Lenovo L27e-30 27 Inch Full HD (1080p) Monitor (IPS Panel
Lenovo L27e-30 27 Inch Full HD (1080p) Monitor (IPS Panel, 75Hz, 4ms, HDMI, VGA, AMD FreeSync, Phone Holder) – Tilt Stand, Raven Black
LENOVO L27e-30 27 INCH FHD MONITOR
Ports
1 x Power Connector
1 x Audio
1 x HDMI 1.4 (HDMI cable included)
1 x VGA
| Weight: | 3.1 kg |
| Dimensions: | 55 x 40.3 x 20.9 cm; 3.1 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Lenovo |
| Model: | 66BEKAC2UK |
| Colour: | Raven Black |
| Manufacture: | Lenovo |
| Dimensions: | 55 x 40.3 x 20.9 cm; 3.1 Kilograms |
I’m guessing all recent macs and some Windows PCs have the ability to use HDR screens. You have to turn this on from the monitor OSD menu though.
The quality of the 4K screen is excellent – that was the main thing for me. The stand, however is dreadful. It’s crooked and very wobbly. I’d be unhappy with the stand if I’d bought a 100 monitor. I can live with the screen but not the stand. False economy really as I now have to spend 50 for a decent stand.
It’s a good screen for the price, sRGB mode provides a good level of colour accuracy. No dead pixels.
The only issue I have is that the stand is bent meaning the monitor isn’t parallel to the stand base (see image). The only minor gripe is when in sRGB mode you are locked out of brightness control, so if you work in a dimly lit room you may find the monitor too bright and no way adjust.
I have been trying different monitors for a while and this one fits the purpose and couldn’t get more from the quality. A really good monitor, well built but the only issue is the lack of support for MAC users. Lenovo struggles to adapt its products for different devices.
With M1 it does not get 60htz but just 30htz which I wouldn’t recommend for gaming.
A good shout is having two HDMI and a Display Port. So far I am happy with the quality monitor to work, study and watch films in 4K. I even use it as a smartTV with FireTV on it.
Plug in switch on job done, good quality and great picture
Very good quality, easy to set up, definitely worth the money. I wanted a rather small monitor and went for 22 inches, which turns out great for my home office. What I love about this monitor is that it doesn’t have a thick frame around the screen and actually looks pretty cool/sleek. Also there’re several customisable options such as colour balance, less blue light mode etc. Mine came with an HDMI cable so I didn’t need to buy additional cables to connect with my laptop. Not sure if this is suitable for gaming but works great for WFH settings.
I’ve been using 2 23″ HD screens for the last 10 years for work. That’s been OK but I found a bit of eye strain because of the low pixel density and size of the screens. There’s also the space that the 2 monitors took up and the power consumption, which I assume is more than this 4k 32″.
My only concern was that the 32″ wasn’t going to be big enough. I was looking at the 42″, but now I’m using the 32″ I think it’s big enough for me. The size is up to you, I think I might have got away with a smaller screen but I would have wanted 2 of them. That would probably have cost more and I’m not sure my average work laptop would have had the grunt to run 2 4ks. I think it can do 5k tops so that’s another consideration for you if this is for work.
I’ve usually got 10 apps open and work in 4 at a time. I find that I use this screen in full mode but when I need to focus on 1 app but when I need 2 side by side I can easy resize the windows and have the overlap or tile them and still be able to see what’s going on.
I tested YouTube on here and it’s perfectly watchable. I would have thought you’d want more hz if you’re a gamer but you don’t need me to tell you that.
TLDR the screens pixel density is the main advantage of this 4k IPS
There are settings in the screen that mitigates it, tho it now causes a red tinted ghosting
Purchased this monitor a while back came quite early which was amazing. Unboxing was neat, everything came in the package and was easy to setup. When it comes to the visual performance I was really amazed with the 4K UHD resolution and colours that it was able to ouput from the monitor thanks to the HDR! However though I noticed there was a IPS glow or some might label it as backlight bleed on the upper right hand corner it can get a little noticeable when the screen turns pitch black or being in a dark room but you get what you paid for. Nothing much to complain about the monitor in general.
I don’t demand much from this monitor but it does everything I ask of it. I have it as a secondary monitor. There are no dead pixels and unlike another review the one I have does not have bad light bleed. It works with my fibre-optic video cables.
I’ve not tried gaming on it.
Nice size monitor for desktop. Excellent definition, sounds good through my studio speakers. Good price and does the job.
The tall stand allows for height adjustment and screen pivoting. The screen quality is great for working from home. The built-in speakers are low quality but this doesn’t affect me. I’d recommend a soundbar if you are using the screen for anything more than work. Highly recommend it as a cheap home screen.
Clear and crisp picture and easy to attach it to a standalone monitor stand. Can’t go wrong here, would highly recommend i
By the way, it comes with an hdmi cable in the box.. if you want a DP one, unfortunately you will have to buy your own..
This is the best high quality widescreen monitor I could find under 200.
Excellent ultrawide Lenovo monitor great Value for the money was looking at others until i came across this Lenovo monitor excellent picture quality. I’m well happy with the choice i have made by picking the Lenovo L29w-30 29 Inch ultrawide monito
I’ve received the monitor at lunchtime of the day after placing the order (end of day) – kudos to the Seller and to their courier!
I’ve only used it for a few hours, but it looks very good indeed:
– picture quality is superb;
– the built-in speakers produce a crystal clear (and pretty loud) sound;
– it can be lifted and lowered, tilted and rotated to one’s heart content.
Not to mention I can now split the screen in two – almost as if I had 2 monitors.
I love my lovely wide screen. A pleasure to install with the VESA mount. Natively compatible, I’ve had 0 problems.
