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Apple Now Selling LG's UltraFine 5K Display, Extends $974 Sale Price Until March 31

"Subject to availability and quantity limits apply."

If I was really interested in this display, I'd get it ordered and not put the task off til Mar 31st. Apple's got enough legalese in the announcement to ensure they won't get sued if customers wait and find the "Add to Bag" button grayed out again.

Wonder if the 9to5Mac article prompted Apple to get off the pot and start taking pre-orders?
[doublepost=1482255559][/doublepost]BTW, did Apple also extend the time to purchase USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 adapters for the new MBPs?
 
macsplusmacs said:
Anyone look at these up close and can tell me if the extra cost is worth the cost in screen quality over a Dell 4K? ($500) The Dell 4K are super sharp for me and the coding I do mostly (clean text).

I don't care about ports. I do not do Photography or Photoshop so color accuracy is not super important. I don't play games so latency not that big of a deal.

thx
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I wouldn't advise buying a Dell 4K if you're connecting it to a MacBook Pro. I'm shipping a Dell P2415Q monitor back to Dell today because if my laptop goes to sleep and I wake it up, the monitor won't wake up with it whether I use the DP/mDP or HDMI/HDMI cables. I'd rather buy one of these LGs and pay the extra money if it means it's going to be compatible with my laptop.
[doublepost=1482255924][/doublepost]What Apple adapter will I need to connect this to a Thunderbolt 2 port on a 2015 MacBook Pro (which doesn't have the USB-C connectors)? Thanks.
 
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Just placed my order. If its a gorgeous as the panel on the tbMBP (and it should be) I'll be getting a second one.

Im writing this on a 40" 4K Samsung - which is magical for the size/space - but after looking at the display in the macbook, I'm spoiled and want that crispness, colour accuracy on all my displays... 220dpi/ppi or bust!
 
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macfan57 said:
I wouldn't advise buying a Dell 4K if you're connecting it to a MacBook Pro. I'm shipping a Dell P2415Q monitor back to Dell today because if my laptop goes to sleep and I wake it up, the monitor won't wake up with it whether I use the DP/mDP or HDMI/HDMI cables. I'd rather buy one of these LGs and pay the extra money if it means it's going to be compatible with my laptop.
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Good. Point. I actually have two of the Dell 27" 4K (one work. one home office. same macbook pro). and at first I had issues like that but at least in my case, as the new .1 MacOS updates have been delivered I no longer have issues with them.
 
Labeno said:
Apples reality distortion field: get it now before the price increases, and sales are off the chart.
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Ummm, have you noticed what the pricing is like for other 4K and 5K monitors? I have no difficulty believing that these are making hotcakes slow movers, especially at this price. $1000 for a 5K iMac screen? I never would have expected that. I paid twice that for a 30" ACD and that was after the price had gone down somewhat on one of these years ago.
 
John.B said:
Waiting on LG's 4K HDR monitor w/ USB-C.

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This ^^^ in spades.

I also bought the LG27UD88-W from BHPhotoVideo for $599 ($100 off during cyber weekend), and received it one week ago. This is my take to date:

It is the bee's knees.

Just a 27-inch gorgeous display supporting native resolution of UHD 3840x2160@60Hz (16:9 aspect ratio) 163 dpi (not retina as the Apple-LG UltraFines), but providing plenty of multi-technology input/output ports, unlike the Ultrafines:

1. (Of course) USB-C with 60 Watt power delivery and native DisplayPort Alternate Mode (which I left used -- see below).
2. One DisplayPort 1.2 (that is, 17.28Gbps effective throughput upstream in four lanes, which will support the native resolution of the display)
3. Two HDMI 2.0 ports (with HDCP 2.2 support)
4. Two USB 3.0 ports (7.5 WDC "fast charge")

I use this monitor also as my HDTV connected to a Roku streaming stick via one of the two HDMI ports with the stick powered directly by one of the USB 3.0 ports in "fast charge".

As I only have a MacBook Pro Retina mid-2012 I connect the Thunderbolt 1 port (mDP connection) to the DP port of the monitor using a DP-mDP 10 foot able from Monoprice. And, yes, do not get UHD definition because of the limiting GPU on my MBP (resigned to live with 1080p, for now).

My opinion: If you have a pre-2015 MBP, like I do, then this is indeed the way to go. Specially at the price I paid.
 
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Great. Not many sold this year I guess. No problem... people are holding for the brand new Mac Pro, Mac mini and MacBook Pro (yes, a decent one with upgradable RAM and SSD!), besides brand new Apple Thunderbolt Display in 2017. Just about time, Apple!
 
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egzplicit said:
UK, London. I've selected the pick up option from Apple Store in Westfield and got 30th Dec as delivery date. I think i was lucky, the online store page shows Feb now.
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Really, you got a collection date from Westfield White City on Fri 30 Jan... lucky bugger! :)

Mine are just over a week later, but Dec would have been a useful time for me testing the two I'm buying. :-(
 
pullapooh said:
Not sure if the HDR will be a benefit for me? Are the color more true on a HDR display? I'm a graphic designer and need really good color representation on my display.

PS: is the LG ultrafine 5k 10-bit or not?
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Yes 10-bit for the LG 5K's. "Deep Colour" at billions of colours, rather than "True Colour" at millions of colours.
 
