Good god, what an ugly display. Bizarre that Apple can give the nod to pairing that plain jane thing to a MBP.
Would not have that on my desk, ever.
Would not have that on my desk, ever.
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First LG UltraFine 5K Displays Arrive Early for Lucky Customers
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Isn't it shocking?
Especially since LG does have some models that are much better looking.
How Apple agreed to partner on this particular model is simply beyond me.
Steve Jobs would have hucked that POS right out a 4th floor window.
Just absolutely hideous (by Apple standards)
they probably don't do much other than Facebook with it. you certainly don't need 5k for Facebook.
It's a matter of perspective. The prius we use because my wife commutes 85 miles a day. A maserati sure would be nicer, but it's more expensive in all aspects. Plus, you don't look at it while driving. That pain is on the folks in the rear view.
But yeah, it certainly isn't a looker. I am also not here defending the looks of the thing on a Prius forum lol. It's futile. Even the fanboys know it's ugly (and ironically if you look into hypermilling parts of prius forums you will find people make it even UGLIER to make it MORE fuel efficient!)!Meanwhile, the monitor is an ever present and noticable part of the room. WHen it's on, it's there. When it's off, it's there. It used to be that you saw an Apple display on a desk and knew exactly what you were looking at whether it was powered on or not; the best (or among the best) monitor you could buy. The average person looks at this and they couldn't tell it from the $125 chinese LCD panel. Parhaps that shouldn't matter at all, but I think people are just used to nice looking design out of Apple monitors. They didn't get that this time. So they are a bit disappointed. Again, it's perfectly fine to have an opinion about how a monitor looks, I would think.
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Give me a 40" 5k screen that looks nice and I'll finally be able to upgrade from my 30" ACD. I don't want a smaller screen than the one I have, I want a larger and higher resolution one. 40" 5k would be perfect. I'm guessing I'm going to have to wait until 8k goes mainstream to get something that is better all round than my almost 10 year old screen.
Guys, I have no doubt that is a great display but does not has the Apple DNA of great design. With all due respect. ITS HORRIBLE!!!!
While the LG UltraFine 5K Display went on sale earlier this week, it was actually the second time it became available for purchase. Apple very briefly accepted orders for the display in late November, possibly by mistake, and some lucky customers who bought one received six to eight week shipping estimates.
Apple emailed some of those first-wave customers earlier this week to let them know their order would be shipping sooner than expected, typically with an expected delivery date of December 28 to December 29. But, in the United Kingdom at least, at least a few lucky customers received their displays today.
LG UltraFine 5K Display delivered to a lucky customer in the United Kingdom
"I ordered literally within seconds of them going on sale, with estimated delivery of December 28-30," said MacRumors forum member Stealth66, who ordered two LG UltraFine 5K displays. "I received a shipping email out of the blue yesterday afternoon, and they were delivered today by UK Mail."
"I've used Apple's Thunderbolt Displays for a few years and I must say these LG 5Ks are awesome," he added. "Very bright, incredibly sharp, and worked flawlessly out of the box, just like an Apple product! It works fine with the Belkin Ethernet adapter plugged into the back of the display."
The forum member noted the Thunderbolt 3 cable included in the box with one of the displays was defective, prompting him to make a Genius Bar appointment to obtain a replacement cable.
MacRumors forum member iBrooker, located in Wales, said his LG UltraFine 5K Display coincidentally arrived today at the same time as his new MacBook Pro, with the deliveries handled separately by couriers DHL and DPD.
"I've spent a couple of hours setting it all up and have to say the display itself is stunning," said iBrooker. "However, I'm still a bit peed that there is no headphone out--so I will have to waste one USB-C port for that. I am not fussed on the built in speakers, and didn't really want/need a camera."
LG's UltraFine 5K Display, designed in partnership with Apple, connects to the new 15-inch MacBook Pro with a single Thunderbolt 3 cable, which provides up to 85W of power to charge the notebook. The 27-inch IPS LED display has peak brightness of 500 nits and a wide DCI-P3 color gamut for more accurate and vivid colors.
