Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

LG 34UM95 (Screen size) vs HP Z27X (color accuracy)

R

rjbenson83

macrumors regular
Original poster
Dec 16, 2013
150
18
Atlanta
If you work in graphic arts, which monitor would you choose?

Screen real estate is awesome, but is it more important to have the widest color gamut available?

Does the $400 price difference come into play as well?

Which would you choose?



I personally went with the HP but only because it was available first, had I known I could pick up the LG today from Frys when I ordered the HP, I may have ended up with a different choice, as it's cheaper and bigger.

Also, the fact that Mac OS doesn't support the 10 bit per channel capability of the HP Dreamcolor monitors nullifies that as a selling point.
 
Last edited:
rjbenson83 said:
If you work in graphic arts, which monitor would you choose?

Screen real estate is awesome, but is it more important to have the widest color gamut available?

Does the $400 price difference come into play as well?

Which would you choose?



I personally went with the HP but only because it was available first, had I known I could pick up the LG today from Frys when I ordered the HP, I may have ended up with a different choice, as it's cheaper and bigger.

Also, the fact that Mac OS doesn't support wide gamut monitors nullifies that as a selling point.
Click to expand...
Mac OSX doesn't support wide colour Gamut monitors since when? We have plenty of NEC and Eizo monitors at work that say different.
 
Apple fanboy said:
Mac OSX doesn't support wide colour Gamut monitors since when? We have plenty of NEC and Eizo monitors at work that say different.
Click to expand...

It'll support the monitor, but I don't believe the OS supports the additional colors of 10 bit panels. Is this incorrect?
 
Bits per channel has nothing to do with the monitors gamut capabilities. They are two different things.

Gamut is the range, or scope of a monitor's ability to display across the colour spectrum. Deeper blues, reds, greens, etc.

Bits per channel refers to the resolution within that range. Or more simply put, how many unique steps it can display between white and it's deepest primary colours.

As far as I know, Apple still does not support 10 bits per channel in OSX. So even if your monitor, graphics card and application all support 10bpc, the stumbling block that is OSX will prevent you from seeing 10bpc displayed on your monitor. This is actually one of my biggest pet peeves with Apple and a tell tale sign that they aren't taking professional users nearly serious enough.

If this is important to you (as it is for me) I suggest you complain to Apple about this through the official channels. Maybe one day the message hits home.
 
The HP's UHD option is pretty interesting.
Now I see why people say 4k is unusable without the ui scaling.
 

Attachments

  • Screen Shot 2014-05-10 at 12.48.01 AM.png
    Screen Shot 2014-05-10 at 12.48.01 AM.png
    2.9 MB · Views: 585
Last edited:
Updated to 10.9.3 apparently there is an issue with the gray scale on 10.9.2 with the HP, and the update fixes this. Now the colors and black levels are way better, and it pops like my retina mbp.
 
Id love to pick up a LG 34UM95. This monitor looks so great while gaming on it. There is plenty of games that support it too. The only thing that would make it better would be a slight curve to it. I cant afford it right now but its on the wish list for sure.
 
Acorn said:
Id love to pick up a LG 34UM95. This monitor looks so great while gaming on it. There is plenty of games that support it too. The only thing that would make it better would be a slight curve to it. I cant afford it right now but its on the wish list for sure.
Click to expand...

I have to agree that my first impression for my 34UM95 is that I kind of wish the side was curved. The side edges just seem so far away, way less comfortable to look at compared to what's in front of me.
 
The LG is sRGB 99% factory calibrated?

Works natively with my late 2013 MacBook Retina 15"
http://instagram.com/p/pz8Px5kRKT/?modal=true

Beautiful. Screen quality reminds me of my (sold) iMac 2011 screen.
Just as vidid and clear. But much wider. And its slightly matt,
so I can actually use it without closing all the window blinds and shutters.
 
Sylonien said:
The LG is sRGB 99% factory calibrated?
Click to expand...

Honestly, once I used my i1Display calibrator on it, there was a significant difference. By default, the screen comes way too bright and you can't even lower it past where it should be without the calibrator + built-in software.
 
I've not used a colour calibrator on it yet.
But I agree it is mega bright, but setting it down to 50 (originally 70)
is plenty enough even in daytime. Also setting the Super Energy Saver to Low or High helps to reduce the brightness as well.

But in terms of colour and image quality, its very similar to the iMac.

Maybe with tweaking it'll be even better.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back