LG Sneaks Out 40-inch 5120 x 2160 Display Targeting Professionals

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Are they serious? £1,500 for a monitor with the worst energy rating G, low refresh rare and lack of 10-bit image? Old HDMI 2.0 ports that cannot fully drive the monitor due to limited bandwidth? LG, WTF? DOA.

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.

There'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.

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)

 

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There'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.

Is 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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They 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.