Test Results
Design
Curved
No
Curve Radius
Not Curved
Weight (without stand)
12.viii lbs (5.8 kg)
Weight (with stand)
15.7 lbs (7.1 kg)
Width
16.1″ (40.ix cm)
Depth
nine.0″ (22.ix cm)
The stand supports the monitor well, but at that place is some wobble to it. The design is nearly identical to the 34WK95U.
Peak Aligning
iv.three” (10.9 cm)
Switch Portrait/Mural
Yes, Clockwise
Swivel Range
No hinge
Tilt Range
-20° to 2.5°
Update 01/20/2021:
For consistency, nosotros’ve inverse the hinge adjustment from Due north/A to ‘No’. The score remains unchanged.
Mediocre ergonomics, mainly due to the lack of swivel. It has a good tiptop adjustment, and information technology can rotate to a portrait orientation, which is overnice.
Wall Mount
VESA 100×100
The back is quite manifestly, with only minimal design features. In that location is a pocket-size prune on the stand for cable management.
Borders
0.4″ (1.0 cm)
The borders are thin, with no significant gaps or problems. They are thin enough to exist used in a multi-monitor setup.
Thickness (with stand)
six.3″ (16.0 cm)
Thickness (without stand)
1.6″ (4.1 cm)
Similar many like LG models, the LG 32UL950-W is very thin, peculiarly when removed from the stand.
The LG 32UL950-W has good build quality. The stand is solid and well built, but the residual of the monitor is mostly plastic. Despite that, at that place are no obvious issues or loose parts that could break over time.
Picture Quality
Native Contrast
1,336 : 1
Dissimilarity With Local Dimming
1,336 : 1
The LG 32UL950-W has a decent contrast ratio, slightly ameliorate than the 34WK95U. Unfortunately, the local dimming feature is ineffective at boosting the contrast ratio. With uniformity compensation enabled, the contrast ratio decreases to 1176:i.
Local Dimming
Yep
Backlight
Edge
The local dimming feature is bad. The 32UL950-Due west is border-lit, and the local dimming isn’t very constructive at dimming darker areas of the screen. The local dimming algorithm besides can’t keep up with fast moving objects, then the zone changes can be noticeable in some circumstances. This is very similar to the Dell U3219Q and LG 34WK95U.
SDR Real Scene
379 cd/m²
SDR Peak 2% Window
243 cd/thou²
SDR Peak x% Window
368 cd/m²
SDR Summit 25% Window
400 cd/thou²
SDR Peak 50% Window
403 cd/thou²
SDR Top 100% Window
404 cd/chiliad²
SDR Sustained 2% Window
241 cd/m²
SDR Sustained 10% Window
367 cd/one thousand²
SDR Sustained 25% Window
399 cd/one thousand²
SDR Sustained 50% Window
402 cd/k²
SDR Sustained 100% Window
403 cd/m²
SDR ABL
0.033
Update 08/17/2020:
Nosotros’ve retested the SDR peak brightness to ensure that information technology’due south measured with local dimming enabled, as per our methodology. The results haven’t changed. Nosotros also retested 7 other monitors, and some results changed.
Great peak brightness with SDR content. There is some variation in the brightness, due to the local dimming characteristic dimming dark areas around the smaller test patterns. With virtually normal content this shouldn’t be as noticeable.
We measured the peak brightness with the ‘Custom’
Picture Mode, and
Local Dimming
enabled.
HDR Real Scene
423 cd/m²
HDR Peak 2% Window
270 cd/thou²
HDR Peak 10% Window
410 cd/thousand²
HDR Acme 25% Window
444 cd/m²
HDR Meridian fifty% Window
447 cd/chiliad²
HDR Superlative 100% Window
682 cd/1000²
HDR Sustained two% Window
266 cd/chiliad²
HDR Sustained 10% Window
408 cd/m²
HDR Sustained 25% Window
442 cd/m²
HDR Sustained fifty% Window
445 cd/m²
HDR Sustained 100% Window
442 cd/chiliad²
HDR ABL
0.033
Update 08/17/2020:
We’ve retested the HDR peak brightness to ensure that it’s measured with local dimming enabled, as per our methodology. The results haven’t changed. Nosotros also retested 7 other monitors, and some results changed.
Decent HDR peak brightness. Large bright areas can hit higher brightness levels due to the local dimming feature dimming smaller highlights.
As with SDR, we measured the elevation effulgence with the ‘Custom’
Motion-picture show Mode, and
Local Dimming
enabled.
Color Washout From Left
39°
Color Washout From Correct
40°
Color Shift From Left
50°
Color Shift From Right
55°
Brightness Loss From Left
44°
Brightness Loss From Right
46°
Black Level Enhance From Left
seventy°
Black Level Enhance From Right
70°
Gamma Shift From Left
41°
Gamma Shift From Right
45°
Decent horizontal viewing angles. When looking at the monitor from an angle, the dissimilarity levels remain constant, just the prototype appears dim, and colors lose accuracy. At narrow angles, the image remains authentic, good for two actor co-op games.