The display has an adjustable and removable stand with VESA mount, built-in camera, microphone, stereo speakers, and three downstream USB-C ports at 5 Gbps speeds. It has a 60Hz refresh rate and 217 PPI. The display can be purchased from Apple for $974 until March 31, when it increases to $1,299.95.
The majority of orders placed in late November should begin arriving to customers in the United States and elsewhere next week. Orders placed this week were initially estimated to ship in as few as 3-5 business days, but orders quickly became backlogged and shipping estimates slipped to 2-4 weeks.
For those still looking into purchasing a 4K or 5K display, be sure to consider the smaller LG UltraFine 4K Display or other USB-C displays available.
Article Link: First LG UltraFine 5K Displays Arrive Early for Lucky Customers
I wonder what else was unimaginable in 2006?
That was the year the Core 2 duo was first launched. So, quad core and above
Add OLEDs to the list
Why not good looking LCDs? I had a dell 2407wfp in 2006, and it still got beat by quite a few crts that were still sold. And it was expensive.
Miniature pcs. Our laptops were huge and we certainly didn't have any single board stuff
SSDs, at least the general public and most geeks were unaware of them
Smartphones and tablet that didn't suck
I'm sure that there's lots more stuff I could add
That was the year the Core 2 duo was first launched. So, quad core and above
Add OLEDs to the list
Why not good looking LCDs? I had a dell 2407wfp in 2006, and it still got beat by quite a few crts that were still sold. And it was expensive.
Miniature pcs. Our laptops were huge and we certainly didn't have any single board stuff
SSDs, at least the general public and most geeks were unaware of them
Smartphones and tablet that didn't suck
I'm sure that there's lots more stuff I could add
Can't believe people are whining about how it looks. Geez people, it seems like a fantastic display, for a decent price, and it features an adjustable stand, something Apple's products usually lack.
This is another incident of pros vs joes. This display is for pros. All the joes caring only about the look wouldn't even benefit from a 5k resolution display. Stick with your iOS toys.
Brilliant - my favourite type of comment.
I imagine you typing this with a shiny suit on (as you see no value in a quality cut cloth) and have a cheap bag (maybe one of those Dell ones) as why bother getting one hat looks great. Does the job, move on.
So am I - has been the plan all along
Not necessarily. Maybe not so much from an visual perspective, but from purely technical, large bezels are annoying and make it harder to add multiple displays. I have some newer monitors with ultra small bezels and they are much easier to stack.
Not end of the world problems mind you, but looks can come into effect
It's a matter of perspective. The prius we use because my wife commutes 85 miles a day. A maserati sure would be nicer, but it's more expensive in all aspects. Plus, you don't look at it while driving. That pain is on the folks in the rear view.
Meanwhile, the monitor is an ever present and noticable part of the room. WHen it's on, it's there. When it's off, it's there. It used to be that you saw an Apple display on a desk and knew exactly what you were looking at whether it was powered on or not; the best (or among the best) monitor you could buy. The average person looks at this and they couldn't tell it from the $125 chinese LCD panel. Parhaps that shouldn't matter at all, but I think people are just used to nice looking design out of Apple monitors. They didn't get that this time. So they are a bit disappointed. Again, it's perfectly fine to have an opinion about how a monitor looks, I would think.
Not sure why you need to care what others opinion on your monitor. It's 5K P3 color and no cables to mess around.
My office has plenty of ACD/TB display. They do look nicer than other professional monitors we have but certainly nobody in the office cares. If you look at the professional monitor market, they are all black bezel plastic cheap looking Dell's. Because professionals need monitor that performs not for looks when they are off.
Nobody is forcing anyone to buy it. But if you own the '16 MBP there is no better 5K option around.
In the end of the day, I do care the look of a lot of the stuff but monitor is not one of them.
