This LG UltraFine 5K Monitor is ideal for use with your macOS device, as it features Thunderbolt 3 5K Daisy Chain connectivity. You can use it to create a multi-screen environment with ultra-clear, ultra-high definition graphics featuring over 8 million pixels. With built-in speakers, you don't have to connect anything extra to get started with viewing your media.
I saw that, but never heard of them and doesn't say anything about stock. Price match at officeworks would be perfect.
I just called them. These are factory seconds.
FYI you can use this monitor on Windows with this Belkin VR cable, only downside is it only works at 37hz due to the bandwith. I use it and it's a fantastic monitor!
If you want a proper 5K panel for Windows, get the Samsung S90PC
Using a monitor at 37hz sounds absolutely horrific
37Hz probably doesn’t matter if you’re just working on spreadsheets and emails.
I'm worried about going from 4k 144hz to 5k 60hz. Even moving the mouse feels like it's lagging. 37hz would be unusable for me.
Yeah I just use it for Lightroom and Photoshop. My other main gaming monitor is 144hz 1440p.
I actually have thunderbolt 3 in my pc so i can use it at 5k like a can on mac os with brightness control at 60hz
Isn't this the same panel they used in the 2014 iMac?
I'm sorry but a 27" IPS at this price point is still absurdly poor value. Yes it's a good unit, but there are OLED panels for less money that would provide a better experience for most users.
MacOS looks best on a 5k monitor. I use a 27" 4k monitor and scaling the UI to looks like 2560x1440 makes text slightly blurry. On a 5k screen it's integer scaling which improves performance and text looks sharper.
Please tell me where I can get a cheaper 5k monitor?
Additionally text looks bad on most OLED monitors due to WRGB or pentile layout. Not a valid comparison. This deal is for MacOS users, not PC gamers.
$1500 for a single 27" is still absurd. 4K monitors @ 27" look pretty dang good to me on macOS. For $1050 you can buy 3x 4k 27" monitors (LG 27UP600-W) and have enough money left over for a refurbished Mac mini.
This is for MacOS users. MacOS looks best on 5k monitors scaled to "looks like 2560x1440" or any monitor with around 220ppi or higher.
Text rendering is done differently on MacOS compared to Windows. I also use Windows and Linux on a 7800X3D/4090 on 4k 144hz monitor. Windows uses ClearType for subpixel rendering, so text looks very sharp on a 4k monitor. Subpixel rendering does not exist on MacOS anymore, so a high PPI display such as this one makes fonts and other UI elements look sharper.
To get sharp fonts on a 4k display in MacOS, you would need to use "looks like 1920x1080" scaling, which for most people makes UI elements too big and doesn't have enough screen real estate.
Looks like you edited your post and replaced "Windows/Linux" with MacOS. If 4k screens works for you, that's fine, and would save you a lot of money.
@stephendt: "This utility adds a list of Apple's supported resolutions as well as additional ones to the menu bar and makes switching between them easy."
This doesn't change the way MacOS renders fonts or performs UI scaling.
@ninjadefuse: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay can force HiDPI at 4k to get a 1080p sized UI with 4K resolution, and effectively gets around your concerns with image scaling. I really don't think this as big of an issue as you make it.
@stephendt: I've tried all these tools. You don't need this tool to get HiDPI at 4k. 4k is already HiDPI by default. I've already mentioned you can use it at 1080 scaling, but for me that's not an acceptable scale on a 27inch monitor. Everything looks massive and you lose a lot of screen real estate.
There's literally all of 3 5K panels on the market. The Apple studio display, the Samsung S90PC and this LG.
This is the cheapest of the lot. Not a reason to neg really.
What's the go with modern OSes being wack when it comes to resolution scaling? I didn't know about the Mac thing but Windows has the opposite where scaling things up looks terrible (it's gotten better but it's still bad). Need to get their shit together. I guess Apple's excuse would be that they make their products for a particular kind of user but it still seems wack to not just have it look nice at any resolution
Apple just loves creating a software problem just so they can sell you their own hardware solution for it, all in the name of 'ecosystem'. Since it's so non-standard and for a niche crowd, no other manufacturers bother going into the space of making 5k monitors, exception being samsung which only happened after 6 years.
Apple sticks to the true shape of the font, despite pixel boundaries. This makes fonts on lower resolution monitors look bad.
Windows is happy to deform the true shape of the font to stick to the pixel boundaries which make fonts look sharper on lower resolution monitors.
Ideally Apple should offer a subpixel text rendering option like they used to. So if you don't care about the shape of the font (I don't), you can use that option.
Not all users notice this, so if you can get away with 4k, it's all good. I use Windows and macOS side by side and there's a big difference in text sharpness unfortunately.
Another peson that doesn’t understand what this display does. Do your research on colour accurate displays.
