Usually priced over $1100, currently on sale at HN. I picked up one today for $628 at Harvey Norman Auburn store.
LG 27.6-inch SDQHD DualUp Monitor with Ergo Stand & USB Type-C $628 + Shipping / $0 C&C @ Harvey Norman
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Llgmqy2000 on 09/06/2025 - 22:24 harveynorman.com.au (7850 clicks)
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What's the "SD" stand for?
Square Double
Super Duper
they make good streaming monitors with chat. and also good if you like to have a monitor mounted in the kitchen for receipes etc.
monitor mounted in the kitchen for receipes etc.
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It may have been intended as a joke
Damn that's a good price. Tempted to get a second, the stand is pretty solid for a 'included stand' however I do wish it could get a little bit lower.
Have a feeling a lot of the price is just that stand. But you need that stand as the idea is you can rotate it easily. Not really sure why you would want to rotate all the time though, even after watching the promo videos. That said, I still want it 😂
I think this aspect ratio makes for good side monitors when in portrait, 16:9 (or 9:16…) is too skinny. Could use a 4:3 but I don't think they really make them anymore.
Yep 16:10 is better for sxs
Will this bad for our neck?
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What's the deal with all the downvotes people?
I use a 42" screen and its hard to lift up the head to see the browsers address bar. Side to side viewing is better.
tilt your eyes, not your head
When a 42" monitor is near, you have to tild the head, tilting eyes aint enough.
@John Doh: do you have any other monitors with the C2 as multimonitor setup?
I wanted to get an LG 42 OLED as well but then it is too big to have more monitors on my desk..
I usually like 3 monitors setup
@pinkybrain: Yes, I have a 24" 16:10 dell monitor next to the TV. IMO 32" is a sweet spot, but 42" gives a lot of real estate. Also OLED means you need to care, low brightness, auto hide task bar etc to avoid screen burn.
I looked like so initially.
I once tried to stack two 24" monitors vertically, looked bad, so changed to side-by-side after a few days.
However, I now have a small working place with one 24" 9:16 monitor (a normal 24" but rotated) connected to a 14" MacBook. Kind of usable.I have my own neck
sad they dont have 32" 4k with ergo stand. need another one…
I appreciate that LG makes such a niche product. The market for these can't be large. But it is intriguing. I wish for a gaming panel like this, that can split the inputs between top and bottom. Would be great for YouTube while casual gaming, without the ugly monitor bezels.
Then why don't you stack two 16:9 monitors?
without the ugly monitor bezels.
What about a single 43inch 4k instead? The same physical height but wider
Last time the 4k60 ips smart monitor from lg was a bit cheaper on sale in JB.
@ONEMariachi: Even better, 4 PBP for most 43inch monitors so you can do all that plus 2 more youtube videos. Or PIP and have the Youtube in the small screen.
Makes me think of upgrading the office 6x Samsung system:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/101155?page=1
"MD230X6"They're great for a ESXI Multi VM system - a VM on every screen
One ugly mother….
Bit off topic…
Nope, the ugliest monitor I've seen in years.
Might have grabbed it if it had a desktop stand vs a c clamp
I think the whole point is the stand and you can either have two wide screens stacked vertically or you can turn landscape for a single larger screen. Personally I would like two of them for their side of a 42" OLED (that I don't have) though haha
Thanks, was looking all over that listing for it. Bit of a deal breaker for me but this still looks like really good value for office.
Very intriguing monitor. I can see myself liking it, but I already have a Dell 1440p 27inch on a portrait orientation that works fine.
Compare to the dell 27inch 2k in portrait, the extra width of this LG monitor is what I needed/liked for my day trading setup. Now this LG becomes my main screen and 27inch Dell placed on the right side of it with a slight angle for easier viewing and tension on my neck. Much better experience than a 43inch 4k.
How many charts can you fit in one screen?
I agree, I'd get if I don't already have a 32 inch and 27 inch 2k monitors
It's interesting that the Kogan SDQHD monitor that uses LG's B panels originally intended for the DualUp is out of stock and now the A panels also have a massive cut in price.
I wonder if they're going to make a 2nd generation of this or whether they've decided it's too niche and to pull out altogether.
I imagine for most people it's too expensive for what is ultimately a very very luxurious secondary monitor.
The sales for this probably weren't great even if the tech press praised them for trying something different.
That's making me want to buy out of FOMO, in case my own breaks down one day.
What's holding me back, and perhaps also taking a chunk of that already niche market - portable foldables and the Geminos Dual Stacked.
Why exactly would someone buy this instead of just getting a normal 27inch on a monitor arm and rotating it. What an I missing? Seems super expensive
It's something to do with the aspect ratio, where you can kind of have two monitors stacked vertically or you can change it to landscape for a single 'larger' monitor. I don't quite get it still though 😂
The extra width/height depending on how you mount the thing is fantastic for video editing/3D modelling/other productivity work. Add in the dual display features as well as a bonus, and it's a pretty attractive deal.
For me, upgrading to this for productivity is as big of a change as going from 4:3 to 16:9 was for gaming back in the day.
I'd like this ratio for reviewing documents personally. Portrait monitors are to skinny for me if you want comments and navigation visible, and landscape didn't show enough of the page.
That being said, I can't justify even this price over my $150 monitors…
Yeah I've tried 27" in portrait for documents and it's too long and skinny.
@bleeder
It's the equivalent of 2 x 21 inch 1440p monitors stacked on top of each other.
The aspect ratio is 16:18, so it is roughly square with the height slightly greater than the width.
It is completely different from a rotated 16:9 (so, 9:16).It is obviously designed for any use case that requires a large amount of vertical scrolling.
