I'd not buy a LG monitor • Hacker News Board

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by ThrowawayB7 » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC

beardyw wrote: post #5

Whilst it's preaching to the choir, I would attribute 50% of the blame to Microsoft. Loading any old thing and running it is not very responsible.

Microsoft doesn't police IHVs -> Geeks: "MS is negligent!"

Microsoft does police IHVs -> Geeks: "MS is an evil monopolist!"

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by AtlasBarfed » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

ThrowawayB7 wrote: post #11

beardyw wrote: post #5

Whilst it's preaching to the choir, I would attribute 50% of the blame to Microsoft. Loading any old thing and running it is not very responsible.

Microsoft doesn't police IHVs -> Geeks: " MS is negligent! " Microsoft does police IHVs -> Geeks: " MS is an evil monopolist! "

Poor Microsoft, what have they possibly done to deserve such lack of faith??

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by dabbz » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

It's getting really hard to find a solid, reputable brand of screen manufacturers that don't pull this kind of crap. I swore off Samsung screens after their popup ads in phones and TVs. LG was my next choice but this is deterring me even further.

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by TacticalCoder » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:02 PM UTC

Graziano_M wrote: post #6

I decided I would never buy an LG monitor after mine broke and I had it shipped back three times for diag and repair. Each time it broke again soon after. They finally agreed to RMA it, but that didn’t mean a new replacement, it meant a refund, and not even for the whole price I had paid. Unfortunately the price had gone up a few hundred dollars since then, so I couldn’t even buy a replacement. This basically means t…

> I decided I would never buy an LG monitor after mine broke ...

Sheesh it's bad luck.

I've got an ultra-wide 38" LG monitor since 2017. Nearly 10 years and that thing is used daily and still running strong.

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by bdcravens » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

I have the same dual 32" LG setup at home and the dayjob, and have never had any issues or any requirements to install anything for them to work. That said, they're QHD, not 4k or 5k, and probably 6 years old. I'm not a gamer or a high-fidelity consumer, needing the displays to be dumb and reliable at rendering text and the web.

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by zuhsetaqi » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

dabbz wrote: post #13

It's getting really hard to find a solid, reputable brand of screen manufacturers that don't pull this kind of crap. I swore off Samsung screens after their popup ads in phones and TVs. LG was my next choice but this is deterring me even further.

What about BenQ?

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC

Discussions:

LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956688

Update: Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/microsoft-responds-t... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028024)

Re: I'd not buy a LG monitor

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Post by NikxDa » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

Keen to hear other recommendations. My DELL screen is working quite nicely but has weird burn in problems when connected through a Thunderbolt dock. What other brands (apart from the insanely priced Apple screens) still make high quality, reputable screens?