My beloved 27" Thunderbolt display after 11 years is being replaced with Studio display & LG-27UK850-W

[4sallypat]

My well used and loved 27" Apple Thunderbolt display will be retired when the Studio display arrives this week - after 11 years of faithful use....

Apple's Thunderbolt display has been the best display for text & Mac fonts with super sharp resolution without the eye strain for text, web editing, and forums. It has been used with: Macbook Pro 2011, Mac Mini 2012 Server, MacBook Pro 16" 2019, and currently M1 Mini.

Now I am getting quite nervous about replacing it with the Studio display.

My second side display (Samsung 32" 4K) is also dying so I ordered an LG 27UK850-W 4K HDMI monitor for video / streaming use.

Will report back when I have both operating....

Ordered LG 4K:

 

[4sallypat]

My M1 iMac did great with video and streaming but not very good with text editing.

The 11 year old Thunderbolt has excellent text / font display that my eyes don't tire.

Hoping the Studio display will be as sharp as my ancient TB display...

 

[4sallypat]

UPDATE:
LG 4K display was a flop - matte plastic screen clashed with the 2022 Studio display's glossy front and didn't line up well with Apple's newest display.

Re-used the 2011 27" Thunderbolt display using Apple's TB3-TB2 adapter.

Worked out super well with both displays having glossy fronts and they line up pretty well!

Decade old Apple displays side by side:

 

[haruhiko]

Expected, I have the LG 27UL850 4K monitor and it is really not good. Fake HDR (350 nits), 60Hz, bad colour reproduction, poor contrast, typical PC monitor matte screen… etc.

 

[ScreenSavers]

Interesting. I’ve had the LG 31” 4K monitor for about 4 years (32UL750W) and haven’t had any complaints about it. It actually holds up well next to the M1 iMacs display. I’d like to replace it with a new studio display soon but I don’t know how it would look next to an m1 iMac.