If you look at most webpages, you would probably notice a significant chunk of empty space on the left and right with the content squeezed into a middle section.
This monitor essentially expands that middle section vertically significantly while giving up a bit of the horizontal space that tends to be filled with empty space a lot of the time.
Most people would find a rotated 16:9 screen to be a bit narrow.
These SDQHD monitors are noticeably wider.Main downside is the niche aspect ratio + resolution makes it costly to produce because they can't achieve economics of scale.
The cost then makes it hard to justify for the average person because it starts to look like a very fancy, but very expensive secondary monitor.I overpaid slightly last year on Kogan's SDQHD monitor that is made using LG's B panels and I listed it as a depreciating asset on my tax return, so if you have any questions on what it is like to use, feel free to fire away (from anyone).
@scalebearer
Yeah I've tried a 27" 16:9 in portrait and it's too long and skinny, felt weird. Would definitely prefer this or a 4:3 (which I don't think you can really get anymore). Would love one of these as a second monitor at work just for reading documents. Never thought of it for reading webpages or that 16:9 really is suboptimal for most web pages.
The other thing is they've got the fancy arm on there adding to the cost. Personally I wouldn't be rotating it, I'd leave it vertical, so could probably put on a cheaper arm, wasting money on their expensive arm.
Didn't know anyone else produced these, how much was the Kogan?
I definitely won't be buying but if I had money to burn I'd get a 42" OLED and put one of these on either side in portrait. Sounds like the perfect setup to me.
Didn't know anyone else produced these, how much was the Kogan?
Kogan don't "produce" anything. They just buy the B panel stock from (probably) LG, given that the specs are near identical apart from some minor downgrades like maximum peak brightness, colour spectrum, etc.
As an example, INNOCN also have a monitor like this: https://innocn.com/products/innocn-28-sdqhd-computer-vertica…
They don't make it themselves, it's just B stock from LG.
Here's the Kogan listing for comparison: https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-276-sdqhd-ips-usb-c-monit…As for the price of the Kogan one, I overpaid for it ($680) in hindsight. It dropped to $500-600 a few months afterwards.
Only silver lining is that I listed it on my tax return as a depreciating asset since I wouldn't have gotten this monitor if it weren't for work.From memory, the LG DualUp was well over $1k AUD, so the Kogan monitor looked like a great deal for EoFY sale at the time.
Given that it has now dropped well below $1k with this deal, I'd say they're either preparing to release a 2nd generation or are giving up entirely because nobody wanted to buy the weird square monitor that is only 60Hz.
I'm going to guess the latter because there have been no leaks on the internet about LG making more weird productivity oriented monitors.It's a shame because I like this much more than the too wide and narrow ultrawides that are more popular as "productivity" picks.
They're not actually that great for productivity, given that you'll just end up with large amounts of empty space on the left and right, but are still limited to the same amount of content vertically.
Sure, you can have multiple windows open, but as far as focus on a single task is concerned, it's about the same as standard 16:9 monitors.
I suppose you can also watch 21:9 movies with no black bars, but that isn't productivity.@scalebearer: I was worried you might say that about my wordingz I did understand, just bad wording haha
Yeah I feel like there really needs to be more options explored than just 16:9 for everything, was pretty excited about this concept, just could never justify the price.
Maybe good for productivity as long as you don't get a sore neck from staring at the top half of the monitor for too long.
It's more probable to get a sore neck from two monitors side by side instead of on top of each other
Why do you think that? It's fairly natural and comfortable to move your head 20 degrees to the left or right. And you can just swivel your chair (or even your body) if you don't want to move your head.
Less comfortable to tilt your head up 10 degrees due to gravity, and you can't use your chair to do that.
Do you swivel your chair and probably move your mouse and keyboard every 15 seconds?
I am using two 25-inch 16:9 monitors side by side, and looking at the sides is a bit of a stretch.
Maintaining a straight posture is a constant battle for your neck and back muscles, which you have become accustomed to throughout your life. Tilting your head up 10 degrees is far better for your posture.
Do you swivel your chair and probably move your mouse and keyboard every 15 seconds?
Main monitor is used for about 90% of my work. 2nd monitor is for reference documents. So I probably look back and forth less between them less often than that.
I am using two 25-inch 16:9 monitors side by side, and looking at the sides is a bit of a stretch.
How deep is your desk? Maybe you need a slightly deeper desk. Or a chair that swivels more fluidly.
I use two 24-inch monitors, and don't find it a problem. Been using 2 monitors for about 10 years.
Don't get my wrong, I'm interested in this DualUp monitor. Just concerned about the height. I tried swiveling my 27 inch monitor to vertical (portrait) mode and found it too high to be comfortable. I guess this DualUp one will be slightly less high.
Sorry, this one has 1 or 2 monitors?
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Will also add this is amazing for growing your factory
Fun fact: when this is in portrait it's half a 42".
I'd love to have 42" LG C4 with one of these on each side.
is this monitor equivalent to 2 x 22"?
what would the resolution of each 22" be if that is the case?
2 x 21" 1440p monitors.
Its a bit too narrow as a main display in my opinion. A 1:1 or 3:2 with the width of a normal 27" monitor would be ideal for my work.
In theory, you could turn this thing on its side, and use it as a 16:18 2880x2560 monitor if you were looking for more horizontal width
best choice for users of the 42" lg monitors I have one on each side its great. (only wish it was 120hz) but makes no difference
Thanks for sharing! Was eyeing this last year but couldn’t justify the price. Half price is a great deal.
Heads up, this is equivalent to 2 x 21" stacked, not 2 x 27".
What is SDQHD ?