Wednesday, November 2nd 2022
LG's New SMART Monitor Inspires New Lifestyles Full of Convenience and Flexibility
LG Electronics (LG) is unveiling the 32-inch 4K UHD LG SMART Monitor (model 32SQ780S). The all-around SMART Monitor enhances home life by enabling a remote workstation, home exercising, next-level gaming and various entertainment applications, including popular streaming services, without a PC connection. Thanks to its built-in features and LG's ergonomic stand with maximum adjustability, the unique 32SQ780S allows users to enjoy the content love how they want and when they want, at their desk or on the sofa.
Under the brand's motto of 'Work Smarter, Play Better', LG SMART Monitor prioritizes multitasking to give consumers seeking a single display that connects to their desktop, laptop or gaming device the perfect way to get everything done in one place. Supporting LG TV's acclaimed webOS 22, this model delivers next-level convenience for content consumption with seamless streaming services for YouTube and Netflix, even without setting up a separate connection with PCs.
As a multifunctional monitor designed for the home, LG SMART Monitor sports a 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) display, delivering high picture quality for whatever the user's working on and covering 90 percent of DCI-P3 color gamut with HDR 10 support. The monitor's display produces clear, precise images to heighten the audience's immersion when viewing everything from comedies and blockbuster movies to live sports and gaming. In addition to premium picture quality, its ample sound is backed by a built-in 5 watt dual channel stereo speaker to give the viewing experience an extra dimension.
For a quick and flexible workstation, LG SMART Monitor can download various home office applications from LG Content Studio, while its LG ThinQ Homeboard supports intuitive webOS-based IoT services that let users control their home appliances with ease. Also, smart wireless connection supported by MiraCast makes sure users can mirror their smartphone screen on their new monitor.
What's more, LG SMART Monitor comes equipped with the LG Ergo stand, which makes it easy to extend, retract, swivel, pivot, raise or tilt the display to attain the optimal viewing angle for work or watching content. Gaining considerable attention in the market for its comfort-enhancing features, LG Ergo offers vertical and horizontal modes that allow for diverse usage scenarios and user preferences, while its C-clamp and grommet enable easy, space-friendly installation.
"Smart monitors are designed to meet the diverse lifestyles of today's customers," said Seo Young-jae, senior vice president and head of the IT business unit of LG Electronics Business Solutions Company. "With LG's new smart monitor, users can now do almost everything with a single display, from working and learning at home to streaming content and movies in easy and comfortable way."
LG SMART Monitor will be available in early November, starting in the U.S. with other markets to follow.
[Editor's note: The LG 32SQ780S has an MSRP of US$499.99]
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Under the brand's motto of 'Work Smarter, Play Better', LG SMART Monitor prioritizes multitasking to give consumers seeking a single display that connects to their desktop, laptop or gaming device the perfect way to get everything done in one place. Supporting LG TV's acclaimed webOS 22, this model delivers next-level convenience for content consumption with seamless streaming services for YouTube and Netflix, even without setting up a separate connection with PCs.
For a quick and flexible workstation, LG SMART Monitor can download various home office applications from LG Content Studio, while its LG ThinQ Homeboard supports intuitive webOS-based IoT services that let users control their home appliances with ease. Also, smart wireless connection supported by MiraCast makes sure users can mirror their smartphone screen on their new monitor.
What's more, LG SMART Monitor comes equipped with the LG Ergo stand, which makes it easy to extend, retract, swivel, pivot, raise or tilt the display to attain the optimal viewing angle for work or watching content. Gaining considerable attention in the market for its comfort-enhancing features, LG Ergo offers vertical and horizontal modes that allow for diverse usage scenarios and user preferences, while its C-clamp and grommet enable easy, space-friendly installation.
"Smart monitors are designed to meet the diverse lifestyles of today's customers," said Seo Young-jae, senior vice president and head of the IT business unit of LG Electronics Business Solutions Company. "With LG's new smart monitor, users can now do almost everything with a single display, from working and learning at home to streaming content and movies in easy and comfortable way."
LG SMART Monitor will be available in early November, starting in the U.S. with other markets to follow.
[Editor's note: The LG 32SQ780S has an MSRP of US$499.99]
34 Comments on LG's New SMART Monitor Inspires New Lifestyles Full of Convenience and Flexibility
Smart TVs/monitors are the future, they are just way more convenient.
See the problem? Maybe once more devices start hitting this wall in mass regulators will do something about it. At least google tv (2022 rebrand from android tv) is coming with a "dumb tv" mode that hopefully you only need to set once and not everytime there's a power cycle.
I use my apps more than I watch regular TV channels and that's becoming the norm so yea, dinosaur man. And there is a normal TV mode inside my OLED smart TV, what the hell are you talking about ?
i have no problem with ":smart", but it becomes one when i have to see advertising (home screen),
or that i have to login with (google) account to use anything past physical inputs.
if i want the tv to "access" the web, shouldn't require more than internet connection.,
nor all the pre-installed crap, and pre-applied settings to "broadcast" my data...
So I have no idea what your rant is about. You probably never used one. Or maybe a crappy/cheap one but crappy 'non smart' TVs exist as well.
was talking about SMART (moni/tv), but should have included that things like "suggestion" (content) etc, are like "advertising" to me.
worked more than 10y in retail with tv walls having all major brands incl LG.
owned one for about a week, before returning it, as webOS is as annoying to me (changing settings on the fly etc),
as Samsungs motion processing for picture, to the point that i will never purchase them again, and rather deal with google/android.
of course for LG that could change, once they decide to go android.
LG’s WebOS was popular and had its fair share of supporters even way back when it was a Smartphone OS. There is a lot to like about it but it did have to go through some growing pains And obviously still has some issues. I was a quasi early adopter of WebOS (on Smart TVs) given the early vintage of my first LG 4K TV (2014 IIRC creeping up on that 10yr mark you mentioned).
The initial issue with that first LG Smart TV was that some apps just weren’t available. For example, it was quite some time before HBO Go became available. Same for the switch over to HBO Max but they eventually got there. Newer models should have an array of sought after apps factory installed though it’s just that there can be some lag time for newly released services. Sometimes the frequency of installed app and OS updates were too high (the opposite of what many people claim).
LG got a little overzealous with WebOS. WebOS on a Smart watch didn’t take off because no one wanted it or not enough in the face of stiff competition. Samsung’s Tizen OS actually did better in that regard. While LG may attempt to use WebOS in Smart refrigerators it’s an added unnecessary expense that many people will simply opt out of. Some people will actually like updating the OS on their refrigerator and that’s fine too. For most, the problem is when there is little to no choice in the matter. If you have a problem with choice it’s likely because you fear too many options (poor decision making skills) or have a vested interest in a given company (ie stock in the company).
I don’t care to predict the future. Doing so is a fool’s errand.