Do you use an Apple sold external monitor for your MacBook Pro and how do you like it?

[Hieveryone]

I had some money burning a hole in my pocket so where better than to spend it than at the Apple store.

I decided to go with the 24" LG display for my 2019 15" MacBook Pro.

I really like it a lot. It looks pretty bland (nothing fancy), but the screen itself is really nice. Crisp and also great colors.

I've got my MacBook Pro docked to the side feeding me data while I use the large monitor for other work.

 

[Clix Pix]

Back in December I bought the 24" LG from the Apple Store. What attracted me was the relatively small physical size -- I cannot wrestle around a 27" monitor! -- and also that this is so simple to connect to one's MBP via Thunderbolt 3. Bingo, it's done. No fussing with HDMI or whatever, no trying to sort out compatibilities. It....just works. I've been very pleased so far with my monitor, and yes, the screen is crisp and the colors are good, which is important to me since I use this for editing images shot with my Sony A7R IV and other cameras.

 

[Hieveryone]

Back in December I bought the 24" LG from the Apple Store. What attracted me was the relatively small physical size -- I cannot wrestle around a 27" monitor! -- and also that this is so simple to connect to one's MBP via Thunderbolt 3. Bingo, it's done. No fussing with HDMI or whatever, no trying to sort out compatibilities. It....just works. I've been very pleased so far with my monitor, and yes, the screen is crisp and the colors are good, which is important to me since I use this for editing images shot with my Sony A7R IV and other cameras.

My only hope is that I didn't pay too much. On Amazon it seems like there's some great monitors for much cheaper. I just wonder what the catch is....

 

[robvas]

I have the old LG 4K and love it

 

[Hieveryone]

I have the old LG 4K and love it

What is the old one??

 

[robvas]

What is the old one??

The 21.5" model Apple used to sell, it came out when the first USB-C MacBooks came out

The LG UltraFine 4K is a great MacBook monitor

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[Clix Pix]

I have no idea of what "the catch" might be; I found the price reasonable and all I know is that I am more than happy with my LG 4K Thunderbolt 3 monitor that is contentedly plugged into my 2018 MBP. No problems with this at all, the setup was surprisingly easy and the monitor gives me what I want: good, crisp text and also the ability to drill down into pixels to refine things when working on an image that I have shot. I love this monitor, it does what I wanted and needed and goes beyond expectations. What more could someone ask? This said, I am not a professional photographer and am not a videographer so my images are edited and shared with modifications "to taste," that is, how I see and adjust them in the editing process. From what I have noticed, others seem to like my images so I must be doing something right!

4K works just fine for me and I love the convenience of simply being able to unplug the monitor from the computer and go off somewhere with the computer, then returning home and plugging back in..... When I saw the description of the 4K monitor on the Apple website, I thought, "hm...." and looked at it in the store, read reviews, etc., and then made my mind up that this was what I wanted and which would work best for me. I even was able to arrange for it to be delivered right from my local Apple store, too. It seems to me as though LG and Apple have come up with a reasonably priced and definitely winning combination here.

 

[velocityg4]

My only hope is that I didn't pay too much. On Amazon it seems like there's some great monitors for much cheaper. I just wonder what the catch is....

They don't have Thunderbolt. Ergo they can't act as a Thunderbolt dock. Also many of them can't daisy chain. Although some can use USB-C and daisy chain. Also most are limited to providing 15W when they do have USB-C. So, they can't charge your computer.

What you are paying a premium for. Besides the stellar display is connecting one cable to your Macbook and start working. You can have all your external drives, USB peripherals, Ethernet adapter, charging and two displays with one tiny cable.

 

[Hieveryone]

I have no idea of what "the catch" might be; I found the price reasonable and all I know is that I am more than happy with my LG 4K Thunderbolt 3 monitor that is contentedly plugged into my 2018 MBP. No problems with this at all, the setup was surprisingly easy and the monitor gives me what I want: good, crisp text and also the ability to drill down into pixels to refine things when working on an image that I have shot. I love this monitor, it does what I wanted and needed and goes beyond expectations. What more could someone ask? This said, I am not a professional photographer and am not a videographer so my images are edited and shared with modifications "to taste," that is, how I see and adjust them in the editing process. From what I have noticed, others seem to like my images so I must be doing something right!

4K works just fine for me and I love the convenience of simply being able to unplug the monitor from the computer and go off somewhere with the computer, then returning home and plugging back in..... When I saw the description of the 4K monitor on the Apple website, I thought, "hm...." and looked at it in the store, read reviews, etc., and then made my mind up that this was what I wanted and which would work best for me. I even was able to arrange for it to be delivered right from my local Apple store, too. It seems to me as though LG and Apple have come up with a reasonably priced and definitely winning combination here.

Oh yea the combo is unreal. I'm on day 2 of mine and it's great. I'm enjoying it more and more everyday.

I heard that there used to be a 21.5" and this 24" one is relatively new. Guess I lucked out!!!

27" is too big for me. I honestly can't sit in front of such a big screen.
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They don't have Thunderbolt. Ergo they can't act as a Thunderbolt dock. Also many of them can't daisy chain. Although some can use USB-C and daisy chain. Also most are limited to providing 15W when they do have USB-C. So, they can't charge your computer.

What you are paying a premium for. Besides the stellar display is connecting one cable to your Macbook and start working. You can have all your external drives, USB peripherals, Ethernet adapter, charging and two displays with one tiny cable.

Ok good. I didn't understand everything you said but as long as I'm not getting ripped off I'm happy lol

 

[Clix Pix]

For me the 24" is the "sweet spot" of screen sizes. I've had a 30" ACD in the past and that was just too large of a viewing surface for me as well as being too heavy for me to manage physically; I couldn't lift it or carry it myself, always had to have someone help me. I've also had smaller monitors -- I went from the 24" iMac to the 21.5" iMac in 2012 and really noticed the difference, and didn't care for the 21.5" size. I knew there was no way I'd be able to wrestle around a 27" iMac. I used my 2015 MBP without an external monitor, and the 15" screen was fine since I wasn't doing much in the way of editing photos, but when I bought the 15" 2018 machine, I knew that I'd soon be wanting an external monitor because I was getting back into photography again. When I saw that Apple was now carrying this LG 24" monitor with Thunderbolt 3, I took a look at it and knew that, yes, this was the one for me. I'm very pleased with it.