Design and Build
While the M2752D doesn't exactly have a revolutionary design, it thankfully doesn't look or feel cheap. This TV/monitor has plenty of connections too, with two HDMI entries, a VGA entry, an aerial port (connected to a digital TV tuner), as well as SCART and component connections.
Audio is catered for by two 5-watt speakers. There's an audio mini-jack for inputting audio from a PC connected via VGA or with a DVI-to-HDMI cable. Plus, if you use the component connection, two RCA ports are on hand for the audio signal. There's also a headphones out.
A remote control is an essential accessory for any self-respecting TV. The remote supplied isn't the most attractive or practical specimen we've ever come across. However, it does the job just fine and makes navigating through the menus much easier. In fact, this soon becomes tiresome if you try doing it without the remote.
Another great feature of the M2752D is a USB port that's directly linked to its built-in media player. The media player is lifted straight out of LG's TVs and is compatible with almost every type of multimedia file. Movie chapters are the only real trouble-makers. The only downside is that once you're in the media player, navigation gets quite chaotic, even when you're using the remote control.
Colours and Contrast
After some extensive testing, we found that the HDMI connection gives the best-quality results for sharpness, colours and contrast. However, you'll still need to make some slight adjustments in the internal menu, as, out of the box, the M2752D gives a Delta E of 5.2 and contrast under 200:1.
To improve things, you'll need to switch the colours to "Cinema" mode and turn the backlighting up to its maximum setting. You then need to go into the advanced (expert) settings and set the black level to "Low" and the colour temperature to "Cool". This improves colour fidelity, pushing the Delta E down to 3.4 and improving the gamma (brightness distribution in different colours). This also ups contrast to 630:1.
These results are clearly much better than the out-of-the-box factory settings, but there's still room for improvement.
This IPS display isn't really responsive enough for gamers. In fact, we found that it took 16 ms for this screen to completely erase a previous image (ghosting time). This places it far behind the best monitors of the kind and creates a blurring effect with fast moment onscreen (sweeping camera shots, FPS games, etc.).
At 13 ms, the input lag (another measure of responsiveness) is low enough not to cause problems. Online gamers won't be penalised by any kind of lag between their commands and the corresponding onscreen actions.
- Plenty of connections
- Wide viewing angles
- Good colours once you change a few settings (Delta E = 3.4)
- Built-in media player with comprehensive file support
- Menus could be easier to navigate
- Below average contrast (630:1)
- No motion interpolation
- Not responsive enough for gamers
While we salute LG for loading its new TV/monitor with an IPS screen panel, it would have been nice to see higher contrast, more advanced TV functionality, and improved responsiveness. Even though it has a good built-in media player, the LG M2752D gets stuck with three stars overall.