LG's Newest UltraGear Gaming Monitor Named Official Display of LEC 2023

[TheLostSwede]

LG Electronics' (LG) latest UltraGear gaming monitor (model 25GR75FG) has been named the official display of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) 2023. The new monitor will make its debut during the upcoming LEC season, which begins this weekend, supporting players from the region's top teams as they battle it out for tournament honors. LG UltraGear is proud to continue its strong partnership with LEC, one of the world's most popular esports leagues, and remains committed to fostering the growth of esports internationally.

Designed for competitive esports, the latest LG UltraGear gaming monitor delivers outstanding picture quality and speed thanks to a 24.5-inch Full-HD (1,920 x 1,080) IPS display with a 360 Hz refresh rate and 1 millisecond Gray-to-Gray (GTG) response time. The performance of LG's new gaming display is further boosted by the integration of NVIDIA G-SYNC technology, which minimizes screen-tearing for seamless visuals, and NVIDIA Reflex, which helps to reduce click-to-display latency for more precise control of the onscreen action. VESA Display HDR 400 certified, the 25GR75FG also ensures bright, clear images and has a 3-sided borderless design that helps increase players' sense of immersion, making it easier to focus during fierce competition.




As part of its ongoing partnership with LEC, LG has been providing the professional league with its world-class UltraGear gaming monitors since 2022. The 25GR75FG is being adopted by LEC for the 2023 season, which is being held in a brand-new format by merging Europe, Türkiye and CIS with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to create EMEA, a united competitive League of Legends Esports region. Optimized for esports, the 25GR75FG has been upgraded from its predecessor with the help of feedback from LEC players. The design, features and capabilities of the new UltraGear model make it an ideal choice not only for pro-players, but for anyone who loves the thrill of competitive gaming.

"We are delighted to announce the continuation of our partnership with LG for the upcoming LEC 2023 Season," said Eva Suarez, head of partnerships for EMEA at Riot Games. "We're dedicated to providing our competitors with the best gaming experience possible and the new LG UltraGear gaming monitor will go a long way in offering our League of Legends pros outstanding picture quality every time they step onto the LEC stage."

"LG is very excited to introduce the 25GR75FG at the upcoming LEC 2023," said Seo Young-jae, head of the IT business unit of LG Electronics Business Solutions Company. "Super-fast gear fine-tuned for the demands of professional esports, our incredible high-performance display will be in the thick of the action as the best teams in the EMEA region play for victory. LG UltraGear will continue to support LEC and help foster the growth of esports worldwide."



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[ixi]

Facepalm... what more to say... Ok, maybe for CS:go players, but that is it.

 

[dirtyferret]

it's so official looking...

 

[ARF]

latest LG UltraGear gaming monitor delivers outstanding picture quality and speed thanks to a 24.5-inch Full-HD (1,920 x 1,080)

outstanding screen-door effect

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Anyone else here just about sick of this "Esports" crap? Sitting on your ass playing video games is not, nor will it ever be, a sport! I also don't buy that crap all these "esport coaches" peddle about the players being akin to actual athletes, wherein they have to maintain top physical condition and all that. It's a complete joke. Every part of it.

Don't care what any "professional" gamer says, you can't compare "professional esports" to any major professional sport - NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL (that's Basketball, American Football, Baseball and Hockey, respectfully) - where players actually bust their asses, get injured (sometimes rather brutally) and actually play with injuries/illness, etc.

And don't even get me started on actually watching somebody else or a group of people play a damn video game, on the edge of my seat and acting like it's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs or World Series. Esports can't compare there, either!

/rant over

 

[ARF]

Anyone else here just about sick of this "Esports" crap? Sitting on your ass playing video games is not, nor will it ever be, a sport! I also don't buy that crap all these "esport coaches" peddle about the players being akin to actual athletes, wherein they have to maintain top physical condition and all that. It's a complete joke. Every part of it.

Don't care what any "professional" gamer says, you can't compare "professional esports" to any major professional sport - NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL (that's Basketball, American Football, Baseball and Hockey, respectfully) - where players actually bust their asses, get injured (sometimes rather brutally) and actually play with injuries/illness, etc.

And don't even get me started on actually watching somebody else or a group of people play a damn video game, on the edge of my seat and acting like it's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs or World Series. Esports can't compare there, either!

/rant over

I disagree. Esports are also interesting and should be respected. Any player can also game with injuries of all kind - flu, cut finger, etc...

But this monitor is useless - small, low resolution and relatively low refresh. You would want your CS at 1000 Hz

 

[PerfectWave]

I disagree. Esports are also interesting and should be respected. Any player can also game with injuries of all kind - flu, cut finger, etc...

But this monitor is useless - small, low resolution and relatively low refresh. You would want your CS at 1000 Hz

eSports are not sport fullstop

 

[HairyLobsters]

Why are 25" 1440p monitors so rare?

 

[AsRock]

To small for my needs, all so would not buy a monitor with the ports like that either.

 

[Minus Infinity]

These specs are awesome, if it were 1996.

 

[Garrus]

The problem for LG is the 240hz version of this monitor was $150 all Christmas shopping season from Dell.

$150 for 240hz.
$500?
$700? for 360hz? Same panel? Don't be silly.

 

[Godrilla]

The oled 1440p 240hz monitors with 0.03 ms of response times will probably have the best input lag/ image quality for pro gamers going forward but obviously with a price premium compared to ips and tn panels.

