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LG Unveils UltraFine 6K Display With Thunderbolt 5 Support
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Unashamedly STOLE Apples Pro Stand. If you can’t beat them, copy them.
Strange to announce the launch, but miss out half the details about features (refresh rate, viewing angles, other input/output ports etc). Obviously won't give as good an image as the XDR if it doesn't have miniLED backlighting, but a 120 Hz/VRR panel and lower cost would be more than enough for a lot of people.
I though the Apple Pro XDR 6K display also didn't have webcam/speakers/microphone - that is just on the 5K Studio display.
Eh? 218 ppi places this right in the middle of Apple's Retina space. MacOS display scaling will have a perfect HiDPI mode for this pixel density. 5K at 32" would fall below Apple's retina density and likely end-up looking like a 27" 4K display (i.e. slightly blurry text)
You are completely wrong, actually, it's the PPI that counts, not the resolution. 218 PPI is perfect for MacOS.
Yes. And 27" is too small. I wish someone made a decent, relatively affordable 4K or 5K 29-30" monitor.
If it has the exact same resolution of the Pro Display XDR I'm sure the scaling will work just fine.
While it will not be Apple quality, nice LG monitors are way better than Samsung. I’m using one of their flagship monitors at the moment and it’s built like a tank.
Agreed to an extend. If you don't bake those things into a monitor, you can recreate the experience for a lot less money, and it is very easy to hide cables and plug everything directly into your monitor.
Eg, I use a MagSafe web cam mount so my phone can be my webcam while also charging it. The cable plugs into the monitor and is concealed by the VESA mount that came with cord concealers.
Beautiful monitor, but I reckon the launch will be similar to other interesting non-Apple monitors.
Introduced at CES, no price, no availability date. Then there will be a min 6 month wait before it goes on sale and the price tag will be a little lower than Apple monitors, but again not so much that it sells better than Apple monitors. After two years it will slowly stop selling due to lack of interest.
If LG put it under $2000 and a similar 5K under $1000 and didn't wait to launch, they'd have an instant hit. What's missing here are quality monitors for Mac Mini users. The Apple Studio display is beautiful, but here in the EU it costs basically 3/4 the price of my 5K iMac 2020 (when it was new).
Introduced at CES, no price, no availability date. Then there will be a min 6 month wait before it goes on sale and the price tag will be a little lower than Apple monitors, but again not so much that it sells better than Apple monitors. After two years it will slowly stop selling due to lack of interest.
If LG put it under $2000 and a similar 5K under $1000 and didn't wait to launch, they'd have an instant hit. What's missing here are quality monitors for Mac Mini users. The Apple Studio display is beautiful, but here in the EU it costs basically 3/4 the price of my 5K iMac 2020 (when it was new).
How much is it for the stand? Let's hope they throw that in with the monitor 
Perhaps if you're lucky, Apple might get into the "stealing" mood someday as well. Perhaps then they might steal integrated KVMs, greater than 60Hz refresh rates, multiple video inputs, or even removable power cables from some of the other copycat brands. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.
As for this obviously copied design - it is pretty clearly made for Mac users. You can hardly blame LG for making a monitor that mimics Apple's design when Apple's customers have proven time and again that it really doesn't matter if a design is actually good, if it doesn't involve aluminum and it doesn't mimic whatever Apple has done in the past, it isn't going to sell.
Historical low prices of 32" 6K
- $1,850: Dell at BHPhoto
- $4,500: Apple at BHPhoto
For a $1,799 iMac 32" 6K M4 16GB RAM 256GB SSD base model to happen the display parts needs to cost ~$1k.
With Thunderbolt 5 I expect this display to be $3-5k. It will likely be co-launched with 2025 Mac Studio & Mac Pro by WWDC in June.
- $1,850: Dell at BHPhoto
- $4,500: Apple at BHPhoto
For a $1,799 iMac 32" 6K M4 16GB RAM 256GB SSD base model to happen the display parts needs to cost ~$1k.
With Thunderbolt 5 I expect this display to be $3-5k. It will likely be co-launched with 2025 Mac Studio & Mac Pro by WWDC in June.
218 PPI is exactly the same pixel density as Apple's 27" 5K iMac, Studio Display, and Pro Display XDR.
Always someone complaining lol. Let me buy a professional display so I can listen to YouTube videos and use it as a selfie stick. Were you aware a webcam has a microphone built in?
I wonder where they got their inspiration?
They even used the same advertising.
Edit: My bad, they put it a bit closer and inverted it. Nothing like it 😂
They even used the same advertising.
Edit: My bad, they put it a bit closer and inverted it. Nothing like it 😂
I replaced my monitor recently, and the bezel is so thin there is no good way to attach a webcam. So what do you do on this bezel-less monitor?
If this comes at a decent price - I'll buy it
(ProDisplay XDR will still remain my daily driver)
(ProDisplay XDR will still remain my daily driver)
You're fully right - Design is mostly stolen. But compare it to that ugly Samsung Monitor MR has been pushing so hard on us ...
Their 5K 27 inch monitor that they announced last year isn't even fully available so don't expect this to be available for purchase anytime soon.
probably in the range of $ 3 k including tax - including Thunderbolt 5 without any competition - in case I opted for an iMac I'd certainly buy it at any price
Well - industrial design is probably the best word for it - looks amazing on the small images - had the 5k display from LG for testing at home and it was really bad quality control and it did not work properly on my Mac PRO - thus not an option - I hope they got it right this time!
The design looks awesome and I would buy this beast in a heartbeat in case it worked with the Mac mini fine - but then there is the hope for an 8 k iMac Pro to replace my current iMac PRO and the M5 end of this year will be probably the time to consider which route to go.
Good for all that are in need of a display currently.