LG 40WP95C-W Monitor Review

The LG 40WP95C-W has a simple design with thin bezels on all four sides, so they aren't very distracting. The stand has a gray finish that fits into a professional office setting well. The curve isn't aggressive either, which is great if you're used to flat screens and don't want an aggressively curved display.

The LG 40WP95 has great build quality. It's very sturdy, especially considering its size, and there's just a bit of wobble if you nudge it. Most of the body is plastic, and there's a bit of flex to it, but it still feels strong. There's a slight gap between the bezel and the panel, so dust could get trapped in it.

The LG 40WP95 has decent ergonomics. It's easy to adjust it to an ideal viewing position for yourself, and you can swivel the base a bit to show your screen to someone else. The back of the monitor is plain, with no standout design features, and there's a simple clip on the stand for cable management.

The stand is thin but supports the monitor well, and there's very little wobble.

• DisplayPort cable
• HDMI cable
• Thunderbolt cable
• USB-C cable
• Power cable
• Documentation, including calibration report

Unfortunately, the LG Ultrawide 40WP95C-W has mediocre contrast. It results in grayish blacks if you're in a dark room. Sadly, there's no local dimming feature to improve contrast. If you want a monitor with better contrast, take a look at the Dell U4025QW.

This monitor doesn't have a local dimming feature. We still film these videos on the monitor so you can compare the backlight performance with a monitor that has local dimming.

The LG 40WP95C has decent brightness in SDR. It's bright enough to overcome glare in a moderately lit room, but it can't handle direct sunlight. There's very little variation in brightness with different content.

These measurements are after calibration in the 'Custom' Picture Mode, with the backlight at max.

The HDR brightness is mediocre. Without local dimming, it doesn't get bright enough to make highlights pop in HDR. It tracks the PQ EOTF well, but near-black scenes aren't quite black due to its low contrast ratio. It also has a slow roll-off until a sharp cut-off at the peak brightness, so it doesn't let highlights get the brightest they can.

These results are from the 'Custom' Picture Mode with the Brightness at 'Max.'

The horizontal viewing angle is decent. The image remains consistent even when viewed at a moderate angle, which is great if you often share your screen with someone else.

This monitor has a decent vertical viewing angle. Colors appear slightly washed out if you're standing above the monitor, but it isn't noticeable if you're just looking at it from slightly above or below eye level.

The gray uniformity is good. The sides of the screen are quite a bit darker than the center, but there's just a bit of dirty screen effect in the center.

The black uniformity is decent. The screen appears blue due to the low contrast ratio, but other than that, there are no serious issues. There are a few bright spots along the outer bezel where the backlight is bleeding through, but it's not too bad.

The accuracy before calibration is excellent. The 'sRGB' Picture Mode is factory calibrated, and there aren't any significant issues as it locks colors well to the sRGB color space. The white balance is good, but very bright and very dark shades of gray are off. Gamma doesn't really follow the sRGB gamma curve, and most scenes are a bit too dark. However, the sRGB mode locks you out of almost all settings. If you want full control over the picture settings, the 'Custom' mode is the most accurate, but colors are oversaturated, as you can see here.

This monitor has fantastic accuracy after calibration. Any remaining inaccuracies aren't noticeable, and gamma follows the sRGB target curve almost perfectly. This monitor is compatible with LG's Calibration Studio software, which allows you to calibrate the display and load the resulting ICC profile into the monitor's memory. This unique feature lets you enjoy a fully calibrated image from any source, even with sources or software that don't support ICC profiles.

The SDR color gamut is fantastic. It has complete coverage of the sRGB color space used by most current desktop and web content. It also has great coverage of the Adobe RGB color space used primarily for print processing, but it can't display the full range of greens, and reds are oversaturated.

This monitor has an amazing color gamut in HDR. It can display most of the DCI-P3 color space used by most HDR content. However, coverage of the Rec. 2020 color space is limited, especially in greens.

The LG Ultrawide 40WP95C-W has a decent HDR color volume. It mainly struggles to display bright and dark colors well.

Thanks to its large, high-resolution screen, the text clarity is fantastic. Running the Windows ClearType wizard (top photo) results in slightly sharper text, but it's not necessary. The matte finish on the screen adds a slight haze to the screen, as you can see in the pixel photo.

The reflection handling is decent. The matte finish significantly reduces the intensity of glare, but this also adds a slight haze to the screen.

This monitor has superb gradient handling. There's very little noticeable banding in areas of similar color.

Due to bandwidth limitations, the max refresh rate is limited over HDMI, but you can reach the max refresh rate with DisplayPort and USB-C connections.

You can only reach the max refresh rate of 72Hz over HDMI with a lower 3440x1440 resolution, as it's limited to 30Hz with the max resolution of 5120x2160. Although LG advertises that VRR works as low as 48Hz, screen tearing starts occurring at 49Hz.

The monitor has disappointing motion handling over its limited VRR range. Fast-moving objects are blurry, even on the 'Fast' overdrive setting, as the other settings have even worse motion handling. The 'Off' setting has such a high CAD that it passes the limits of the chart, as you can see in an alternative chart here.

The refresh rate compliance is bad. Its response time isn't fast enough to make full color transitions before the monitor draws the next frame.

The CAD at the max refresh rate of 72Hz is poor. Motion is blurry on the 'Fast' overdrive setting, and the 'Extreme' overdrive setting introduces too much inverse ghosting.

This monitor doesn't support a 120Hz signal.

This monitor doesn't support a 120Hz signal.

The CAD at 60Hz is poor. Motion is blurry on the 'Fast' overdrive setting, and the 'Extreme' overdrive setting introduces too much inverse ghosting.

This monitor doesn't have an optional backlight strobing feature to improve the appearance of motion.

This monitor doesn't have noticeable VRR flicker with changing frame rates, which is fantastic.

The backlight is completely flicker-free at all brightness settings, which is great as it can help reduce eye strain.

The LG 40WP95C has great low input lag for a responsive desktop experience.

This monitor can't take full advantage of the PS5, as it's limited to only 4k and 1080p signals at 60Hz. Also, because the console doesn't support ultrawide gaming, you'll see black bars on the sides.

This monitor can't take full advantage of the Xbox Series X|S, as it's limited to only 4k and 1080p signals at 60Hz. However, you can enable the console's HDMI override setting to get 1440p @ 60Hz, but that disables VRR. As the console doesn't support ultrawide gaming, you'll see black bars on the sides, and the Xbox doesn't support HDMI with 1080p or 1440p signals either.

Each of the USB-C ports supports Thunderbolt 4, but they serve different purposes. One of them provides 96W of power, so you should use this one to connect a laptop and charge it at the same time. The other USB-C port is meant for daisy chaining, so you can easily connect a second screen directly to this one.

There are no significant issues when using this monitor with a macOS device. VRR doesn't work, but sleep mode works properly, and everything returns to its original position when you wake your computer up. The 96W of power delivery is enough to keep most MacBooks fully charged.

This monitor has a few additional features, including:

• 10W Speakers: Like most monitor speakers, they aren't very good, and you're better off getting desktop computer speakers if you care about sound quality.
• Picture-by-Picture mode: You can display the image from two sources in a side-by-side configuration.
• Auto Brightness: There's an ambient light sensor on the top of the monitor that adjusts the brightness depending on the level of light in your room.