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LG Ultrafine 6K announced
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Full review of the monitor here, pre orders are now up too $1999 US. Not sure if it's good value next to a second hand Pro Display XDR though?
Bezel size is fortunately as expected. Not borderless, but reasonable sized bezel. Plasticky as expected, but colours and design look in the video of the plastic frame is not bad. The fake ProDisplay XDR type hinge looks cheap, but that's OK. Nice to see the video review includes a Mac as the demo machine.
There appears to be vignetting but I'm not sure if that's from the video capture / camera lens or the screen, but I suspect it's the actual monitor in combination with the matte surface.
I just learned the Japanese word for "default" is "de-fo-ru-to".
@13:39 "It's more of a monitor for things like sexually explicit productions" 🤣
Bezel size is fortunately as expected. Not borderless, but reasonable sized bezel. Plasticky as expected, but colours and design look in the video of the plastic frame is not bad. The fake ProDisplay XDR type hinge looks cheap, but that's OK. Nice to see the video review includes a Mac as the demo machine.
There appears to be vignetting but I'm not sure if that's from the video capture / camera lens or the screen, but I suspect it's the actual monitor in combination with the matte surface.
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I just learned the Japanese word for "default" is "de-fo-ru-to".
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@13:39 "It's more of a monitor for things like sexually explicit productions" 🤣
lol I didn't pick up on the sexually explicit predictions comment hahaha.
Seems overpriced to me next to all the other 6K monitors that have come out lately, no doubt all using the same panel as this? And yes it definitely looks plasticky and a bit cheap. Oh dear, maybe I should continue saving for a Pro Display XDR.
It's the automatic English AI voice auto translation at 13:38. Don't turn up the volume if you're at work.
However, the English subtitles say "static productions". The context is when he's talking about the 60 Hz limitation. It appears the voice and text auto-translation algorithms are not the same.
Not all the 6K monitors are using the same panel. The resolutions aren't even the same.
It's the automatic English AI voice auto translation at 13:38. Don't turn up the volume if you're at work.
However, the English subtitles say "static productions". The context is when he's talking about the 60 Hz limitation. It appears the voice and text auto-translation algorithms are not the same.
Not all the 6K monitors are using the same panel. The resolutions aren't even the same.
Ah, I am sure a few will be sharing a panel though. We really need a big mega shootout in depth video comparing them all.
EDIT: I will wait for further reviews of this LG, but it may be the best of the none Apple bunch. No blooming either I guess? Not that I have seen that on Apples Mini LED computer screens.
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Just to make you guys aware this is on the product page:
“To access all features, including 96W charging and 6144 × 3456 resolution, your device must support Thunderbolt 5 or USB-C with DisplayPort 2.1.”
That puts me out sadly. So I will look at my Pro Display option, I saw reviews saying the Asus 32” is ok but not as good as others including the Pro Display.
“To access all features, including 96W charging and 6144 × 3456 resolution, your device must support Thunderbolt 5 or USB-C with DisplayPort 2.1.”
That puts me out sadly. So I will look at my Pro Display option, I saw reviews saying the Asus 32” is ok but not as good as others including the Pro Display.
We shall see, but the monitor itself should still work fine with Thunderbolt 4 or DisplayPort 1.4 at full 6K 60 Hz HDR, since both already support 8K 60 Hz. You won’t get the Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth for additional peripherals though.
A brief update on the 6K competition:
This concerns the Kuycon G32P, which is also competing in the 6K league. As we discovered by chance today, the Kuycon also supports higher frame rates in other resolutions, namely up to 120Hz in 4K and up to 144Hz in WQHD. Awesome!
It would be interesting to know whether LG or ASUS can do this too.
This concerns the Kuycon G32P, which is also competing in the 6K league. As we discovered by chance today, the Kuycon also supports higher frame rates in other resolutions, namely up to 120Hz in 4K and up to 144Hz in WQHD. Awesome!
It would be interesting to know whether LG or ASUS can do this too.
Yes, but the panel QA isn't very good judging by reports. I've seen a several reports with outright defective displays (although I'm not sure how much is due to QA and how much is due to shipping issues), and mentions of inconsistent backlighting and stuff like that. Mind you with regards to backlighting, a lot of the less expensive third party monitors are like that.
Cannot confirm your information! And the difference between us is that I'm sitting in front of a Kuycon G32P and working with it, and you're not
Thus guy bought 4 Kuycon 5K monitors and all 4 had defects. Three were outright defective, and the fourth was bad backlighting with backlight bleed.Cannot confirm your information! And the difference between us is that I'm sitting in front of a Kuycon G32P and working with it, and you're not
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This guy bought the Kuycon 6K and said part of the screen was glitching out, but then resolved itself. However, it also has bad off-axis uniformity, and corner backlight bleed
This guy bought the Kuycon 6K and it was outright defective:
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Of course, any monitor can have defects, but anecdotally it seems the Kuycon has a significantly higher incidence of defects. I'm glad you got a good one, but I personally won't risk that kind of money for one to play the panel lottery with overseas mail-order.
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Thus guy bought 4 Kuycon 5K monitors and all 4 had defects. Three were outright defective, and the fourth was bad backlighting with backlight bleed.
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Of course, any monitor can have defects, but anecdotally it seems the Kuycon has a significantly higher incidence of defects. I'm glad you got a good one, but I personally won't risk that kind of money for one to play the panel lottery with overseas mail-order.
