LG UltraGear 27G414B-B: Specs, Price, Pros & Cons
This UltraGear model stretches Full HD across a full-size screen, and nearly everything about who should buy it follows from that one decision. It is LG's entry ticket to the UltraGear gaming line: an IPS panel with adaptive sync for both AMD and NVIDIA cards, a stand that raises and lowers, and a price aimed at people assembling their first gaming setup rather than upgrading a good one.
The resolution choice cuts both ways. A Full HD image is easy to drive, so a modest graphics card or an older console can hold high frame rates without dropping detail settings, and the panel's refresh rate is reachable in practice. The cost is sharpness. Spread over this much glass, each pixel is large enough that small text and interface lines look soft when you sit close for anything other than games.
What makes the package unusual at this level is the list of small extras. It has speakers, which most gaming monitors skip entirely, and its contrast is better than IPS panels usually manage, so dark scenes look less washed out than on rivals at the same money. It gives back elsewhere: brightness is modest, HDR support is a format label with no visible effect, there is no USB at all, and a single video input on the HDMI side limits how many devices can stay plugged in at once.
The natural home for it is a bedroom or dorm gaming setup, a second screen beside a main monitor, or a console display viewed from a little further back. Someone who writes, codes or works in spreadsheets for hours will get more from spending a little extra on a QHD panel of the same size, where a normal desk distance stops being a compromise.
Category strengths
Where the LG UltraGear 27G414B-B beats the median
- A much higher contrast ratio ?1500:1 vs 1000:1 (median)
- Has built-in speakers ?
Where the LG UltraGear 27G414B-B trails the median
- Lower peak brightness ?250 nits vs 400 nits (median)
- A lower refresh rate ?144 Hz vs 180 Hz (median)
- No swivel adjustment ?
- Fewer HDMI ports ?1 vs 2 (median)
- A lower pixel density ?82 ppi vs 109 ppi (median)
- A lower color depth ?8 bit vs 10 bit (median)
- No USB hub ?
- No pivot adjustment ?
How this VS Score was computed
Score 43: each known spec is measured against the median of IPS gaming monitors, 27 to 31 inches (30 products), then weighted; 50 means level with that median. In classes of six or more, a value beyond the class’s 10th–90th percentile range counts as that limit, so one extreme product cannot set the scale. 70% of the scoreable weight could be used; unknown values, features not applicable to this class and proxies (battery capacity where a rated life exists) add or remove nothing.
| Specification | This product | Cohort median | Score weight | Points moved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USB-C | No | 24% of the class have it | 0.5 | −24.0 |
| Local dimming | No | 21% of the class have it | 0.4 | −19.2 |
| Contrast ratio | 1,500 | 1,000 | 0.6 | +15.0 |
| Motion blur reduction | Yes | 60% of the class have it | 0.3 | +15.0 |
| Resolution | 1080p | 1440p | 1.2 | −14.4 |
| Refresh rate | 144 | 180 | 1.2 | −12.0 |
| HDMI ports | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | −10.0 |
| Built-in speakers | Yes | 30% of the class have it | 0.2 | +10.0 |
| Peak brightness | 250 — capped at the class’s lower range (300) | 400 | 0.8 | −9.6 |
| Swivel | No | 66% of the class have it | 0.2 | −9.6 |
| HDR | HDR10 | DisplayHDR 400 | 0.5 | −6.0 |
| Pixel density | 82 — capped at the class’s lower range (93) | 109 | 0.5 | −3.5 |
| Color depth | 8 | 10 | 0.3 | −3.0 |
| USB hub | No | 50% of the class have it | 0.05 | −2.2 |
| Pivot | No | 76% of the class have it | 0.02 | −1.0 |
| Screen size | 27 | 27 | 1.2 | +0.0 |
| Panel type | IPS | IPS | 0.8 | +0.0 |
| Response time | 5 — capped at the class’s upper range (1) | 1 | 0.8 | +0.0 |
| Adaptive sync | G-Sync Compatible | G-Sync Compatible | 0.6 | +0.0 |
| DisplayPort inputs | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | +0.0 |
Not scored: DCI-P3 coverage (unknown: not scored); Local dimming zones (unknown: not scored); Variable refresh rate (standard for the class (100% have it)); Input lag (unknown: not scored); Height adjustment (standard for the class (80% have it)); Tilt (standard for the class (100% have it)); USB-C power delivery (unknown: not scored); Headphone output (standard for the class (87% have it)); KVM switch (not applicable: only 0% of this class have it); Webcam (not applicable: only 0% of this class have it); Microphone (not applicable: only 0% of this class have it); Ethernet (not applicable: only 0% of this class have it); Picture-by-picture (not applicable: only 20% of this class have it).
Editor’s note
The 27G414B-B is the cheapest way onto LG's UltraGear ladder, and its value depends entirely on sitting distance. A 27-inch panel at 1080p is 82 ppi (the coarsest pixel density in our whole monitor catalog), and at arm's length you will see it in text edges. From a meter back, in games, it stops mattering and the rest of the package starts looking generous.
And it is generous for the money. A 144 Hz IPS panel with both FreeSync and G-Sync Compatible certification, an unusually high 1500:1 contrast for IPS, 99% sRGB, DisplayPort 1.4, and built-in speakers, which almost no gaming monitor at any price bothers with. Street prices dip further in promos, where all of this is hard to argue with.
Be aware of what the spec sheet is doing, though. The advertised 1 ms is LG's motion-blur-reduction mode. The GtG figure is 5 ms, which is ordinary. Brightness is 250 nits (workable indoors, dim near a window), and the HDR10 logo is decode-only. There is exactly one HDMI port, which fills up fast once a console enters the picture. No USB of any kind.
One oddity remains unresolved: LG's spec table claims a four-way stand with pivot and swivel, while LG's own product name and the retail listings say tilt and height only, and LG's published dimensions behave like a fixed-range design. Height adjustment is confirmed. Swivel and pivot are not, so do not count on them.
As a first gaming monitor for a teenager's PC, or a second screen for a console, this is easy to recommend at the promo price. Anyone staring at text all day should spend up to QHD, even LG's own 27G61ZB-B, instead.
Specifications
Quality bars show where each figure sits between the lowest and highest of the 30 IPS gaming monitors, 27 to 31 inches this VS Score is measured against.
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- Official product pagelg.com
- Retailer listing (cross-check)amazon.com
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- 37 of 42 specifications verified; the rest show as Unknown and are never estimated or scored
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- Basis
- Research-based: specifications and editorial text were compiled from the documents listed here and the manufacturer’s published data. We have not tested this unit ourselves; where independent measurements are mentioned they belong to the linked publication.
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The bottom line
The LG UltraGear 27G414B-B earns a VS Score of 43, below the median of the 30 IPS gaming monitors, 27 to 31 inches it is measured against (a score of 50 is level with that median).
- Who it’s for
- A first gaming monitor, or a console side-screen, when it is discounted. You get IPS with both sync certifications, unusually high contrast for the panel type, and even speakers.
- Who should look elsewhere
- Desk-distance text work. The pixel density is coarse and character edges show it plainly. The single HDMI port also fills up faster than people expect.
- The trade-off that matters
- UltraGear features at entry money, in exchange for a resolution stretched across a screen too large for it. Fine from a meter back, fatiguing up close.
- The main alternative
- LG UltraGear 27G61ZB-B is the QHD cure for the density problem, at a higher refresh rate, for modestly more money.
The VS Score is calculated from the weighted specifications above, each measured against the median of comparable IPS gaming monitors, 27 to 31 inches — a shortlisting guide, not a substitute for your own priorities. See how we score.
