Review on LG 32UN880-B UltraFine 31.5" 4K Monitor - Tilt, Pivot, Height Adjustment, Connectivity by Rick Watkins

The perfect monitor for the home office. All you need is a decent desk that accepts the clamp on the Ergo Arm, and you save space that any other monitor stand would take up, with a choice of heights, angles, and spacing to perfectly suit your sitting style. Bright, vibrant, and large enough for any photo editing software or media, with plenty of room for all your tools and timelines. Three sheets that are 8.5 x 11 (plus another inch or so) wide and 5 inches under provide plenty of room for working on multiple documents or for developers who want a text editor/IDE with all sidebars and two browser/ need app windows side by side. If you currently have a sub 4k screen, you will enjoy viewing high resolution photos or 4k videos on this screen. From now on you can be sure that your phone's camera is recording at maximum settings. The 2 USB ports on the back are perfect for connecting a webcam and microphone to your desk without having to pay for another hub. With the optional HDMI, you can connect your Chromecast/Google TV/Apple TV/etc. from the rear to watch 4K streaming content, but note that your streaming device's remote control will not be able to adjust the volume. The volume of the monitor can only be adjusted with the toggle switch below the screen. But you'll probably still use your computer's audio output. The speaker is fine as every other review says, but note that it sounds worse when the monitor is at the minimum height from the bottom and is aimed at the speakers bouncing off your desk surface. I have plenty of screen real estate for all my work windows, and I can keep my communications and distractions (email, Slack, etc.) on my second screen. The rear-connected webcam and microphone frees my desktop from the hub and frees up other ports on my Mac. Mini for other things. I can sit back and watch 4K video by adjusting the screen distance, angle, etc. without worrying about how much fiddling it takes to get it back to working angle. The mount performs better than cheap mid-range VESA arms, never creeps or moves, and is easy to align. But that's not like expensive hands that can be moved with one finger. But still - if you want to set up something like calling zoom vertically with this thing (the only time I do it), rotating it in and out is no problem. Get a webcam mount and place it in the center of your vertical screen and you'll always have eye contact during meetings, even when you're using the top of the screen as a teleprompter. and the screen settings had an interface on my Mac (and could then be controlled via software, shortcuts, or Streamdeck), but the toggle switch is easy enough to figure out, and you'd probably prefer to use your computer's speaker/headphone output. But I often use monitor speakers and they are loud and clear. If they have to be very loud, they can be. Why don't you buy this monitor? - If you are a gamer and want high refresh rate. - If you have a thousand bucks or more and want a bigger size or more than 4k or a crazy amount of nits or really realistic HDR or something curved. - If you have done your research and know that the "N" in the model number means 2020 and you want to wait for a brand new model. however it will take a long time to make and send. - If you have a desk surface that doesn't work for the clamp (or the included eyelet plate), or want/need to mount it on the wall - buy the same screen that LG sells cheaper without the Ergo grip. - If you don't have 28 inches of space for the width of this screen. However, you don't need as much width of the table as the armrest allows it to be hung however you like. You can rotate it vertically if you have at least 16 inches in your cockpit or where you are crammed. - If you're obsessed with cable management - the wires go through your hand just fine, but they come out a couple of inches before you don't see any wires in most settings, but if you twist your hand to slide the screen back that far You'll see it as best you can, but it probably won't bother anyone except those who are genuinely obsessed with wired OCD, and those guys will probably find a way to hide it. If you don't want to fill up your phone/cloud storage with all the high definition content you want to record right now and/or you don't want to increase your internet bandwidth usage with all that 4K YouTube you want to watch right now.