The first two replies to that guy claim to not have his issues?
Always hard to know what to make of isolated complaints on Reddit.
As we know, the complaints always get all the attention and people are FAR more inclined to rush online and post about bad things than those who have something and love it and are using it just fine.
Yes, but the volume of people buying Kuycon is undoubtedly relatively low, so these many anecdotal reports are concerning. And quite frankly, I'm not surprised. This is common with small third party no-name brands. You can often get good items, but the risk is far higher because QA usually isn't their priority. It's feature set and price. It looks good and checks off the various things of the desired feature list. I remember back when Vizio TVs were all the rage, because people could get high spec TVs for bargain pricing. Then fast forward a year and the internet was rife with complaints about their terrible QA. Despite this, there were lots of people who loved their Vizios, because they won the panel lottery.
To be fair, I'm not confident with Asus either, given my own experience with their ProArts and reports online, not only for their backlight and uniformity issues, but also because of the occasional reports of burnt out Thunderbolt ports. And LG isn't immune either. However, the difference here is that the Asus and LG monitors can be purchased locally and returned without any hassle. Furthermore, desktop monitor defects can be detected right up front. Corner or edge backlight bleed or outright panel defects can seen the first day or week, even if the monitor works fine otherwise. This is different from say motherboard failures that occur months later like with Vizio or other 3rd tier brands.
Available November in Canada, pre-orders start Oct. 10.
I wish this were glossy. I'm tempted to get a Kuycon but I don’t know if I want to risk it, warranty wise. I suppose I could try to use American Express's warranty thing to try to offset some of the risk, but LG, at least I have people I can yell at if something goes awry.
I really would love Apple to do a non-XDR 32” 6K for say $2299 USD (more with the ****** adjustable stand that I won’t use anyway because I’m an Ergotron arm person and that will not change), but that’s probably wishful thinking.
What I struggle with is ascertaining how much better this is than the Asus, which costs $600 less. Like, I can justify the Kuycon's price because of the glossy panel and the design/construction, but if LG is just plasticky and cheap, I just don’t know.
I really need a second display to use with my ASD but I’m definitely not buying one until we see whatever Apple has (a new 5K or 6K) and we have LG units in the wild to judge against.
I really would love Apple to do a non-XDR 32” 6K for say $2299 USD (more with the ****** adjustable stand that I won’t use anyway because I’m an Ergotron arm person and that will not change), but that’s probably wishful thinking.
What I struggle with is ascertaining how much better this is than the Asus, which costs $600 less. Like, I can justify the Kuycon's price because of the glossy panel and the design/construction, but if LG is just plasticky and cheap, I just don’t know.
I really need a second display to use with my ASD but I’m definitely not buying one until we see whatever Apple has (a new 5K or 6K) and we have LG units in the wild to judge against.
Don't forget the LG is Thunderbolt 5, and supports dual LG 6K monitor daisy chaining. For me that's currently largely irrelevant though, because I don't own anything that has Thunderbolt 5 and don't plan to get anything with Thunderbolt 5 for several years if I can help it.
I won't buy the Kuycon because there are no local vendors and they appear to have sub-par QA. I will consider the Asus, LG, and maybe Acer 6k models, but I will wait and see since I'm not in any particular rush at this point as my 3840x2560 28" monitor works fine and is OK, mainly just a bit cramped horizontally. At 164 ppi I can't see the individual pixels at my 22" seating distance, but the text at my 2560x1707 resolution (which is not 2X scaled) is still somewhat softer than my 5K iMac at 2560x1440. However, the text quality is decent enough that I can wait a few months more if necessary, to see some more reviews and real world comparisons of these 6K monitors. Maybe there will also be some sales on Black Friday or Boxing Day.
Nice. I see that it is €1800 in France, or as you say, €1500 before VAT.
That works out to US$1751 or CA$$2444. That means it may be reasonable for me to hope to see the LG 6K on sale in Canada in the next few months at CA$2500. I'm not keen on spending the CA$2700 list price when the Asus is US$1299-$1399 / CA$1812-$1952.
This is good point but even with this, at $600 difference for one (so $1200 to do two), you could get a very good TB5 dock for less than that and that dock would likely have additional connectivity that the monitor doesn’t.
I feel confident the panel on the LG will probably be better than the Asus, but whether it is $600 better is the real question.
Based on the European pricing, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was originally going to be priced lower in the US pre-tariffs. $2000 is not a bad price on the surface, but I need more info before making any decisions. At least we finally have choices now!
(The XDR display is lovely and I used to have one at work but to be honest, there is no universe to me where it is worth $6000 unless you’re just so rich that doesn’t phase you or you haven’t found a way to have an employer buy it so you can use up budget before the end of the fiscal year (which is what we did)).
Still holding out hope that if the Acer ever comes to market it will be reasonably priced as it does seem to have a glossy panel.
It looks like for a brief moment the XDR nano-texture model was on sale for only $5159.14 during Amazon Prime Days but that seems to have gone by the wayside as it’s back up to the standard MSRP of $5,999.
Still too rich for my blood.It looks like for a brief moment the XDR nano-texture model was on sale for only $5159.14 during Amazon Prime Days but that seems to have gone by the wayside as it’s back up to the standard MSRP of $5,999.
I just want something with good text, more horizontal working space, relatively even backlighting without backlight bleed, and decent Mac support.I'd love a 200 ppi ultrawide or 16:9 screen, but a 224 ppi 16:9 screen will be great too.
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