LG offers an immersive gaming experience with its UltraGear monitors

Building on the success of their popular LazLive series late last year, LG Philippines will pick up where they left off with another live streaming event to greet the start of the new year. This time around, the product mix focuses on the rising popularity of gaming, e-sports, and content creation. LG UltraGear line is tailor-made for serious gaming enthusiasts. These monitors are powerful HD displays integrated with high performing functions which can respond to any blockbuster platform.

The LG 27GL650F is an NVIDIA-tested and officially validated G-SYNC Compatible monitor, minimizing screen tearing and stutter for a smoother, faster gaming experience. On top of the G-SYNC, it also has AMD RADEON FreeSync technology. With this, gamers can experience seamless, fluid movement in hi-resolution and fast-paced games. LG UltraGear also has greater clarity and offers a more realistic look.

This monitor is compatible with HDR10 to represent details in bright and dark parts of high dynamic range contents. So, gamers will enjoy punchier brightness and highlights with deeper shadows and silhouettes. The 27GL650F offers an IPS display with 99% of the sRGB, giving outstanding color accuracy. It provides a wider viewing angle, so it reproduces even more vivid scenes on the battlefield, as flames generated by explosions contrast. With a 144Hz refresh rate and 1m Motion Blur Reduction, objects are rendered clearly for smoother gameplay and an almost surreal visual fluidity.

The most dynamic and fast-paced objects amidst all the action can give gamers a competitive edge. The 27GL650F really represents good value especially for those wanting to dabble in competitive gaming.

For more competitive users who want to get nothing but the best, then the LG 27GL850 is perfect for you. It’s quite similar to the monitor discussed a while ago since they’re both from the LG UltraGear line, but with some slight differences. What the 27GL850 offers is total immersion. You can experience breath-taking gaming performance that surpasses your expectations. With its Nano IPS technology, you get to feel actual combat with True Colors.

The 27GL850 supports a wide color spectrum, 98% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and a color range 35% greater than sRGB 100%, expressing high-fidelity color for reproducing even more vivid scenes on the battlefield. With IPS 1ms, you’ll dominate and clinch victory-without the side effects of extreme speed. Just like the previous monitor, this one is also NVIDIA-tested and officially verified G-Sync Compatible.

It works hand in hand with Adaptive-Sync (FreeSync) technology, where gamers can experience seamless, fluid movement in hi-resolution and fast-paced games. It virtually eliminates screen tearing and stuttering. An ultra-fast refresh rate speed of 144Hz allows immediate action on the screen. Objects are rendered more clearly for smoother gameplay and an almost surreal visual fluidity.

Both LG UltraGear monitors have gaming-specific features that help you get a leg up against the competition. React faster to opponents by minimizing input lag with Dynamic Action Sync so gamers can catch every single moment in real-time. With Black Stabilizer, gamers can avoid snipers hiding in the darkest places and quickly escape situations when the flash explodes perfect for FPS gaming styles.

They are also ergonomically designed so you can play to your heart’s content without straining yourself. It has a 3-side virtually borderless design and the base can be adjusted to change the tilt, height, and pivot of the monitor to help you play games more comfortably.

For a monitor option more attuned to working-from-home but is not a slouch on the gaming front, LG recommends the 27UL850. The 27” 4K UHD monitor gives you the flexibility to use the display for content creation, work, gaming, and lifestyle. The monitor supports VESA DisplayHDR 400 with wide-range brightness and contrast, enabling dramatic visual immersion in the latest HDR games, movies, and images.

This display is streamlined with a slim bezel on three sides, and MAXXAUDIO further immerses you into the dazzling, lifelike visuals with enhanced audio clarity. LG UHD 4K HDR Monitor can transform standard content into HDR-quality video right on the screen. Using a picture quality algorithm, it improves tone mapping and luminance of SDR content for an HDR-like experience. LG’s IPS display has extraordinary color accuracy, covering 99% of the sRGB color spectrum. It also has a wider viewing angle, so it’s even easier to enjoy true color visuals.

LG UltraGear and 4K UHD monitors are available in LG PH’s official flagship store in Lazada as well as other authorized dealers.

