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LED Monitor EW224T
MAKE ONLINE CONTENT, GAMES AND MOVIES DAZZLE LIKE NEVER BEFORE WITH THE LG EW224T LED COMPUTER MONITOR.
With the latest in LED backlighting technology and 1080p Full HD, the LED Monitor EW224T is a monitor built to make anything you're viewing look spectacular. Outstanding contrast, vivid colors and innovative features that bring you a next-level experience.
PREPARE TO BE DAZZLED
Want deeper blacks and richer colors? LG's LED technology provides even greater control of brightness and delivers better contrast, amazing clarity and color detail, as well as greater energy efficiency compared to conventional LCD Monitors.
DOUBLE THE DETAIL
This stunning picture is the reason you wanted HD in the first place. With almost double the pixel resolution, Full HD 1080p gives it superior picture quality over standard resolution. You'll see details and colors like never before.
SAVE MORE THAN ENERGY
Earning the ENERGY STAR means a product meets strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. For Monitors, it means they save energy both in standby and active (when they're on) modes. ENERGY STAR qualified Monitors use about 25% less energy than standard units.
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90 of 96 people found the following review helpful
*REVIEW UPDATED!*
I recently built myself a desktop, so of course it was time for a new monitor. I knew I wanted LED for the power savings alone (and the arguably better blacks/contrast) and LG has been a good brand to me over the years. When I found this monitor for less than one hundred dollars, I jumped on it!
SOME QUICK SPECS:
22" Display (21.5" viewable)
LED Backlighting
1920x1080P Resolution @ 60hz (16:9 ratio)
Standard VESA Mount
5,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio (marketing hype)
5ms Response Time
BUILD QUALITY
It is as good as any sub-$300 monitor - the stand is quite wobbly but honestly I haven't found a cheap monitor with a good stand yet! Part of the problem is that everything is plastic, so there is no real weight to it. Apart from that, I am not terribly displeased. *UPDATE* - the wobbling finally became enough to annoy me, so I put two of these monitors on a VESA Dual Monitor Stand and it is much more manageable. Also, out of the box this monitor ONLY tilts around 20°, it does not swivel or raise up and down. Since I knew this going in to it I was not disappointed, however adding a VESA mount gives you a lot more flexibility!
ACCESSORIES/FUNCTIONALITY
In the box was the monitor and stand, power cable and DVI and VGA cables, this is pretty standard. It plugged in and was recognized in both Windows and OSX (I am on a hackintosh), and drivers were automatically installed. This monitor only has VGA and DVI inputs - however using an HDMI-DVI adapter you can also have 1080P HDMI input without any loss of quality. I am currently using the and it works particularly well - I highly recommend it.
IMAGE QUALITY
I am a photographer by trade, doing all my work on Apple's IPS technology. That said, the image quality isn't bad for the price. Blacks are displayed nicely and colors are crisp and relatively true. Gradients fair rather less well, with clear (and annoying) banding on greyscale gradients, but again, this is to be expected in this price range and unless you are very particular about image quality, you probably won't notice. You should flat-out ignore the 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio claims - each company has their own measurement for this number and it is more often than not absolutely overstated. The contrast on this monitor is closer to a 4 year old HP that I had, which claimed 8000:1. Response time is standard for gaming at 5ms with no visible ghosting. Color balance took a little tweaking for my liking, however you can use either Apple or Window's built-in color calibration tool to help you hit that sweet spot. I had to up the native gamma just a hair as well as reduce some blue but apart from that it was really rather decent OOB.
THE BENEFITS OF LED
The first and foremost benefit of LED technology is the power savings. This monitor (as any other LED monitor) does draw less power, and even though you probably won't see much in terms of financial savings, over time this will contribute to less money out of your pocket (in conjunction with other measures taken at home). Being EnergyStar certified, you know that they can't do much to exaggerate the energy saving capabilities of this product. As far as visual benefits, however, I honestly have to say that there was no noticeable gain from LED over decent true LCD monitors. Many LED monitors tout better black reproduction and better contrast, but honestly as I mentioned above, I saw the same performance from an older HP monitor that was in this same price range. NOTE: This may be (and probably is) different the more you pay in the LED monitor line, I am specifically commenting on this monitor, not all LED monitors.
Still, having a very thin, power-saving monitor is worth the upgrade in my opinion.