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69Mustang said:
This. I don't understand. LG has plenty of monitors that are aesthetically pleasing but the LG/Apple monitor looks utilitarian/pedestrian. Apple had to provide their desired specs AND approve the design. Why did the final product end up looking like something you'd see in a bulk purchase used in cube farm call center? I'd love to know the rational behind giving that design an approving thumbs up.
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Yea. The only thing I can think of is Apple made a late business decision to abandon the standalone display market, and asked its partner LG to ship these displays by the end of the year with some specific specs. Without time to properly put this through a product development process, they went with this utilitarian casing to ensure there would be no issues with an overly ambitious design.

This scenario would make sense given the rumors of an Apple branded display most of the year from reliable sources. There's no other good reason why these displays would be thicker than an iMac and look way worse than virtually every other LG display on the market today.
 
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While I've order two, I still want to know:

1) Cable: what type/brand is it, as no other 2 meter Tbolt 3 cable on the market seem to have "85W" charging ability with 40Gbit Tbolt +10 Gbit USB all in one cable?
2) Camera: 720 or 1080?
3) Speakers: wattage?

No answers yet from any source, it seems...?
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PatriotInvasion said:
Yea. The only thing I can think of is Apple made a late business decision to abandon the standalone display market, and asked its partner LG to ship these displays by the end of the year with some specific specs. Without time to properly put this through a product development process, they went with this utilitarian casing to ensure there would be no issues with an overly ambitious design.

This scenario would make sense given the rumors of an Apple branded display most of the year from reliable sources. There's no other good reason why these displays would be thicker than an iMac and look way worse than virtually every other LG display on the market today.
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Yes there is. These are 5K and not 4K – that's around DOUBLE the pixel count of any 4K! Hence why a thicker unit is needed (like all the other three previous Dell/HP/Philips 5K's displays released) for the higher quality panels used in them.
 
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I know this monitor will not work with a 2013 iMac because of the connections, but if I was to get a monitor that had the right connections that was 5K or 4K would it work with my 2013 iMac? I know I wouldn't get the 5K or 4K resolution, but would the monitor work at all just at a lower resolution?
 
CausticSoda said:
I can't see why Apple couldn't release a new display in the casing of the iMac easily enough - basically, an iMac without the computer inside. It would have made a lot of people happy and surely not taken too much in the way of research and development?
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The LG monitor can be raised quite a way. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can do that with a regular iMac.

My intended use (ordered one today) is to have it above my MacBook.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
If you don't have a REAL reason to need 5k, stick with the Dell displays. They're great and these 5k are only needed by a very small subset of a niche market.
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I have two Dell displays; one for gaming PC and one as a docking station for my rMBP. Excellent monitors for the price, the IPS panels are simply gorgeous. Plus, the XPS-like thin bezels make them super attractive looking at the same time.
 
jimthing said:
While I've order two, I still want to know:
1) Cable: what type/brand is it, as no other 2 meter Tbolt 3 cable on the market seem to have "85W" charging ability with 40Gbit Tbolt +10 Gbit USB all in one cable?
2) Camera: 720 or 1080?
3) Speakers: wattage?
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All the specs and the data sheets are posted now on the LG USA site www.lgusa.com
1. Cable: 2 meter, Thunderbolt 3, active
2. Camera: Yes. No more info. Assume 720.
3. Speakers: 5Wx2, 77dB (Based on LG Standard)

Yes there is. These are 5K and not 4K – that's around DOUBLE the pixel count of any 4K! Hence why a thicker unit is needed (like all the other three previous Dell/HP/Philips 5K's displays released) for the higher quality panels used in them.
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Not sold. Even LG's UltraFine 21.5-inch shares the same frame thickness. And there are plenty of 21+ UHD displays, including LG's own, that have thin bezels. (This LG UltraFine style resembles the NEC Display monitors.)
 
macTW said:
Right away, we get the issues with some Apple fans... complain when it's not the best product out there, but complain once it is but isn't silver and Apple logo.
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Don't get butthurt. If it was silver and had an Apple logo I'd still ridicule its fivehead.
 
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The same "Pros" complaining about not having a 32GB option are complaining about the asthetics of a 10bit 5K monitor.

On top of that "Pros" are opting for LG's non thunderbolt, non 10bit, 4K montior just because it "looks" better.

That's quite funny.
 
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rick987611 said:
I ordered one when they were up for order a few weeks ago. No update on shipping. Anyone else in the same boat?
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I also ordered one when they were briefly for sale. My shipping information now says, "Delivers 28 Dec, 2016 - 29 Dec, 2016." It previously had January 12 listed as the earliest date.
 
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Appleaker said:
Im more interested in the possibility of Apples own GPU display. I think it'll look a lot better aesthetically and have obvious benefits.
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If only there were some technology where you could put a modular and replaceable GPU into the same box as the CPU. A high end display can easily be in service for 10+ years and that would let you keep updating the graphics capability of the display. It would be so cool for multi-display setups.

Well, I guess some ideas are just beyond modern technology.
 
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The same "Pros" complaining about not having a 32GB option are complaining about the asthetics of a 10bit 5K monitor.
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There's a handful of fanbois doing the griping. Most of us Pros are too busy ordering one to comment. There are quite a few threads of pros who've been scrambling to figure out how to pair up their new MBPs with their old Thunderbolt or ACD displays until they can get their hands on the LG 5K display.
 
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MrX8503 said:
The same "Pros" complaining about not having a 32GB option are complaining about the asthetics of a 10bit 5K monitor.

On top of that "Pros" are opting for LG's non thunderbolt, non 10bit, 4K montior just because it "looks" better.

That's quite funny.
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You've invented a fantasy anecdote cobbled together from half-truths, rumors, and hearsay about pros you've never met and can't prove exist, and then find funny the hypocrisy it describes. Apple fan, meet straw man.
 
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