{"id":33951,"date":"2021-10-19T16:24:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T20:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=33951"},"modified":"2021-10-21T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:26:52","slug":"the-best-mac-external-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/19\/the-best-mac-external-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Mac External Displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/10\/with-no-new-apple-monitors-here-are-the-best-high-res-screens-for-your-mac\/\">Scharon Harding<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/10\/with-no-new-apple-monitors-here-are-the-best-high-res-screens-for-your-mac\/\"><p>Apple held its <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/10\/liveblog-all-the-fun-stuff-from-apples-unleashed-event\/\">fall event<\/a> was today, and the stars of the show were the M1 Pro and M1 Max announced for the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/10\/apple-intros-14-and-16-inch-macbook-pros-with-display-notches-m1-pro-and-m1-max\/\">new MacBook Pros<\/a>. We even got <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/10\/apple-airpods-third-gen-announced-price-release-date\/\">new AirPods<\/a> and word on <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/10\/macos-monterey-is-coming-to-a-mac-near-you-on-october-25\/\">macOS Monterey<\/a>. But all was quiet on the displays front. Hope for a larger iMac with Apple Silicon to accompany the 24-inch model announced in April was not rewarded, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2019\/06\/apples-new-display-is-its-first-stand-alone-computer-monitor-since-2011\/\">Apple Pro Display XDR<\/a> is still Apple&rsquo;s only standalone monitor. If you were waiting for today&rsquo;s event to help you select the next screen to run macOS on, we feel your pain. We can&rsquo;t force Apple to release new displays, but we can round up some non-Apple PC monitors worth considering if you need something now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The best option still seems to be the LG 5K. I wonder whether it&rsquo;s improved from the earlier models that so many people seemed to have problems with.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bjango.com\/articles\/macexternaldisplays\/\">Marc Edwards<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/bjango.com\/articles\/macexternaldisplays\/\"><p>If you&rsquo;re considering an external display for your Mac, there&rsquo;s a few important decisions to make.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/18\/macbook-pro-2021\/\">MacBook Pro 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/21\/lg-27uk850-w-an-acceptable-27-inch-display\/\">LG 27UK850-W: An Acceptable 27-inch Display<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/03\/macos-display-problems\/\">macOS Display Problems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/05\/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-premiercolor-monitor\/\">Dell UltraSharp 27 4K PremierColor Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/31\/new-5k-27-inch-lg-ultrafine-display\/\">New 5K 27-Inch LG UltraFine Display<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/26\/the-great-monitor-search-continues\/\">The Great Monitor Search Continues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/03\/mac-pro-2019\/\">Mac Pro 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/20\/what-happened-to-5k-displays\/\">What Happened to 5K Displays?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/31\/lg-5k-display-and-wi-fi-interference\/\">LG 5K Display and Wi-Fi Interference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/lg-ultrafine-5k-reviews\/\">LG Ultrafine 5K Reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"the-best-mac-external-displays-update-2021-10-21\">Update (2021-10-21): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/craigmod\/status\/1451142944199639042\">Craig Mod<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/craigmod\/status\/1451142944199639042\">\n<p>because apple didn&rsquo;t announce a new monitor on Monday, my old 22&rdquo; 4K LG died today &#8230; there is no obvious replacement? I am so monitor befuddled. It&rsquo;s a weird moment in the world of monitors. Goldilocks, where are you?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scharon Harding: Apple held its fall event was today, and the stars of the show were the M1 Pro and M1 Max announced for the new MacBook Pros. We even got new AirPods and word on macOS Monterey. But all was quiet on the displays front. Hope for a larger iMac with Apple Silicon to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2021-10-19T20:24:57Z","apple_news_api_id":"aa2cd1d2-6bbe-4429-ac44-169b690e00cb","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-10-21T19:26:56Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAw==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AqizR0mu-RCmsRBabaQ4Ayw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[838,452,1471,30,1891,83],"class_list":["post-33951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-display","tag-hardware","tag-lg","tag-mac","tag-macos-11-0","tag-retina"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33951"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33993,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33951\/revisions\/33993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}