The M2794D is a hybrid with loads of connectivity on which you can link your computer, your DVD player, your Blu-Ray, your games console (last generation or not) and older machines such as a video player, all at the same time! The screen is considered to be a hybrid, as it also has a TNT tuner and options for improving video image quality. Following in the steps of Samsung, Hyundai and Philips, it is now LG’s turn to launch itself in the monitor/TV market. Among the different ins, you’ll find the usual VGA, DVI and HDMI along with two scarts, YUV and composite. With a res of 1920x1080 it doesn’t have to resize HD sources. No more black bands when you’re using your games console. There is however a 10% reduction in displayable space when using a PC. As with any self-respecting TV, this one comes with a remote.

As a monitor


You get the best PCI image with a DVI connection. We started with an HDMI but text was a bit blurry. Even when we adjusted for this quite radically, word processing under these conditions is not a pleasant experience at all. You have to use the DVI. Then the text is sharp though the colours are far from being accurate. With a difference between the colours requested and those shown on the monitor of 6.8, it is difficult to ignore this drawback. The problem is that you don’t do any better using any of the pre-sets. You’re left with the option of the calibration profile, available here, to try and improve things.


We did get a surprise when we ran the tests for responsiveness. It is rare for a screen with a response time of 5 ms to suffer from reverse ghosting. This is a phenomenon that you more often find on 2 ms screens and makes ghosting more visible. Rapid movement of objects on screen will leave dark traces in their wake. This monitor is not for gamers .


As a TV:

Modest performances as a monitor then, maybe it can make up ground as a TV. You get best image results with the HDMI in. To get optimum results however you’ll need to change a few settings. This might vary from one image source to another, but what we list below should give you a good basis to go from.

Colour Temp: Medium
Light contrast: Off
Light colours: Low
Noise reduction: Low
Gamma: High
Black levels: Low
Cinema mode: Off
Red contrast: 0
Green Contrast: 0
Blue contrast: 0

Cinema (user)
Backlighting: 20
Contrast: 90
Brightness: 50
Sharpness: 57
Colour: 50
Tone: 0
Advanced settings


Even once you’ve reset it, it is far from being perfect. The biggest problem is with setting up the SD sources. You need to be at least two metres away so as not notice the defaults. The second major drawback is that the noise reduction option doesn’t seem very effective. Whether activated or not, the image remains noisy. It’s better then to opt for a source or player that reworks the image to a maximum before transmitting it to the screen.