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Reasons to consider the Huawei MateView as your next monitor

10/13/2021

Whether you want a bigger screen for your laptop or to extend your current space, an external monitor is an investment always worth making.

I often alternate working on an iMac and a laptop but when we were given a chance to test out the Huawei MateView, I decided to put away the former for a little while.

The Huawei MateView is the company’s first flagship standalone monitor and I was excited to test it out since its features are something that would be really useful in my day-to-day tasks.

True enough, I’ve been having a comfortable and enjoyable experience using this as my external monitor and these are just a few reasons why.

It’s gorgeous to look at

The Huawei MateView offers simplicity with its overall design and it’s something I was very much drawn to.

Overall, it looks very sleek and I even like its mirror branding at the back that adds a touch of elegance. I wouldn’t mind if it were just a tad bit smaller, but that’s just me being nitpicky.

Moving past that, the stainless steel touches around the joints that don’t just look good but also make it easy to change the monitor’s angle. All around you’ll find aluminum alloy which gives it that clean and not to mention durable finish.

What makes the MateView stunning to look at as well is its slim bezels as well. With its 98% screen-to-body ratio, the panel almost seamlessly blends into the background, elevating its overall appearance.

Apart from its bezels, the monitor itself is really thin since Huawei was able to pack its motherboard within the frame.

Overall, the design does lean towards elegance but if you’re looking for something more robust, you could try looking at its gaming counterpart, the Huawei MateView GT.

All that space and all those colors

With an external display,  you get more space than you would on a laptop, that’s a given. But the thing I loved most about the Huawei MateView is that it offers that plus just a bit more.

The thin bezels aren’t just aesthetically pleasing as I mentioned earlier, but it also means that the 28.2-inch panel is maximized.

I was more than comfortable with its 3:2 aspect ratio, despite being used to 16:9, and found it perfect for checking on articles and editing photos. With its 60Hz refresh rate, I could even enjoy a bit of gaming as well.

The Huawei MateView also offers cinema-level color gamut which, if you’ve read my reviews before, is something that I really look for with displays.

Color accuracy is important to me because of what we do here on TMC, but also just because the vibrancy of the colors makes me appreciate watching videos or even during general use. Photos come alive even if they’re just on Facebook and I enjoy going through Instagram or Pinterest posts just a bit more.

And having 4K+ Ultra HD isn’t that bad, either.

The ports, especially the 65W one

The Huawei MateView comes with a good number of ports for connectivity including two USB-A, 3.5mm audio jack, DisplayPort, MiniDP, and my favorite, the 65W USB-C.

The placement of the ports is really convenient. Plugging in thumb drives or external drives is quite literally within an arm’s reach. But what I ended up using the most was the MateView’s 65W port on the side, mainly as a charger.

I don’t know about you guys but I charge a lot of things. Whether it’s my phone, headphones, power bank, or even our camera, the charging port on this monitor really came in handy.

Some devices could even benefit from the fast charging technology like the MatePad Pro we have. And since it’s also a connectivity port, we could charge and transfer data at the same time too. You can see how in this video we made.

Smart Bar, an elegant solution

The Smart Bar is definitely more a novelty than a necessity but it sure is fun to use.

I was never a fan of how monitor buttons can be clunky or, if the foundation isn’t good, would shake the whole thing.

The smart bar can be controlled by soft taps and slides which have been very responsive in my time with it. I often change the brightness of my screen for different scenarios so I loved having easy access through the Smart Bar.

Apart from the usual settings like brightness and color, you can also easily switch from different input sources by tapping with two fingers. I didn’t use that much apart from connecting our MatePad Pro but I imagine it would be a welcome feature for someone who connects, say both a PC and a console to the monitor.

Final thoughts

In terms of features, there’s not a lot of things that make the MateView truly unique but it sure does stand out in terms of looks and build.

Its offerings are also more than what I look for in an everyday monitor for work and it’s wrapped up in a pretty and elegant design that’s sure to impress.

Huawei thought of conveniences one might look for in an external display and successfully integrated these with the Huawei MateView.

If you want to cop one for yourself, it runs for PhP 34,999 and can be purchased through the official Huawei store, or Lazada.

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