Ordered the G32P last week here in the USA from ClickClack. I was waiting to see the LG review which was disappointing and that it had a matte screen. I will compare to my present Studio Display when it arrives.
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Kuycon G32P - 31.5″ 6K (6144×3456) IPS Black Monitor
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I currently own an ASD and I really love it, but really wanted to get the 6K display as well. So I caved in and ordered also through Alibaba. Now waiting patiently to get mine as well.
Should look for a webcam and probably some minimal form of speakers for meetings and such. Also having a proper KVM wouldn't hurt, although I already have a CalDigit.
Should look for a webcam and probably some minimal form of speakers for meetings and such. Also having a proper KVM wouldn't hurt, although I already have a CalDigit.
I have to say that I've really grown fond of the Kuycon G32P. Now that the fog has lifted on the other 6K displays (i.e., from ASUS and LG), I feel completely vindicated in my decision to purchase the Kuycon, because I would have been unhappy with the competitors' matte displays due to the grayish veil that always covers the image. With the Kuycon's glossy screen, I get the brilliance I love so much every day!
Sure, there will be even better screens at some point, but for the price currently being paid for the Kuycon G32P, I don't know of anything better AND you get an absolutely awesome design on top of that, which (admittedly) was very well stolen from Apple
Just came on to post the same. Absolutely wonderful screens. Don't use them to the degree most people do, and could probably have got the 4k one instead for that reason, but what a nice piece of kit.I have to say that I've really grown fond of the Kuycon G32P. Now that the fog has lifted on the other 6K displays (i.e., from ASUS and LG), I feel completely vindicated in my decision to purchase the Kuycon, because I would have been unhappy with the competitors' matte displays due to the grayish veil that always covers the image. With the Kuycon's glossy screen, I get the brilliance I love so much every day!
Sure, there will be even better screens at some point, but for the price currently being paid for the Kuycon G32P, I don't know of anything better AND you get an absolutely awesome design on top of that, which (admittedly) was very well stolen from Apple
I've been using the Anker Powerconf C200 web cam and works great. You can download their app to make adjustments to the image at no cost.
Hope long have you had this Kuycon monitor and any issues like dead pixels, or excessive bleeding on dark screen?I have to say that I've really grown fond of the Kuycon G32P. Now that the fog has lifted on the other 6K displays (i.e., from ASUS and LG), I feel completely vindicated in my decision to purchase the Kuycon, because I would have been unhappy with the competitors' matte displays due to the grayish veil that always covers the image. With the Kuycon's glossy screen, I get the brilliance I love so much every day!
Sure, there will be even better screens at some point, but for the price currently being paid for the Kuycon G32P, I don't know of anything better AND you get an absolutely awesome design on top of that, which (admittedly) was very well stolen from Apple
I bought the Kuycon G32P about a month after the first user reported something about the display here in this thread. Of course, the monitor has no defective pixels. But that's usually no longer a problem these days. It's become really rare for a new monitor to be sold with a pixel error, and it's even rarer for a pixel to fail during operation. For example, my 5K Dell UP2715 is now almost 11 years old, and the image is still excellent and has not developed any dead pixels during that time.
The Kuycon G32P is on par with the Dell, which is excellent for me because I had no complaints about the Dell except that the 27" screen size eventually became too small for me.
BUT the Kuycon is not an Apple, of course. Apple is even better in terms of quality, but you pay more than three times as much for a 31.5" XDR as you do for the Kuycon.
For me, the killer feature of the Kuycon is simply the glossy coating, because I would never spend $1,400 or $2,000 on a matte screen, given what we now know from the ASUS & LG tests. I would look at these matte screens every day and be annoyed that I had switched from excellent 27“ glossy screens (Dell and Apple Studio Display) and now use a 6K 32” display (either the ASUS or the LG), but also always have to look at a dull, contrast-free monitor. And that's exactly what the Kuycon doesn't offer me, because the display brilliance is unfiltered. Sure, if you have to work in a sun-drenched room and can't position the monitor cleverly, you have a problem... but the truth is that a matte screen is not ideal in these conditions. Even there, you'll always have a poor compromise, even if you can read text, but at what quality?
It's like going to a drive-in movie theater during the day... yes, you can see the movie, but it's not pleasant!
Glad to see. I hope when I receive mine I will also have great comments about it.
Notice any light bleeding when viewing a black background which can be common with this type of panel.? My Studio display has none.
Not on BBG . . . I see only a slight (-1deg; 2cm) vertical shadow ~17cm from the right that I only notice when I am using a white background.
Full-on black reveals only the light sources lit in my environment.
Full-on black reveals only the light sources lit in my environment.
I remember you showing that in a photo. At least there, I didn't find the effect to be that dramatic. However, there is another effect that can be observed specifically with IPS panels (especially large ones). At least, that's my “layman's” explanation, which has to do with the crystalline properties and alignment of the LC display, because one side (depending on the positioning of the panel) sometimes appears brighter or darker toward the side. However, I think this is a physical-optical effect that cannot always be avoided because you are looking at this area from a certain angle. Perhaps there is a better explanation for this.
There are a lot of variables in-play with this Screen.
1st, we have the LCD screen.
