Mac external displays for designers and developers, part 2 (2022)
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firecall
3 hours ago
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This is an older article: Published 1 April 2022.

Not about the new Apple Displays.

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SamuelAdams
2 hours ago
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To be fair, the new Apple displays use the same panel so much of this still applies.
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keyle
2 hours ago
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The price however, isn't indicative of a 2022 product...
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freefaler
50 minutes ago
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LG DualUp monitor is a great monitor for developers. Vertical and wide enough to show all the toolbars and the code.

Sadly they were not produced since 2024, but they are very good.

BTW, if someone is selling, I'm buying to have more spares.

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ocbyc
1 hour ago
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The new Mac monitor supports 120hz.

I have a 5k2k 44" OLED monitor from LG. Looks great on my Mac Studio.

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aghuang
2 hours ago
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Which monitor is recommended for work + gaming these days? Been on the fence for a new one but couldn't find any that is within my price range.

The requirement I have is that it has to be 120Hz, probably OLED and it must have built in speakers.

Any recommendations?

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firecall
1 hour ago
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Not a recommendation as such, but I recently purchased this for one of kids gaming monitors:

> ASUS XG27UCDMG ROG Strix 27" 4K QD-OLED 240Hz G-SYNC Gaming

> https://rog.asus.com/au/monitors/27-to-31-5-inches/rog-strix...

Doesn’t have built in speakers, and can’t comment on what it’s like for work.

However it does look absolutely amazing!

Jaw dropping gorgeous. The colours are just so rich. I was genuinely not expecting to as impressed by it as I was!

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bsimpson
1 hour ago
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My work monitor is a 4K 27" from LG in 2015. I run it at 2x density, so everything's a bit larger than it would be on an Apple, but it's not as bad as this article's graphs would lead to to believe. I'd certainly rather have it than a less dense display.
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alexktz
2 hours ago
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Dell U4025QW. 40" Ultrawide 5k2k@120hz with Thunderbolt 4 built-in and 2.5Gbe.
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whywhywhywhy
11 minutes ago
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I have this, extremely satisfied with the picture, size, look and connectivity. Only thing that really lets it down are the speakers are weirdly quiet in a lot of frequencies, wont matter for a lot of people but it's more annoying because everything else about it is great.
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Wistar
1 hour ago
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Hah! I just ordered that today. ~$2200. Going to use it with a new Mac Studio.
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tl2do
3 hours ago
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I am looking for an OLED display that fits Mac's aluminium design, but I still have no luck.
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watersb
2 hours ago
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Just yesterday, I saw this 16- inch portable display mentioned in another HN thread.

I don't think it's OLED. But I thought it was an interesting design that might fit in with an Apple display collection.

SOTSU

https://www.sotsu.com/products/flipaction-elite-16?variant=4...

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bombcar
2 hours ago
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These also aren't OLED but are clearly trying to make you feel a way: https://kuycon.us/monitors
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gedy
2 hours ago
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I mean for that kinda money you can have someone vinyl wrap a monitor case to match
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