I'm fully aware of what it does. It's just too expensive for a non-oled, non HDR, 60hz monitor.
Yeah it's just a shame that they havent updated it to include latest technology.
@MA87033: Worth mentioning as well that this monitor was released 6 years ago and still costs this much
Do u know what colour accuracy is? Because clearly u don’t. Look up DCI-P3 99% colour accurate 5k displays. U will have a hard time finding one. The only other 5k display woth 99% DCI-P3 colour gamma is from samsung it seems and its 2000 bucks https://www.samsung.com/au/monitors/high-resolution/viewfini…
O yes the competition is alot cheaper…….. 2000 bucks…
@kungfuman: I do. If colour accuracy is a priority then the Dell UltraSharp U2723QE is more than enough and only costs $670. For that you get DCI-P3 98% (I doubt you will notice the difference between 98% & 99%), 4K (which is still plenty of pixel density) & native HDR support. You can use USB-C, HDMI or DisplayPort, so no need to rely on thunderbolt either. You could buy two of those and still have cash leftover….
@stephendt: not a 5k monitor you now recommending 4k monitors as I said you will not find another monitor IN 5K with P3 at 99% or higher. the only other one is the Samsung 5k i listed. Ofcourse a 4k monitor is "Cheaper" its a bloody 4k monitor.
Wow i bought these back in 2016 and they were 1200 bucks i am shocked they cost so much now
Wish these monitors were cheaper. Look at Apple studio display for an example of ridiculous pricing. It's pretty much the same panel with slightly better peak brightness for $1000 more.
The LG 5k ultrafine displays were cheaper at launch then they went up in price, they are a good monitor though If u video edit and like to colour grade also good for photo editors because of the p3 colour gammet.
i think this model launched 3-4 years ago. The previous version had a few issues with plastic cracking, webcam was worse, no daisy chain support and it had a few issues that this model ironed out.
Yeah I went through that myself being one of the early adopters, apple replaced it though with out questions. Haven't had any issues since.
If I really wanted 5K, I'd rather get the Samsung S90PC when it goes on special for around $1700 over this model which is 6 years old now.
Rant this next to a Apple Studio Display and I ended up returning the studio display.
It is the same panel and the Apple Studio Display had maybe 100 nits. I found the colors identical and the webcam in the LG was a LOT better.
I eventually also got the 24" version and now just daisy chain it to my Macbook. I love the crispness and also ability to adjust brightness from the keyboard. Can not go back to any other monitor.
I called officeworks and they price matched this: https://pselectronic.com.au/shop/computers/lg-27md5kl-27-ult…
In the end it cost me $1329.05.
The difference between this monitor and my Gigabyte M28U is amazing, especially sharpness.
I can't see myself going back to 4k. Going back to 60hz 'hurts' but I'd rather put up with this than go back to 4k 144hz.
I don't know why matte displays are standard in the PC world, but glossy is just way better.
Apparently this monitor doesn't support DSC, so if using multiple monitors with a thunderbolt dock, something to keep in mind.
What is the benfit of DSC.
I have this and my 24" matching Ultrafine 4.5k daisychained with one cable plugged into my Macbook.
Maybe the 24 inch supports DSC, I'm not sure.
2 x 5k Ultrafines will not work with a single cable or dock as a single monitor uses more than 20 Gbps, where the limit for current thunderbolt spec is 40 Gbps. The Pro Display XDR with DSC uses around 11 or 12Gbps for example.
However the Studio Display and Pro Display XDR does support DSC and therefore you can plug two of these into a thunderbolt dock such as the Caldigit TS4, and then a single cable to your macbook.
Can you check what resolution your 5k Ultrafine is connecting at? This thread suggests it can't reach the full 5k when daisy chained: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/daisychain-lg-ultrafine…
Yes, I have 5k and 4.5k full resolution. I connect it via the 24", which has 2x Thunderbolt and 2x Usb-c.
The Studio Display also does not support daisy chain without a $500 plus dock plus you pay $600 plus for height adjustment. Ridiculous. May as well go for a XDR display…
@ninjadefuse: I am so happy with the set up. I dont think I can go to anything other than XDR or if Apple launches some new displays.
@samprofs: The XDR is pretty bad value imho. It doesn't do anything that well. The pixel density is the same as the 5k displays, and the FALD is not as good as the XDR displays on the Macbooks. I was really hoping they would release new monitors (120hz/MiniLED/XDR) with the M3 but doesn't look like anything coming any time soon.
For those that are using an LG Ultrafine 5k and you notice that the brightness is dim when waking from sleep, there's a firmware update available that fixes this. From the app store, download LG Screen Manager to update your firmware.
seems to be 1,399 here, possibly extra 5% off with price match
https://pselectronic.com.au/shop/computers/lg-27md5kl-27-ult…