LG 29UM59-A 29-Inch UltraWide FHD 2560 x 1080 IPS Gaming Monitor

The monitor arrived with a dead pixel which is very annoying. It had to be a black pixel too in the top middle of the screen. I had the old version of this monitor for 5 years and it never gave me any trouble until lightning blew it up.

I use it for work, great for multiple window viewing.

This is an excellent budget ultrawide for developers. The screen splitting is really useful for CLI and debugging tools.

Really love the size and unique lenth of the screen. Cant beleive I didnt or havent got two of these.

The reason I got this particular monitor is because Id purchased its smaller, older sibling, the LG 29UM-68-P, and been extremely happy with it. Its basically the 2016 29-inch version of this monitor. Both are incredibly bright and crystal clear, and Ive never had a complaint about the 29 model. This one happens to be even cheaper (even at that time of this writing, $368 vs $299), so I thought, why not? For the most part, Im pleased with it, though color accuracy leaves something to be desired. Not only can I now see that the 29 model has a slight red cast, Im left with a slight green cast on the 34 (hard to see in the photo, but its there). Ive fiddled with settings but never been able to get either of them to match or get one or the other closer to pure white. I have half a mind to get a colorimeter because frankly it drives me a little nuts. Also, either because of the sheer size or because people complained, the VESA mount doesnt partially block the video connections (looking at you, 29) - everything is easily accessible. If this will be your *sole monitor* then I couldnt recommend it enough. If this will add to an existing monitor you might want to look elsewhere, or be prepared to spend time fidgeting with controls to get it to look right. Still, all that being said, I do love it, and if the news that NVIDIA will be adding Freesync compatibility in an upcoming driver release is true, Ill be even happier when gaming with it! Edit 1/15/19: The Freesync compatible NVIDIA driver released today and while its not one of the approved monitors it does appear to be working without any issues. I also bought a colorimeter but have yet to have any luck with it. Also, wanted to add that the joystick control is probably the easiest of any monitor control out there. Push away from you for up, towards you for done up to enter/select. I dont have to try and remember how to use it - its that intuitive.

It is wide at the cost of height. Strange image.

I got this monitor as I began my new job working from home amidst COVID. It’s definitely worth the money, and I’ll find it very hard ever going to a normal sized monitor again. I recommend it.

I’m not a gamer, but write a lot of documents and tend to have them side by side. I didn’t have the ability to put two monitors on my current monitor arm so I went with this ultrawide one and am happy I did. I’m even considering replacing a other monitor with this one. It’s a great monitor for me.

Thinner and lighter than I expected. True plug and play, my windows PC recognized it with zero setup. The tabletop stand is effective (stable, tilt, no rotation) but unattractive IMO. I’m going to buy another for a different room and wall mount it since it is vesa compliant.

Ive been a fan of LG products for quite a while. This monitor is wondeful. I have one at work & at home. The LG software works great for multi window applications. Easy to use for any multi Tasker.