OVERALL
For the money spent, you are getting 22" of clear colorful LED display, which is more than enough for most users. If you mostly use this monitor for email and looking at family photos, you will be incredibly happy with this monitor. If you use your computer for gaming and movie watching, you probably won't be disappointed. Graphics and photography? You should already know that non-IPS monitors are a bad idea anyway, however if budget is what drives you, you can deal with a little gray-scale banding right? Take a look at the other reviews for support of my statements!
For the money spent (and even the current price), this is a very decent monitor (I now own two).
4/5, a true "I like it" as defined by Amazon's star rating guidelines. Read more ›
I recently built myself a desktop, so of course it was time for a new monitor. I knew I wanted LED for the power savings alone (and the arguably better blacks/contrast) and LG has been a good brand to me over the years. When I found this monitor for less than one hundred dollars, I jumped on it!
SOME QUICK SPECS:
22" Display (21.5" viewable)
LED Backlighting
1920x1080P Resolution @ 60hz (16:9 ratio)
Standard VESA Mount
5,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio (marketing hype)
5ms Response Time
BUILD QUALITY
It is as good as any sub-$300 monitor - the stand is quite wobbly but honestly I haven't found a cheap monitor with a good stand yet! Part of the problem is that everything is plastic, so there is no real weight to it. Apart from that, I am not terribly displeased. *UPDATE* - the wobbling finally became enough to annoy me, so I put two of these monitors on a VESA Dual Monitor Stand and it is much more manageable. Also, out of the box this monitor ONLY tilts around 20°, it does not swivel or raise up and down. Since I knew this going in to it I was not disappointed, however adding a VESA mount gives you a lot more flexibility!
ACCESSORIES/FUNCTIONALITY
In the box was the monitor and stand, power cable and DVI and VGA cables, this is pretty standard. It plugged in and was recognized in both Windows and OSX (I am on a hackintosh), and drivers were automatically installed. This monitor only has VGA and DVI inputs - however using an HDMI-DVI adapter you can also have 1080P HDMI input without any loss of quality. I am currently using the and it works particularly well - I highly recommend it.
IMAGE QUALITY
I am a photographer by trade, doing all my work on Apple's IPS technology. That said, the image quality isn't bad for the price. Blacks are displayed nicely and colors are crisp and relatively true. Gradients fair rather less well, with clear (and annoying) banding on greyscale gradients, but again, this is to be expected in this price range and unless you are very particular about image quality, you probably won't notice. You should flat-out ignore the 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio claims - each company has their own measurement for this number and it is more often than not absolutely overstated. The contrast on this monitor is closer to a 4 year old HP that I had, which claimed 8000:1. Response time is standard for gaming at 5ms with no visible ghosting. Color balance took a little tweaking for my liking, however you can use either Apple or Window's built-in color calibration tool to help you hit that sweet spot. I had to up the native gamma just a hair as well as reduce some blue but apart from that it was really rather decent OOB.
THE BENEFITS OF LED
The first and foremost benefit of LED technology is the power savings. This monitor (as any other LED monitor) does draw less power, and even though you probably won't see much in terms of financial savings, over time this will contribute to less money out of your pocket (in conjunction with other measures taken at home). Being EnergyStar certified, you know that they can't do much to exaggerate the energy saving capabilities of this product. As far as visual benefits, however, I honestly have to say that there was no noticeable gain from LED over decent true LCD monitors. Many LED monitors tout better black reproduction and better contrast, but honestly as I mentioned above, I saw the same performance from an older HP monitor that was in this same price range. NOTE: This may be (and probably is) different the more you pay in the LED monitor line, I am specifically commenting on this monitor, not all LED monitors.
Still, having a very thin, power-saving monitor is worth the upgrade in my opinion.
OVERALL
For the money spent, you are getting 22" of clear colorful LED display, which is more than enough for most users. If you mostly use this monitor for email and looking at family photos, you will be incredibly happy with this monitor. If you use your computer for gaming and movie watching, you probably won't be disappointed. Graphics and photography? You should already know that non-IPS monitors are a bad idea anyway, however if budget is what drives you, you can deal with a little gray-scale banding right? Take a look at the other reviews for support of my statements!
For the money spent (and even the current price), this is a very decent monitor (I now own two).
4/5, a true "I like it" as defined by Amazon's star rating guidelines. Read more ›
20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
I'm feeling old remembering how much I paid for my first 12" color monitor. Even without adjusting for inflation, enough to equip the whole office with these great monitors.
I looked pretty hard at different options, but it came down to crispness and some of the other features of the monitor. Feather light it's easy to move around the desk. Hookup was easy and there's an abundance of input options. Startup was seamless.
I like the wide format. When looking at documents I can do full width and scroll vertically.
