LG27UL850-W 27 Inch UltraFine (3840 x 2160) IPS Display with VESA DisplayHDR 400 and USB Type-C Connectivity, White

I am going to save you a lot of time and effort....hopefully. I spent days researching 27" monitors to use side-by-side with my 2019 13" MBP. I looked over countless reviews and YouTube videos. When the dust settled, it looked like LG was the clear winner with their 27UK850. However, this isn't that model. This is actually a recently updated version with a very small spec bump.Both monitors arrived well-packaged. Without even looking at the instructions, I had this put together in under two minutes. There are no screws -- except for a self-tightening hand screw in the monitor base. The base clicks into the monitor. From there, you just place it on your desk.I would advise being very careful lifting the monitor, keeping your hands off the screen and against the bezels. The side bezels on this monitor are minuscule, so again...be careful. Thought the packaging recommends a "2 Man Lift, " this monitor is rather light and can easily be assembled and lifted up by one person.The LG27UL850 comes with all the cables you need. This is not clearly specified in the product description. You get a display port cable, HDMI cable, and USB-C cable. The lengths of these cables are a bit on the short side so if you need something longer, you will need to order that on your own. The power cable has a huge brick attached to it, which to this day, I still don't understand why computer display companies still use. There is also a cord management clip that easily attaches to the stand.I originally wanted to buy the LG 49" ultra-widescreen monitor. My concern was my Macbook Pro. Not all the Macbook Pros can properly run those screens. It seems like only those with the Radeon graphics cards can do it. My 2019 13" MBP does not have a Radeon card. I do plan to buy the upcoming 16" MBP and that will have the needed graphic card. So, in order to use my 13" MBP I had to dash my dream of having a single ultra-widescreen monitor on my desk.Putting two 27" monitors side-by-side was my second choice, which is why I bought two of these monitors.Originally, I connected both monitors to a Caldigit TS3+ dock. One monitor connected via display port, the other USB-C. The Caldigit dock would not drive both monitors from a single USB-C MBP connection. Only one of the monitors registered. When I connected them directly from both my MBP USB-C ports, both monitors came to life. I am hoping the upcoming 16" MBP will be able to run both monitors from a single connection.For you MBP users, you will need to go into system preferences -> displays -> and then press down on the option key while in the display box to reveal the DETECT DISPLAYS option. Once your MBP detects the second monitor, you will find your desktop stretched across two screens.Finding the right resolution was done through display settings on my MBP. I used scaled mode (found in DISPLAYS) and used the option right above DEFAULT (second in line). It's not the smallest resolution to get the most screen real estate, but it's the perfect balance between real-estate and being able to actually read what is on the screen. The resolution is set at 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz and it looks really good.I didn't really play around with changing any of the monitor settings. I think it looks perfect out of the box. If you stick your finger beneath the middle of the monitor, you'll feel the joystick. Pressing that joystick turns on the monitor. From there, you can access a wealth of settings from the onscreen control. LG makes its onscreen control app available to Mac users via the App Store, however, after seeing the negative reviews I decided against downloading it. After all, seeing how pleasing the monitor looks I don't think I am going to need to make any additional tweaks.Be aware that this is a matte screen. I didn't find that out until after I ordered it and I was very fearful -- as someone who loves glossy screens -- that I would hate it. Now having spent some time working with both these monitors, I am very pleased by the quality of the imagery with no dead pixels or IPS bleed.I think it's remarkable just how almost non-existent the side bezels are. While I was not able to get an exact seamless experience putting both of these monitors next to each other, I think it's probably the best I'll be able to do with any monitor currently available. I love the range of height adjustability I have, including the capability of rotating these monitors into portrait mode (which I doubt I will ever use).Honestly, I would rather have bought the single ultra-widescreen 49" display from LG. However, it's just not rated well for MBP use across the board. Using both of these 27" displays side-by-side is just about as good. I am very happy with the outstanding picture quality that I am getting with these monitors. As I mentioned at the top of my review, these are rated among the best displays in 2019.

Pros:- Great resolution for the price. At $450, this monitor's resolution and clarity is far better than anything else I have found. And I have searched. My employer provides us with ASUS 27 inch monitors which are lousy by comparison.- Each monitor has a single USB-C port which allows me to run 2 monitors from my Macbook. This is something that is not possible without video over USB-C.- There is an audio output jack. This is a nice-to-have, and allows you to run the HDMI audio out to an amplifier and external speakers. I did that at one point, but the desk is cluttered enough, so I removed them.- 2 HDMI and 1 Display Port input. I don't use these, but would be good for many others.- Monitor mounting is VESA compliant (the stand is not).- The stand is light weight, attractive, and adequately durable (but not VESA compliant).Cons: These are annoyances, mostly mild.- The USB-C port will fail to charge my Macbook. Not always, but sometimes. Kind of a WTF.- There is only 1 USB-C port. The rest are legacy USB 2.0. Kind of crummy.- The video has a menu selection option SUPER RESOLUTION+. It does nothing and you cannot find any information on it?- The stand works with this monitor. It is not VESA compliant, so it can only be used with this monitor.- The stand has limited vertical range, but functional.- Gimmicky Sharpness settings are a waste of time. Purchasers of this product are not 13 year old boys with anime fetish. Grow up.- On OSX, setting the "High Dynamic Range" settings merely gives the monitor a light blue haze. Awful. Another WTF feature that is terrible. Just turn it off.

I'm really happy with the purchase so far.I use it with a MacBook Pro from 2015 that doesn't have USB-C so I can't comment on that feature. I use DisplayPort to connect it to my laptop and the USB-C port on the back of monitor is connected to USB-A in my laptop and enables the use of the 2 USB-A ports on the back of the monitor. I use one of them for 4 3.0 USB-A hub.The resolution I use is scaled to 2560x1440 @60Hz. It gives more space but it's not tiny. Images, video look great as they're shown in full resolution, but the text is scaled so there's a slight blurriness to it. You can play around with sharpness to set it to your preference. I'd say it's still > 90% of Retina. My previous monitor was Dell UltraSharp QHD ISP and this upgrade has been worth it.I disabled LG SuperResolution+ because it's basically a sharpness filter and makes text look pretty bad.There's a headphone jack on the back that works well but doesn't support headphones with built-in microphone (headphones still work, just not the microphone).I really like the back - it's white and looks very clean. The stand works very well, it's easy to slide up and down or rotate the screen.