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  • sorten - Thursday, October 27, 2016 - link

    Very interesting that LG is locking themselves into such a small addressable market. These would be popular with people in the Windows crowd. Even if I bought a new MB I would not consider these monitors because I also want to use that monitor for my work laptop, SP4 and PS4.
  • GodHatesFAQs - Thursday, October 27, 2016 - link

    I think an alternative model will be released for Windows users soon, probably first half of next year.
  • PixyMisa - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    The obvious use for these would be second displays for the 2015 iMac range, because you get an exact match for the size, resolution, and gamut. But there's still no Thunderbolt 3 iMac, so nope.
  • V900 - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    Perfectly understandable if you look at the demographics of that market.

    Mac users are a tiny part of the overall computer market, but a big majority in the market for computers that cost 1000$ and up. LG knows their customers!
  • jmelan - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    that is only because no one can keep track of all of the PC users that just buy parts off of amazon and newegg

    how many mac users picked up a gtx 1070/1080??
  • rjashton - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    Hiya :-) 10x0 not my upgrade cycle but I did pick up a 970 on launch more or less, do I count?
  • RMSe17 - Sunday, October 30, 2016 - link

    Getting the new MBP for laptop, but DIY for desktop with GTX1080 :)
    (but no, I will not be buying these, too high resolution for me, I prefer 27" 1440p )
  • jmelan - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    i agree
    overpriced 4k 8 bit 21.5" monitor, why would anyone buy this?
    the 27" is more interesting but why limit to macs??
  • Ancillas - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    Do you think LG might have insider knowledge of better color management coming to Windows 10?
  • Meteor2 - Sunday, October 30, 2016 - link

    It *must* be coming, if Microsoft has any desire to stay relevant in visual industries.
  • iwod - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    If LG are already making these panels, then the monitor is only a natural extension.
  • Frenetic Pony - Thursday, October 27, 2016 - link

    Heeeeey, monitor dudes.

    Where the hell are my 10bit/HDR monitors?
  • zepi - Thursday, October 27, 2016 - link

    There will never be such thing as hdr for monitors. Monitors will (hopefully) always be reasonably linear (well, not linear, but standard gammacurved) displays that display what computers tell them to.

    Actually, what would need to happen is for brightness controls to disappear from monitors and backlight to become adjustable from OS. LCD approaching 1:2000, 500nits maximum brightness and 10bit colours could display quite decently HDR mastered content. Software just needs to get smart about it.
  • Reihen - Thursday, October 27, 2016 - link

    I think what Frenetic Pony is trying to point out is that in order to meet the HDR display specifications, the monitors also needs to be capable of 1000 cd/m².
  • tyger11 - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    Of COURSE there will be HDR monitors. The need of cinematographers/colorists to be able to work on HDR content will make it happen. That's on the professional end. On the consumer end, it's another technological selling point, much like going to HD, and flat panels, then UHD/4K, etc. It's as inevitable as death and taxes.
  • BurntMyBacon - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    I'd imagine High Dynamic Range (HDR) is about as desirable to a content developer as a monitor that auto adjusts height and tilt at random intervals. HDR is effectively a way to emulate a better contrast ratio (through use of localized dimming) in a display that isn't natively capable of higher contrast. I expect content developers would rather have a higher contrast ratio (perhaps VA) display that they could control the brightness and darkness of rather than a Dynamic Range display that adjusts it automagically.

    Note: I am not a professional content developer and don't fully understand the nuances of the trade. As such, my views are merely opinions and should be taken as such.
  • DanNeely - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    They might need extra controls to make it behave better while doing the design; but if they're making HDR content not having to use a separate display to preview the results seems like it'd be a really nice QoL benefit.
  • halcyon - Saturday, October 29, 2016 - link

    32" 4K 10-bit Adobe RGB HDR monitor coming in 1/2017 from BenQ:

    BenQ SW320
    https://www.dpreview.com/news/6758360083/benq-anno...
  • ianmills - Thursday, October 27, 2016 - link

    16:9 monitors yuck
  • patrickjp93 - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    The 4K is 16:10
  • BurntMyBacon - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    4096x2304 = (16x9)*256
    So no. It is 16:9.