I have had great experience with LG equipment and although I have only had this for a few months I would buy another without going through the same drawn out process.
I looked pretty hard at different options, but it came down to crispness and some of the other features of the monitor. Feather light it's easy to move around the desk. Hookup was easy and there's an abundance of input options. Startup was seamless.
I like the wide format. When looking at documents I can do full width and scroll vertically.
I have had great experience with LG equipment and although I have only had this for a few months I would buy another without going through the same drawn out process.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The Color and resolution on this LED backlight LG EW224T LCD Monitor is pretty exceptional. It has a nice Anti-glare Matte surface that does a great job of scattering the light so that it is not reflected back to your eyes as glare. The color is very vibrant and the viewing angles are excellent considering that this is not an IPS (in-plane-switching LCD panel). The contrast on this thing is very impressive too! The blacks looked very dark...much better than I've seen on most monitors. I wanted to mention that this monitor came with a driver disc, if you're running Windows 7... the OS seems to recognize the monitor just fine without the need to install the drivers. But it's nice to know that they actually included the drivers disc just in case.
The monitor also comes with two video out ports, one VGA and one DVI port with included cables for both. You should be aware that this monitor does not have an HDMI video out port, and does not have speakers built into the unit. With that said, if your computer has a blu-ray drive and you want to watch Blu-ray movies through the monitor... the picture on the monitor looks excellent for viewing Blu-rays. I used the VGA port and it still looks spectacular on this screen. Of course if you intend to watch videos, you'll have to make sure you have speakers connected to your computer (or you'll have to use the built-in speakers on your laptop if you are outputting from a laptop) because as I mentioned before, this monitor does not have built-in speakers. To me, this isn't a deal breaker but I think they should have included speakers even if they were super cheap sounding ones... especially in this price range. There are cheaper monitors that offer speakers.... Read more ›
The monitor also comes with two video out ports, one VGA and one DVI port with included cables for both. You should be aware that this monitor does not have an HDMI video out port, and does not have speakers built into the unit. With that said, if your computer has a blu-ray drive and you want to watch Blu-ray movies through the monitor... the picture on the monitor looks excellent for viewing Blu-rays. I used the VGA port and it still looks spectacular on this screen. Of course if you intend to watch videos, you'll have to make sure you have speakers connected to your computer (or you'll have to use the built-in speakers on your laptop if you are outputting from a laptop) because as I mentioned before, this monitor does not have built-in speakers. To me, this isn't a deal breaker but I think they should have included speakers even if they were super cheap sounding ones... especially in this price range. There are cheaper monitors that offer speakers.... Read more ›
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By pdf1063
Amazon Verified Purchase
The monitor itself works great but there was a piece missing for the base that I was not aware of until it arrived. It still functions but can be knocked out of the base if you're not careful. Overall I am happy about this purchase and would have bought it even if I knew about the missing piece, just wish the ad pointed it out.
14 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By A. Johnson
Been using this screen for a year now and the picture is sharp just how i like it but the plug that goes into the monitor never fit like it was supposed to... so everytime i just lightly touch it or move the monitor the screen shuts off and goes black... might've got a defective plug since no one else said anything about it on here
Bought this with another $200 screen (was selling for $200 on here when I bought it) and this one is the only one i use because the picture is so sharp.. would've gave it 5 stars if it wasn't for the crappy plug
Bought this with another $200 screen (was selling for $200 on here when I bought it) and this one is the only one i use because the picture is so sharp.. would've gave it 5 stars if it wasn't for the crappy plug
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Published 4 months ago by makeupfreak
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Valentine gift!
He had no idea this was coming in the mail. My gamer husband had a small laptop screen and I thought he would enjoy a bigger one for Valentine's Day. He loved it!!
Published 4 months ago by Laura N
2.0 out of 5 stars
No HDMI input? WTF?
The monitor itself is fine, with two MAJOR problems:
1. No HDMI input. Yes, I was an idiot. Read more
1. No HDMI input. Yes, I was an idiot. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Paul M
4.0 out of 5 stars
There is only ONE thing wrong with this product
Everything with this particular LG Monitor is fine except the power connection. I use a similar LG on my work desktop and it is great. So this one should be too. Read more
Published 4 months ago by eaglegrafix
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great monitor for the price
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Published 4 months ago by Troy Beisigl
2.0 out of 5 stars
No HDMI connection
My mistake, but really no HDMI connection on a flatscreen? I'm returning it for another LG. Love LG but can't believe this has no HDMI connection.
Published 5 months ago by Jennifer Marsh
