I think Philips has the same panel and a little bit cheaper in my region. I wonder if anyone has a good experience with these 40" 4k monitors. I had 27" 4k and I would like my 4k monitor to be bigger. like 50% and this seems like an ideal one.
The width of a monitor is not the same as its diagonal size, which is used for the advertised size. A 16:9 27" display is 23.5 inches wide, and a 40" 16:9 display is 34.9 inches wide.
Fortunately, 34.9 is about 50% larger than 23.5, as well.
XabanakFanatik: Because they're the same aspect ratio, it doesn't matter which linear measurement you compare. The proportional difference will be the same.
I've been using the 43" 4k Philips equivalent for several months and it is brilliant! See http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/BDM4350UC_75/brillia... This LG model appears to be the same panel given its specs, but has additional features such as KVM over the USB ports and 10W instead of 7W speakers.
I bought this 43" 4k monitor after feedback from a colleague who specially bought a Sony 42" TV for use as a monitor, and he is right; It is comfortable to use as a large monitor. It is like having four 24" monitors without bezels between them. I bought it for 3D design because it gives me a viewing area which doesn't cross over a bezel and lets me zoom in on vertices to easily select them. Unlike a curved screen this flat panel means my lines appear straight.
Yes, the sides of the screen don't point straight at me, but it also means I can view entire drop-down menus without scrolling. I had an expensive high quality adjustable VESA mount which I gave away after buying this monitor because I simply didn't need it anymore. It surprised me that the non-adjustable feet, which only lifted the monitor several cm's above my desk, turned out to be just right. In the past I have positioned monitors so the top of the viewable area is at eye-height to optimise ergonomics. Now, I find my eyes are only somewhat above centre but it works so well.
Opening Microsoft Word on this monitor lets me display six A4 pages in larger than 100% of actual size, so long as I don't mind a little bit of each page cut-off at the top and bottom. It is great for comparing what I'm typing with what I typed a few pages ago. I can also scale pages up so large that I don't need glasses, and that's without pixelation.
I can stretch a spreadsheet really wide on the top half, whilst working on another document on the bottom half, each effectively two monitors wide. Similarly I can have email on one side and the WWW open on the other, each two monitors high. For instance my boy likes to play Roblox on one side whilst watching youtube on the other side.
I go into work where I have dual 22" monitors and don't have any problem adjusting up or down. On the other hand I appreciate my 43" 4k monitor nearly every time I see it. Its a bit like my car in that respect. Its a point of pride.
"Fortunately, 34.9 is about 50% larger than 23.5, as well."
It's not "fortunate". Any corresponding linear measurement will preserve the scale-up ratio. Ex. you could measure a line segment at an angle X degrees from the bottom edge in both, and it will still be 50% larger.
I use a 39" 4k Seiki as a monitor and love it. Takes a bit getting used to at first since the edges seem like they're facing away from you but you'll get used to it.
I'm using 4 monitors, one of them being the 27" 1440p Cintiq I work on most of the time, the rest are satellites, one 27" 1440p for color reference of the final image I'm working on, while I got 24" for browsing, and multitasking music/video/bla bla bla, and it works pretty great, because I'm usually looking at one monitor at a time.
I had the Eizo ColorEdge CG318-4K 31.1" on test at home, and it was a hell working on that thing, and secondly because for everything else I was sitting too close, and my desk was to narrow to place it at a proper distance. I'd say my limit for right now is 27", everything above that just seem to distract my eyes with the edges. I also don't see pushing the monitor deeper 'cause you lose a lot of those 4K benefits doing that.
I'm also gaming in spare time, and frankly I don't know how far I would have to sit from a 40" monitor to get the whole picture in my sight. So for gaming I'm even struggling on my 27" and prefer the 24".
But different people different preferences, I guess.
If the main usage of using multi-monitor is to combine the display area then it's probably better to go with one larger screen (with higher resolution). It would be great for live monitoring. However, for usage like main/sub display, I think having multiple screens would be better.
I use 2 23" monitors at home (with one 23.8" lying around), mainly uses for some light development. IDE runs on the main monitor, while the output runs on the sub monitor (with some reference document also on the sub monitor). While gaming I have the sub monitor displaying some random image :P.
At works I have two 19", configuring almost the same way except that they have combined screen space to accommodate Citrix.
