The LG 32GR93U-B is a mid-range 4k, 144Hz gaming monitor. Part of the UltraGear gaming lineup, it's a newer and lower-end model than the LG 32GQ950-B with a lower 144Hz refresh rate, and it sits alongside the LG 27GR93U-B. It's designed with console gaming in mind, as it has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth that can take full advantage of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It also has FreeSync variable refresh rate (VRR) support and G-SYNC compatibility to reduce screen tearing. It has a few inputs to connect your devices, including an audio port that supports DTS:X audio, but other than that, it's limited in many extra features.
Our Verdict
The LG 32GR93U is great for most uses. It's focused on gaming with a 144Hz refresh rate and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth that can take full advantage of gaming consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It also has a very fast response time for smooth motion and low input lag for a responsive feel. Besides that, it's great for office work or content creation thanks to its large 32-inch screen and 4k resolution, making it easier to multitask with different windows open. It's good if you want to watch your favorite shows and movies in well-lit rooms as it gets bright and has good reflection handling, but with a low contrast ratio, it looks worse in dark rooms.
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Large 32-inch screen.
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Sharp text and image clarity.
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No issues in well-lit rooms.
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Decent viewing angles.
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No swivel adjustment.
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Low contrast ratio.
The LG 32GR93U is great for the office. Its large 32-inch screen is ideal for multitasking with different windows open, and it has high pixel density to produce sharp and clear text. You won't have issues using it in a well-lit room as it easily gets bright enough to fight glare, and the reflection handling is great. It also has wide enough viewing angles to share your screen with someone else, but the stand doesn't offer swivel adjustment to turn the display.
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Large 32-inch screen.
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Sharp text and image clarity.
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No issues in well-lit rooms.
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Decent viewing angles.
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No swivel adjustment.
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Limited in extra office features.
The LG 32GR93U is excellent for gaming. It has fantastic motion handling across its entire refresh rate range thanks to its fast response time, and it has low input lag for a responsive feel. It's great for console gamers as it has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth and can take full advantage of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It supports all common VRR formats, and its 144Hz refresh rate is high enough for 4k gaming. On the downside, blacks look gray in the dark, and it lacks a local dimming feature, so it's disappointing for dark room gaming.
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HDMI 2.1 bandwidth.
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Incredibly fast response time.
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Supports all common VRR formats.
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Low input lag.
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Low contrast ratio.
The LG 32GR93U is good for media consumption. Its 4k resolution allows you to watch your favorite content with a ton of detail. It has a big enough screen to sit back and share your screen with someone else, and its wide viewing angles keep the image consistent from the sides, but it doesn't offer any swivel adjustment. It's good if you want to use it in a bright room as it has high peak brightness and great reflection handling, but it struggles in dark rooms as blacks look gray due to its low contrast.
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Large 32-inch screen.
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Sharp text and image clarity.
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No issues in well-lit rooms.
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Decent viewing angles.
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No swivel adjustment.
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Low contrast ratio.
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No local dimming feature.
The LG 32GR93U is impressive for media creation. It has a large screen that makes it easier to multitask or view more of your work area at once, and its 4k resolution helps deliver high pixel density and sharp text clarity. It also has an extremely accurate sRGB mode, so you won't need to calibrate it for accurate colors. Lastly, its wide viewing angles are great if you need to share your screen with a coworker or client, but without swivel adjustments on the stand, it's difficult to turn the screen.
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Large 32-inch screen.
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Sharp text and image clarity.
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No issues in well-lit rooms.
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Decent viewing angles.
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Very accurate sRGB mode.
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No swivel adjustment.
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Low contrast ratio.
The LG 32GR93U is decent for HDR, but it has limitations. While it displays a wide range of colors and gets bright, small highlights don't pop against the rest of the image, and not all colors are vivid. It also has a low contrast ratio that makes blacks look gray in the dark, and the monitor lacks a local dimming feature to improve the contrast.
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Displays wide range of colors.
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Low contrast ratio.
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No local dimming feature.
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Highlights don't pop against the rest of the image.
- 8.2 Mixed Usage
- 8.3 Office
- 8.8 Gaming
- 7.8 Media Consumption
- 8.4 Media Creation
- 7.0 HDR
- Updated Nov 07, 2023: Added that this monitor has a faster response time than the smaller LG 27GR93U-B in the Compared To Others section.
- Updated Oct 12, 2023: Review published.
- Updated Oct 06, 2023: Early access published.
- Updated Oct 02, 2023: Our testers have started testing this product.
- Updated Aug 31, 2023: The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
- Updated Aug 23, 2023: We've purchased the product and are waiting for it to arrive in our lab.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 32-inch LG 32GR93U, and the results are only valid for this review. While there's the 27-inch LG 27GR93U-B also available, it's a separate monitor.
| Model | Size | Panel Type | Resolution | Max Refresh Rate |
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| 32GR93U-B | 32" | IPS | 4k | 144Hz |
Our unit was manufactured in June 2023; you can see the label here.
