Anybody running 27" 4K monitors in 1440p scaled mode?

[intz2nu]

Sorry folks I should of mentioned this from the start. I'm actually using the monitor with a Win7 PC and I'm quite familiar with Windows and I got all of my other sound devices disabled with only the LG display enabled. I also checked the monitor itself to see if maybe it was on mute and its not so clearly the settings in the monitor is fine and I'm out of ideas as to what else could be the issue here. The only sound the monitor makes is a soft beep sound when it wakes. Have any of you used it with a PC and have any ideas as to what could be my problem? Or maybe it is in fact a defected unit?

 

[Fozziebear40]

AFAIK know the monitor doesn't have speakers, you plug a 3.5mm lead in the back to an external set. ( sorry if you are already doing that and I missed it )

 

[intz2nu]

AFAIK know the monitor doesn't have speakers, you plug a 3.5mm lead in the back to an external set. ( sorry if you are already doing that and I missed it )

Wait a second the monitor doesn't have built in speakers?

 

[Fozziebear40]

Wait a second the monitor doesn't have built in speakers?

No, you need to plug in external ones at the back. The volume and mute buttons work on the plugged in speakers. (I have the 68 not the 88 but I am sure they are the same)

 

[LiE_]

Yes it doesn't have speaker.

 

[andy9l]

No, you need to plug in external ones at the back. The volume and mute buttons work on the plugged in speakers. (I have the 68 not the 88 but I am sure they are the same)

Yep, the same.

Use the headphone jack or USB ports to connect speakers. The screen does not have built-in speakers.

 

[intz2nu]

Thanks A LOT folks as I thought the entire time that these monitors had built in speakers. Guess I was wrong there. I was scrambling trying a few different display cables thinking hmmm...I seem to have tried everything I wonder whats the issue but I guess that explains it, it has no built in speakers like I thought it did. Even the volume control threw me off a bit given I hear that soft beep sound the monitor makes when it wakes and that along with the vol. controls did have me thinking it must have speakers, even the cut outs at the bottom made me swear it had speakers.

Thanks again folks for clearing that up for me.

 

[andy9l]

Ha, yeah the cutouts had me questioning it too before I bought it!

 

[Fishrrman]

Re built-in speakers…

Even with most displays having built-in speakers, the sound quality is nothing particularly great.

If you want high-quality sound, either get a set of external speakers or use decent headphones...

 

[intz2nu]

Yeah, I mostly use earbuds most of the time anyway so it didn't matter much though it would still have been nice if it did have built in speakers. Believe it or not I actually haven't owned a pair of external speakers in maybe over 11 years for any computer I have. I'm currently looking into those small bluetooth wireless speakers that seem to be the latest and greatest thing currently. Anything wireless and small is always a good thing IMO. Hehe

 

[Fozziebear40]

One thing to bear in mind with bluetooth speakers, if you are watching video you may have lip-sync problems, sound slightly delayed. Most have a 3.5mm input jack though so best of both worlds!

 

[intz2nu]

One thing to bear in mind with bluetooth speakers, if you are watching video you may have lip-sync problems, sound slightly delayed. Most have a 3.5mm input jack though so best of both worlds!

I recently had tried my first bluetooth speaker with another monitor in the pass month. The speaker was a Sony SRS-X1 speaker and I had watched closely for any delay with sync from video stored on my computer as well as something streamed, along with youtube clips. Surprisingly I never ran into any sync problems with a time delay between people speaking and the out put from the speaker. Maybe I was just lucky or that little Sony speaker was a pretty decent unit.

 

[jadsh97]

Hi everyone, I am really confused about the scaling thing going on when I hook my 4K LG 27UD58 to my rMBP 13'' 2015. So, the default for display (monitor) is 1080p which is too big to work with. 1) I have it on 1440P HiDPI, do I still need to switch it back to 4K whenever I watch anything in 4K or does it automatically do it for me? 2) Why does the monitor show me the recommended resolution whenever I set the monitor to 1440P but with 1440P HiDPI the pop-up on the monitor doesn't show up. I hope someone clears up this confusing "looks like 1440P" thing.

 

[andy9l]

1) No, you are ALWAYS running full 4K if you're using any HiDPI scaling. MacOS is smart enough to map video/images and some other content without scaling them (i.e. one-to-one pixel mapping). A 4K video played in Safari or QuickTime in full screen will be running at true 4K regardless of your scaling preference. Scaling only impacts the perceived UI size.

2) Because even if you choose "looks like xxx" from macOS, your monitor is still receiving a 3840x2160 input. The monitor has no idea that it's scaling anything at all. MacOS is changing what the 4K render of every refresh looks like. It's still 4K resolution. When you choose a 'low resolution mode' option in System Preferences, you are actually sending that output to the monitor and it's not 4K any more.

 

[steve62388]

"Novatech has been providing technology for professionals and enthusiasts for over 27 years. From our engineering background we have evolved into one of the UK's most trusted technology providers by having great people, focused on delivering great value for our customers. They call it worry free computing."

I think I might give them a go if they get stock. No-one has any stock at the moment. I'd wait for the LG 32UD99 announced at CES 2017 but I am guessing it will be expensive.

I wouldn't touch Novatech with a 50 foot poll. If your purchase develops a fault and the item is no longer sold by them they offer you a refund with massive depreciation of value. In the computer world it's common for models to be updated and changed so expect to run into this policy a lot.

This even applies if the product is still available elsewhere but Novatech has decided to no longer sell it.

 

[HenryAZ]

Get a 32" 4K display (Eizo, perhaps), and run it at 3840x2160. 140 PPI at that resolution, and you can easily adapt your programs with increased text sizes to make it work. Working with a picture in full 4K is great.