This thing seems purpose-designed as a system monitoring monitor for ops bridges, for trading rooms, that sort of thing. As someone pointed out it's effectively four 24" monitors in one case. I've not seen a ops room where there's not a hodge-podge of PCs (all with different ports) plugged into monitor arrays, with or without KVMs. This allows cleaning that up a bit.
FreeSync seems a bit of an oddity; I guess it's there to broaden the monitor's appeal to gamers.
I've used a 42" TV for my monitor for the last 6 years. I could never go smaller again. It's absolutely awesome. I'll go even larger and 4k next time I need to replace this one.
You just don't understand the vast advantages of having 3880x2160 pixels that are at the Correct DPI to read perfectly. It takes a week or two to adjust but after that you will be very frustrating when going back a 27" monitor. Your productivity is vastly greater when you're doing video editing or things like stock brokering or using charts like in Cyber currency trading. For example my 15" Macbook pro displays 1440x900 pixels at 110 ppi. This monitor displays at about 102 ppi so the text is actually slightly easier to read with squinting but it has over 8 times the surface area and 8 over times the total pixels. This allows me to have numerous charts up simultaneously or to do video editing with a full 1080p window open and all the editing bars and timelines and features right in front of me at the same time. This monitor also has almost triple the surface area of a 27" monitor. You cannot run a 27" monitor at 4k without scaling 150 or 200% but this monitor you can 1:1. This also has a KTM switch so you can run one keyboard and one mouse and the mouse and keyboard work smoothly ike it's one computer. Dual mouse and keyboard setups suck and are inefficient , 2 to 4 monitors with the frames right in the center of view sucks and slows your productivity down. This monitor eliminates all those problems.
If it's anything like Dell monitors that provide a similar feature, you have a pair of downstream (input) USB devices, typically keyboard/mouse, connected to USB "A" ports in the monitor and a pair of upstream devices (computer) connected to USB "B" ports in the monitor (don't see any here; wouldn't necessarily have to be "B" ports). The monitor then acts like a USB hub, except that it's a KVM switch.
You configure the monitor to associate a display input with one of the upstream USB ports, and switching to that input as the primary display input switches the downstream devices to that upstream port. Switching to a different input as the primary display input can switch the downstream devices to the other upstream port. The idea being that the keyboard/mouse will be switched to the computer that is being shown on the display.
There's probably something a bit more complex here given all the 2-4 way display options, but that's the gist.
It's not a USB KVM. It's a software program that does command-pass-through over a network. Other articles on this monitor refer to LG's Dual Controller Software (see video at http://www.lg.com/pa_en/support/video-tutorials/CT...
Would certainly prefer the Dell method, since it's OS agnostic.
I'm curious as well. I see the downstream USB ports but I'm unclear where/how that information makes it back to the computer. Can keyboard/video data flow over DP or HDMI connectors? I assume that the USB-C/DP-alt-mode port can handle it but I don't see how you get the information to the second computer.
I'm in the market for a new UHD monitor but my current monitors route through a KVM to two different computers. I've been holding off for a DP 1.4 KVM and/or support for GSync (although I might switch to AMD/Freesync if that option opens up first). If people start supporting KVM features in the monitor it will open up new options sooner and likely save money.
Where's the 55" version with audio-out that can be used as a TV in the living-room? No tuner, no "smart" innards to worry about, lots of inputs for different devices, very simple remote (switch inputs, volume control, arrows+OK for onscreen menus). :)
I'm hoping this unit puts some downward pressure on the price of the Dell P4317Q. I definitely like the idea of swapping out multiple monitors for one with multiple simultaneous displays.
"The peak refresh rate is likely 60 Hz for the Freesync, however LG does not specify the lower bound. Technically the specification sheet says 56-61Hz, although that is rather small for a FreeSync range."
Seems almost useless, except as a box checked on a design feature list.
Does anyone know how many watts the USB-c line puts out? Purchased an HP ENVY 4k for use w my late'16 MBP only to find that it doesn't put out enough line power to charge the laptop.
I bought this monitor in December, in part because resources like this website said it supported FreeSync. Running on a Mac with an eGPU, but finally tested it in Windows. AMD software says FreeSync is not supported. Manual has no mention of FreeSync. AMD's list of FreeSync monitors does not include this monitor. Thanks for nothing.
