New LG Ultrafine 5k (27inch) owner here...I'm sure this question has been answered before, but is there anyway to hook up HDMI devices to the LG Ultrafine 5k, like with an adapter or something? I'd love to hook up a Nintendo Switch or other video game system to it. Is this possible or not an option whatsoever?
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LG UltraFine 5K - Owners Thread
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Does GBP120 include a refurbished display?
Just received this follow-up email from LG:
He has it at ~€120. So the LG rep was correct, as likely not all cables are created equal! ;-)
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Nope.
It's one of the reasons I am returning mine to get the 32UD99 which is due out soon.
According to today's news reports, it appears Apple will be releasing a new Apple-branded display as well.
To be honest, monitors shouldn't have HDMI. I can understand the convenience though. I think the only way for you to do it is to get a dock
New to the forum but long-term lurker. Been eyeing one of these LG 5K displays - given the announcement that Apple will be making displays again in 2018 - how much buyers remorse do owners have here? Still worth it or not?
I ordered one at the $974 price on the last day that I'm hoping to use with a Kaby Lake Macbook Pro once it comes out but I figure I can always keep using my thunderbolt display too if necessary. Currently on a 2013 macbook air + thunderbolt display that is getting quite sluggish.
I ordered one at the $974 price on the last day that I'm hoping to use with a Kaby Lake Macbook Pro once it comes out but I figure I can always keep using my thunderbolt display too if necessary. Currently on a 2013 macbook air + thunderbolt display that is getting quite sluggish.
No remorse here whatsoever - it's a great display and it has been trouble free for me.
Mine is a "612" btw
Not much, I keep my displays for a long time. I'm still using my ACD and I never bought the Apple Thunderbolt Display. Depending on the price (hoping $999 or less) and what Apple offers in the 2018 model, I'll get that to replace my ACD. The LG 5K was sold at a great price compared to the cost of Apple 27" displays sold in the past.
5K is a real treat and any time I use my ACD workstation or any other non retina desktop setup, I don't know how I've gone this long without 5K. I was very very close to getting a 1600p ultra wide or 40" 4k, but I wasn't sure if the screen real estate would be worth it to give up desk space and retina.
If you can wait, wait.
Mine's going back despite getting extra money off. 27" @5K is just a tad too small Imo - a bit like the old 24" monitors that ran 1920 x 1200 (people back then thought the small text was 'perfectly ok' too).
32" at 5K and the retina resolution these run at would be perfect - and I have a feeling these new 'pro displays' are going to be just that (bet anyone?
)I'd gladly bet against a 32" 5K screen, how much?If you can wait, wait.
Mine's going back despite getting extra money off. 27" @5K is just a tad too small Imo - a bit like the old 24" monitors that ran 1920 x 1200 (people back then thought the small text was 'perfectly ok' too).
32" at 5K and the retina resolution these run at would be perfect - and I have a feeling these new 'pro displays' are going to be just that (bet anyone?
32" at 5K and the retina resolution these run at would be perfect - and I have a feeling these new 'pro displays' are going to be just that (bet anyone?
You're not taking scaling into account. I'm not sure what the scaling would be at 32" 5K.
Most likely it'll be a 27" 5K.
I think the default scaling res on a 5K resolution monitor will be the same as the current 27" 5K monitor because that's what Apple deem's 'retina'. (They set it based on pixels rather than size.)
I have no remorse as I really like these displays, but if I hadn't purchased my 2 5Ks before the discount ended, and then heard this announcement, I probably would have stuck with my 5K iMac.
My only hope now is that Apple and LG remain committed to fixing the obvious bugs in the UltraFines. I'd be more worried if Apple had announced they'd have a display sometime this year - given it's beyond this year, there's still plenty of need to fix the issues with this product now, as it'll be the best 5K setup for a while yet.
