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.
Source: LG
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27 Comments on LG Sneaks Out 40-inch 5120 x 2160 Display Targeting Professionals

#26
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dyonoctisThere's no competition in the 5120x2160 market, so they don't have any pressure to do better. High refresh rate on a professional monitor is also a rarity. Asus is alone: Eizo, Benq, Dell, HP are happy to give you 60hz on their best monitor.
I know, but HDMI ports that cannot drive the monitor to its full potential is absolutely ridiculous and they should be called out for this BS video port IC clear, loud and wide. Proper HDMI 2.1 FRL port is cheaper than Intel's TB chip.
FahadIs a 120Hz version of this too much to ask for? :(
It's not, of course. They are lazy on innovation. They need a new video port IC with HDMI 2.1 FRL and DP 2.1, plus proper 10-bit and HDR support.
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Tek-CheckThey need a new video port IC
They have one on the hdmi 2.1 front. It's even their own homebrew design so would be cheap to bring in. Pretty lame, tbh.
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