I have been using this monitor for about a week and can't seem to accomplish two things:
1. 60Hz refresh on any HDMI port with either supplied cable or brand new cable bought from Amazon indicating support for 4K UHD and 60Hz. (Tried on Macbook Pro native HDMI port and on Macbook via a Satechi adapter)
2. USB-C display + charging a 12" Macbook 2016. Have tried supplied USB-C cable as well as 4 different cables bought at Amazon indicating support for latest USB-C and USB 3.1. Tried 10Gbps and 20Gbps with some chip in them for PD (power delivery) (Macbook sees 7w power and no charging)
What has worked is mini displayport to displayport, but that is only on Macbook Pro as the little Macbook does not have such port.
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mmrezaie - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
I think Philips has the same panel and a little bit cheaper in my region. I wonder if anyone has a good experience with these 40" 4k monitors. I had 27" 4k and I would like my 4k monitor to be bigger. like 50% and this seems like an ideal one.nikaldro - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
A 40" is over twice as big as a 27"mmrezaie - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
50% * 27 = 14 + 27 ~ 40!ajp_anton - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
27" area: 312 square inches.40" area: 684 square inches.
40" is 2.2 times bigger.
Candyhands - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
It's actually 219% the size of a 27 inch, so more than twice the size. Follow this link https://goo.gl/3xpRv1mmrezaie - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Thank you all. But I was referring to the width. Since I only care how much I have to turn my head to see the left and right sides of the monitor.XabanakFanatik - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
The width of a monitor is not the same as its diagonal size, which is used for the advertised size. A 16:9 27" display is 23.5 inches wide, and a 40" 16:9 display is 34.9 inches wide.Fortunately, 34.9 is about 50% larger than 23.5, as well.
boozed - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
XabanakFanatik: Because they're the same aspect ratio, it doesn't matter which linear measurement you compare. The proportional difference will be the same.mbarr - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
I've been using the 43" 4k Philips equivalent for several months and it is brilliant! See http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/BDM4350UC_75/brillia...This LG model appears to be the same panel given its specs, but has additional features such as KVM over the USB ports and 10W instead of 7W speakers.
I bought this 43" 4k monitor after feedback from a colleague who specially bought a Sony 42" TV for use as a monitor, and he is right; It is comfortable to use as a large monitor. It is like having four 24" monitors without bezels between them. I bought it for 3D design because it gives me a viewing area which doesn't cross over a bezel and lets me zoom in on vertices to easily select them. Unlike a curved screen this flat panel means my lines appear straight.
Yes, the sides of the screen don't point straight at me, but it also means I can view entire drop-down menus without scrolling. I had an expensive high quality adjustable VESA mount which I gave away after buying this monitor because I simply didn't need it anymore. It surprised me that the non-adjustable feet, which only lifted the monitor several cm's above my desk, turned out to be just right. In the past I have positioned monitors so the top of the viewable area is at eye-height to optimise ergonomics. Now, I find my eyes are only somewhat above centre but it works so well.
Opening Microsoft Word on this monitor lets me display six A4 pages in larger than 100% of actual size, so long as I don't mind a little bit of each page cut-off at the top and bottom. It is great for comparing what I'm typing with what I typed a few pages ago. I can also scale pages up so large that I don't need glasses, and that's without pixelation.
I can stretch a spreadsheet really wide on the top half, whilst working on another document on the bottom half, each effectively two monitors wide. Similarly I can have email on one side and the WWW open on the other, each two monitors high. For instance my boy likes to play Roblox on one side whilst watching youtube on the other side.
I go into work where I have dual 22" monitors and don't have any problem adjusting up or down. On the other hand I appreciate my 43" 4k monitor nearly every time I see it. Its a bit like my car in that respect. Its a point of pride.
quantcon - Thursday, May 4, 2017 - link
"Fortunately, 34.9 is about 50% larger than 23.5, as well."It's not "fortunate". Any corresponding linear measurement will preserve the scale-up ratio. Ex. you could measure a line segment at an angle X degrees from the bottom edge in both, and it will still be 50% larger.