 

[fibre]

eSports are not sport fullstop

why not? While there is less physical performance needed, mental preparation and management are the same

 

[Scrizz]

why not? While there is less physical performance needed, mental preparation and management are the same

I guess since Chess is a sport then

 

[Ravenmaster]

Tiny screen size, only HDR 400... did they go back in time and kidnap somebody from the past and get that person to review the monitor or something?

 

[stimpy88]

Yeah, lets celebrate that 20 year old monitor specs just because it runs at 300+ Hz and has fake HDR.

I'd take a 240Hz OLED over this garbage any day.

 

[ARF]

eSports are not sport fullstop

I think it is sport.. There is a competition and the more talented are better

 

[dirtyferret]

Anyone else here just about sick of this "Esports" crap? Sitting on your ass playing video games is not, nor will it ever be, a sport! I also don't buy that crap all these "esport coaches" peddle about the players being akin to actual athletes, wherein they have to maintain top physical condition and all that. It's a complete joke. Every part of it.

Don't care what any "professional" gamer says, you can't compare "professional esports" to any major professional sport - NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL (that's Basketball, American Football, Baseball and Hockey, respectfully) - where players actually bust their asses, get injured (sometimes rather brutally) and actually play with injuries/illness, etc.



/rant over

I don't consider it a sport, it is a competitive game tournament/hobby. No different than chess, fishing, motorsports (which I have done and been around most series), cooking show competition. Not everything needs to be an athletic competition just because you compete with other people.

Gordon Ramsey and Lebron James are both impressive in what they do but if I'm starting a flag football team or beer softball, the person I'm picking first is easy.

don't even get me started on actually watching somebody else or a group of people play a damn video game

a long time when I was in high school, our girlfriends would sit around and watch us play Madden, Sonic, NHL hockey, etc., I have no clue how they did it. If I wasn't playing I was bored out of mind in 30 seconds.

 

[Deleted member 185088]

Anyone else here just about sick of this "Esports" crap? Sitting on your ass playing video games is not, nor will it ever be, a sport! I also don't buy that crap all these "esport coaches" peddle about the players being akin to actual athletes, wherein they have to maintain top physical condition and all that. It's a complete joke. Every part of it.

Don't care what any "professional" gamer says, you can't compare "professional esports" to any major professional sport - NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL (that's Basketball, American Football rugby, Baseball football and Hockey, respectfully) - where players actually bust their asses, get injured (sometimes rather brutally) and actually play with injuries/illness, etc.

And don't even get me started on actually watching somebody else or a group of people play a damn video game, on the edge of my seat and acting like it's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs or World Series. Esports can't compare there, either!

/rant over

Fixed that for you

 

[dirtyferret]

Fixed that for you

A friend of mine in HS had me try out and play on the Rugby club because I played football (or as the aussie's say gridiron football). It was interesting and definitely earned my respect but not for me. Most of the guys on the team were soccer and cross country guys, no one on the football team played.

 

[Luke357]

Why are 25" 1440p monitors so rare?

Rare? Do you mean non existent? I wanted to replace my HP 25er (1080p 60hz office monitor) with a 25" 1440p 144hz (or 120/165) display and I couldn't find one not even a sold out model. I eventually got a 27" 1440p 165hz display but 25" is really my favorite form factor.

 

[cvaldes]

Since League of Legends does not support HDR the fact that this monitor has modest HDR performance is irrelevant with regard to the championship tournament.

As for the lack of 25" 1440p monitors it's likely that the display manufacturers simply don't forecast much consumer demand. It wouldn't be a manufacturing challenge, there are plenty of high dot pitch displays (like Retina Displays in Apple MacBooks). The main demand for desktop PC monitors appears to be 24", 27", 32".

 

[Gmr_Chick]

I disagree. Esports are also interesting and should be respected. Any player can also game with injuries of all kind - flu, cut finger, etc...

With the exception of the flu, a finger cut isn't exactly the type of "injury" I was talking about, hehe. When I say "injury" I mean stuff like an NHL player getting his face or, what actually happened some years ago, his neck sliced open by an opponent's skate blade, playing with broken ribs, etc.

Fixed that for you

Ah yes, Rugby! How the hell did I forget to add that one? I'm American, forgive me But yeah, I'd argue rugby makes American football look tame by comparison. While it's true both are extreme contact sports, rubgy players don't have much, if any, protective equipment on (maybe a cup and that's it lol) and still crash and bang into each other! Off topic, but I'm curious to know about the incidents of TBI (traumatic brain injury) in rugby compared to American football.

 

[Cheeseball]

LG is late to the game with a 360 Hz eSports FullHD monitor. ASUS and BenQ have got this taken care of, unless LG has some sort of good ELMB/DyAc+ (backlight strobing) equivalent?

Backlight strobing is a big help as it reduces motion blur, especially at 180 FPS and up. This is quite noticeable in CS:GO, Valorant and especially Apex Legends, particularly when fighting in close range and doing movement tech.

 

[Vayra86]

I don't consider it a sport, it is a competitive game tournament/hobby. No different than chess, fishing, motorsports (which I have done and been around most series), cooking show competition. Not everything needs to be an athletic competition just because you compete with other people.

Exactly this, although we could say there is a minor physical component in Esports as well; responsiveness, accuracy, muscle memory training, etc. But its minor and the physical 'qualities' you train are not exactly useful in any way outside of gaming. In fact, you could say you're training the wrong things for improved physical health.