{"id":337,"date":"2022-04-29T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=337"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:55:02","slug":"lg-23mp68vq-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"LG 23MP68VQ Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Pros<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stylish slim-bezel design<\/li>\n<li>Great image quality<\/li>\n<li>Better than average for gaming<\/li>\n<li>Has a VESA mount<\/li>\n<li>Great value<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Cons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wobbly, non-height-adjustable stand<\/li>\n<li>Less than 90% sRGB coverage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"review-key-specifications\">Key Specifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Review Price: \u00a3130.00<\/li>\n<li>23-inch IPS LCD panel<\/li>\n<li>1920 x 1080 resolution<\/li>\n<li>Freesync<\/li>\n<li>75Hz refresh rate<\/li>\n<li>HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs<\/li>\n<li>Headphone output<\/li>\n<li>Slim bezel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-the-lg-23mp68vq\">What is the LG 23MP68VQ?<\/h2>\n<p>The LG 23MP68VQ is a 23-inch monitor that costs just \u00a3130 but has some handy features that make it a great deal. These include an IPS panel with Full HD resolution, a 75Hz refresh rate, and FreeSync. This should make it an ideal budget all-rounder that provides the good overall image quality you expect from IPS while also making for a slightly better gaming experience than you\u2019ll get with a typical 60Hz budget IPS display.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, with such a low price there are compromises, so you miss out on a height-adjustable stand and extras like a USB hub \u2013 but for many these will be sacrifices well worth making.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lg-23mp68vq\">LG 23MP68VQ \u2013 Design and Features<\/h2>\n<p>Given its low price, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking the 23MP68VQ would have a fairly mundane design. However, it actually looks rather good. This is mainly down to it using one of the new style of LCD panels \u2013 LG makes all IPS panels, so it\u2019s at an advantage here \u2013 where the display\u2019s bezel is half hidden below the front surface of the LCD panel\u2019s front pane of plastic. This makes it look far slimmer and sleeker than traditional displays, where the bezel stands proud of the panel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: The best monitors you can buy<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Along with this, the monitor is fairly slim overall and the curved stand finishes the look off nicely. The whole thing is glossy black plastic, so it does show dust and scratches quite readily, but this is typical of screens at this price.<\/p>\n<p>As for build quality, the panel is as flimsy as most monitors, of any price. However, the stand is markedly weak. The base, which includes a supporting metal plate, screws onto the stand\u2019s stem firmly enough, but then the panel simply clips onto the stem via a plastic coupling. It\u2019ll be fine if you don\u2019t abuse it, but you\u2019ll need to be a little careful when adjusting it and picking it up.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, that plastic stem is considerably more wobbly than the sturdy stands you get on more expensive displays. It\u2019s all perfectly acceptable stuff considering the monitor\u2019s price, but it\u2019s something to be aware of if you\u2019re a heavy typist \u2013 the screen will oscillate if you\u2019re hammering away at your keyboard too hard.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The other issue with the stand is more to be expected, which is that it offers very little in the way of adjustment. You can\u2019t change the height or pivot the panel, while rotating the display left to right will just drag the stand along with it. The only thing you do get is a range of -2\u00b0\/15\u00b0 of tilt, which at least means you can get the best viewing angle, even if you still have to crane your neck downwards to see the display.<\/p>\n<p>As for connectivity, it\u2019s again fairly basic, and surprisingly backwards-looking. You get legacy DVI and VGA connections, but there&#8217;s no DisplayPort and just one HDMI. That makes it great for businesses looking to upgrade their screens for use with older computers, but for most home buyers it means you won\u2019t have the easy option of being able to plug in both your PC and a games console or TV box.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Also missing is a USB hub, while the power supply is an external one, so you\u2019ll have to cope with having a chunky adapter plug. Again, it\u2019s all typical of a budget monitor but something to be aware of.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lg-23mp68vq1\">LG 23MP68VQ \u2013 Setup and On-screen Menu<\/h2>\n<p>The LG 23MP68VQ arrives in three parts, but it\u2019s easy to put together, with the stand requiring a screwdriver to be attached to the base and the panel clipping into place on the stand. You need a screwdriver again to unclip it.<\/p>\n<p>What certainly helps setup is just how light the display is. At just 3.1kg it\u2019s easy to lift one-handed from its box, as compared to much larger displays that can be a bit of a struggle to manhandle on your own.<\/p>\n<p>Once physically set up there\u2019s blessedly little need to jump into the on-screen menus, as image quality is mostly very good straight out of the box. However, you will want to switch the Black Level setting from High to Low. Set to High, the black level looks grey, resulting in a contrast of just 297:1 \u2013 it\u2019s a very strange choice to have the monitor ship with such a mode turned on.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise the menu system is easy to navigate. A little joystick button on the underside of the bezel controls everything, making it easy to move up, down, left and right without the need to fumble around for other buttons. The menus are also logically laid out and quick to respond.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>You get a couple of useful extra modes, too. A Colour Weakness mode aims to help those with red\/green colour blindness better distinguish between those colours, while a Black Stabiliser mode makes it easy to quickly adjust the screen\u2019s gamma level so that dark areas in games are brightened. The latter makes it easier to see enemies hiding in the dark \u2013 though you could also just turn up the black level to High for the same effect.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also AMD FreeSync, which works with AMD Radeon graphics cards to limit frame tearing when your graphics card&#8217;s output doesn&#8217;t match the monitor. You\u2019ll need to turn this mode on via the monitor to then unlock the Freesync option in the AMD driver, but there&#8217;s no disadvantage to doing so and it&#8217;s well worth doing. Once done, tear- and stutter-free gaming is yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pros Stylish slim-bezel design Great image quality Better than average for gaming Has a VESA mount Great value Cons Wobbly, non-height-adjustable stand Less than 90% sRGB coverage Key Specifications Review Price: \u00a3130.00 23-inch IPS LCD panel 1920 x 1080 resolution Freesync 75Hz refresh rate HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs Headphone output Slim bezel What is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,14,15,16,466,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}