►Review of: Samsung LC32JG52QQUXEN 32-Inch Curved WQHD 144 Hz LED Gaming Monitor - Dark Silver◄
Where to start, well I guess the quick and easy one is - do I like it? The answer is, yes. Great review, thanks for reading.
A more in-depth answer would be, yes I do like it but there are also many things I don't like.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱:
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• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 - Oh man, at first it's gigantic and it's glorious! Sadly, you quickly get used to it though, until you have to use a 23-27" display again and you suddenly think, how did I ever use such a small display! I was choosing between a 27" and this a 32", the 27" appealed to me for the increased PPI (pixel density) but size won out in the end and I do not regret it. For all games, especially for open-world RPGs, it's frickin' amazing. And movies, web browsing, or productivity too, you can't beat a big display it's just a great experience.
• 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 (𝟭𝟰𝟰𝗛𝘇) - I can't say too much as I've been using 120-144Hz displays for nearly 10 years now so I'm very much used to it, but if you've never experienced it and you want this display for gaming... put it this way, a game running smoothly at 144fps is better than chocolate or pizza, or pizza with chocolate topping.
• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲 - This is something I thought I didn't care too much about but once you scale to 32" of larger on PC where you sit quite close to the display, wow it makes a big difference. Again, it's something you get used to and just accept after a few days until you sit in front of a large display that isn't curved and you hate it because the edges look terrible. A curve is totally unnecessary for under 30" though even if it's an ultrawide. I saw a curved 24" 16:9 display a few weeks ago and it just looked ridiculous.
• *𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 - *𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦...𝘦𝘵𝘤, the colors are good, not great but not terrible like a TN panel. That said this is definitely not a professional panel with high gamut accuracy, it's just good for the average user and/or gamer.
• 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁 & 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 - As a high refresh gamer I came from TN panels so for me this is flippin' fantastic, it's no OLED, but it's amazing compared to TN panels. The blacks are... well black not light gray, and the whites are bright white, I mean it's not HDR but it's still bright and contrasty especially in a dark room playing a stealth game.
• 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 (𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀) - It definitely has a slight halo effect but it's very slight, no worse than TN panels I own. Better than I expected from a VA panel.
• 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - You just can't beat 1440p for gaming right now. So much easier to run than 4k, so much better to look at than 1080p, and you don't need a $10k monster rig to push 100+fps. This is the sweet spot.
• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 - I think it looks pretty nice, it's not the thinnest or most premium looking but the color and thin bezels make it look nice, classy even, it's not garish and dripping in RGB bling shouting "gAMerRr!!1!" The stand, however, more details about the stand can be found in the 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘥 section of this review.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗢𝗞:
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• 𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗿 (𝗽𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲) - I was expecting and prepared for some pretty obvious ghosting and blurring because it's a VA panel, it's just something you have to put up with. On this display it's actually not too bad, I mean there's a noticeable increase compared to TN and at first, it was very noticeable but that's because I was looking for it, after a few hours you just don't see it any more unless you're whizzing the cursor around on a blank dark screen.
• 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 - Much, much better than TN but still pretty... meh. From a 40 degree angle, the color shifts quite a lot, again not terrible like TN but I was expecting better.
• 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗱 (𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀) - Mine has some backlight bleed in the corners, it's not bad but it's not great. Again it's one of those things that you really don't notice unless it's really bad which thankfully mine isn't.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱:
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• 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 - I know this display is on the low-side of mid-range, it's under £300 so it's an inexpensive display but com'on, Samsung! Some silver tape inside the bezels on mine is sticking out the bottom and fully visible (see the attached pictures)
• 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗹𝘀 (𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱) - My one shipping with no less than 6 stuck pixels, not dead just stuck. This is the first TV, monitor, phone, tablet... etc, I've ever bought that came with stuck pixels out the box. Less than 10 defective (not dead) pixels is declared acceptable by, Samsung, so if you were to return yours you would need to give a different reason for returning it. I was seriously annoyed when I found this out, I mean I could have easily sent it back to Amazon and maybe received a better one, but the replacement also may have been worse. So, I used it for 3 weeks to see if they got better, plus I used the 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱 multiple times to hopefully kick the pixels back into gear and I have to admit after 4-5 days I stopped noticing them because I stopped looking for them. Over the 14 months I've used it every day I haven't noticed them more than 3 or 4 times as they're only visible on plain static color backgrounds plus even on a large display like this, the pixels are still tiny. So, even though I know where they are I still have trouble finding them as they're so tiny. Nonetheless, it still sucks but you really don't notice them, unless they're dead pixels.
• 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄 - Not to be confused with backlight bleed, this is the overall glow from the backlight when the screen is showing a dark or completely black image. It's worse than TN which I wasn't expecting, in fact, it really bugs me when playing a stealthy type game or watching a dark horror type movie at night, when there's a dark image the black areas glow too much for my likely. It definitely helps to sit a little further away and/or have a small light source in the same room. But it could be worse, it's not as bad as IPS glow, IPS is a whole different ball game for backlight glow.
• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 - I can sum up the stand in one simple sentence - I ordered a VESA (75x75) wall mount the same day I received my monitor. Need I say more? It's that's bad - no adjustment or movement in any way, piano gloss finish plastic, flimsy; the display wobbles even just from typing, and it's not even the same color as the panel it's a dark navy blue! It's terrible, please just buy a desk or wall mount if you buy this display, they only cost £10.
𝗧𝗟;𝗗𝗥/𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I was going to give it 3 out of 5 stars because the stuck pixels really annoyed the hell out of me, but I have to admit after the first few days I really haven't noticed them.
Overall, am I happy? Yes. Could it be better? Yes. Is it good for the price (£279.99? Yes, it's pretty much unbeatable.
If you're a gamer, you want a large display, and you have around £300 to spend then you can do much worse than this display, but having 32", 1440p, 144Hz, and curved for under £300 comes at the cost of quality control and a few annoyances.
| Brand | Samsung |
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| Product Dimensions | 24.2 x 71.2 x 51.9 cm; 5.8 Kilograms |
| Item model number | LC32JG52QQUXEN |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Series | LC32JG52 |
| Colour | Dark Silver |
| Standing screen display size | 32 Inches |
| Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1440 pixels |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1440 Pixels |
| Number of HDMI Ports | 2 |
| Wattage | 47 watts |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 5.8 kg |
