I can see the Apple monitor being far more uniform, far less glossy, and generally work better in tandem with Macs. The various Ultrafine were beset with teething problems of various kinds that prevented them from working well. I have a reasonably good LG Ultrafine 21, and had to work for an expensive repair when the Thunderbolt cable coming off in the wrong angle knocked the entire logic board out of order. In short, you pay more, you get more with Apple, as usual.Thoughts about how the Apple Studio Display will differ compared to the LG 5K? Will content appear more or less the same, except the build of the display and the stand as well as the ports?
I have the same Ultrafine 21 and I snapped off that USB-C port by pressing on the cable. LG fixed it under warranty but then I screwed up the port again while adjusting the monitor on an VESA arm and pulling on the cable. The cable bent the USB-C jack. Was wondering how much it would cost to fix. what did yours cost?I can see the Apple monitor being far more uniform, far less glossy, and generally work better in tandem with Macs. The various Ultrafine were beset with teething problems of various kinds that prevented them from working well. I have a reasonably good LG Ultrafine 21, and had to work for an expensive repair when the Thunderbolt cable coming off in the wrong angle knocked the entire logic board out of order. In short, you pay more, you get more with Apple, as usual.
get the Apple. The Lg Ultrafine monitors have crappy sensitive ports in the back. I broke mine twice my yanking on the USB cable. if you bump the monitor against the wall wiht cable plugged in, it may break off the whole port.so the price gap between LG 5k and this new studio display is 200$ for me as I can get educational discount.
100 nits additional brightness and having better speaker would worth that price bump?
I don't care that much about how they look as I actually like the black simple design of LG one ?
One other thing is, I am using UltraFine 5K along with MBP 16inch 2021, and the brightness is quite matching and having extra brightness would make my MBP looking dimmer. So it is likely that I may not welcome that 100 nits in that sense, though I love brighter monitors in general.
I don't know what to do. I have to device before my return window for this Ultrafine is over. lol
Thanks. I was thinking the same way. Just thinking about packing the UltraFine back to its box and bringing it to the amazon pickup store made me sick and I was convincing myself that I don't need better monitor. hahaget the Apple. The Lg Ultrafine monitors have crappy sensitive ports in the back. I broke mine twice my yanking on the USB cable. if you bump the monitor against the wall wiht cable plugged in, it may break off the whole port.
LG looks ugly.
I also have the new 16 inch and love it but I cant really tell the difference between the display of this and the 2019 MBP I had. I hate watching movies at 120 hz on TVs since all movies look cinematic at 60 hz. So I dont know what all the craze for promotion is about. I dont see any promotion on my MacBook.
I love sharp letters and 219 ppi is good enough where I cant tell the difference. My iPad mini has more than 300 ppi and I cant really tell the difference between these devices.
I really want at least 200 ppi and there are no options other than the ugly LG monitors. The apple display can be kept for a decade and looks good. I guess having nice speakers is ok too. HDR? I don't find myself watching any HDR content. Where can I watch this? Netflix?
I dont think I care much for mini LED displays. I use the 16 inch in dark mode and the white letters are too bright for my taste. They seem to bother me more than the previous MacBook did.
So yea the display costs more but who cares? Youll use it for more than a decade and it will probably stay solid. Also The apple care is $150 for 3 years and a $99 repair if you burn pixels or crack the screen. Who else is going to give you solid service if something goes wring with your display? I rather spend the money and be happy long term than to try and save $300. I ranter not eat out for 3 months and save the $300 that way.
I just ordered the apple display also with AppleCare because ill be shipping this monitor in 3 months and then im moving in 4 months. Ive broken a few expensive monitors already as dumb as that sounds. Ive been waiting for this monitor since I sold my thunderbolt apple display in 2012.Thanks. I was thinking the same way. Just thinking about packing the UltraFine back to its box and bringing it to the amazon pickup store made me sick and I was convincing myself that I don't need better monitor. haha
but it's pretty true that 200$ is not that huge bump given Ultrafine is already 1300.
