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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Love it

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  Wonderful, love it , I can move for all house , my husband said me please not in the bathroom jajaja

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  This review is from LG - StanbyME 2 - 27” Class LED QHD Smart webOS Portable and Detachable Touch Screen with Full Swivel Rotation (2025)

  AntonioC Posted 1 day ago

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Perfect Lifestyle Screen for Everyday Use

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  LG StanbyME 2 is a truly unique product that fits perfectly into everyday home life. The 27” QHD display is sharp and bright enough for streaming, casual work, and following recipes or workouts, and the touch screen makes it very intuitive to use. What really sets it apart is the flexibility — the full swivel rotation, height adjustment, and detachable screen make it easy to move from room to room and use in different scenarios without any setup hassle. The built-in battery is convenient for short, cable-free sessions, and webOS is smooth and responsive with all the major streaming apps readily available. While it’s not meant to replace a high-end TV or monitor, it excels as a versatile lifestyle screen. If you value mobility, thoughtful design, and ease of use over raw specs, this is an excellent addition to your home.

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  AlvinD Posted 1 week ago

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Feature Rich, But Unremarkable Panel

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  📦 UNBOXING: Inside the box, you’ll find the StandbyME 2 display, the stand, remote control with pre-installed battery (CR2032 battery), a detachable non-proprietary power cable, a folio cover, rubber stoppers to keep the stand in place, and the quick start guide. Unboxing was very easy, although it uses a lot of styrofoam in the packaging. 🛠️SETUP & ADJUSTMENTS: In terms of setup, I did find that the quick start manual could have been better if it made use of written instructions instead of just diagrams and arrows. With that said, it was still pretty easy. It doesn’t include a Phillips screwdriver, so you’ll need to use your own. You can attach the pole arm to the base, then use the 4 included Phillips screws to secure them together. Once you have it standing on the floor upright, you can safely attach the StandbyME 2 display to the pole arm and make sure that the locking mechanism clicks, and the release button should remain mostly flush to the surface of the monitor. 💪 BUILD: The build is largely plastic, but it feels durable. I wouldn’t want to drop it, but it doesn’t feel like it’s using low quality materials. The top of the StandbyME 2 has a light sensor surrounded by 2 microphones and a USB-C input for a webcam accessory that can be purchased separately. The bottom has only two removable rubber inserts where the magnetic tablet cover can be installed. The left side has the integrated microphone switch, a USB-C port that charges the internal battery and can output 15W, a full-size HDMI port with eARC support for a sound bar, and a power button with charging status LED next to it. The stereo speakers are side-firing, so grills are on both the left and right sides. From the floor to the bottom of the display, the stand has a minimum height just above 28.5”. When the articulating stand is extended upward, from the floor to the bottom of the display it yields a maximum height just above 35.8”. It also has 30 degrees of tilt upward and about 23 degrees of tilt downwards. With it tilted upward about 12 degrees, the StandbyME 2 can clear my 35.75” kitchen countertop. It can get comfortably low for use on a sofa, and it has no issues clearing my low-top dining table. It also rotates left and right a full 90 degrees, so it can face either direction. I have no worries of it getting too topheavy or falling over since it doesn’t extend beyond its center of mass. The stand has wheels, so it’s easy to roll around, but may be less easy to use for shaggy carpets or rugs. If you want to keep the StandbyME 2 mostly stationary, you can quickly install the detachable rubber stoppers to the bottom of the stand so the wheels don’t touch the floor. I used mine on a single floor in my home (primarily on hardwood floor), and it was very easy to move from my living room sofa to the kitchen island countertop, to the dining room table. It’s easy enough to roll through doors in between rooms. If I were to move it up or down stairs, I would remove the display from the stand and carry them separately for safety. In total, it’s 33.5 lbs when mounted to the stand, but the display itself weighs a bit above 9.5 lbs. More importantly, however, the stand can charge the StandbyME 2 display when it is attached and the stand is connected to the wall via the included power cable. Additionally, there does seem to be a special USB-C output for If you use the included folio cover and rear stand attachment, you can use the StandbyME 2 on virtually any surface large enough, making it a “portable” 27” monitor when you want to take it somewhere without the stand. However, you cannot really have the folio cover attached while in use with the stand since it will then hang loosely from the bottom of the display. There does appear to be a separate purchase for the One Click Stand if you want a simpler way to switch to using it on a table surface, but it won’t protect the display like the folio cover when not in use. I mostly used it on the stand, but could definitely see myself taking it to a console LAN party without the base and using it on battery with DisplayPort over USB-C, or use it over HDMI while keeping it powered with a 65W or higher USB-C PD charger. 