iMac monitor upgrade in 2018?

[Mac32]

Hi,

Sitting on the fence here, wondering if I should buy the present iMac model, or wait for the next one coming this year. I'm particularly interested in the new LG monitors being released later this year (May?), that have Nano IPS which produce more vivid colors, and support HDR10 and true 10bit color. Does anyone have any informed guesses about these new monitors, and if they are realistic for the iMac 2018 model?
Thanks!

http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2017/12/n...quality-and-performance-improved-versatility/

 

[Samuelsan2001]

Hi,

Sitting on the fence here, wondering if I should buy the present iMac model, or wait for the next one coming this year. I'm particularly interested in the new LG monitors being released later this year (May?), that has Nano IPS which will produce more vivid colors, and support HDR10 and true 10bit color. I would love to see this technology in the iMac. Does anyone know anything about this, or have any informed guesses?
Thanks!

http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2017/12/n...quality-and-performance-improved-versatility/

I doubt we’ll know anything before it’s released to be honest.

 

[Mac32]

Yeah, that's true. However, how does the present iMac screen (2017 model) compare to the latest HDR-supported monitors? Is there a big difference in colour quality, anyone seen these HDR monitors in person?

 

[bl11]

Note that they're only 32" and 34" that they're releasing.
Also i believe 2017 screen was upgraded from the 2015 version. Not sure how often the screen is updated on a year to year basis, but my guess would be no and that 2017 screen will be used in 2018.

Especially since imac 2017 and imac pro use the same screen. I highly doubt that 2018 imac would have a better screen that the pro.

 

[SecuritySteve]

The iMac screen is unlikely to go through an update this year. 5k is still hard enough for modern graphics cards to push.

 

[bl11]

The iMac screen is unlikely to go through an update this year. 5k is still hard enough for modern graphics cards to push.

OP meant upgrade in terms of an updated panel, not higher resolution.

 

[SecuritySteve]

OP meant upgrade in terms of an updated panel, not higher resolution.

Still the same answer as your post though. My bad for misunderstanding, I typically only think of monitors in two dimensions: Refresh Rate and Resolution.

 

[sputnikBA]

I don't forsee resolution changes any time soon. @SecuritySteve is right in that 5k is a large factor in that. The increase in performance required just to go from 4K to 5K is much higher than the names imply. And going beyond that to any of the 5K UHD's or 8K will be worse.

It's not the kind of power you can expect to see in consumer hardware. Definitely not at a price point the majority of consumers would accept.

The most I'd expect to see panel update wise is for efficiency / brightness increase. 2018 iMacs going from 500 nits to 600 to match that new VESA HDR standard. (which won't matter anyway because we still can't watch 4k iTunes vids on a Mac...)