2nd, we have the (whatever-it-is) backlight.
3rd, we have an 'anti-glare' surface.
The tech perspective from which I am arriving (and am quite familiar/habituated) is that of the 4K IPS matte Dell P2715Q.
The "178deg" viewing angle spec. of IPS LCDs has always been perceptually true to me with my P2715Qs. I would go so-far as to say that they have a consistent 180deg viewing angle. Moving towards the 180deg angle, the screens take-on a 'blue-er', dimmer aspect.
With the G32P, I get the same (perceived) 180deg viewing angle.
Notwithstanding the reflectivity (which is obvious, albeit muted by the 'anti-glare' surface), I notice no luminance or color shift whatsoever during the day. At night, the screen perceptually changes in a few, slight ways (when changing the viewing angle) that I cannot yet put into words. The whole screen just appears slightly 'different' at various angles 🤷♂️
I always have some sort of light-source lit at night, so this adds another variable (LED vs incandescent).
To add another variable, my Dells are a decade old, and still display content the same way that they did way-back-when. I'm only a month-in on the G32P, so it'll be another 9y11mo before I can speak on consistency/ time
@splifingate "The tech perspective from which I am arriving (and am quite familiar/habituated) is that of the 4K IPS matte Dell P2715Q."
The Dell's LG panel dates from 2014-15, using a variation of the first generation of Apple's iMac 5K panels.
Apple went on to get LG to produce major revisions of the iMac/iMac Pro panels in 2015, 2017, and 2022 for the Studio display.
And LG did a couple of variations for their Ultrafine 5K display.
All these later panels are (very) much improved on the first generation - both in panel colour fidelity, anti-reflectivity and efficient but bright backlight tech...
I expect some to this newer technology is only ever going to be seen in products from a company as fastidious as Apple, benefitting from economies of scale only Apple could market.
So in terms of what LG are producing and selling in 2025, while there have been new panel tech introduced - better contrast/black-level etc - there is probably cost-cutting going on which means no one can match Apple's product line in the sectors Apple choose to ship.
I think that Kuycon have seen a market opportunity that the bigger brands don't regard as worth pursuing.
And come up with a very good, cost-effective, solution. 👍
The Dell's LG panel dates from 2014-15, using a variation of the first generation of Apple's iMac 5K panels.
Apple went on to get LG to produce major revisions of the iMac/iMac Pro panels in 2015, 2017, and 2022 for the Studio display.
And LG did a couple of variations for their Ultrafine 5K display.
All these later panels are (very) much improved on the first generation - both in panel colour fidelity, anti-reflectivity and efficient but bright backlight tech...
I expect some to this newer technology is only ever going to be seen in products from a company as fastidious as Apple, benefitting from economies of scale only Apple could market.
So in terms of what LG are producing and selling in 2025, while there have been new panel tech introduced - better contrast/black-level etc - there is probably cost-cutting going on which means no one can match Apple's product line in the sectors Apple choose to ship.
I think that Kuycon have seen a market opportunity that the bigger brands don't regard as worth pursuing.
And come up with a very good, cost-effective, solution. 👍
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I’ve spent the last week using a Pro Display XDR at an apartment I’m staying at (which just happens to have it setup for guests to use) and it has just affirmed to me that I really, really want a 32” (or close) 6K panel. I’m utterly unwilling to spend that kind of money — but it makes me even more willing to take a risk on the Kuycon.
WHAT?!? A Pro Display XDR for guests? What kind of bougie apartment is this?!?
I see you have both an M3 Max (TB4) and an M4 Max (TB5). Are you going to be using TB4 / DP1.4? If so, then you may run into that no-DSC / no-4:4:4 bug on the Kuycon.
@filmgirl I don't see it as a huge risk, but in my dealings with Chinese suppliers of 5K iMac DIY conversion parts, I've found it extremely worthwhile to make contact with the suppliers, and establish a (customer) relationship.
These are not huge companies, and having a dialogue with someone whose job is to deal with sales 'to the West' means that you can have excellent, prompt service.
As long as you don't expect something they can't deliver, so you have to understand what it is you are buying.
No fourteen day 'free trials' haha.
So if something goes 'wrong' in the future with a monitor purchase, I don't think there will be a problem with getting replacement spare parts dispatched.
And this sort of Chinese product is the complete opposite to Apple products - very simple in design and repairability.
These are not huge companies, and having a dialogue with someone whose job is to deal with sales 'to the West' means that you can have excellent, prompt service.
As long as you don't expect something they can't deliver, so you have to understand what it is you are buying.
No fourteen day 'free trials' haha.
So if something goes 'wrong' in the future with a monitor purchase, I don't think there will be a problem with getting replacement spare parts dispatched.
And this sort of Chinese product is the complete opposite to Apple products - very simple in design and repairability.
Though I take slight exception to the "cost-effective" consideration (which is, obviously, relative: USD2K is close to what a family of four in Uganda needs-spend to get-by for an entire month), I'm relatively pleased with the return on my investment in the G32P
If we're talking "MUGA"? Yes. For an regular Ugandan family-of-four? No!
1st World Philosophy is not my forté.
This is a very good point!And this sort of Chinese product is the complete opposite to Apple products - very simple in design and repairability.