I like to play PC games, but also on my Nintendo Switch. Is this compatible with the Nintendo Switch using Nintendo's docking station. The station has an HDMI port and so does this monitor, so I assume so, but want to check before buying. null

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The quick answer is yes, but with possible caveats.

The monitor should, by all accounts, be able to play 1080p signals via HDMI. My specific model does not do that. Any 1080p signal (or resolution close to 1080p), exhibits behavior similar to a bad connection (black screens, frame dropouts, visual artifacts). This is true whether a Nintendo Switch (in docked mode) is driving the signal or a desktop GPU (I used a RTX2080 SUPER for my tests). After about a month of testing with 6 separate HDMI cables, a separate Nintendo Switch dock, and using a desktop GPU for further testing, I found that the monitor (or at the very least my specific model), has issues with HDMI inputs at resolutions around 1080p. If one drives the monitor with resolutions at 720p or less OR resolutions closer to the native resolution of 3840x1600, the monitor will have no issue displaying those resolutions via HDMI. So, on the HDMI input, if I set my Nintendo Switch to display 720p, it works flawlessly, but as soon as the 1080p setting is used, the monitor will exhibit the above issues. I expect an EDID issue on HDMI.
The displayport implementation works flawlessly at any resolution, so I currently have a converter setup for my Nintendo Switch which lets me connect it to displayport whenever I want to play it at 1080p.
Now it could be that just my specific monitor is effected by this issue, but just be aware that it is something that one user(myself) has encountered.

LG Digital Customer Care · Answer

Any Gaming Console or docking station that connects via HDMI can be connected to the HDMI ports on the 38” UltraGear™ 21:9 Curved WQHD+ Nano IPS 1ms 144Hz HDR 400 Sphere Lighting 2.0 3-Side Virtually Borderless, Model # 38GL950G-B. The only concern is whether ro not your gaming console supports the monitor's resolution of 3840 x 2160 (i.e. 4K) and if the HDMI ports on your gaming console or docking station are HDCP 2.2 compliant. To stream 4K content to the monitor, your ports need to be HDCP 2.2 compliant otherwise the signal will not pass...^IFV

Answered by LG Digital Customer Care 5 years ago

“I like to play PC games, but also on my Nintendo Switch. Is this compatible with the Nintendo Switch using Nintendo's docking station. The station has an HDMI port and so does this monitor, so I assume so, but want to check before buying.”

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