LG Swing 31.5" Review

The LG Swing is a 31.5-inch 4K touchscreen monitor on a rolling stand. Its picture quality is excellent, but the speakers are terrible and the smart features are weak. It's worth buying only if you absolutely need a movable large touchscreen.

The LG Swing is a 31.5-inch 4K touchscreen monitor on wheels. It's designed to be a mobile, all-in-one display you can roll around your home or office. The picture quality is genuinely impressive, and the rolling stand is a clever idea for flexibility. But it's trying to be a monitor, a TV, and a smart device, and it doesn't nail all three.

The 4K IPS panel delivers a strong picture, landing in the top 15% of monitors we've tested for image quality. Colors are vibrant, and HDR support is decent. For gaming, it's middle of the pack with a 60Hz refresh rate and 5ms response time, fine for casual play but not for competitive titles. The biggest letdown is the audio. The built-in 10W speakers are dead last in our database, so you'll need external speakers or headphones.

At around $800, this is a niche product. If you specifically need a large, movable touchscreen for presentations, digital art, or flexible home use, the price might be justified for the unique form factor. For anyone else, it's a lot of money for a monitor with weak speakers and mediocre smart features.

Compared to a standard 32-inch 4K monitor like Dell's S3221QS, the LG Swing wins on mobility and touch, but loses on value and pure display performance. Against a smart TV like a Hisense U6, the Swing has a better panel for computer use and touch capability, but the TV will have better streaming apps and sound. The Swing sits in an odd middle ground. It's not the best monitor, nor the best TV, but it's the only one on wheels.

Skip this if you're looking for a great all-around TV or a standard desktop monitor. If you care about sound, look elsewhere because the speakers are awful. If you need high refresh rates for gaming, this 60Hz panel won't cut it.

Buy this if you have a specific need for a large, rolling touchscreen monitor. Digital artists, educators, or someone who wants a movable kitchen TV for recipes could love it. For general desktop computing or as your main living room TV, there are better, cheaper options.