CES 2021: LG Unveils First OLED UltraFine Monitor and 39.7" UltraWide 5K2K Monitor

[ukguy]

No.

4k 24''
5k 27''
6k 32''

This gives you a pretty uniform density around 215 ppi.

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ok thanks, so if my mac mini 2018 can run up to 5k, I will not likely see a 30" 5k?
Or if I do it'll be more like 170PPI and use scaling, but possibly still much clearer than the cinema display.

I read somewhere that at 24" from the screen your eyes can't see the pixels at 150PPI upwards, so 170-180ppi looks clear at that distance. The BenQ 32" at 139PPI still has visible pixels.

Just really how the Mac OS copes with scaling at 170PPI.

 

[537635]

ok thanks, so if my mac mini 2018 can run up to 5k, I will not likely see a 30" 5k?
Or if I do it'll be more like 170PPI and use scaling, but possibly still much clearer than the cinema display.

I read somewhere that at 24" from the screen your eyes can't see the pixels at 150PPI upwards, so 170-180ppi looks clear at that distance. The BenQ 32" at 139PPI still has visible pixels.

Just really how the Mac OS copes with scaling at 170PPI.

215 ppi is the exact doubling of standard resolutions and screen elements look normal size but crisp clear.

For example 27 inch 5k is 5120 pixels, which is exactly doubled 2560, which used to be standard for 27 inch.

Stuff in between will be blurry and in general won't look as good, because of subpixel scaling.

That is true if used from standard distances. If you have a 49 inch 4k and use it from 1m+, it'll be fine, but then you'll have issues with the size of screen elements.

 

[ukguy]

I guess if exactly double res then 27” at 5k shows text a little smaller.

So would 30” at 5k look exactly the size of 30” Cinema Display just clearer?

And 32 looks bigger

Just the bigger screens have less ppi

 

[ukguy]

I guess if exactly double res then 27” at 5k shows text a little smaller.

So would 30” at 5k look exactly the size of 30” Cinema Display just clearer?

And 32 looks bigger

Just the bigger screens have less ppi

Actually I guess not as it’s the ppi not the size

 

[lilkwarrior]

Why are monitor manufacturers so allergic to 200+ PPI? Make a pretty panel with high pixel density and high end Apple users will buy it. You could charge a lot for this. Is Apple sending hired goons around LG and Dell to stop them doing this or something? A baffling gap in the market for a few years now.

There's essentially nothing like a 6K 32" display available that isn't the crazy expensive Apple XDR. Make a regular one for $2000, it would sell like crazy. I'd buy it!

The LG displays Apple sells which are basically the great iMac panels in an LG shell look hideous in my opinion. Not sure why something like this can't exist in an Apple Cinema Display form factor.

Having a Pro Display XDR, a monitor that sharp must have a QA & bill of material that is too high for mainstream consumers to pay for yet.


Apple is genuinely trying for economies of scale to be on their favor to at least make a Liquid XDR option be available for iMac & ideally the Macbook Pro with the screen tech being used on the latest iPad Pro.

I would be pleasantly surprised if the new Macbook Pros have it as an option, though my gut tells me to wait until a generation or two for that to happen.

 

[Spacewiz]

Never again will I buy an LG product. After purchasing a 5K LG display (from the Apple Store no less), and having to send it back to LG within 2 months for a bad webcam, only to find that they did not repair the problem; then having to wrangle with their "customer service" about the lack of repair (they did provide excellent stonewalling service though), I finally got a refund after more than 3 months. I'll never buy another LG product again. Never.