🖥️ DISPLAY: The StandbyME 2 uses a matte 26.7” edge-lit display. It achieves a 2560x1440 resolution at a native refresh rate of 60Hz. My unit used an LG 50PC1DR-UA panel which an internet search doesn’t provide any relevant details on. For operating systems that support it the touch screen is capacitive, and only supports 2 fingers worth of multi-touch gestures. But even without touchscreen support, it works well for external displays. The display’s viewing angles are fair, but not amazing. Part of this is because it’s a matte display, but it’s more likely just the fact that it appears to be a lower-end panel. In my opinion, the display quality certainly doesn’t justify its price alone, so all the other features will need to make up for its decent but otherwise unremarkable image quality. High-quality videos will look decently sharp, and colors look decent but it’s not going to impress me like a proper display. And the settings out of the box have too much processing and make people look overly sharpened. I did find that using one of the “isf Expert Dark” or “isf Expert Bright” picture presets yielded a more natural looking presentation, and the “Game Optimizer” should dial back a lot of the processing that would incur additional latency. Do note that if you get the idea of displaying vertical aspect ratio content like TikToks, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts from a smartphone over USB-C, it will not rotate to take advantage of the portrait mode orientation. I tried this on a Pixel 9 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro. However, if you use integrated WebOS apps or a Windows device, rotating the screen may work. Of the aforementioned, YouTube is the only native app available on WebOS, but there is a Web Browser app you can use that also respects the portrait mode orientation. 🧠 SOFTWARE: The StandbyME 2 is WiFi + Bluetooth enabled and runs WebOS. Because many WebOS apps have been designed to be used with the mouse-like pointing feature of the Magic Remote found on many LG’s TVs, that means many apps translate reasonably well to the touch screen, but some apps may only support navigation by remote control. However, the touch screen does support an on-screen remote control as well, so you don’t need the physical remote, even if it gets lost or the battery dies. It is also compatible with the Magic Remote should you decide to purchase one. . There is an app store where you can install major video streaming services like Apple TV, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video, HBO Max, Crunchyroll, YouTube, and more. You can also install some games and even game streaming services. There are also apps like Jellyfin, Emby or Plex which you can install to stream media from your local network, and the built-in Media Player app works with DLNA-enabled devices on your network, as well. LG also includes the LG Channels app for free internet streaming channels. They are ad-supported like Tubi or PlutoTV, but I found some channels I liked. Additionally, it supports Google Cast and AirPlay 2, so there’s a wide arrangement of options for wirelessly streaming content to the StandbyME 2. My experience with WebOS has been overall pretty good, even though I do think some competing TV operating systems might have a better collection of high-quality apps. Even so, most of what I want is already available on WebOS, and I can always use an external device over HDMI or USB-C. I found the experience to be intuitive, overall. Navigation on the home screen was snappy, and even navigating in the apps themselves yielded a responsive experience. However, I do think the settings menu is slower than it ought to be, and the Web Browser can definitely get slow on some websites. Any progressive web app (PWA) like YouTube Music can be added to your home screen and can be opened in the browser There is also a voice recognition AI you can enable in the settings so you can say “Hi LG” and prompt it with your request, but it won’t be as helpful as other voice assistants for inquiries outside of opening apps, finding YouTube video tutorials, or doing a web search. 🔋 BATTERY: Battery life on the StandbyME 2 is estimated to be around 4 hours, and in my testing, that is accurate. To prolong battery health, LG recommends using it on battery and recharging every so often, even if you primarily intend to use it while plugged in and fully charged. It takes about 3-3.5 hours to fully charge depending on if you’re using it. If charging the StandbyME 2 via USB-C instead of the stand, it can take 65W (20V/3.25A) or 100 W (20V/5A) Power Delivery. 🔊 SPEAKERS: The integrated speakers are mediocre, and only the Standard, Cinema, and Music sound modes are usable, as the others sound horrible. Thankfully, you can use a Bluetooth speaker, ARC-supported sound bar, or LG’s own XT7S Speaker sold separately which can mount to the stand. Overall, nothing notable here, but for what it’s worth, I’ve heard greeting card quality integrated speakers in monitors, and these are not nearly as bad as those, but they’re still not going to impress. 🧐 CONCLUSION: Overall, I like the StandbyME 2, but it’s a very niche product. Its high price isn’t quite justified for the good-but-not-great quality of the product, and there is at least one other major competing product that goes head-to-head for design and features. Despite this, I enjoy using it at my sofa, in the kitchen, and in the dining room. I do think it should be simpler to use on a tabletop when detached from its stand, since that is part of the appeal. But as a display or TV that can be moved around the house without needing to be constantly plugged in, it is a joy to use, and the software has been better than I expected, despite some of my criticisms.

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  Xephyroth Posted 2 weeks ago