LG 27MD5KL-B 27 Inch UltraFine 5K (5120 x 2880) IPS Display with macOS Compatibility, DCI-P3 99% Color Gamut and Thunderbolt 3 Port, Black

I've used this monitor for about 2 weeks. Very satisfied. The 24" size is perfect for my use.After decades of using two computers, a desktop iMac or Mac w/monitor along with various MacBook Pros, etc. - I wanted to consolidate down to one Mac. I purchased one of the new M2 MacBook Airs, connected the LG monitor via the supplied Thunderbolt 3 cable and voilà - instantly worked. Single cable solution. I connected several hubs to the monitor USB-C ports and all the various peripherals (external drives, printer, etc). Screen quality is indistinguishable from the 21.5" 4K "Retina" iMac I previously used.There have been comments about the LG monitors versus the Apple display options. Appearance, the stand, build quality, etc. The appearance is fine (IMHO), may be not as refined / pretty as the Apple studio display but looks great with my new midnight MacBook Air. The stand is quite heavy and and the 24" display is very stable and doesn't move or wobble. The build quality seems fine. (think LG TV) Reliability TBD. My only comment is that some people have had failed / intermittent connector problems with this or the 27" version. The back panels are slightly angled and the connectors plug in at perhaps a 10 degree angle. Reaching around back I'd see people, including myself, trying to put in the connectors off-angle. To minimize potential issues I plan on plugging cables in once to the monitor (I.E. not changing connections all the time) and connecting / removing devices from the other end of the cable connected hubs..Last - no webcam, microphone? I don't use these often and the notebook has them when I need it. This would be a different story with a Mac Mini or Studio. So far this monitor more than meets my expectations.

I went to a 27" monitor to get a larger workspace, and initially got a Dell 4K monitor, for around $650. It was a good monitor, but 4K was a problem: using the native 3840 x 2160 resolution rendered all text/menus/etc waaaay too small. I set it at 2560 x 1440 - the text size was a very readable size and it gave me a much larger workspace than I had on my 24" monitor.THE PROBLEM was that 4K just didn't have enough pixels to make most of the text sharp; everything had a slight but noticeable blur, which after a while becomes fatiguing to look at.This LG 5K monitor is amazing: besides an incredible image/brightness/color rendition, it makes even the tiniest text at the 2560 x 1440 resolution perfectly crisp and clear.For videos and photos the difference between 4K and 5K often isn't that dramatic, but for text, drawings, CAD, word processing/spreadsheets, menus, and everyday working on the Mac desktop, it's a night-and-day difference.This monitor is pricey, but worth every penny if you value your eyesight.

I got this display to accompany a new Mini, both replacing an aging iMac with 5K display. It was easy to set up and has been flawless in the 10 months since buying it. I actually like the stand better than my old iMac's because vertical height is easier to adjust. It plays nice with my DAS keyboard's display controls and after cataract surgery in 2023, I really began to fully appreciate the crispness of the LG's display—allowing me to discern periods from commas once again! And of course, watching movies and other streaming media, the LG looks fabulous.

I purchased this refurbished monitor to work with a new 2023 Mac mini. I bought this monitor as a birthday gift for my wife and received it February 2023. Her birthday was in March and worked well for a month. Nice picture, good camera and microphone. Then one day it just stopped coming on. It was at that point beyond the return date to Amazon. After hours on line without any luck I tried buying a new replacement cord. It immediately started working again. Then in early may it started going on and off every few seconds. I checked the power supply and the cord and they are fine. It acts like a internal short. I got her a cheap 13 inch monitor with no camera, no microphone so she can at least use her birthday gift. This monitor was obviously defective or poorly refurbished before I received it. There goes a $1000.00 with a so sorry out of warranty.

This monitor is the same panel that is used in the iMac 27" 5K. Which is to say the best commonly-available panel short of the super-expensive Pro Display XDR.Text and images are clear and sharp, noticeably more so than a 4K monitor. It gets as bright as I can stand. Its included USB-C ports allow me to use it as a hub to connect USB-A devices via a hub, so I can use a single cable to plug my Macs into all my peripherals.Just like the notch on the new Macbook Pros, the plastic frame and thick upper bezel disappear in daily use. I use this monitor with my work 16" Intel MBP and my personal 14" MBP M1 Max, and as a monitor it is flawless with each. Adjusting brightness through the Mac keyboard rocks.I've only noticed two drawbacks: It has no headphone jack support, so to connect headphones to it, you must use a USB-C - 1/8" adapter. I'm using Apple's version of it, but it emits loud pops every couple minutes or so if there is no sound output. The other problem is that the monitor won't daisy-chain another monitor as far as I can tell. When I plug a low-end monitor with a USB-C - DisplayPort cable into one of the monitor's downstream ports, the Mac complains that a Thunderbolt connection is required.