    16:10 -> 4096x2560
    Got my hopes up for nothing.
  • snowmyr - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    But you got to do the math so I don't have to, so it's not all bad.
  • DanNeely - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    *sigh*

    I was hoping this announcement would mean that the first DP1.3, non-segmented 5k displays were finally available.
  • chaos215bar2 - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    That would assume Thunderbolt 3 had actually been designed to support DisplayPort 1.3. For some reason that I'd certainly like to understand, it hasn't. On the plus side, I guess my 6 year old 30" monitor is going to be good for another few years at least.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interfa...
  • PixyMisa - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    Thunderbolt 3 came out before the DisplayPort 1.3 spec was finalised.
  • Meteor2 - Sunday, October 30, 2016 - link

    You think the authors of the standards would have co-ordinated better. Thunderbolt 3 and dp 1.3 weren't published that far apart.
  • Meteor2 - Sunday, October 30, 2016 - link

    Indeed TB3 came after dp 1.3.
  • nbpf - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    It doesn't seem to be the case but just to make sure that I am not missing something: is it going to be possible to connect these monitors to a blu-ray/media player like the Panasonic DMP-UB900? Thanks, nbpf
  • sp82 - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    F...k 60hz monitor even if 5K, even 75hz is 10 more smooth than 60hz.
  • asendra - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    is actually 15 more smooth

    /s
  • OFelix - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    is actually 25 more smooth

    /s
  • OFelix - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    I have a Mac Book Pro 15" (Mid 2015) with Radeon R9 M370X.
    Will these monitors be compatible?

    Thanks
  • Brandon Chester - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    No. Your laptop doesn't have Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C
  • Lolimaster - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    When are they planning to kill 16:9 and stick to 16:10 - 3:2?
  • vladx - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    Hmm, like never?
  • Varezhka - Friday, October 28, 2016 - link

    So what is the advantage of the new 21.5" 4K display over something like LG's own 27UD88-W that can currently be bought for less?
  • Icehawk - Saturday, October 29, 2016 - link

    It has slightly more pixels but I would say it is the calibration that is the feature - really only needed for professional use.
  • Varezhka - Monday, October 31, 2016 - link

    Thank you, that makes sense. Probably not for me, then, but I'm sure useful for the target audience.
  • Xajel - Saturday, October 29, 2016 - link

    Now, just release an Ultrawide version of this ( in either21:9 1440p or 21:9 2160p ) of this, preferably with 120Hz refresh rate...
  • Valantar - Saturday, October 29, 2016 - link

    "Most monitors use physical buttons for controlling brightness and volume, but the LG UltraFine displays use the integrated controls that macOS provides, meaning that it can respond to the volume and brightness keys on Mac keyboards. It doesn't look like the monitors have any buttons to fall back on, so this may be another situation where Windows users should be wary"

    Why this isn't possible on _all_ computers is something that completely baffles me. Seriously. The complete and utter lack of integration between computers and monitors is just weird.
  • seerak - Sunday, October 30, 2016 - link

    Along those lines, I've been wondering for some time why they don't have some sort of lossless compression on the video connector. Unlike CRT's, current monitors are effectively their own frame buffer, so why are we still stuffing all that uncompressed data down an external line at 60+fps with hacks like tiled display? Going to be fun when 8k shows up.

    The data being displayed is either already compressed (movies/video) or is highly compressible by nature (static desktops). The one application I can think of which might not work well would be twitch gaming, where lag is an issue, but OnLive did exist for a while (never tried it, so no idea how bad the lag was).
  • Meteor2 - Sunday, October 30, 2016 - link

    I'm petty sure more recent dp standards use compression.
  • Valantar - Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - link

    Yep. The big difference between DP 1.3 and 1.4 is support for "visually lossless" Display Stream Compression, which allows 8k60 over the same connection that used to top out at 4k60.
  • surt - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link

    Who is buying an expensive monitor that doesn't do 120hz any more?
  • sharath.naik - Sunday, November 6, 2016 - link

    when will someone release a 34-36 inch 5k monitor?. That is the only screen size where 5k matters. 27 inch only ideal for 4k resolution.
  • ViDtje - Sunday, November 6, 2016 - link

    Would it be possible to daisy chain other monitors off the 5K display? For example 2 2560*1440 DisplayPort displays.

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