The LG 32GK650F-B is a great gaming monitor and delivers decent all-around performance. It has good dark room performance, as the VA panel produces deep, uniform blacks. It has an incredibly low input lag, good peak brightness, excellent gray uniformity, and decent reflection handling. This monitor also supports FreeSync variable refresh rate (VRR), even with a recent NVIDIA card, which helps reduce screen tearing. Unfortunately, it has disappointing viewing angles and although the response time is great, it's still slower than most 144Hz monitors, so motion might appear blurry, but there's a black frame insertion to help reduce motion blur.
The LG 32GK650F-B is a decent display for most uses, but it's best suited for gaming. As is the case with most VA panel monitors, it looks great in a dark room and produces deep, uniform blacks, but the image degrades when viewed at an angle. It has a low input lag and a great response time, but some transitions are slow, so motion is still a bit blurry.
The LG 32GK650F-B is a decent office monitor. The 32 inch 1440p screen delivers an excellent amount of screen real estate, and the stand has decent ergonomics, but with a limited swivel and tilt range. Unfortunately, this monitor has bad viewing angles, so it isn't great for sharing your screen with other people.
The LG 32GK650F-B is a great monitor for gaming. It supports FreeSync VRR technology and has an incredibly low input lag, and the 1440p, 32 inch screen makes it easier to see more details in your favorite games. Overall, it has a fast response time, but some transitions are a bit slower and dark scenes especially have more noticeable blur. Luckily, there's a black frame insertion feature to improve the appearance of motion.
Decent monitor for multimedia. The large, high-resolution screen is great for watching movies. The VA panel delivers deep, uniform blacks, great for watching movies in the dark. In a brighter room, the LG 32GK650F-B has decent reflection handling and good peak brightness, but it might struggle in really bright rooms. Unfortunately, like most VA monitors, the image degrades at an angle, which isn't great for sharing the latest trends with your friends.
The LG 32GK650F-B is a decent monitor for media creation. The large, high-resolution screen is excellent, as you can see more of your work at once. It has decent ergonomics, but a limited swivel range. This monitor has a great SDR color gamut, but limited coverage of the wider Adobe RGB color space, so it isn't great for professional photo editing.
The LG 32GK650F-B doesn't support HDR.
The 32GK650F-B has a design similar to other LG monitors. It's mainly black with some red on the stand and the back. It looks like the 32GK850G, but the red circle on the back isn't illuminated.
The red circle isn't illuminated like the 32GK850G. There's a clip on the back of the stand that can be used for cable management, and there's also a quick release to remove the stand in a pinch.
This monitor has a decent build quality. Like the 32GK850G, it's almost entirely made of plastic, and the stand is a bit wobbly, but there are no obvious areas of concern.
Like most VA monitors, the 32GK650F-B has a very good contrast ratio, so blacks look black in a dark room. It has a slightly better contrast than the 32GK850G.
The LG 32GK650F-B doesn't support local dimming. The above video is for reference only.
Good peak brightness with SDR content, although brightness varies with different content. There shouldn't be any issues using the 32GK650F-B in a decently-lit room.
This monitor doesn't support HDR.
Disappointing horizontal viewing angles, which is expected from a VA panel. Since it has such a big screen, the edges of the screen might appear darker if you sit close to the monitor. It's also not ideal to share your screen with someone else.
The 32GK650F-B has disappointing vertical viewing angles. You lose image accuracy if you mount it below or above eye level.
Excellent gray uniformity. The left and right edges of the screen are a bit darker and there's only minor dirty screen effect in the center, which is great for viewing large areas of uniform color, such as browsing the web. There are no uniformity issues in near-dark scenes.
Like the 32GK850G, this monitor has decent black uniformity. There's some clouding throughout, which is visible when watching dark scenes in a dark room.
Good out-of-box color accuracy, much better than the 32GK850G. Most colors are only slightly inaccurate and the color temperature is a bit warmer than the target, so some colors have a reddish tint to them. Overall, the gamma follows the target well, but dark scenes are darker than they should be and bright scenes are brighter.
After calibration, the 32GK650F-B has excellent accuracy. There are no noticeable issues and the color temperature is very close to the 6500K target. However, really bright scenes are a bit over-brightened.
You can download our ICC profile calibration here. This is provided for reference only and shouldn't be used, as the calibration values vary per individual unit even for the same model due to manufacturing tolerances.
This monitor doesn't support HDR.
This monitor doesn't support HDR.
There are some signs of temporary image retention immediately after displaying our high-contrast static test image for 10 minutes. The retained image dissipates quickly, though, and we don't expect this to cause any issues for most people.
Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
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Great response time at its max refresh rate, but not as good as some other 144Hz monitors. The best Overdrive setting is 'Faster' as motion looks the most clear. There's overshoot in some transitions, and if that bothers you, the 'Fast' setting has a lot less overshoot, but motion is a bit more blurry. The LG 27GL850-B is a 144Hz monitor with much better response time.
Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
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Acceptable response time at 60Hz. Unlike at its max refresh rate, the recommended Overdrive setting is 'Normal', so you might need to change your setting while gaming. There's still a bit of motion blur, but there's significantly less overshoot than on the 'Fast' and 'Faster' settings.
This monitor has an excellent 144Hz refresh rate, but unlike the 32GK850G, it can't be overclocked. It supports AMD's FreeSync VRR technology, even when connected to a recent NVIDIA graphics card. Unfortunately, the 32GK850F-B has a limited range over HDMI as FreeSync only works up to 100Hz.
There are two VRR modes: 'Basic' and 'Extended'. The 'Basic' mode has a limited range, and only works between 120 and 144Hz.
There's a G-SYNC variant of this model, known as the 32GK650G-B. We don't know if it performs the same.
The 32GK650F-B has an incredibly low input lag and it's even lower with VRR enabled, which is rare for a monitor. The input lag at 60Hz is also low, which could please console gamers.