as well as the perfect angle for you. A big plus is all of this is easily adjusted with minimal effort.
This is a great monitor, and honestly the 27” size is very good, especially with how close I sit to it at my desk. Refresh rate is great, colors are great, response time and resolution are also top tier. This is an easy recommendation for any gamers, or someone shopping for that gamer in their family.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
terrible quality screen
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
the resolution and refresh rate are good, but within 20 days of owning this monitor, the screen got burnt out. Parts of the screen are darker than others. the burnt part of the screen is shown in the image below, (not the part shaded fully black)
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from LG Digital Customer Care
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Hi, Edward. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We understand how concerning it must be to see uneven brightness on your LG Monitor (27GS75Q-B) model, and we want to help. We strive to provide reliable, high-quality products that exceed our customer's needs and expectations. Try running the "Pixel Refresh" function in the monitor's settings to see if it helps normalize the display. Also, ensure that local dimming is turned off, as this can sometimes cause uneven brightness. If the issue continues, please send us a private message on social media @LGUSSupport with more details, and our team will be happy to assist further. We appreciate your patience and look forward to helping you. ^Juvy