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Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by achempion »

I can recommend the LG 27UN880P. I have two workstations and bought the same panel for the second workstation.

The main features are a sweet spot of 27" screen size, pixel density, and a charging USB-C cable to connect the monitor to the laptop. It has a speaker, but the quality of that speaker could be better.

The main con of all non-apple monitors is scaling. You can buy monitors with low pixel density to match the scaling, but the text quality will be similar to a standard office monitor. Then, there are middle-range monitors with above-average pixel density, which require adjusting interface scaling in Mac OS settings. On the higher end, apple & collab monitors with Retina pixel density for x2-5 the price.

Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by bythckr »

If you are continuing your nomadic lifestyle, you might want to consider getting an iPad that can double as an external display via sidecar app. Of course, I am aware of the small size and crossing your budget. Or you might consider portable monitors.

FYI, Please be careful with LG monitors. Just an alphabet change in the model makes a huge difference. My friend saw an LG monitor and took down its model number. He missed that one the alphabet in the model was different (example 29ABC600-XYZ, but he got 29ABD600-XYZ - "D" instead of "C") and that made a huge difference.

Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by bythckr »

NhanH wrote: post #6

Pick a 4K in your price range from Dell or LG and you should be good to go. Outside the US, recommending specific display is not particularly useful since stocks is an issue, not to mention the model would be straight up unavailable to you.

Do you know about which series or detail to look for in LG?

My friend saw an LG monitor and took down its model number. He missed that one the alphabet in the model was different (example 29ABC600-XYZ, but he got 29ABD600-XYZ - "D" instead of "C") and that made a huge difference.

Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by ryaneager »

I recently bought a GIGABYTE - M34WQ. It’s 3440x1440 so I can fit a full browser and IDE side by side. Plugs into the Mac with just a single USB-C cable, has a KVM switch so you can plug your mouse keyboard into the monitor and have it controlled two PCs. Has built in speakers. Around $420 USD. https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/m34wq

Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by not_me_ever »

achempion wrote: post #11

I can recommend the LG 27UN880P. I have two workstations and bought the same panel for the second workstation. The main features are a sweet spot of 27" screen size, pixel density, and a charging USB-C cable to connect the monitor to the laptop. It has a speaker, but the quality of that speaker could be better. The main con of all non-apple monitors is scaling. You can buy monitors with low pixel density to match the…

This!

My standard setup is two LG 27UN880P, with two LG 27UP650P in a 2x2 configuration.

Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by sarupbanskota »

bythckr wrote: post #12

If you are continuing your nomadic lifestyle, you might want to consider getting an iPad that can double as an external display via sidecar app. Of course, I am aware of the small size and crossing your budget. Or you might consider portable monitors. FYI, Please be careful with LG monitors. Just an alphabet change in the model makes a huge difference. My friend saw an LG monitor and took down its model number. He mi…

Thanks for the tip! After 10 years-ish of doing it, I'm now done with it haha

Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by runjake »

vmurthy wrote: post #4

Personal experience has been great with Dell 27 4K UHD Monitor - S2721QS [0]. Similar workload to you although I am not a developer . Cost about 300 AUD. There's a USB-C one , too for about 700 SGD [1] [0] https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-27-4k-uhd-monitor-s2721... [1] https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-...

These are ok but I prefer the U line, eg the U2723q. 27” 4K also, but the display is much better. I know this because I have the U and S side by side at work.

Also, the U comes with what is essentially a USB-C dock with Ethernet and a built in KVM.

Caveat: This is in the US market.

Re: Ask HN: Best monitor for a MacBook Pro for ~US$700?

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Post by floydnoel »

ajeet_dhaliwal wrote: post #19

I know you say Studio display feels excessively expensive, but I just got one two weeks ago and I couldn't be happier. If you can afford it, it's worth it.

I think it would be worth it, if only the size was 32 inches instead of 27. Basically It’s the same panel from the 27” iMac and roughly the same cost, but you don’t get an iMac.
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