Came up on a very very good price during prime deals and it was hard to ignore. 29 was the ultrawide size I was after, the brightness was decent for work and when watching movies, it was OK, obviously not OLED TV… I’m not a gamer so, haven’t tried it for that application. Only wish was it had more output at the back, like usb c but that would definitely cost a premium…
This monitor is great value for the money. I was looking to replace my old monitor in my studio,I found this one on special offer,after some deep thinking I decided to purches it.The best thing I’v done this year,it is perfect for studio, it is as long as my mixer so not a small item.But has the high resilotion thst I need.
Overall these are great monitors for the price. I got them on offer for 109 which is very reasonable. However I experienced a slightly odd config issue.
Design and Usage
The design is good and the bezels are small. I use two side by side for work (spreadsheets etc.) and they are great for that use. Viewing angles are OK, but there is some grey shift when viewing off axis. I haven’t done any gaming or colour work on them so can’t comment on performance in that regard. PSU is integrated, which is a must for me.
Config issue:
The monitors I purchased have a odd config issue where if they are driven at any other refresh rate other than the max (75hz) the contrast ratio becomes awful. As per the image, the left (an old dell 4:3 panel) and right (Lenovo Laptop) displays are displaying what I would consider to be a good black level and the center monitor is the new Lenovo when driven at 60hz. As you can see this is a very poor black level.
I stumbled on the fix by forcing my laptops to drive the panels at 75Hz. After doing so they work perfectly and have good blacks. Why refresh rate impacts contrast I have no idea. This is the case for all three of my PCs and both of the Lenovo Monitors. Hope this helps someone else if you have the same issue.
The only negatives I have found thus far is that the screen is quite reflective, I would say it’s average in this respect. I guess that’s par for a non 3H anti-glare coating. And that the bottom of the monitor (the chin with the Lenovo logo) is quite thick, and the logo in a reflective silver is quite obtrusive. But I’m really nit picking at this point considering how much cheaper it was compared to the LG. Bezels are also like 6mm thick on the top, left and right. With the advertised 3mm bezel only at the bottom of the screen (except there is like a 2 cm chin at the bottom). I found these bezels to be thin enough for my use case. A real negative is that the stand apparently sucks since it’s wobbly unable to support the weight of the monitor. I didn’t test this so I can’t comment on this, but I would recommend getting a monitor arm since the default stand doesn’t provide any adjustment at all. You can factor this into the price of the monitor compared to getting something like the UL650 which has an adjustable stand built in. On screen buttons are ok, I prefer them at the front than behind, it has average customisation options. So how is it for gaming? Sorry I can’t say other than the ghosting performance is average, nothing spectacular, about par for IPS displays. Though I doubt you would be buying a 4K 60hz monitor for competitive FPS gaming, it’s good enough for a casual RTS gamer like me. It doesn’t go 75hz either, just in case you thought it did (it was mistakenly written on the Lenovo website when this launched in 2019).
The 28.5 inches compared to the 27 inches of the LG 27UL6XX series wasn’t a major factor for me, but a plus I guess. You won’t find a large difference in PPI at all. I would personally say that a 1440p 27″ monitor is not enough PPI for it to be retina, so I would go 4K for a 27″ for sure. I was used to using a Samsung 24″ 4K IPS monitor as my daily driver prior, and I was glad to see that the increase in size from 24″ to 28″ while keeping the same resolution didn’t affect the perceived clarity as much if at all (I can’t notice at my viewing distance of 65 cm. If you go for any bigger of a monitor e.g. 32″+, you’ll probably have to have an extremely deep desk, since you would have to sit quite far back for it to be usable.
Coil whine does not exist, which I am glad for since I am very sensitive to high frequency noise no matter how quiet it is (my desk environment is completely silent). Supposedly having the PSU unit integrated into the monitor may make it more susceptible to coil whine (and flicker), my unit didn’t have either of said issues. For normal people you can disregard this entire paragraph, unless you get stressed like me when buying a GPU from worrying about it having loud coil whine. Another probably nonexistent issue is that the brown cardboard box has no handles at all, so it is unwieldy to carry around, it is also protected by Styrofoam, so it is adequate protection but not the most protective and environmentally friendly solution. This packaging makes it harder to transport, so keep that in mind.
TLDR; I like this monitor, my unit had a good panel with no bleed or uniformity issues, reflective coating is average, if you get a monitor stand or have one, I would get this over the LG one if you can find this for cheaper.
– 28″ screen
– 4K
– Display Port
– Thin profile, so relatively light in weight
– Thin bezels (although Lenovo are exaggerating the almost bezelness design in their photos, the bezels are in fact 5mm top and sides, but I don’t mind, it matches my existing screen)
– Simplistic design (I’ve got enough RGB on the MSI to light up a small country, and the design is very similar to the MSI so they go well together)
– Discreet menu buttons on front of screen (I’m stacking the screen on top of my MSI so controls on the underside of the screen would have been inconvenient)
– VESA 100 mounting
– Standard kettle lead power, not a clunky power brick like most slim screens
– Affordable price
I was comparing to Dell, ASUS, Acer, and LG screens of similar spec, they were either more expensive or didn’t meet my specific needs unfortunately.
A few things to note, although I’m very pleased with this purchase and it’s perfect for my needs, I wouldn’t recommend for anyone who is looking to use this as a primary screen unless it’s for work/productivity, media, and maybe casual gaming. For PC gaming you’d be better off with 1440p and a high refresh rate. Also, the stand this screen comes with is very basic, no height adjustment, just tilt.. but again this was fine for me since I was VESA mounting, and will just bin/recycle the stand.
All in all, a great budget 4K screen. If you search Reddit you’ll find colour profiles people have posted which are much better than the out of the box settings.