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Apple Stores Quietly Carrying New LG 23.7-Inch UltraFine Display
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The Blackmagic eGPUs are non-upgradable. If these monitors with GPUs become a thing they will mostly be soldered or MXM which can be a crapshoot to upgrade (judging by my previous 2011 iMac). At least Apples I should clarify.
I was hoping for a long time that an upcoming iMac would continue to follow the old Apple Cinema Display resolutions (pixel doubled for retina in recent iterations).
My first iMac was 24" with the same 1920x1200 resolution as the 23" ACD (slight difference in size here, but there was a later 24" LED version, so it all fits nicely).
There was then 27" 2560x1440 to match the 27" ACD.
Now we have a pixel doubled version of that at 5120x2880, which is what I currently use.
The bigger 30" ACD was 2560x1600 16:10. This would equate to a retina 30" iMac with 5120x3200. That would be amazing, but the rumours are pointing to even wider ratio (31.6" 6144x3072 2:1) for the new Apple monitor, which may also end up in an iMac.
I'm really excited about this monitor, actually.
I much prefer an actual 4K display over Apple's strange resolution, plus 23.7" is a plus over 21.5".
Overall, it's a much better product for the same price. It's almost certainly my next monitor.
I much prefer an actual 4K display over Apple's strange resolution, plus 23.7" is a plus over 21.5".
Overall, it's a much better product for the same price. It's almost certainly my next monitor.
Does anyone know of a calculator online which lets you plug in screen size and resolution and compare text or image size across two different displays?
I haven't used an external monitor in 20 years and a lot has changed, including my eyesight for the worse. I know that a 15" MBP in the original default resolution (1440 x 900) is reasonably comfortable for me, although I wouldn't mind it if text were sightly bigger.
I'm interested in an external monitor but have no idea what size/resolution external monitor would buy me some more screen real estate without making elements any smaller or harder to read.
I haven't used an external monitor in 20 years and a lot has changed, including my eyesight for the worse. I know that a 15" MBP in the original default resolution (1440 x 900) is reasonably comfortable for me, although I wouldn't mind it if text were sightly bigger.
I'm interested in an external monitor but have no idea what size/resolution external monitor would buy me some more screen real estate without making elements any smaller or harder to read.
purchase it with cash, hide it in garage and carry it to the room at mid night. no one will notice that.
I'm with you, to me 23 is enough, I don't need a 27 inch (too big).
I wish people were a little more vocal about having a 16:10 ratio in their computer monitors used to *do things.* The trend towards pulling them as wide as taffy but knocking down the resolution below 4K so crappy machines can run them is going the wrong way in terms of useable space, and doing it with less pixels—so whatever this gaming glory hole is supposed to be, it’s actually twice as useless for a good percentage of the ultimate end users. LG’s only new monitors are variations on this way to f’n wide x way to f’n short cockamamie idea. Their 27” 4K monitors, while good, just roll on over for 2019. How is the living room TV now a far superior monitor than then purpose built monitor minitor?
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The owner apparently can’t figure out the resolution, so forget about confirming the color space...though, if it didn’t support DCI-P3 I’m not sure why Apple would be selling it.
Depends on what you are doing with said monitor. Any software with a timeline (music, video) benefits from having a wider rather than taller screen for me.
Whaaat?! Can you imagine if they made this? This so phat!
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Yes, you have a point, but when if you want to play a 4K file in its resolution for example, or work on high res graphics/photos that you’ll be bringing into your timeline, having 5MP (or less) instead of 8MP (or more) it begins to feel like you’re just looking at a blown up version of something that simply needs more resolution. (IMO) An ultra wide monitor could be helpful for video editing, etc. if the resolution scaled with the dimensions proportionally. I think LG is trying to do this with a new “5K” unta wide monitor but it still looks underspecced and overpriced.
I love 4:3 and 16:10, but not over 20". I find the 5K screen too tall in the current iMac 5K. I'd prefer something like 2:1 on a 5K screen, so let's say 5120x2560@26"(220ppi).
This new 4K LG monitor has a PPI that's too low, though. Anything lower than 200ppi on a computer monitor is not "retina sharp", in my opinion.
Well, it must be the same thing Dell’s engineers were smoking when they designed the P2415Q 4K display, which I own and enjoy very much. I typically run it at 1920x1080 (true @2x) or 2304x1296, but not 2560x1440 as it tends to make text and other items too small for my aging eyes, while 27” is ideal for 2560x1440.
The cost is a bit high at $699, depending on connectivity and the color gamut of the display, which there still doesn’t seem to be consensus yet, but it is not completely out of line. It would be great to see some formal testing of the display and comparisons with other 4K displays.
To be fair to Dell, that monitor came out in early 2014. A whole 5 years ago. 4K monitors only began shipping in late 2013 when Asus was the first to release a consumer model.
It might be an ugly display, but it works well and is the most colour correct to the Apple displays on their Macs. I have the 27 inch one and it’s hideous to look at, especially with the top bezel to house the camera, but screen is brilliant.
What component is most likely to fail on a computer? The gpu.
How does the computer industry feel about modularity? Solder everything down.
How would Apple make an egpu display? Solder everything and put in a gpu barely powerful enough to push the pixels around the screen.
It's sort of a function of what one values. Your Dell 4K screen has lower PPI and I'm guessing doesn't offer a pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports and three regular USB-C ports. So it's not really a good comparison.
EDIT: I should add that I use a Dell 24" monitor at its native 1920 x 1200 for my PC at home, and I think it's a great value for what it offers. I have found Dell monitors to be top notch for basic productivity type stuff.
Personally I find it looks pretty decent in person, very minimalist.
Name one Apple display from the last few releases that wasn’t primarily designed with connectors for notebooks.