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kawa636r

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Hello,

sometime ago I opened a topic called Why an iMac or Mac Mini when you can buy a MacBook Pro and dock it? .
So, I bought an Huawei MateView display 28'' which gives impressive colours and good design, also with usb-c ports which are pretty interesting.
The trouble now is that I would like to enjoy 120hz refresh rate which I love in both iPhone 13 pro and iPad Pro and soon (tomorrow) I will enjoy on to my MacBook Pro 2021.

The Huawei MateView is not supporting 120hz, even if his 4,5k resolution is pretty good.

I also know that MacBook Pro 2021 has got an HDMI 2.0 which doesn't support 120hz at 4k so to enjoy 120hz fully on 4k it will be using an external thunderbolt adapter (I know that with usb-c 100hz will it be possible).

So, my question is, any idea of a good monitor at least >27'' which can offer both 4k and 120hz not curve?

Huawei has got a MateView Pro GT which reach 165hz 34'' but less nits (350 compared to 500 of MateView standard) but it is curve and I hate curved monitor for my job, so I was seeking for something more "office & productivity" friendly.

Please, help me because I'm in trouble :)
 

Kasco45

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You may have more luck finding 4K 144hz monitors as it’s a more common standard and there’s quite a few monitors available but most of those come with a gaming aesthetic. Personally I don’t think it’s worth the extra cost as productivity usually involves reading webpages and documents which are mostly static so you wouldn’t notice the refresh rate difference. However if you are purchasing one you can use a high quality usb c to DisplayPort adapter depending on monitor to get the full refresh rate and quality and don’t require thunderbolt explicitly.
 

dilutedq

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Jun 22, 2010
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LG OLED CX48 (or the newer version).
Though I am unsure of how to connect it and get 4k 120hz.
 

Sheepish-Lord

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LG OLED CX48 (or the newer version).
Though I am unsure of how to connect it and get 4k 120hz.
Linus Tech Tips already tried this recently and had burn in issues amongst other things so I wouldn't recommend it. Finding a 120hz+ monitor that doesn't look like it came from a teenage gamers room is the hard part.
 
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dilutedq

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Linus Tech Tips already tried this recently and had burn in issues amongst other things so I wouldn't recommend it. Finding a 120hz+ monitor that doesn't look like it came from a teenage gamers room is the hard part.
I'm going on a year and no burn in.
 
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JakeXXX

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Apr 30, 2022
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Yes, as long as they have a DisplayPort connection on the display.

M1 Macs do not support 4k@120Hz on TVs. That is because these TVs use an HDMI 2.1 signal which Apple does not support. Even if you tried to convert the signal from HDMI 2.1 to DisplayPort 2 through an active converter and then to Thunderbolt 4, you would still get an HDMI 2.0 signal, thus be maxed at 4K60Hz.
 
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Lbond

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May 28, 2022
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I personally wouldn’t bother going with a 4K 144hz display. I bought one recently for my M1 Pro MBP and the UI performance degradation when using it scaled, defeated the purpose of having the fluid 144hz experience for me. I was getting very noticeable UI lag in the various software tools I use so I’ve gone back to 1440p at 144hz which is butter smooth. Hopefully apple releases a 5K display at some point with 120hz so we won’t have scaling problems.
 

bizguy

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Nov 28, 2023
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I personally wouldn’t bother going with a 4K 144hz display. I bought one recently for my M1 Pro MBP and the UI performance degradation when using it scaled, defeated the purpose of having the fluid 144hz experience for me. I was getting very noticeable UI lag in the various software tools I use so I’ve gone back to 1440p at 144hz which is butter smooth. Hopefully apple releases a 5K display at some point with 120hz so we won’t have scaling problems.
Can you elaborate on how your configured your output to 1440p?

Which video editing software..?
 
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