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Hands-On With LG's 32-Inch 4K UltraFine Ergo Display
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Apple's pricing is screaming "WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THESE" - like the contractor who quotes you $100k to replace your sink. We don't want the work.
I got the new Samsung G7 32 inch gaming monitor a couple of weeks ago and it is the best monitor I have owned. 240hz with MBR. Great for gaming, good for photo editing in RGB mode. This monitor hits all the right point for me. When you are playing Doom Eternal at 240hz it is pure gaming pleasure. Works great with my 2019 MacBook Pro 16. Make sure you get a good USB C to Displayport 1.4 to make it fly. I use StarTech cables for years and they always are great. I got it on sale for $649.00 on Amazon. Was going to get the G9 but it was hard to get and also thinking about when I am going to use it for a PS5 the 16x9 is a better monitor so you do not get black bars on the sides of the image on the monitor.
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No, we need more 8k panels in ultra wide size. 48”.
Basically 2 4K displays in the same panel.
The problem is there is absolutely nothing on the market anywhere that compares with apples retina displays, so for all of us who are looking for display options for the desk, but are used to apples retina displays, there’s basically no option out there that is satisfactory...and that is a difficult fact to accept. So I’ll end up watching a review like this only to be disappointed, and knew I would be disappointed before I watched it.
Well they don’t prefer it, they just don’t know any better. Neither did we before we started looking at Retina displays. This is a problem for me now because I want to create other options for myself and there is nothing good enough. If I look at a display like this all I can think is that it looks blurry, because it does.
I just don’t understand the display market at all today. I’ve been using a 27“ 5K display since 2014 in the form of the iMac. After 6 years this panel is still infinitely better than most of what comes to market, at any price.
I have the same 2014 5K iMac. I had the display go bad (severe afterimage ghosting) — but thankfully within AppleCare so I got it replaced free. I know subsequent iMacs are brighter and have a larger color gamut, but to this day I absolutely love sitting down in front of this display.
30-32 inch 5K please, and I'll get the credit card out. No ultra-wide though, which is essentially just 1080p. As a developer, I need height, not width.
Same here, 27 is enough for me, but the lack of MacOS integration makes me not buy it.
I'm sick of waiting on Apple (or any company other than LG) to make a 5k monitor that doesn't look hideous.
I hope they continue to improve the G series. Something like a 55” or 59” version with the equivalent of two 5k or 6k screens would be pretty much my perfect monitor.
I still remember my Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24” 1080p display. It was pretty expensive but it had a great matte screen, accurate colors, and a great stand. Only sad part was the latency. But for the distance I viewed it, it was perfect.
I’ve been hesitant to buy a 24” or 21.5” 4K display because I don’t want to be squinting, and HiDPI 1080p isn’t enough screen real estate for 2020. A 27” 5K iMac would be fine, I guess, because the profile of the stand would let me move the computer closer to my face.
If I got this monitor I would definitely set it to 1:1 scaled mode. It would be like a 16” 1080p display times four. Not too bad really.
I care about 1:1 or 1:2 screen pixel ratios for video editing.
I’ve been hesitant to buy a 24” or 21.5” 4K display because I don’t want to be squinting, and HiDPI 1080p isn’t enough screen real estate for 2020. A 27” 5K iMac would be fine, I guess, because the profile of the stand would let me move the computer closer to my face.
If I got this monitor I would definitely set it to 1:1 scaled mode. It would be like a 16” 1080p display times four. Not too bad really.
I care about 1:1 or 1:2 screen pixel ratios for video editing.
Ya, this. I never realized how pixelated and crappy all my previous monitors looked before sitting in front of a 5K display. After doing so for a while, it becomes very difficult to downgrade, because everything which used to look great, suddenly looks terrible and full of visible dots and artifacts my brain never bothered to register
Yet, I looked at those monitors for years and loved the ACD 30" ... I look at it now, and not so much.
Can't believe comments in this thread...4K is not good enough? There is hardly 4K content out there.
There was a time when 1080P was eye piercing sharp!
how much is enough?
whats the benefit of curved display? doesnt it put things out in wrong proportions?
There was a time when 1080P was eye piercing sharp!
how much is enough?
whats the benefit of curved display? doesnt it put things out in wrong proportions?
Baby steps. 5K monitors are nowhere near the affordable range for your everyday consumer.
4K is more than good enough for a 24" display or smaller. And it has nothing to do with "4K content". This isn't a TV.
Every single pixel of every single UI window matters.
Baby steps? iMac has had a 5K panel bundled with a whole computer at a reasonable price since 2014.
I was talking about a standalone display. Let me know if you can find a 5K monitor at a reasonable price.
I know, I agree with you. I'm saying the industry outside of Apple hasn't managed to deliver a single interesting display at a reasonable price in 6 years.
The best value display on the market is STILL the iMac 5K, 6 years later.
Truth. Which I'm sure contributed to Apple deciding to disable Target Display Mode. "Oh, hey, that's a really nice monitor in a cool stand! it comes with a free computer I'll never use, but that's fine."