Color Washout From Below
32°
Color Washout From In a higher place
35°
Color Shift From Below
44°
Color Shift From To a higher place
50°
Brightness Loss From Below
34°
Brightness Loss From Above
38°
Black Level Raise From Below
70°
Blackness Level Raise From Above
70°
Gamma Shift From Below
45°
Gamma Shift From Higher up
45°
Great vertical viewing angles. The dissimilarity remains constant at all vertical angles, which is keen, but the paradigm fades, and colors go very inaccurate. This will be specially noticeable if the screen isn’t at centre-level, or if you are sharing your work with someone standing beside you.
fifty% Std. Dev.
2.259%
l% DSE
0.114%
five% Std. Dev.
0.300%
v% DSE
0.041%
The 32UL950 has great greyness uniformity. There is well-nigh no noticeable dirty screen effect, which is keen. In nigh-black scenes, the uniformity is nearly perfect.
At that place is a Uniformity way, that is supposed to improve gray uniformity. Since the monitor already has excellent grey uniformity, there is picayune benefit to enabling this, and it causes a decrease in native contrast.
Native Std. Dev.
1.936%
Std. Dev. due west/ L.D.
3.884%
The LG 32UL950-West has poor black uniformity. There is noticeable black lite bleed along the edges of the screen. Unfortunately, the local dimming feature actually makes things worse, as the edge-lit system can just dim the columns that are far away from the examination cross, and there is still noticeable drain.
Picture Mode
DCI-P3
Luminance
405 cd/grand²
Luminance Settings
100
Dissimilarity Setting
lxx
RGB Controls
l-fifty-l
Gamma Setting
Mode 2
Colour Temperature
6,182 Yard
White Balance dE
3.06
Color dE
iii.87
Gamma
ii.17
Decent accuracy out of the box. The gamma does not follow the target curve at all, which causes some scenes to announced also dark, and some scenes to appear too brilliant, and the color temperature is a bit warm. The color dE and white residuum dE are high enough to be noticeable by almost enthusiasts.
Picture Fashion
Custom
Luminance
99 cd/m²
Luminance Settings
20
Contrast Setting
20
RGB Controls
48-l-51
Gamma Setting
Way two
Colour Temperature
6,540 K
White Residuum dE
0.68
Color dE
0.40
Gamma
two.18
Later on calibration, the LG 32UL950-Westward has excellent accuracy. Gamma follows the target curve nigh perfectly, which is keen, and the color temperature is much closer to the scale target of 6500 K. Color and white balance errors are corrected, and any remaining inaccuracies are likewise pocket-sized to be noticed without specialized equipment.
You can download our ICC contour calibration here. This is provided for reference but and should non be used, as the calibration values vary per individual unit even for the same model due to manufacturing tolerances.
sRGB xy
99.seven%
Adobe RGB xy
85.0%
sRGB Picture Style
Custom
Adobe RGB Motion picture Mode
Custom
Outstanding SDR color gamut, with essentially perfect coverage of the s.RGB color space, and excellent coverage of the wider Adobe RGB color space, not bad for professional person photo and video editing.
sRGB In ICtCp
99.half dozen%
Adobe RGB In ICtCp
93.0%
sRGB Film Mode
Custom
Adobe RGB Moving picture Style
Custom
Excellent SDR color volume, one of the best we’ve measured so far. The higher native contrast allows the 32UL950 to display darker colors than the 34WK95U, especially in the Adobe RGB color infinite.
Broad Color Gamut
Yeah
DCI P3 xy
79.8%
Rec. 2020 xy
69.seven%
DCI P3 Picture Mode
Custom
Rec. 2020 Picture show Mode
Custom
Update 08/17/2020:
Nosotros’ve retested the HDR color gamut to ensure that it’south measured with local dimming enabled, as per our methodology. The results have changed slightly. The DCI P3 coverage increased from 76.9% to 79.8%, and the Rec. 2020 coverage increased from 69.v% to 69.7%. The score has been adjusted accordingly. Nosotros besides retested 7 other monitors, and some results changed.
Skilful HDR color gamut, only non as good as the LG 32UD99. The 32UL950 can brandish a wide color gamut, which is great for HDR movies and games.
DCI-P3 In ICtCp
67.9%
Rec. 2020 In ICtCp
68.four%
DCI P3 Picture Manner
Custom
Rec. 2020 Moving-picture show Mode
Custom
Update 08/17/2020:
We’ve retested the HDR color volume to ensure that it’due south measured with local dimming enabled, equally per our methodology. The P3 color book decreased slightly from 69.1% to 67.nine%, and the Rec. 2020 color volume remains in the same ballpark, from 68.8% to 68.4%. The score has been adapted accordingly. We also retested 7 other monitors, and some results changed.