Compared To Other Monitors
The LG 32GR93U is an excellent gaming monitor that offers HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for console gaming, and its very fast response time makes motion look smooth, even better than the LG 27GR93U-B. Because of this, it offers almost anything a gamer would want in a 4k, 144Hz monitor, and it's a good alternative to the more expensive LG 32GQ950-B, which doesn't offer much improvement in terms of performance. It competes well against the competition, and it's a great choice if you can find it for less than similar monitors like the Dell G3223Q, but it doesn't have as many features as the Gigabyte M32U, which offers better value.
See our recommendations for the best 4k gaming monitors, the best 4k 144Hz monitors, and the best 32-inch monitors.
The LG 32GQ950-B is a higher-end monitor than the LG 32GR93U-B, but both monitors perform similarly. The main difference is that the 32GQ950-B has an overclock feature to boost its refresh rate up to 160Hz, but it doesn't work on all devices. The 32GQ950-B also has a local dimming feature, which the 32GR93U-B doesn't have, and while it helps improve the HDR brightness, it performs terribly overall. The 32GR93U-B is better to use in well-lit rooms thanks to its much better reflection handling, and it gets a bit brighter in SDR, too.
The Gigabyte M32U and the LG 32GR93U-B are both excellent 4k gaming monitors. They perform similarly, but there are a few differences. The LG has a slight advantage in gaming as it has a faster response time across its entire refresh rate range and a slightly lower input lag. However, the Gigabyte has more extra features, like a KVM switch and USB-C port, that make it easier to multitask with different devices. The Gigabyte also has a more ergonomic stand that offers swivel adjustment, making it easier to share your screen with someone else.
The Dell G3223Q and the LG 32GR93U-B are both excellent 4k, 144Hz gaming monitors. They perform very similarly, but the LG has a slight advantage when gaming at 60Hz as it has a faster response time and lower input lag. The Dell has a more accurate sRGB mode, but the LG is still accurate regardless. Besides that, both monitors are very similar, and you'll be happy with either.
The LG 32GR93U-B and the LG 27GR93U-B are similar mid-range monitors, with one of the main differences being their sizes. There are still some differences in performance, though, as the 32-inch model has better motion handling, and it also has better HDR color volume for more vivid colors. Another difference is that the 27-inch model has improved brightness, but the 32-inch model has better reflection handling.
The Samsung Odyssey G7/G70B S32BG70 and the LG 32GR93U-B are both excellent 4k, 144Hz gaming monitors. The LG has a slight advantage for gaming as it has a quicker response time and lower input lag at 60Hz. The LG is also a bit better in well-lit rooms, as it has slightly better reflection handling and SDR brightness. While the Samsung has a local dimming feature, which the LG doesn't have, it performs terribly and doesn't offer any advantages.
The LG 27GP950-B and the LG 32GR93U-B are both excellent 4k gaming monitors. They perform similarly, but there are a few differences, as the 27GP950-B has an overclock feature to bring the refresh rate up to 160Hz. The 27GP950-B also gets brighter in HDR and has a local dimming feature, which the 32GR93U-B doesn't have, but the 27GP950-B's performance in HDR is limited anyway. On the other hand, the 32GR93U-B has a faster response time at any refresh rate and has much better reflection handling, so it's better to use in a well-lit room.
Test Results
The LG 32GR93U has a rather simple design with a dark gray body. The back features a honeycomb pattern, and it has some RGB lighting that you can change with presets.
The build quality is good, and there aren't any obvious issues. It's mainly made of plastic that feels solid, and it doesn't flex easily. The stand also supports the screen well, and while it wobbles a bit, it quickly stabilizes itself.
The LG 32GR93U has okay ergonomics, but you can't swivel it to show the screen to someone next to you. You can only rotate into portrait mode in a clockwise direction, which means the inputs are always on top. The stand also has a clip for cable management.
The stand features V-shaped feet, with enough space to put your peripherals between them. It also supports the screen well, as there's minimal wobble.
There's a single joystick underneath the center of the screen to control the on-screen display.
- DisplayPort cable
- HDMI cable
- USB-B cable
- Power cable and supply
- Mouse bungee clip
- User documentation
The contrast ratio is mediocre. Blacks look gray next to bright highlights, and it doesn't have a local dimming feature to further improve it.
This monitor doesn't have a local dimming feature. Although it has a Variable Backlight setting, it only boosts the contrast level in HDR and doesn't turn off any dimming zones. We still film these videos on the monitor so that you can compare the backlight performance with a monitor that has local dimming.
The SDR brightness is great. It easily gets bright enough to fight glare and maintains its brightness consistently across different content. Unfortunately, its minimum brightness is high, which is disappointing if you want to use it in a dark room and you're sensitive to bright lights. These results are from after calibration in the 'Gamer 1' Game Mode with the Brightness at its max.
The HDR brightness is decent. While it gets bright, small highlights don't pop against the rest of the image because it lacks a local dimming feature. The EOTF is also terrible as dark scenes are overbrightened, and it has an early roll-off, so highlights don't get very bright. These results are in the 'Gamer 1' Game Mode with the Brightness at its max.
The horizontal viewing angle is decent. It's fine if you need to share the screen with someone right next to you, but it gets darker at wide angles.
