LG W2252TQ

By Alex Bradner
17:28 Sep 8, 2008 | 4 Comments
Tags: LG | W2252TQ | and | W2242T

Verdict:
Pros: Excellent performance, price.
Cons: clunky menu system

This review is part of the group test: The big, cheap monitor roundup

When we fired up the LG W2252TQ, an unusual jingle played from an internal speaker. Apparently 22 inches of brightness aren’t enough to say “I’m on now”. Thankfully, you can kill this (and the power LED) via the menu if you’d like.

We did have to adjust the colour slightly out of the box, but with that out of the way we were genuinely pleased with how well the 2252 performed. All of the DisplayMate tests were spot on, leaving all the others well behind. This trend continued in colour matching as well, providing the best colour reproduction of the bunch. To top it off, multimedia and gaming was great too, so full marks here.

The menu system is a little unwieldy, but it does give you a lot of control over your image and the adjustments aren’t half bad. There is also an option to squish the display into 4:3 mode (effectively 1400x1050) so older games don’t look distorted, however the otherwise excellent downscaling seemed to have thrown to the wind here so you probably won’t want to use it.

When we first fired it up it was a little red to start with, but after we bumped up the blue no one was any the wiser. The only other change we made was killing the Active Contrast Enhancement feature by switching the F-Engine mode to User. For once you could get away with leaving it on, but manually darkening the screen yet again gives better results than letting hardware make decisions for you.

Overall it’s an excellent candidate, and on paper the LG's are rated 20% more energy efficient than the rest of the roundup. For the price you can’t top it.

Product Info

Specs:

Specs: Tilt; DVI (w/ HDCP); VGA
Pixel Policy: Class 1
Our Settings: Blue -> 61-63, ‘User’ Colour mode

Supplier:

Price when reviewed:

AUD$388

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This article appeared in the July, 2008 issue of Atomic.

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4 Comments

Cane Oct 14, 2008 10:36 PM	Caution on LG W2252TQ Build quality I purchased this monitor yesterday based on the Atomic 96% review P.61 November Issue 2008 a general search indicated satisfied customers, with only a few mentioning the poor stand. The base to this monitor is a very cheap 2 piece plastic mould, far too light to support the monitors weight, the product is top heavy and has fallen forward several times already with the slightest adjustment of the monitor vertical or lateral. If you want to sandbag the base or never adjust the screen position, the image is fine, personally i'm selling it within the week, before my reflexes let me down!
spookymulder Nov 21, 2008 12:08 AM	Bought this monitor 3 weeks ago. Its everything the boys said it was. I've had no problems with the base whatsoever. Sounds like your reflexes are fine, just try not to rock the desk so much...
eDog Dec 26, 2008 5:44 PM	Cane dude, I think your base is not mounted properly if your having those issues mate, cause not a single problem here and I have 2 next to each other. Thing is though, first time I put a base on one of them, I didn't actually mount it properly and it was not on all the way. Even like this though, the top-heavy comments you made still make no sense to me because at either end of being fully tilted either forward or backward there is no way this thing is going to fall. Even with a decent shove...! And Ive been trying to get it to topple as Ive been writing this, no chance. And the shoves Im giving it, it probably wouldn't experience in an earthquake, so Im quite sure its your base not mounted fully rather than bad build quality. Its as stable as any good LCD should be. Thats why Im sure yours ain't mounted right... As I was saying though, the first one I put on it wasn't on properly, it needs a good push in, until there is a quite loud CLICK and then it is seated properly. Got this monitor, and only now have read the reviews and man - completely agree, Im as happy with the picture as I am with Samsungs LCD's, really great looking monitor and a nice design too. Although it could do with a slightly thinner bezel. One area ViewSonic is thoroughly leading (along with SOME Samsung models, and AOC)
Cane Mar 21, 2009 1:49 PM	Fully retract my initial complaint about this monitor! excellent performance and a pleasure to use, thanks for the fine review, you were right eDog, Guiness and tech assembly do not a merry match make! Price is still very competitive 5 months down the track and Sallgood.

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