LG L227WTG 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor

by LG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 20 x 16.7 inches ; 12.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0017S9XCU
• Item model number: L227WTG
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,208 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 20, 2008

Product Description

22-Inch PC Monitor. 1680x1050 Resolution, 2ms Response Speed (GTG), 10000:1 Contrast Ratio, DVI-D & D-sub Input, 300cd/m2 Brightness, 3 Year Warranty, 48 Hr Quick Swap Service.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great monitor., September 11, 2008

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M. McCulley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG L227WTG 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor (Personal Computers)

I did not buy this monitor from Amazon, but I still wanted to give a short review. I bought this after looking over many monitors in person. This one looked the best to me. Then, I went home and researched a bit.

The LG L227WTG uses twisted nematic (TN) panel technology. This is and older and cheaper type of LCD. However, TN panels are by far the most common for 22 inch and smaller displays. The major downside to TN panels is their limited viewing angles. Honestly, it doesn't really bother me, at all. Really, unless you don't sit in front of your monitor for some reason, this shouldn't be a problem with this display.

The major upside to TN type displays, and what I was particularly looking for, is that they have virtually no input lag. I'm not talking response time. Response time is tested with a couple of different methods, but it is basically a measure of how fast an image can refresh on screen. Pretty much all decent monitors have sufficient response time. Input lag, however, is a different story. Input lag, simply put, is a delay that occurs after the video input arrives to your monitor and when it is displayed. I'm no expert, but I believe it is due to some sort of processing the monitor does to the image. Unfortunately, many larger LCDs using newer technologies suffer from this problem. So, if you are a gamer and rely upon a timely display of what your computer sends to your monitor, you might want to go with a TN.

Actual image quality on this monitor is very good, and outstanding for a TN display. When I decided to shop for a monitor, I went to look first before doing any research. I wanted to be as unbiased as possible. This monitor was my favorite 22 inch model, and looked as good to me as most 24 inch models. The colors are vibrant, the blacks are dark, and most images have a very crisp appearance. Textures are displayed with a great deal of fidelity; I swear I want to reach into the screen and grab what's on the monitor sometimes.

I believe much of the good picture quality is due in part to the glossy surface this monitor has. Again, I'm not sure how this technically works, but this panel, along with some of the other glossier ones (like the HP 2207) just looked much better to me. Of course, there is the downside of reflections being seen. If you have a particularly bright room with a window behind you, you might not want this monitor. For me, I have a window at a 90° angle to the monitor across the room (roughly 8 ft away). I usually have the blinds partially closed, but just as a test, I completely rolled up the blinds in the middle of the afternoon. Even with this level of brightness, the monitor was still very usable. But, like I said, if reflections happen to bother you a lot, you might want to look elsewhere. Since I personally am not bothered in the least by this, I won't dock a star because of this.

Brags: Great monitor for gaming (no input lag) - Very nice image quality (vibrant crisp display and realistic textures)

Beats: None.

Variance: Only minor thing I did not mention above, the native resolution is 1680x1050. This is standard for 22 inch monitors but sadly not quite enough to display 1080p content. I haven't watched any HD movies (due to lack of a player) so I can't say how they would look. But, I can say that 1680x1050 images are VERY detailed, and I would guess that a downscaled 1080p image would still look great.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice wide screen, June 8, 2008

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San Jose Reviewer (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LG L227WTG 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor (Personal Computers)

I recently got the L227WTG-PF. It might be slightly different than this one, but the technology should be the same. Mine wasn't anti-reflective. It was glossy, and the glossiness may not be good for places with a light sources directly behind you. Fortunately for me, all my lighting is above the monitor. This is one of the very few LCD monitors that can match the color quality of my old CRT monitor. I had to turn down the brightness and contrast to get the colors just right though. When left at the default settings, the colors are uneven and washed out. After adjustment, the whites are white, and the blacks are black (not dark gray).

It tilts, and the base can easily turn 360 degrees. It's not quite a lazy susan base. If you plan on frequently using the power button, this may be an issue for you due to how easy it is to turn. Since it's energy star qualified, I just let it go to standby mode, which is labeled to use <1W (40W when it's on).

Some assembly is required to attach the stand. You may hear it crack once during assembly, but based on other reviews, this seems to be normal. It otherwise seems sturdy. Mine didn't come with a DVI cable, but it did come with a VGA cable. I just used the DVI cable from my old monitor, since DVI cables typically provide a better signal. The base has cable routing, if you want a clean looking desk. You can configure the blue LED power button to stay off when the monitor is on, when you don't want to be distracted by it.

The monitor looks great with games and text scrolling. There is no blurring. It's also now easier to see the differences in pastel colors on web pages, like on amazon.com. :-)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best 22" TN panel on the market., January 31, 2009

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PHendricks - See all my reviews

This review is from: LG L227WTG 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor (Personal Computers)

The LG227WTG boasts essentially zero input lag, vivid wide-gamut color, and high dynamic range which makes it excellent both for games and for viewing photos and video. It excels in text work as well. The glossy screen is not a distraction at all, as long as the workspace is not lit brightly from behind. It is in fact the glossy screen which contributes to the beauty of the picture on this unit. (Some of your photos are going to look 3D, like you could reach in and touch them.)

That said, there is one thing that this or any TN panel is not suited for, and that is: serious photo editing. The vertical axis color shift evident in 19" screens is more severe on the 22" and up, because of the increased screen area. The net effect is that when looking at a full screen photo straight on, the color and shadow will vary from top to bottom of the screen. A slight variation, to be sure, but enough to interfere with any objective analysis of a photograph. Those needing a photo editing display should look for an IPS panel instead, but expect to pay a lot more.

But see my 5 stars. For any other purpose, the LG227 is the best 22" TN panel on the market.