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Apple's LG UltraFine 5K Display Now Available for Purchase for $974 [Updated]

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The LG 5K UltraFine Display was created in partnership with Apple for the new MacBook Pro.
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LG: "We've got this fantastic monitor. It has USB-C, HDMI, display port inputs. Look, some USB3 sockets so you can plug in your existing gear, and a few USB-C ones too. Round the side here, there are buttons for the menu system, brightness, contrast, etc. Also, an SD card slot, Ethernet port for pure convenience. So, just plug one cable into your computer, and this monitor will be a great hub that'll work with any computer now and in the future. What do you think, Tim?"

Tim: "Get rid of it all. USB-C Thunderbolt only, no buttons. Next!".
 
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macduke said:
Might as well get a 5K iMac which doesn't look like a dog turd. The next iMac will have Thunderbolt 3 which can handle 5K over target display mode. That is, assuming there will eventually be another iMac, lol.
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Or assuming that it will do target display mode, or support more than 8gb of RAM, or have a regular power plug that won't require a dongle.
 
I have a late 2012 iMac, can I use this LG 5K UltraFine monitor as a secondary display? Cause I just bought this.

I know that I will not be able to get 5K or even 4k output, but it should work as a secondary monitor for my native resolution (2560x1440) right? I will be getting the next iMac whenever it comes out, this would only be a temporary solution. But I hope I can at least do this...
 
SeanM said:
I have a late 2012 iMac, can I use this LG 5K UltraFine monitor as a secondary display? Cause I just bought this.

I know that I will not be able to get 5K or even 4k output, but it should work as a secondary monitor for my native resolution (2560x1440) right? I will be getting the next iMac whenever it comes out, this would only be a temporary solution. But I hope I can at least do this...
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No. It's USB-C (TB3) only. No converter will work, and even more so it uses a custom timing chip since TB3 doesn't support DP 1.3.
 
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I don't care for the look but I think it's more boring than ugly. (Which I find odd because LG actually makes some nice looking monitors.)

With that said... for a 5K the current price is really good and the most annoying thing about Apple branded monitors has always been their bizarre aversion to adjustable stands. I end up with an expensive monitor and some kind of stand to prop it up higher. It's amusing to see the "form over function" crowd griping about the MacBook Pros also griping so hard about he function over form on this monitor.

I have an LG Thunderbolt Display now but... the audio controls on the Mac do nothing to the builtin audio (annoying) and there's no camera. (Oh yeah, it's also not 5K.)
 
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citysnaps said:
What cable management? For one cable? All communications between the MBP and display (display data from the MBP, display control from the MBP, audio from the MBP to the display, web camera video from the display to the MBP, and MBP charging from the display) is transmitted over a SINGLE (one) cable.

The display itself and bezels are LG's.
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fair point
 
dammit i want to order it now but dam 6-8 weeks... 2 of them at 884, thats a lot of money sitting off the credit card without delivery...

also i am in the UK so i cant order it!!!!
 
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aloshka said:
No. It's USB-C (TB3) only. No converter will work, and even more so it uses a custom timing chip since TB3 doesn't support DP 1.3.
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Aww man that's a bummer. I'll keep my order for now and hope Apple releases new iMacs in the next 6-8 weeks (although that seems doubtful).
 
aloshka said:
Or assuming that it will do target display mode, or support more than 8gb of RAM, or have a regular power plug that won't require a dongle.
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Oh crap. I haven't considered how they could butcher the next iMac. Make it half as thick, even lower powered mobile stuff across the board, rose gold, remove the SD card slot, USB-C only, no headphone jack, no ethernet, no serviceable RAM on the 27" model, no target display mode even though it now has the bandwidth, and cost $500 more with a TouchBar keyboard. The low end model will probably get a 4200rpm HDD, lol.
 
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Tried on 3 devices, finally worked. Not sure I want to buy it this minute, but I'll hopefully be buying it. While not the greatest design, I've heard it has decent speakers, has a webcam, will charge my 15" MBP when it gets here, 5K with awesome colors. I can get past the slight ugliness.
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2010mini said:
How do you know what the build quality is like?
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Unless he was one of the few that got one early for review, he's just trolling (aka wasting his time scouring forums to make a fool out of himself).
 
scott_donald said:
dammit i want to order it now but dam 6-8 weeks... 2 of them at 884, thats a lot of money sitting off the credit card without delivery...

also i am in the UK so i cant order it!!!!
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Wonder if they will extend the discount, especially since people are essentially paying for vaporware, since no one has seen the monitor and won't until months after you pay for it.

macduke said:
Oh crap. I haven't considered how they could butcher the next iMac. Make it half as thick, even lower powered mobile stuff across the board, rose gold, remove the SD card slot, USB-C only, no headphone jack, no ethernet, no serviceable RAM on the 27" model, no target display mode even though it now has the bandwidth, and cost $500 more with a TouchBar keyboard. The low end model will probably get a 4200rpm HDD, lol.
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I was just joking around. I doubt they'll butcher it too much, although you never know. The USB-C ports for sure. There won't be any other ports other than 4 or maybe 6 if we are lucky. Probably not mobile processor, as they are more expensive than their desktop counterparts; crappier video card, definitely. They'll advertise it as "one trillion teraflops calculations", which doesn't mean sh** to anyone but somehow Apple assumes everyone is a moron and hearing trillion will somehow make it fast.

But the rest of your predictions I think are spot on. Definitely no target display mode, but you can't blame apple. That's actually a limit of TB3 / DP 1.2.

I'd guess they will also raise the price by about $800 for taking away all your ports.
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TigerWoodsIV said:
I've heard it has decent speakers
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Heard from where? They aren't released yet. 6 to 8 weeks before first shipment. No one has seen them.

EDIT: Nevermind about no one seeing them. I guess there is 1 or 2 review units going around.
 
aloshka said:
No. It's USB-C (TB3) only. No converter will work, and even more so it uses a custom timing chip since TB3 doesn't support DP 1.3.
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So it's confirmed Apple's bi-directional TB2 to TB3 adapter won't work in allowing one quarter 2560x1440 resolution operation?
 
I like how they've been saying it's gonna be available in December but the soonest it will ship to me is Jan 12th. Hopefully they are erring in caution on the ship date and I'll get mine before the end of the year.

Personally I'm fine with the way the monitor looks. Nothing flashy outside of the lg logo. Clean lines. Black. Unapologetically monitor.
 
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So it's confirmed Apple's bi-directional TB2 to TB3 adapter won't work in allowing one quarter 2560x1440 resolution operation?
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No. Because the monitor input is TB3, so even with a converter, plugging in a TB2 will do nothing.
 
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Aldaris said:
Apple partnered with LG I think "codeveloped" is a little reaching. Considering how un-Apple looking it is.
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The specs, restricted i/o, layout of ports etc. is all very reminiscent of the Apple TB display and iMac (and nothing like LGs other displays).

Its like Apple designed a new Thunderbolt display right up to the point where they saw the tooling-up bill for a machined aluminium enclosure & iMac style bonded glass display, then gave up and handed over to LG.
 
Looks like it has already sold out.
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