Diji1 - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
I have a friends with a 40" - you want to worry about having to look up and down and down as well, trust me.Smoken - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
I use a 39" 4k Seiki as a monitor and love it. Takes a bit getting used to at first since the edges seem like they're facing away from you but you'll get used to it.mmrezaie - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Well I have 2 * 27 monitors and I feel they are too wide. Don't mind having a one 40 with Xmonad.GerardFreeman - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
I have a Philips 40 inch 4k monitor for almost 2 years now, and it works like a champ. Never had one problem with it. :-)eek2121 - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
WAAAY too big for a PC monitor. I have a 43" TV in my den...no way I'd ever use that as a monitor.vanilla_gorilla - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
As someone who uses 3x24in monitors, I find this very interesting.FMinus - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
I'm using 4 monitors, one of them being the 27" 1440p Cintiq I work on most of the time, the rest are satellites, one 27" 1440p for color reference of the final image I'm working on, while I got 24" for browsing, and multitasking music/video/bla bla bla, and it works pretty great, because I'm usually looking at one monitor at a time.I had the Eizo ColorEdge CG318-4K 31.1" on test at home, and it was a hell working on that thing, and secondly because for everything else I was sitting too close, and my desk was to narrow to place it at a proper distance. I'd say my limit for right now is 27", everything above that just seem to distract my eyes with the edges. I also don't see pushing the monitor deeper 'cause you lose a lot of those 4K benefits doing that.
I'm also gaming in spare time, and frankly I don't know how far I would have to sit from a 40" monitor to get the whole picture in my sight. So for gaming I'm even struggling on my 27" and prefer the 24".
But different people different preferences, I guess.
mr_tawan - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
If the main usage of using multi-monitor is to combine the display area then it's probably better to go with one larger screen (with higher resolution). It would be great for live monitoring. However, for usage like main/sub display, I think having multiple screens would be better.I use 2 23" monitors at home (with one 23.8" lying around), mainly uses for some light development. IDE runs on the main monitor, while the output runs on the sub monitor (with some reference document also on the sub monitor). While gaming I have the sub monitor displaying some random image :P.
At works I have two 19", configuring almost the same way except that they have combined screen space to accommodate Citrix.
Meteor2 - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
This thing seems purpose-designed as a system monitoring monitor for ops bridges, for trading rooms, that sort of thing. As someone pointed out it's effectively four 24" monitors in one case. I've not seen a ops room where there's not a hodge-podge of PCs (all with different ports) plugged into monitor arrays, with or without KVMs. This allows cleaning that up a bit.FreeSync seems a bit of an oddity; I guess it's there to broaden the monitor's appeal to gamers.
v1001 - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
I've used a 42" TV for my monitor for the last 6 years. I could never go smaller again. It's absolutely awesome. I'll go even larger and 4k next time I need to replace this one.bug77 - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
No for everybody, I would guess.But the real kicker here is the price: it puts an upper bound on their 30" UD89 monitor which is something for more mundane desk setups ;)
carbonium - Monday, December 4, 2017 - link
You just don't understand the vast advantages of having 3880x2160 pixels that are at the Correct DPI to read perfectly. It takes a week or two to adjust but after that you will be very frustrating when going back a 27" monitor. Your productivity is vastly greater when you're doing video editing or things like stock brokering or using charts like in Cyber currency trading. For example my 15" Macbook pro displays 1440x900 pixels at 110 ppi. This monitor displays at about 102 ppi so the text is actually slightly easier to read with squinting but it has over 8 times the surface area and 8 over times the total pixels. This allows me to have numerous charts up simultaneously or to do video editing with a full 1080p window open and all the editing bars and timelines and features right in front of me at the same time. This monitor also has almost triple the surface area of a 27" monitor. You cannot run a 27" monitor at 4k without scaling 150 or 200% but this monitor you can 1:1. This also has a KTM switch so you can run one keyboard and one mouse and the mouse and keyboard work smoothly ike it's one computer. Dual mouse and keyboard setups suck and are inefficient , 2 to 4 monitors with the frames right in the center of view sucks and slows your productivity down. This monitor eliminates all those problems.lmcd - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Interested by but also confused by the USB switching -- can we get followup information on this?drjlaw - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
If it's anything like Dell monitors that provide a similar feature, you have a pair of downstream (input) USB devices, typically keyboard/mouse, connected to USB "A" ports in the monitor and a pair of upstream devices (computer) connected to USB "B" ports in the monitor (don't see any here; wouldn't necessarily have to be "B" ports). The monitor then acts like a USB hub, except that it's a KVM switch.You configure the monitor to associate a display input with one of the upstream USB ports, and switching to that input as the primary display input switches the downstream devices to that upstream port. Switching to a different input as the primary display input can switch the downstream devices to the other upstream port. The idea being that the keyboard/mouse will be switched to the computer that is being shown on the display.