Pretty serious backflip from Apple though, after signalling pretty strongly that they would no longer create any standalone displays. The really interesting question now is what ports Apple will include in their forthcoming display? I'd love to see Apple create some kind of eGPU solution for the Mac Pro and MacBook Pro that can take high-end GPUs like the Nvidia 10xx series and output to their display. This is the only pain point I can see with the UltraFine now, as it is Thunderbolt 3 only. If Apple are serious about being modular and embracing high-end GPUs, they'd need to put DisplayPort 1.4 ports on these displays, surely. One benefit too would be that macOS finally gets software DRIVERS for these cards as well.
Anyway, I'm still hoping to get many years out of my UltraFine 5K displays, and these are a perfect solution for me today.
That's not how it works. 27" 5K runs at 2X and gives you the same text size as a 27" non retina.
32" 5K could run at 2X, but the text size would be larger. It's unlikely Apple would do that considering they released a 21" 4K and 27" 5K iMac.
That's unlikely. Apple is trying to reduce cables, not add more.
Unfortunately, you'll have to wait for TB4.
I would prefer larger text.
Atm, 27" 5K text size appears to be roughly the same as what I remember of the 24" screens running 1920x1200 (way too small). 32" 5K (OR perhaps better still, 6K) at the current 5K's default res would be perfect Imo.
It's the same text size as a 27" 1440p monitor. Some may find it small, but it's the standard.
I really like how perfectly the Ultrafine 5K scales. Just set it to look like a slightly lower resolution and you are going to be fine (still extremely sharp and smooth IMO).
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Still very much worth it (especially at your last day price). No buyers remorse here. You can enjoy it all year long. Who knows what Apple meant by "not this year"?
I would get a 2016 MBP, though. Base model should be perfectly fine to enjoy the benefits of the Ultrafine 5K. Probably very good resale value once Kaby Lake comes out. If you do want to wait for Kaby Lake, I would not keep the Ultrafine 5K as I see little use for it in the mean time.
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I agree - I had mine set to 2K (one up from the default setting) and it was indeed lovely. However you get the warning about scaled resolutions requiring more processing power. I think that exactly half (the default) is what works most efficiently and this is why it is the default setting.
32" at 5K and the retina resolution these run at would be perfect - and I have a feeling these new 'pro displays' are going to be just that (bet anyone?
Rather contradictory, no? You keep saying you'd like a larger than 27" 5K, then agree it would never happen. Pretty pointless observation, really.
Apple are not going to do a 32" (or any other size) at 5K for the very reasons stated throughout this thread by every other user (reason: "Retina"), regardless of you repeatedly banging on about personally not liking the text size. They add a solution to increase scaling, and that's your option at the slight cost of processing, that's designed precisely to do that.
Moving on...
If you have the 2016 MBP, then yes getting these 5K's is still a great idea, as they nonetheless have the great image clarity, and Apple are not exactly renowned for their certainty on likely release dates for the new ones they're supposed to be going for. I'd suggest that they won't hit the street (along with the new MP's) until late 2018.
This is likely, given they've only just now done this public statement. And given during said statement, where they said they're only now beginning working on a new design, and because of the known technical issues concerned (chips availability, etc.). Even more especially, add to that them saying they're going to only get around to releasing new iMacs in "late 2017" – they're hardly likely to turn around and then release new MP's only 3-6 months after these new iMacs.
So logically looking at the facts in hand, buying the LG 5K now is still going to give you 18+ months usage on a decently Mac-integrated 5K display. Though other 5K's may appear (in guessing ~6+ months time), no others released on the market are likely to have the Mac integration either, as the Windows market is much bigger and broader.
Although one has to be slightly peeved that Apple just a few months ago say they're out of the display business, then having a chat with a select band of journo's to quietly tell them they are now going to do a (paraphrasing) 'display solution for the new MP'. But at least they admitted they're dead-end on pro Mac usage, and are reverting to a more balanced approach, which is a more important outcome for users in the long run.
And finally, given these new Apple displays are apparently going to be aimed "for the new MP", they're highly likely to be priced at least at the £1200 price of the LG 5K, if not more, given they said they want to offer pro's an integrated solution.
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