Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “LG OLED Flex Hands-On: This Screen Bends on Demand (But It’s Expensive!)”.
It’S a monitor, no, it’s a TV, it’s flat or it’s curved. The LG OLED Flex is a lot of things, but what makes this the most unique monitor that I’ve seen before is the fact that it can curve on demand using a button on its included remote check this out. Let’S start curving it right now. This is a 2500 monitor, not cheap. That’S nearly double the price of my C2 series 55 inch that I threw up at home, which I love by the way.
Now, with this monitor, you’re going to get that same great picture, but even more features and abilities that are geared toward Gamers and I’m going to get into all that in this article. So let’s check them out foreign. The LG Flex monitor is a massive 42 inches and very much doubles as a TV. In fact, LG is marketing it as a TV and it even comes with a remote. The screen lifts up and down and tilts up to 10 degrees forward or up to 5 degrees backwards.
The screen has what LG calls a super anti-reflection, which LG internal tests show 25 percent less reflection compared to their G2 and C2 series TVs to me. It does look very free of Reflections, but that may change with its position along the back are four HDMI ports that support HDMI 2.1 and an arc e-arc port for sound bars on the other side is an Ethernet and Optical Port and cable antenna. Connector two plates adhere to the back to cover up the port and create a clean look along.
The base is another USB port, headphone jack and USB cycle Button, as well as a Dolby Atmos speaker, which sounds fantastic. This screen has bias lighting the x-shaped light on the rear of the monitor is customizable from the settings menu. It’S rare to see accent lighting built into monitors.
I’Ve mostly seen attachable lights like the gradient strip from Philips Hue. There are multiple settings – video sync mode, which analyzes the screen and syncs along to content. Sound sync, which glows to the audio Dynamic mode and peaceful mode which change colors at different speeds and static mode for setting to a specific color.
Colors and brightness are all adjustable in settings to adjust the curve on the monitor. There’S a dedicated button on the remote. You can use the arrow buttons to adjust the curve between 20 intensities. If you’re familiar with LG oleds, then you already know that these screens look incredible. They create perfect black thanks to local pixel dimming and have great color and contrast when it comes to software. This monitor has many of the same features as LG OLED TVs. You have access to streaming platforms, smart home control, Gallery Art and more there’s a custom gaming dashboard which displays info like frames per second and the ability to turn on multi-view for playing games alongside video content and more gaming on the flex is an experience. God of War on PS5 felt more immersive than it ever has on my lgo LED at home.
I opted to keep the screen fully curved for gaming. I felt encapsulated by the game and the nearby curved screen felt more comfortable than a flat screen, far away the lights added, a cool effect. Specifically I like soundsync, the best both video, sync and soundsync, were cool to play along to and added an interesting effect. I could see the light peering out from below the screen, leaning back in my chair and raising the screen up high and tilted down feels like I’m using my own private arcade using the screen as a work monitor.
I found that I preferred the screen to be curved at the full 100, also, which was surprising having the ends of the screen closer to my face, made it easier for me to read my documents. The extra screen retail space is awesome and I can fit all of my windows in at once with room to spare LG’s marketing. This screen as a TV and I kind of see it as a monitor first TV, second, in people’s multi-purpose rooms where they have their desk and a couch or a bed across from it where they’re watching it now.
The one main drawback of this is its size right. I found that it needed to be 20 inches away from me in addition to its 10 inches of depth. So that means you’re going to need a desk – that’s at least 30 inches and not everyone’s going to have that space.
I know I don’t a good alternative to this could be the LG C2 series 42 inch screen. You can mount that on your wall. I came out with a video on that at last year’s CES, so I’ll pop that on the screen, as well as our reviews of the C2 Series, TVs and we’ve got so much more coming for you on monitors and TVs at this year’s CES so be sure To subscribe to the website, and if you enjoyed this video, give it a like I’m Justin and I’ll text, you later .