Affordable external USB-C Monitor for MBP 13?

[MinorSeventh]

Hi everyone,

for the past couple of days, I did some research on available monitors that can do the one-cable-thing.

That leads me to believe there's not a single 'affordable' monitor that can act as a USB-hub and charge the Macbook Pro at the same time.

I hope you can correct me on this, but I also hope you only do so when you have personal experience, for there's a lot of monitors which are marketed as being able to do that but once you get into their reviews, you'll see that it doesn't work.

Thanks for your replies, appreciated!

 

[andy9l]

LG 27UD88.

Works perfectly well, used by myself and a number of others on MR.

 

[MinorSeventh]

That's 550, a bit more palatable.

Does the 13" base MBP (2017) have any issues pushing around 4k extra pixels?

 

[andy9l]

That's 550, a bit more palatable.

Does the 13" base MBP (2017) have any issues pushing around 4k extra pixels?

I use a 13” 2017 TouchBar MBP with a 3.1GHz / 16GB / 256GB config and experience no issues.

 

[MinorSeventh]

Ah, that's a fair bit more powerful.

I hope there's a 1440p monitor at some point to accompany the weaker MBP.

 

[andy9l]

Ah, that's a fair bit more powerful.

I hope there's a 1440p monitor at some point to accompany the weaker MBP.

The base 2.3 non-TouchBar model and the 3.1 TouchBar model offer extremely similar performance.

There’s a slight difference during unusually heavy workloads, but that’s relatively rare.

 

[BlackHawk00]

LG 27UD88.

Works perfectly well, used by myself and a number of others on MR.

Agree with @andy9l

I also use LG 27UD88 with my 15" 2017 MBP 2.9Ghz and it works perfect. Its a nice clean setup as only one USB-C cable connected from MBP to LG monitor. And it does charge the MBP while connected.

 

[MinorSeventh]

It doesn't have speakers, though, does it?

Yeah I think I'll wait for a decent deal on the LG and finally jump on the 4k bandwagon. It's between that and getting a high refresh rate monitor for gaming.

 

[BlackHawk00]

It doesn't have speakers, though, does it?

Yeah I think I'll wait for a decent deal on the LG and finally jump on the 4k bandwagon. It's between that and getting a high refresh rate monitor for gaming.

It doesn’t have built in speaks and that’s the only downside of this monitor but otherwise it’s a solid option and worth your investment.

Yes, if gaming is your preference then must go 1440p with 144hz refresh rate monitor.

 

[chz]

Another option is the Lenovo ThinkVision P27h-10.
I use it at work connected to my MBP 15". The charging is not exceptional, seems to peak at 42W.
But it is a nice 1440p screen, IPS 60Hz with 4 USB 3.0 ports and 1 USB 3.1 Type C
The monitor was so cheap that I ordered it just to test it, but so far I´ve been pleasantly surprised. Only had it since Friday afternoon so there might be a few issues I´ve not run into yet.
Also there is no speakers on it.

 

[MinorSeventh]

That's only like 150 more than I'd get for my old one, great to hear that it works with the MBP!

I reckon the 13" will be more than fine charging at 40w.