Okay HDR color volume, slightly improve than the 32UD99. Information technology is express past the HDR color gamut, and can’t produce dark saturated colors in HDR, due to the limited contrast ratio.
IR After 0 Min Recovery
0.00%
IR After 2 Min Recovery
0.00%
IR Later on 4 Min Recovery
0.00%
IR After 6 Min Recovery
0.00%
IR After 8 Min Recovery
0.00%
IR After 10 Min Recovery
0.00%
At that place are no signs of temporary prototype memory on the 32UL950, even immediately after displaying our high contrast static exam image for 10 minutes.
Color Depth
10 Bit
The LG 32UL950-Due west has outstanding gradients. In that location is almost no noticeable banding in whatsoever shade, which is great.
Pixel Row Mistake
0.001%
Pixel Column Fault
0.001%
There are only extremely minor pixel errors, not enough to exist noticeable under normal viewing atmospheric condition.
Screen Finish
Matte
Total Reflections
7.5%
Indirect Reflections
3.seven%
Calculated Direct Reflections
3.8%
Good reflections handling, just information technology doesn’t perform besides in a bright room with lots of windows.
Motion
Best Overdrive Setting
Fast
Rise / Fall Time
8.7 ms
Total Response Fourth dimension
19.3 ms
Overshoot Error
5.3%
Dark Ascension / Fall Fourth dimension
viii.ix ms
Nighttime Total Response Time
20.v ms
Dark Overshoot Error
seven.eight%
Response Time Off
Response Fourth dimension Normal
Response Time Fast
Response Fourth dimension Faster
The 32UL950 has a great response time, nearly identical to the Dell D3218HN. There is some overshoot and undershoot in some transitions, but it is relatively minor, and shouldn’t be noticeable. We recommend the ‘Normal’
Response Time, as higher settings significantly increased the level of overdrive, causing worse overshoot with only small operation gains.
The duplications in the motion blur photo are caused by the backlight flicker.
Best Overdrive Setting
Fast
Rise / Fall Time
8.vii ms
Full Response Time
19.iii ms
Overshoot Error
v.three%
Dark Rise / Fall Time
viii.9 ms
Dark Total Response Time
20.5 ms
Dark Overshoot Mistake
vii.8%
Flicker-Free
No
PWM Dimming Frequency
240 Hz
Unfortunately, there is PWM flicker at all brightness levels below max effulgence. If you are sensitive to PWM flicker, setting the brightness to the maximum setting will stop the backlight from flickering. In that location is no option to arrange or remove the flicker completely.
Black Frame Insertion (BFI)
No
BFI Maximum Frequency
Due north/A
BFI Minimum Frequency
N/A
Native
60 Hz
Max Refresh Rate
60 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
Yes
FreeSync
Yes
Grand-SYNC
Compatible (Tested)
VRR Maximum
60 Hz
VRR Minimum
40 Hz
VRR Supported Connectors
DisplayPort, HDMI
The LG 32UL950-W has a skilful threescore Hz refresh rate, and it supports AMD FreeSync. It is besides partially compatible with NVIDIA’s Adaptive Sync style, allowing you to utilise FreeSync VRR with a 10- or 20- series NVIDIA graphics card. Although this monitor isn’t officially supported, it does work, equally long equally FreeSync is enabled in the monitor’s OSD. Unfortunately, only the ‘Ultimate’ setting works, ‘Basic’ does not.
Inputs
Native Resolution
9.0 ms
Native Resolution @ 60Hz
nine.0 ms
Variable Refresh Rate
9.5 ms
Variable Refresh Rate @ 60Hz
9.5 ms
10 Scrap HDR
nine.iii ms
Black Frame Insertion (BFI)
N/A
Excellent low input lag even in HDR, or when a non-native resolution is displayed. This should please nearly gamers, as the monitor feels responsive, even if you decide to play at a lower resolution for graphically intensive games.
Native Resolution
3840 x 2160
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Megapixels
8.3 MP
Pixel Density
140 PPI
Screen Diagonal
31.five”
Screen Area
424 in²
The 32″, 4k screen results in nifty screen existent-estate, and is bang-up for multitasking. The loftier pixel density is excellent for watching videos or gaming.
DisplayPort
1 (DP 1.4)
Mini DisplayPort
No
HDMI
1 (HDMI 2.0)
DVI
No
VGA
No
DisplayPort Out
No
USB
two (USB 3.0)
USB C
two (Thunderbolt iii) (1x in with PD, 1x out)
Analog Sound Out 3.5mm
i
Microphone In three.5mm
No
Digital Optical Sound Out
No
Analog Audio Out RCA
No
Power Supply
External Brick
At that place are two USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports, including ane that can be used to daisy chain a 2nd display, which is great. It too supports power commitment over ane of the Thunderbolt iii ports, which is neat, but it is limited to 60W, which is just enough for virtually Macbook Pros.
