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LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by calebh »

I bought the Asus 6K ProArt on launch, replacing an older 4k 27" Dell monitor. The new monitor is definitely an upgrade, but not as great as I was hoping. The matte coating is by far the worst part of the monitor. It's not bad enough to return the monitor, but the graininess is noticeable on white windows. I've definitely enjoyed having the extra screen real estate over the 27" monitor, and the extra resolution has been very helpful for having a bunch of windows open in Unity.

This year at CES there were a number of new monitors unveiled that compete in this space. There's a new Samsung monitor (G80HS) that is a 32" 6k with a higher refresh rate than the LG or Asus. Unfortunately it has the matte coating instead of glossy, so clarity will suffer.

Also of interest are the new OLED offerings with true RGB stripe subpixel layout. This should fix text rendering problems on systems with subpixel antialiasing. Both Samsung and LG are making these OLED monitors with the true RGB layout. There will almost certainly be glossy coatings offered with these panels, and they'll have higher refresh rates than IPS.

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by sparrish »

perihelions wrote: post #4
sparrish wrote: post #3

$8,000 and it only does 60Hz?! What were they thinking?

You misread the article; this is a $2,000 product. An unrelated 32-inch 8k monitor from Asus is $8,000—it's mentioned in passing to disclaim that the LG isn't, technically , the highest-DPI monitor on the market.

Yes, but the Asus is $8k and it also only does 60Hz.

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by gepeto42 »

Been running it for about two months.

A few thoughts:

1 - I replaced 2x4k 27inch monitors, and so far so good, only annoyance is sometimes I want to share an entire screen as a reflex, I have to remember to have a more window focused workflow.

2 - The power brick is GIGANTIC, but it charges one of my laptops at 96w

3 - It is a bit blurry due to the antiglare coating. Might be annoying to some.

4 - The built-in USB hub is good enough for my Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra, and it gets switched to my active computer, unless I am using HDMI (no USB link available separately from the Thunderbolt or USB-C main ports)

In general, I wanted an Apple XDR display, but with multiple inputs. The results are not as good from an image point of view, but better from a productivity point of view.

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by angeloashmore »

I bought and returned this display. The panel I got was practically unusable if you have even just a little care for color. All four corners were significantly dimmer than the center, and color accuracy dropped off toward the bottom of the screen. Somehow the macOS dock icons were washed-out and dim.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a common issue with this display, not a one-off panel discrepancy.

Do yourself a favor and wait for whatever Apple has upcoming, at least if you’re in the Apple ecosystem already.

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by mdasen »

Analemma_ wrote: post #13
MBCook wrote: post #2

It amazes me it’s so hard to find monitors around 210+ PPI. Glad this is one. That said I would be scared to buy this. I’ve heard so many horror stories about the LG UltraFine 5k and the ports breaking and then having to send it in for repair for a long time. At this point I don’t trust their build quality for monitors. In general though, I am so glad to see big high DPI monitors have more than one or two options fin…

For a long time, the only very high (>200) DPI monitors on the market were Apple's first-party ones and the LG UltraFine, the former being stupidly overpriced and the latter having, as you say, reliability horror stories. I assume the dearth of other options was because macOS doesn't do fractional scaling, only 2x, so only Apple users really needed 5K-at-27" or 6K-at-32" whereas Windows/Linux users can be ok with 150…

> I assume the dearth of other options was because macOS doesn't do fractional scaling

Except it does? I have a 14" MBP with a 3024x1964 display. By default, it uses a doubling for an effective 1512x982, but I can also select 1800x1169, 1352x878, 1147x745, or 1024x665. So it certainly does have fractional scaling options.

If you connect a 4k 2160p monitor, you can go down or up from the default 1080p doubling (https://www.howtogeek.com/why-your-mac-shows-the-wrong-resol...). If you select 2560x1440 for a 4k 2160p screen, that's 150% scaling rather than 2x (https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos/tips/what-is-display-s..., see the image where it compares "native 2x scaling" to "appears like 2560x1440").

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by buildbot »

SunshineTheCat wrote: post #19
throwaway85825 wrote: post #14

I use an 8K 55" TV. It was much cheaper than an equivalent monitor and is equivalent to 4x 27" 4k panels. Text rendering is sublime. I wish the panel was still in production with more dimming zones and DP input.

This is such a cool idea. Text was the one thing I was concerned about with perhaps color correctness/accuracy/calibration options secondarily, but I'm sure they've got that down. But hearing that the text looks good is the biggest thing. I may actually consider going down this road.

I did this for a bit with a Q900R, a 65in 8k TV - a upside or downside depending on the time of year and climate is that it uses a lot of power and generates a good amount of heat.

Here’s a review of the series - https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/q900-q900r-8k-qled

One interesting thing is that it’s been firmware updated to support hdmi 2.1 on all hdmi ports now.

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

Xeoncross wrote: post #27

I really wish more people wanted screens that looked as good as their cellphone. Bright, sharp text, great color. We've had the great Apple Studio Display for years now, it's about time others came to fix some of it's short-comings like 27" size, 60hz and lack of HDMI ports for use with other systems. So many of us have to stare at a screen for hours every day and having one that reduces strain on my eyes is well wor…

Is there a shortlist of top of the line utilitarian monitors that you can just buy, without researching or being some niche gamer?* Something similar to LG G-series TV's. Seems like Apple Studio, Dell UltraSharp are on that list. Any others?

*Struggling for words, but I'm looking more for the expedient solution rather than the "craft beer" or "audiophile" solution.

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by theatrus2 »

angeloashmore wrote: post #35

I bought and returned this display. The panel I got was practically unusable if you have even just a little care for color. All four corners were significantly dimmer than the center, and color accuracy dropped off toward the bottom of the screen. Somehow the macOS dock icons were washed-out and dim. Unfortunately, this seems to be a common issue with this display, not a one-off panel discrepancy. Do yourself a favor…

It's amazing how well the ProDisplay XDR has held out. Especially if you care about any HDR workflow.

Re: LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

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Post by eikenberry »

Xeoncross wrote: post #27

I really wish more people wanted screens that looked as good as their cellphone. Bright, sharp text, great color. We've had the great Apple Studio Display for years now, it's about time others came to fix some of it's short-comings like 27" size, 60hz and lack of HDMI ports for use with other systems. So many of us have to stare at a screen for hours every day and having one that reduces strain on my eyes is well wor…

We do, but many of us also want to play a game on occasion and GPUs can barely just handle 4k these days, let alone 6k+.
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