This is because in the Windows ecosystem, which heavily relies on 3rd party monitors, the Windows implementation of HiDPI is horrible and as such, there has been no pressure or reason to support HiDPI monitors from OEMs such as LG, Asus, Acer, etc.That brings up the question, ARE there any other 27" 5K monitors other than the LG Ultrafine and this Studio Display? It feels like nobody else is interested in filling that space, which is probably why they can charge so much.
Everything else on the market seems to be lower DPI.
Since the monitor uses Thunderbolt 3 to connect to the Mac, if the Lenovo or PC in question has a Thunderbolt 3 port, it should work, at least minimally. You may not be able to control the brightness, adjust the speaker volume, or hell, maybe not even be able to use the webcam when it is connected to a PC. You may only get the minimum amount of functionality, which is using the monitor as a display, and that is it. We shall see, in due time.Will the studio display work with a Lenovo Thinkpad? I would like a monitor that I can use with my work laptop and a Mac Mini or MacBook Air.
I messaged Apple Support and they advised it would work with a PC, but I didn’t see anything in the tech specs.
Good that you fixed it under warranty. My USB-C port probably gave up the ghost as I was raising my sit-stand setup and the cable being too taut and yanked off. It was out of warranty, so I had to do a relatively long-winded process with LG UK and pay some 150 GBP. It did come back in good shape at the end.I have the same Ultrafine 21 and I snapped off that USB-C port by pressing on the cable. LG fixed it under warranty but then I screwed up the port again while adjusting the monitor on an VESA arm and pulling on the cable. The cable bent the USB-C jack. Was wondering how much it would cost to fix. what did yours cost?
LG makes flimsy ports
I use my LG 5K with Lenovos. It works well with Windoze including all devices (they show as USB). Linux is kind of hit-or-miss. One machine had a Big Company distro on it and the monitor would flip out for ten seconds under high USB load. The other has generic Ubuntu 21.04 LTS and all devices work great, no problems.Since the monitor uses Thunderbolt 3 to connect to the Mac, if the Lenovo or PC in question has a Thunderbolt 3 port, it should work, at least minimally. You may not be able to control the brightness, adjust the speaker volume, or hell, maybe not even be able to use the webcam when it is connected to a PC. You may only get the minimum amount of functionality, which is using the monitor as a display, and that is it. We shall see, in due time.
I’d differ here. The 5Ks have very simple internal layout and it’s just parts swapping to fix one. I started out with a great used one from eBay for $550 but dropped it from 1.5m, cracking the screen. Totally my fault and I couldn’t buy another. So I just kept buying more of them in various conditions to swap parts and resell until I ran out of parts.Would certainly not buy a second hand one.
Sure, that seems like a good deal and approach. Unfortunately we have long had distribution issues in the UK. Apple pulled the Ultrafines from its online stores ages ago, leading two very niche retailers with long waiting lists and top prices (I paid less than 200 GBP more for the Studio Display vs. the Ultrafine 5K). You could rarely get a used Ultrafine on Ebay for less than 750-800 GBP and often times higher because of their relative rarity. I kept seeing good deals in the US for the Ultrafines though.I’d differ here. The 5Ks have very simple internal layout and it’s just parts swapping to fix one. I started out with a great used one from eBay for $550 but dropped it from 1.5m, cracking the screen. Totally my fault and I couldn’t buy another. So I just kept buying more of them in various conditions to swap parts and resell until I ran out of parts.
No judgement if that’s not your cup of tea, but it’s not as hard as it might seem.
I can totally see in the future where Apple releases a "Studio Display XDR" that includes mini-LED technology.Planning to keep my Ultrafine 5k to run on my desktop PC. Snagging one of the Studio Displays to run with my MBP. Somewhat disappointed by the lack of mini-led but excited for the other upgrades and improved enclosure.