Features
RGB Illumination
No
Speakers
Yes
HDR10
Yes
Multiple Input Brandish
PBP
There are a few additional features on the 32UL950, including congenital in speakers, and HDR support. From the monitor’s OSD, in that location are a few additional modes, including:
-
Black Stabilizer:
Allows you lot to customize the contrast to improve visibility in night scenes. -
Super Resolution+:
Customize the sharpness of upscaled images. -
DFC:
Adjust the screen brightness automatically according to the content on the screen. -
Uniformity:
Adjusts the image to effort to compensate for uniformity problems. Since the 32UL950 already has not bad uniformity, this simply reduces the dissimilarity ratio without improving uniformity much.
The 32UL950 has the same joystick establish on the bulk of LG monitors. Information technology is piece of cake to use and provides good tactile feedback.
- Manual and CD
- 2 USB-C cables
- DisplayPort Cable
- HDMI Cable
- External Ability Adapter
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 32UL950, which is the only model available. There are like models available from LG, some of them are listed beneath.
If someone comes beyond a different type of console or if their LG 32UL950 doesn’t correspond to our review, allow usa know and we volition update the review. Note that some tests such every bit the gray uniformity may vary between individual units.
| Model | Size | Resolution | Refresh Rate | Notes |
| 32UL950 | 32″ | 4k | 60 Hz | FreeSync, HDR, Local Dimming |
| 34WK95U | 34″ | 5120×2160 | sixty Hz | HDR, Local Dimming |
| 32GK850G | 32″ | 1440p | 144 Hz | Grand-Sync |
| 32UL750-W | 32″ | 4k | 60 Hz | VA, HDR, FreeSync |
| 27UL650-W | 27″ | 4k | 60 Hz | HDR, FreeSync |
The 32UL950 we reviewed was manufactured in September 2022.
Compared To Other Monitors
Left: Dell U3219Q. Center: LG 32UL950. Right: LG 32UD59-B.
Dissimilar our other photographs, this picture show wasn’t taken under a controlled environment, so do not draw conclusions from it.
The LG 32UL950 is a good monitor with decent HDR performance, but in that location are cheaper models that outperform it. See our recommendations for the all-time 32-inch monitors, the best monitors for Mac Mini, the best 4k gaming monitors, and the all-time 4k monitors.
The LG 32UL950 is slightly meliorate than the Dell U3219Q. Both deliver very like overall picture quality, but the 32UL950 supports FreeSync, which is great for gaming, and has more inputs. The U3219Q has better ergonomics, making it slightly more versatile.
The LG 32UL500-Due west is a more budget-friendly VA variant of the LG 32UL950-Westward. For productivity, the 32UL950-West is a improve selection because information technology has wide viewing angles, and it allows for more ergonomic adjustments. Information technology has more features similar two USB-C ports, ane of which supports Thunderbolt 3, and it has a Picture-in-Picture/Picture-by-Picture way. It also gets brighter to combat glare, but it doesn’t handle reflections every bit well equally the 32UL500-West. The 32UL500-W is a improve selection for dark rooms due to its high contrast ratio, and it has a meliorate SDR and HDR color gamut.
The LG 27UK650 and the LG 32UL950 deliver very like performance overall. The 27UK650 has a flicker-free backlight, which is great, and it’southward more accurate out of the box. The 32UL950 has a larger screen, and it can display a wide color gamut, great for HDR content. The 32UL950 has better connectivity, thanks to the additional Thunderbolt ports and USB hub.
The LG 32UL950-West and the LG 40WP95C-West both target media creators, but the 40WP95C-Westward is better overall. The 40WP95C-W has a larger, higher-resolution screen, meaning you tin can see more of your workflow at once, and it has much amend accuracy out of the box. Finally, the 40WP95C-W has slightly better connectivity, with college bandwidth Thunderbolt four support and 2 easy-to-access USB ports, so you lot can quickly connect peripherals similar your mouse or a drawing tablet.
The LG 32UD99 is slightly amend than the LG 32UL950. Both offer very similar performance, simply the 32UD99 has a flicker-free backlight, which is great, and it has a slightly higher native contrast ratio. The 32UD99 has a slightly better stand up that is made of metal, and better build quality.
The LG 32UL950 is a bit better than the LG 34WK95U. The 32UL950 supports FreeSync, and has a more versatile stand that tin exist switched to portrait orientation. The 34WK95U has a wider HDR color gamut and better color volume, as well as a wider format screen that delivers a more than immersive gaming experience, and is better for multitasking.
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