There's probably something a bit more complex here given all the 2-4 way display options, but that's the gist.
lmcd - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
They only list two USB 3.0 ports + the USB C port. Where are the others? Does the USB-C support the hub directly? How granular is the mapping? Etc.drjlaw - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
It's not a USB KVM. It's a software program that does command-pass-through over a network. Other articles on this monitor refer to LG's Dual Controller Software (see video at http://www.lg.com/pa_en/support/video-tutorials/CT...Would certainly prefer the Dell method, since it's OS agnostic.
ender8282 - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
I'm curious as well. I see the downstream USB ports but I'm unclear where/how that information makes it back to the computer. Can keyboard/video data flow over DP or HDMI connectors? I assume that the USB-C/DP-alt-mode port can handle it but I don't see how you get the information to the second computer.I'm in the market for a new UHD monitor but my current monitors route through a KVM to two different computers. I've been holding off for a DP 1.4 KVM and/or support for GSync (although I might switch to AMD/Freesync if that option opens up first). If people start supporting KVM features in the monitor it will open up new options sooner and likely save money.
Roy2001 - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Prefer 30-32' with 4k or more than 32" with 5k.boozed - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Plenty of optionsphoenix_rizzen - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Where's the 55" version with audio-out that can be used as a TV in the living-room? No tuner, no "smart" innards to worry about, lots of inputs for different devices, very simple remote (switch inputs, volume control, arrows+OK for onscreen menus). :)FMinus - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
Should have bought a Pioneer Kuro back in the day.SUOrangeman - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
I'm hoping this unit puts some downward pressure on the price of the Dell P4317Q. I definitely like the idea of swapping out multiple monitors for one with multiple simultaneous displays.Chaotic42 - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
If this is the same panel as my 43" Acer, watch out for ghosting and image retention.programcsharp - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Give me this with a 144Hz refresh rate and get rid of all of the switching and multiple port junk.Can't wait for something like that.
Meteor2 - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
I assume that's for gaming; wouldn't a smaller screen placed closer suffice?surt - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
Do not care about monitors that don't do at least 90hz.zodiacfml - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
SameMeteor2 - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
So glad you shared that with us.blzd - Thursday, May 4, 2017 - link
Preach it brother.boozed - Monday, May 1, 2017 - link
"The peak refresh rate is likely 60 Hz for the Freesync, however LG does not specify the lower bound. Technically the specification sheet says 56-61Hz, although that is rather small for a FreeSync range."Seems almost useless, except as a box checked on a design feature list.
R3MF - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
Does it support the DCI P3 colour space (Rec.2020)?blzd - Thursday, May 4, 2017 - link
Input delay?AnnonymousCoward - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
Why the hell don't manufacturers spec lag.asdfasdfasdfclark - Monday, November 27, 2017 - link
Does anyone know how many watts the USB-c line puts out? Purchased an HP ENVY 4k for use w my late'16 MBP only to find that it doesn't put out enough line power to charge the laptop.MacsAre1 - Sunday, February 25, 2018 - link
I bought this monitor in December, in part because resources like this website said it supported FreeSync. Running on a Mac with an eGPU, but finally tested it in Windows. AMD software says FreeSync is not supported. Manual has no mention of FreeSync. AMD's list of FreeSync monitors does not include this monitor. Thanks for nothing.mianesva - Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - link
I have been using this monitor for about a week and can't seem to accomplish two things:1. 60Hz refresh on any HDMI port with either supplied cable or brand new cable bought from Amazon indicating support for 4K UHD and 60Hz. (Tried on Macbook Pro native HDMI port and on Macbook via a Satechi adapter)
2. USB-C display + charging a 12" Macbook 2016. Have tried supplied USB-C cable as well as 4 different cables bought at Amazon indicating support for latest USB-C and USB 3.1. Tried 10Gbps and 20Gbps with some chip in them for PD (power delivery) (Macbook sees 7w power and no charging)
What has worked is mini displayport to displayport, but that is only on Macbook Pro as the little Macbook does not have such port.
Anybody out there having better luck?
Thank you much