Overall, the picture quality edged out the Apple’s. That said, we liked the LG camera’s cooler, more accurate tone, and it seemed a little crisper in its details. If you really need faster transfer speeds for large file transfers, go for the Apple monitor.Ĭamera: Center Stage vs. Verdict: Tie, as they both have the same connectivity for most purposes. But, in the end, both of these monitors are really designed to work with Macs, so it’s not a surprise Windows users would not get the same polish. The LG monitor can also be used with Windows if you engage in some dark magic. You can use it with Windows machines - if they have a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 port - but you’ll lose most of the Apple features like Center Stage (see below) or “Hey Siri” (which isn’t available on Windows). The Studio display is compatible with most Macs made since 2017 if they have a Thunderbolt port. The faster speed will mainly benefit video editors and musicians who need to move around very large video or music libraries.īoth allow you to charge your MacBook via the Thunderbolt 3 connectivity, turning the monitor itself into a USB hub. The LG is limited to 5Gbps transfer speed, but it’s also six years old. Stay away from the nano-texture finish.īoth monitors offer Thunderbolt 3 for main connectivity to a computer and three USB-C ports, but the Apple display offers a faster transfer speed of 10Gbps over the USB-C ports. Verdict: Close, but Apple’s image quality is just a hair more pleasing to the eye. Better yet, move to a room with less glare and skip this add-on. Reviews on this finish have been mixed, and you can honestly skip it unless you do your computing in a movie studio with bright lights everywhere. This is a matte finish that Apple says preserves color vibrancy while reducing glare. In fairness, however, we didn’t notice much of a difference.įor an additional $400, Apple offers a nano-texture finish for the Studio Display. LG 5K UltraFine Christopher Allbritton/CNN Underscoredīoth monitors offer True Tone automatic color adjustment, which uses the built-in webcam to sense the ambient light color and adjust the monitor’s color tone to make it easy on the eyes. This is not something professional photographers or videographers will want when fine-tuning color corrections, but for other professionals, it could be a boon for eye strain. We tested both top monitors, and choosing between the two comes down to build quality, design and what price you’re willing to pay for their additional features.Īpple Studio Display vs. The Apple monitor is more expensive, as seems to be a law of nature, but the LG is difficult to find these days. Finally in March this year, Apple introduced the Apple Studio Display, which is remarkably similar to the LG UltraFine 5K … for a few hundred dollars more.īoth the Studio Display and 5K UltraFine offer excellent image quality, fine built-in webcams and speakers, and a decent price tag. But in 2019, Apple halted the sale of the LG monitor on its site and preferred to put its efforts into the super-high-end Pro Display XDR, which starts at $5,000. When it comes to high-end monitors specifically aimed at Mac users, there are really only two relatively affordable contenders: the Apple Studio Display and the LG 5K UltraFine.įor a long time, the only moderately affordable monitor Apple sold was the LG UltraFine line, which Apple and LG jointly introduced in 2016. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account
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