On a monitor related note, has anyone heard anything regarding the super wide 5k thunderbolt monitor LG announced? I thought it was supposed to be out by now, but I haven’t heard anything more about it.
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Samsung's Thunderbolt 3-Enabled Curved Monitor Launching in September for $900
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I picked up an LG display a few weeks ago for $425. 4K, 27" IPS, HDR10, FreeSync, and 10-bit (FRC). Works well with my Mac for editing photos and my Xbox One X for playing games. Arrived calibrated pretty well. I need to buy a new calibration device at some point. Price has gone up a little since then but I think it's a way better deal than this new display that isn't even retina, though smaller. I recommend it as a well rounded display that you can use for design/photography as well as gaming. Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078GRM2MV/
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I bought the Dell version of this 2 years ago with a Mac Mini to use as a dual input so I can bring my work laptop home and connect and just switch inputs. The 3440x1440 is great even if it isn’t 4k. And the curve is nice. 21:9 isn’t great for movies. But that’s what the tv in my home office is for. And when I get a MBP I can use it with that as well.
The Dell has a variety of inputs but is not a thunderbolt hub/dock.
The Dell has a variety of inputs but is not a thunderbolt hub/dock.
Yeah, I don't know how people understand USB A, B, C, 2, 3, PD, mini, micro, etc. They're all USB!
wonder if mac will ever support freesync
Also would love software that allows for input selection.
My current LG ultra wide doesn't have the option to select input via their OnScreen Control software. It would be awesome to map a hotkey to switch inputs. I have work/personal computer both hooked up.
Also would love software that allows for input selection.
My current LG ultra wide doesn't have the option to select input via their OnScreen Control software. It would be awesome to map a hotkey to switch inputs. I have work/personal computer both hooked up.
Technically speaking “all but eliminated” means that everything applies for close to elimination, but never the term of “totally eliminated” would apply. Which would make them pointless, but reading further you luckily save the ball by saying that they rock
or did I get you wrong there?They are really cool if you enjoy the visual content, rather than the form of the curved displays. If not tested in realistic conditions, there’s no point in dissing them, I agree!
I’m sorry I don’t agree. I have one at my work (Samsung 65-inch 4K), it picks up glare and spreads it unevenly across the screen. It is weirder off-axis if you are not the only one watching or not in the sweet spot. The curve distorts rectangular shapes, such as lines on a tennis court, and ruins some images because of it.
I have to agree that the corners being further away negatively effects viewing when you are close and the screen is sufficiently large. In this case it makes a curved option more palatable, but I don’t mind some bending of UI elements as much as I do video content.
If I am looking for a display and it would be used for a lot of video or gaming (TV/monitor), or if I’m sharing this screen with other viewers, I would still steer clear of curved.
The definition of thunderbolt is a lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder. Perhaps, some nerd saw the obvious distinction between lightning and thunderbolts?
I’d welcome the one cable interface idea. Jobs’ point of view on cables would be: either a cable or none, but if a cable: just one type for all applications would be a dream.
... I guess
Oh absolutely. I've always thought curved screens were crazy for communal (living room) use. Only one person can ever occupy the sweet spot. Perfect for a desk, useless for the sofa.
What do you think Apple will charge for their new "Apple" display?
Say they take the iMac 27 inch 5k screen and toss it in an Apple designed case? Apple charged $1000 for a 27 inch Cinema Display. So will the new version be more or less than a grand?
My bet, more. I could easily see Apple charge $1200 for a new 27 inch 5k monitor. Yes, Apple's will be 5k but will Apple include all the ports and the built in hub of the Sammy monitor? They might, but I don't think so. It would cut too much into the Tim Cook profit margin.
An over-priced LG monitor copy. Just pick up a 2 year old LG 34" ultrawide instead.
Samsung copying from the back of the curve, sounds about right.
Samsung copying from the back of the curve, sounds about right.
Right. He should say for $600 you can get a pretty decent 4K HDR TV that can be used perfectly for computer and gaming tasks. I use one with Windows and Mac for work and leisure.
So I don't see the benefit of Samsung's curved monitor here.
I have no idea what screen you're looking at, but there is no visual distortion to the image on mine. The curve is pretty subtle.
I have a 9000 series TV and have no such issues.
There is no "sweet spot" per se, but a sweet area. Mine sits roughly 12 feet from the couch and there is no bad angle from any viewing point in the seating area of my living room. The only time it looks weird is from extreme side angles.
I know the crappy lower end Costco exclusive units (Samsung 6500 series) have semi gloss screens that reflect like crazy under florescent lights.
Sounds like that is what your office purchased.
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Thunderbolt is Intel's hardware interface (PCIe,DP). (It's not a connector)
Lightening is an Apple proprietary connector.
I’d never buy a sub-200DPI monitor no matter the price, curved or twisted.
For those of us with glasses, curved monitors do indeed help vs large flat or multiple smaller with a flat space in the middle. It is great having the entire image in focus without having to move your head in and out depending on where you look.
I think Samsung have an oversupply of curved crap and looked around to see who they could flog them to. They've singled out Apple buyers because in Samsung's mind, they will spend more for show rather than substance. THUS the fundamental misunderstanding Samsung has about the market and Apple buyers. That's why Samsung have to lump in $50 junk phones to get their sales numbers up above Apple's price for quality product, which even joe/jane public would rather buy after their Samsung phone fell apart in a year.
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One curved monitor might do this for you. More than one, unless you have them arranged in a circle around you and you spin like a top in your chair/walking desk all day… the argument seems like self delusion.
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Based on the ridiculous prices of previous Apple displays… more like $2000, and who knows what for an 8k display. The LG experiment was a rare example of Apple trying to get less expensive displays for Mac buyers. Only LG could manage to make it a junker, thinking they'll clean up on Apple buyers.
An Apple display will come with a breathtaking price tag. No doubt. Current Apple is intent on pricing itself out of the market… $2000 iPhones this year, for sure.
Why are we still releasing low dpi displays in 2018? I don't care how big or curved they are.
That is usbc not thunderbolt 3
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I agree curved TVs are silly but disagree about monitors. Curved screens allow for the image to be an equal distance from your eye uniformly from the center. A tv is silly beacause not only do most not sit straight in front of it but is used by multi-able people at once. If you don’t look at it straight on it will actually look worse. A monitor is always used straight on by only one person tho.
No they are the best way to go if you combine VA pannels and 21:9 unless you like poor black uniformity.
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sure, they’re silly, until you’ve spent 25 years craning to make out detail on the edges of your monitors at crummy angles. Then they’re very, very nice.
Needs more ppi, less ugly base, and no white at all.