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just buy a TV?
I'm sure you have another 5 years to wait for 8k to go mainstream.
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I agree they can lose the camera to slim to top bezel so they work well when stacked.
The issue is no machine can run more than 2 of these now. Unless you want to stack just 2 monitors but that's weird setup.
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So it is not unreasonable to expect from Apple a high end display that looks good.
I run a design business and don't want average looking hardware on the desks thank you. you cannot lump 'professionals' in one basket and state all is well.
I may as well buy Dell laptops too by your comment - does the job and looks ok. Why do you buy Apple ? Win 10 is very good so if it is not the great hardware then what is it, as emoji driven macOS isn't going in the pro direction, and this monitor for me is a clear indication of their direction.
the technical aspect of this monitor is great, but it still looks like an '80s clunky black crappy plastic unrefined lump of ****
I run a design business and don't want average looking hardware on the desks thank you. you cannot lump 'professionals' in one basket and state all is well.
I may as well buy Dell laptops too by your comment - does the job and looks ok. Why do you buy Apple ? Win 10 is very good so if it is not the great hardware then what is it, as emoji driven macOS isn't going in the pro direction, and this monitor for me is a clear indication of their direction.
the technical aspect of this monitor is great, but it still looks like an '80s clunky black crappy plastic unrefined lump of ****
First the monitor is made by LG not Apple branded.
Second if you're running a web design business you certainly don't need 5K wide gamut monitor, whatever looks more aesthetically attractive to you works.
How much you think this ****** looking monitor cost?
Lastly I know many professionals use Dell, Windows 10, Surface book, etc. I hate Windows but they certainly work for others.
First the monitor is made by LG not Apple branded.
Second if you're running a web design business you certainly don't need 5K wide gamut monitor, whatever looks more aesthetically attractive to you works.
How much you think this ****** looking monitor cost?
Lastly I know many professionals use Dell, Windows 10, Surface book, etc. I hate Windows but they certainly work for others.
Thanking you for the aggressive response.
1. I know it is LG but Apple worked with them on it.
2. Who said I run a web design business? There are many fields of design that would benefit from a display like this, mine included. Hint it includes looking at lots of lines, which when combined become a cohesive element that graphically represents the built environment.
Lastly well done for hating a competent operating system. How can you 'hate' something inaminate.
I still stand by my opinion on the ugliness of this display as a desktop solution. Why build beautiful laptops and have this as the main display. It makes no real sense.
I hope you didn't buy Macs for your business just because they look better than Windows/Dell's.
I don't like using Windows so hate is the word I'd like to use to describe. Not sure why you'd have problem with that.
Ugly is subjective. I agree it's not the prettiest monitor but it's almost a perfect monitor for 2016 MBP.
What other 5K options on the market at sub $1000? The Dell UP2715K is selling for $1600 and offers less feature.
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Operational question: If you adorn your MacBook with an external monitor like this and you make use of the extra real estate what's the situation when you unplug and start using the laptop on its own? Does the OS automatically deal with this, or do you have to take action as a user to ensure all windows are brought back into scope?
This right here.
To each their own, but it's sad to hear someone say they bought a portable machine only to use in clamshell mode 90% of the time. Most professionals would understand the value of a desktop class machine, and relegate that 10% to some other system.
But, whatever.
All in all, this thread has me coming to the understanding that no one has used these monitors extensively enough to judge color accuracy and function. You either don't mind the aesthetic and are happy to have a 5k monitor, or hate the aesthetic and don't have the monitor at all anyway.
I don't like the aesthetic and limitation of the panel at all, but I also don't doubt that LG can make a decent enough panel to function out of the box. The only advantage this thing has over any other product is the TBolt 3 ports, which I'm sure Dell and HP and Eizo will be adopting soon enough. Other than that, it's your run of the mill, black, standard panel.
I'll continue to wait for Dell and HP, or for an updated iMac.