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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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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.
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.