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Unfortunately, 5K 27" displays went nowhere. Around 5-6 years ago I was hoping for that to become the standard resolution for 27", instead of UHD (billo 4K), bu

Unfortunately, 5K 27" displays went nowhere. Around 5-6 years ago I was hoping for that to become the standard resolution for 27", instead of UHD (billo 4K), but alas. I believe that one LG display is literally the only 5K 27" display on the market now. And that's of course a 60 Hz panel, like all other 5K 27" have been, and it's an LG IPS on top, so not exactly the best image quality you can imagine.

tshaddox 5y ago
That was my hope as well. I thought Apple's manufacturing scale would make the displays common. I still have one of the early 27" 5K iMacs and I'm sad that I can't just use it as an external monitor. I've heard nothing but bad things about the LG 5K display, and it's pretty nutty that it costs like 75% what a new 27" iMac costs.
- CharlesW 5y ago
  > I've heard nothing but bad things about the LG 5K display… I've been using one for a year. It would be hard to use anything else.
mywittyname 5y ago
Most laptops are not capable of pushing 5K for external displays. Even my '18 MBP can't handle a 4k monitor at 60Hz (at least, I couldn't get it to work). So the market for these is limited to people with desktop workstations or pretty high-end laptops. Which is probably why they aren't going anywhere.
- BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
  > Even my '18 MBP can't handle a 4k monitor at 60Hz I bet you were trying to use HDMI or an adapter? If so that's a known issue with the transport mechanism, not the laptop. My '17 MBP can do two 4k external displays at 60Hz on top of the internal display using displayport, so yours can definitely do one. This is a good reference. Note that it's from 2016: https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/17/macbook-pro-external-display-requirements-4k-5k-adapters/ https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/17/macbook-pro-external-display-...
bsder 5y ago
It doesn't help that you can drive 2 4K displays but only 1 5K display on most Thunderbolt hardware.

tshaddox 5y ago

That was my hope as well. I thought Apple's manufacturing scale would make the displays common. I still have one of the early 27" 5K iMacs and I'm sad that I can't just use it as an external monitor. I've heard nothing but bad things about the LG 5K display, and it's pretty nutty that it costs like 75% what a new 27" iMac costs.

CharlesW 5y ago
> I've heard nothing but bad things about the LG 5K display… I've been using one for a year. It would be hard to use anything else.

mywittyname 5y ago

Most laptops are not capable of pushing 5K for external displays. Even my '18 MBP can't handle a 4k monitor at 60Hz (at least, I couldn't get it to work). So the market for these is limited to people with desktop workstations or pretty high-end laptops. Which is probably why they aren't going anywhere.

BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
> Even my '18 MBP can't handle a 4k monitor at 60Hz I bet you were trying to use HDMI or an adapter? If so that's a known issue with the transport mechanism, not the laptop. My '17 MBP can do two 4k external displays at 60Hz on top of the internal display using displayport, so yours can definitely do one. This is a good reference. Note that it's from 2016: https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/17/macbook-pro-external-display-requirements-4k-5k-adapters/ https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/17/macbook-pro-external-display-...

bsder 5y ago

It doesn't help that you can drive 2 4K displays but only 1 5K display on most Thunderbolt hardware.