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Review on LG 49WQ95C 49-Inch FreeSyncTM Monitor, 5120X1440, Black Stabilizer, On Screen Control, Color Calibrated, ‎49WQ95C-W.AUS, HD, HDMI by Albuquerque Tsosie

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Of course I don't mean to scold LG, but I sent it back

For what it is this is a great monitor and a lot of people I know have and love it, but while it's 5k, which sounds like a lot, it's 5K over a huge range. So the picture quality of this 5K will be nowhere near the equivalent of a 27" Apple 5K display (which I also bought and returned -> can't dim the screen or control the monitor at all if you're using Windows like me) - so underm Bottom line: I bought two smaller 4K high-resolution screens, then you basically have 8K in the same range as this LG 5K delivers. It's much clearer. I chose Innocn because it has the most pixels per inch and is 5K in game mode. There's a mini-LED button (local dimming) so when the display is black it's very close to OLED, no screen burn-in. In addition, the kink annoys me a bit, since the two slightly slanted screens give me a clear view of each screen, depending on which screen I'm looking at. Apps also load on the same screen, so apps don't have to constantly scale.

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Pros
  • works with macbook pro, need to enable scaling or upgrade to big sur
Cons
  • Not everything is as good as written