Wednesday, May 10th 2023
LG Sneaks Out 40-inch 5120 x 2160 Display Targeting Professionals
For those waiting for a 5K2K or 5120 x 2160 gaming monitor, it seems like you're going to have to wait a while longer yet, as LG's latest addition in the ultrawide 4K category is targeting professional users. The 39.7-inch Nano IPS based display tops out at a brightness of 300 cd/m² and it has a typical IPS contrast ratio of 1000:1 and a response time of 5 ms grey to grey, with a colour gamut that meets 90 percent of the DCI-P3 standard. Rather interestingly, it has a maximum refresh rate of a rather unusual 72 Hz, rather than the somewhat more common 75 Hz and there's support for AMD FreeSync for those that still want to game on the monitor. The panel is curved, but LG doesn't mention the actual curvature, but a guess would be somewhere between 1800R to 1500R.
However, what makes this display stand out is that it features Thunderbolt 4 and it can be daisy chained with a second, identical display, although this drops the refresh rate down to 60 Hz on both panels. It delivers up to 96 Watts of power over the Thunderbolt port, which means it would power most notebooks that don't feature a discrete GPU. Other connectivity options include a single DisplayPort 1.4, two HDMI ports, which are limited to 3440 x 1440 resolution, a pair of USB 3.0 ports on the side as well as a headphone jack around the back. The display also has a pair of integrated 10 W speakers and sports a stand with height, tilt and swivel adjustments. The 40WP95CP-W is said to retail for around €1,339, but most retailers seem to list it for around €1,400 or more at the moment.
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However, what makes this display stand out is that it features Thunderbolt 4 and it can be daisy chained with a second, identical display, although this drops the refresh rate down to 60 Hz on both panels. It delivers up to 96 Watts of power over the Thunderbolt port, which means it would power most notebooks that don't feature a discrete GPU. Other connectivity options include a single DisplayPort 1.4, two HDMI ports, which are limited to 3440 x 1440 resolution, a pair of USB 3.0 ports on the side as well as a headphone jack around the back. The display also has a pair of integrated 10 W speakers and sports a stand with height, tilt and swivel adjustments. The 40WP95CP-W is said to retail for around €1,339, but most retailers seem to list it for around €1,400 or more at the moment.
27 Comments on LG Sneaks Out 40-inch 5120 x 2160 Display Targeting Professionals
(no this wasn't serious)
No idea what the difference is though.
We want to see modern and good quality 5120x2160 10-bit 120/144Hz monitors with DP 2.1 ports. You need to finally modernise your monitors.
They do seem the vary the availability based on region. For example 38GN950-B is discontinued in Poland and Germany, while LG support said that 38GN950P-B will not be available for purchase in Poland (and I guess in Germany, since they don't list it on their store). Meanwhile 38GN950P-B is available in UK and France.
It's astonishing how arrogant monitor prices are, and yet they have less advanced panels and features than their own majestic TVs. LG monitor division should withdraw this dinosaur product and go back to drawing board of modern video connectivity and features. Disgrace.
New variant of a previous monitor and they couldn't update the main things!? DP1.4 is also outdated but is passable as it at least is able to drive the display, hdmi is not. What a jokeI think it's "normal" for monitors to have terrible ratings, I don't think I ever saw anything above an E
It's not that LG doesn't know how to do things well. Their OLED TVs have brilliant connections with four 48 Gbps ports for 4K/120Hz true 10-bit omages. TVs are bigger, better and cheaper at the same time.
What has gone wrong with monitor display division in LG? Mind-boggling stuff
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Thunderbolt is nothing special these days. I bought my first Thunderbolt monitor in 2018 from Samsung. Everyone should also be aware of the fact that Thunderbolt didn't support Freesync. Intel's TB spec doesn't list any implementation of VESA's adaptive sync feature.
Even though mini led is known to be desirable by pros, there's only a push on laptops, a few gaming monitors, or the expensive mini led ProArt. It's like they just want to wait for their OLED panels to get better over than evolving their LCD offerings. (Well, they did make IPS black with a high contrast ratio for an IPS, but it's still edge lit)