{"id":31102,"date":"2020-12-21T16:36:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T21:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=31102"},"modified":"2020-12-23T07:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T12:29:11","slug":"lg-27uk850-w-an-acceptable-27-inch-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/21\/lg-27uk850-w-an-acceptable-27-inch-display\/","title":{"rendered":"LG 27UK850-W: An Acceptable 27-inch Display"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Centers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I decided to spend a bit more than I had hoped and buy the LG 27UK850-W<\/a>, which usually sells for $450 but was on sale for $380. Even at full price, it’s $250 cheaper than the LG UltraFine 4K display and $850 less than the LG UltraFine 5K.<\/p>

The LG 27UK850-W<\/a> features a 27-inch IPS panel with a 3840-by-2160 resolution, which I calculate to be about 163 ppi. By comparison, the 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display features 219 ppi, and the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display offers 218 ppi.<\/p>

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I like how the cables connect in the rear. Unlike my old Dell monitor, which awkwardly forced me to insert cables upward, the cables on the LG 27UK850-W plug straight into the back, making life much easier.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Upon close inspection, I noticed that text on it is ever so slightly fuzzy compared to the 27-inch iMac.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

You may be wondering if the scaling affects text crispness. The first option (from left to right) makes text look huge. I couldn’t see any difference between the first and second options in terms of crispness. Text gets smaller as you go to the right, which might lead you to think that it will sharpen up, but in fact, the opposite happens: not only does it get smaller, it gets blurrier as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n