The vertical viewing angle is good enough that you won't notice any issues while standing up and looking down on the monitor.
The LG 32GR93U-B has good gray uniformity. The edges are darker than the rest, but there's minimal dirty screen effect in the center, which is great.
The black uniformity is decent. There isn't too much backlight bleed or blooming, but blacks look gray due to the low contrast ratio.
The LG UltraGear 32GR93U-B has fantastic accuracy before calibration in the sRGB mode. Most colors and the white balance are only slightly inaccurate, and the color temperature is very close to the 6500K target. Even gamma follows the target sRGB curve well, but dark scenes are too dark, and bright scenes are too bright. Unfortunately, the 'sRGB' Game Mode locks many settings, including Response Time, so if you want to use any of those settings, you'd have to use another picture mode that has oversaturated colors, as you can see here.
The accuracy after calibration is incredible. While the accuracy is already fantastic before calibration, the main advantage of calibrating it is that you can use the settings that are locked out in the sRGB mode, like the gaming settings.
The SDR color gamut is incredible. It has perfect coverage of the common sRGB color space, and while it's also excellent with the Adobe RGB color space, it oversaturates magenta and red, and green is inaccurate.
The LG 32GR93U has an exceptional SDR color volume. Besides dark colors, it displays colors at a wide range of luminance levels well.
The HDR color gamut is superb. It displays a wide range of colors in the common DCI-P3 and wider Rec. 2020 color spaces, but it struggles with tone mapping in each, as most colors are off.
The HDR color volume is impressive. While it's limited by its incomplete color gamut and doesn't display dark colors well, it still displays most colors at a wide range of luminance levels.
This monitor has great reflection handling. It diffuses light well, and combined with its high peak brightness, you won't have issues using it in a well-lit room.
The text clarity is fantastic. Its high pixel density helps result in sharp text, and enabling Windows ClearType (top photo) improves the clarity. These photos are in Windows 10, and you can see them in Windows 11 with ClearType on and with ClearType off.
The LG UltraGear 32GR93U-B has remarkable gradient handling. There's almost no banding in areas of similar color.
To reach the monitor's max refresh rate over DisplayPort, your graphics card needs to support Display Stream Compression (DSC), which any NVIDIA 16 Series or AMD RX 5000 Series and newer graphics card supports.
Both FreeSync and G-SYNC work across a wide refresh rate range over HDMI and DisplayPort connections, and the monitor supports HDMI Forum VRR. It also supports Low Framerate Compensation (LFC) for VRR to continue working at lower refresh rates.
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| Off | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Normal | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Fast | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Faster | Chart | Table | Photo |
The response time at the max refresh rate of 144Hz is incredible. Motion looks smooth without much blur, and the 'Normal' Response Time has the fastest total response time without any visible overshoot.
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| Off | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Normal | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Fast | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Faster | Chart | Table | Photo |
The LG 32GR93U has a fantastic response time at 120Hz. It performs similarly to its max refresh rate, and the recommended Response Time setting is 'Normal' because it has a faster total response time than 'Off' and less overshoot than 'Fast' and 'Faster'.
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| Off | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Normal | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Fast | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Faster | Chart | Table | Photo |
The response time at 60Hz is excellent. Unlike at higher refresh rates, the recommended overdrive setting is 'Off' because it has a faster total response time and less overshoot than 'Normal', but 'Normal' is still good enough to use across its entire refresh rate range if you want a set-and-forget mode.
This monitor has no optional backlight strobing feature to reduce persistence blur.
The backlight remains flicker-free at all brightness levels, which helps reduce eye strain if you're sensitive to it.
The LG 32GR93U has low input lag for a responsive feel while gaming.
Thanks to the monitor's HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, there aren't any compatibility issues with the PS5 as it supports everything it has to offer.
This monitor works well with the Xbox Series X|S, but you need to enable the HDMI override setting for 1440p @ 60Hz to work, which also disables VRR.
The 3.5mm audio output serves as a combo jack with audio out and mic in, but you need to have the USB-B cable connected to your computer to fully use it. It also supports DTS Headphones:X audio passthrough for headphones that support it.
This monitor works well with macOS. Using a DisplayPort to USB-C cable, VRR and HDR work simultaneously, and there aren't any compatibility issues. If you're using a MacBook, windows return to their original position when reopening the lid or waking the laptop up from sleep. However, if you're using the 2023 M2 MacBook Pro with HDMI, the max refresh rate is 144Hz without VRR, as you can only get up to 120Hz with VRR. Also, you need to make sure the monitor's Input Version setting is set to 'PC'.
The LG 32GR93U has a few extra features, including:
- Black Stabilizer: Adjusts the gamma so that it's easier to see opponents in dark areas.
- Crosshair: Adds a virtual crosshair that your game's anti-cheat tool won't detect, giving you a competitive advantage.
- DFC: Changes the contrast based on the content.
- DTS:X Headphones: The monitor offers a few different sound modes to use with DTS:X compatible devices.
- Hexagon Lighting: This is the setting to adjust the RGB lighting on the back of the monitor.
- Variable Backlight: Boosts the contrast level in HDR, but it isn't a local dimming setting.
