LG 40WP95C-W Ultra-Wide Monitor: Oddball Thoughts & Info (Review lite)

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Жыл бұрын

Quick video with my thoughts on my new LG 40WP95C-W 5K2K ((5120 x 2160) monitor, which replaced a Seiki SE39UY04 38 inch 4K television set I've been using as a monitor since 2013. Is the text too small for an old guy to see? How long are the included cables? You know, stuff like that.
Non-affiliate link to the monitor arm in the video:
www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQ56KGK
The only thing bad about this arm is that the bottom (the "forearm") doesn't articulate on the base as you would expect (like a swing-arm desk lamp). BUT, you can mount in 1 of 4 directions so you can generally fiddle it into place. In my case, I mounted it sideways (facing left).
The DVI adapter I am using to drive the ancient 2005 Dell 1K monitor from thunderbolt is here:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0768RFQ83/
It was cheap and has been trouble-free.

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@johnjflynn006 Жыл бұрын

I think I find this more helpful than the "non-lite" reviews. Plus I'm here for the side commentary (best keyboard, review of reviewers, practicalities vis. porn site specs).

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

(I have to get the word "review" in the title for the algorithm, doncha know.)

@KevinBaird Жыл бұрын

Thank you for calling out all those weirdo conformists and their single tiny potted plant. Also my jaw dropped when you started talking about porn. This was a very surprising and enjoyable video

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

You have excellent taste.

@mackfisher4487 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see your smiling face again Ward, glad you're happy with your purchases.

@DMCnME Жыл бұрын

Epic review. That phone on the wall is taking me back. Ah the good ole days.

@vladimirflorin4768 7 ай бұрын

Funny review, I enjoyed watching it all the way to the end, it was more entertaining than informative, but that's just perfect :D

@Eeps30 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the monitor arm recommendation, I just got this monitor and was looking at others that were much more expensive and it looks like that one will do the job just fine.

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the only problem with it is the bottom joint where it attaches to the desk does not articulate, but it seems like that can be worked around, perhaps with an odd-ball orieentation of the base.

@nightwing09x Жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT REVIEW, I especially loved the section on Porn! You rock boss.

@iykazorji8171 11 ай бұрын

This was such a refreshing review to watch 😂😅

@amitrjkrai Жыл бұрын

Hi, firstly great video. Honest and something very helpful for me to decide. I just have one small question, does the macOs scaling is bad as I read somewhere it stated that it is very small as I intend to connect the monitor to my Mac mini M2. If you could advise. Thanks Amit

@debraph Жыл бұрын

Best review ever 🙌😁

@thegalleryBBQ Жыл бұрын

I watched all the reviews on this. Your is the best!!! (I mean, non of those guys covered the porn sights)🤣🤣🤣 Nice job!

@mrspectror Жыл бұрын

This review was so refreshing (after watching so many simillar videos). Thank you! I have 2 questions, I've noticed people complain about 2 things about this monitor - 1. build-in adapter coil whining, 2. flickering and image retention. Have you experienced it with your unit?

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

No, so far it's behaving perfectly (been about 6-8 weeks I guess). But I know some of the people I read about who had the flickering problem didn't have it develop until around 6 months in. So we'll see. I'm actually really liking the immersive quality of the thing, so I hope it keeps working!

@spjunkies Жыл бұрын

Did not expect the porn review 🤣🤣😂

@16abo0odee Жыл бұрын

2:04 nerdy dinosaurs are the best type of dinosaurs

@Astronaut_FX Жыл бұрын

Can you daisy chain out to a USB-C SSD drive like the Samsung T7?

@soocmedia 6 ай бұрын

Haha, haven’t heard anyone else include porn in their monitor review, very funny:).

@judeudu 5 ай бұрын

It shocked me

@randlewilliams8288 5 ай бұрын

Just what I wanted to hear

@emil82 Жыл бұрын

I received my 40wp95c today I had to change scaling to smallest(all the way to the right). to get it the same size as a normal 27" 1440p. the default setting everything was overblown, like 1080 on 27"

@emil82 Жыл бұрын

turned my brightness down to around 40% or it was to bright.

@sir1junior Жыл бұрын

Behold! The Almighty Home Phone!

@magnessskippton2509 9 ай бұрын

I hated super wide screen (21:9) as the viewable height was too short for apps for the small monitors when they first came out. The 40" has a 15" viewable height, so you can comfortably open an app, without losing half the space by tool/status bars.

@WardCo 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, the good thing about the "5K" is it has the "dot-height" of a 4K monitor. The bad thing is those dots are small. I'm mostly liking it now, though I do throw things on the old 1K Dell to the side sometimes to embiggen them.

@john.advrider3536 Ай бұрын

What is that beige-looking thing on the wall to the right of your monitor :)

@WardCo Ай бұрын

The future of communication!

@Metterchin Жыл бұрын

Do you have any issue with font scaling?

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

No. As I said, the MacStudio drove it natively.

@dpak6 Жыл бұрын

Hi WardCo, if turn on "Thunderbolt Out On", does it cap to 50hz? My monitor can't go above 50hz unless if I turn off the "Thunderbolt Out Off"

@desu3266 Жыл бұрын

I think that is intended.

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

Oh, this is interesting. Mine is running at 50hz and I didn't really care because I don't game and found that plenty, but thought it odd. But I *think* I have "Thunderbolt out" ON for the 1K display. Let me check and advise.

@dpak6 Жыл бұрын

@@WardCo I am not sure why this option is available, I have Apple Thunderbolt Display connected to the LG thunderbolt Off and it is working fine.

@dpak6 Жыл бұрын

@@desu3266 Thank you for the response but why is intended to 50hz? Thunderbolt can output to 40gb.

@desu3266 Жыл бұрын

@@dpak6 Well maybe intended is not the right word. I just read it somewhere that people were recommending disabling it to enable 72hz. According to the documentation, Thunderbolt Out enables Daisy-Chaining and I guess that is the "reason".

@archascents5157 Жыл бұрын

didn't consider the 27inch Apple studio display?

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

I looked at it, but it seemed so small to me coming off the big old Seiki. And I didn't want to buy two and have a split in the middle.

@DavidFregoli Жыл бұрын

would love to test the 4090 with this

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

The GeForce? Yeah. But $$$.

@user-ki4rs7zz4f Жыл бұрын

Please tell me the specs of the dell monitor on the left

@WardCo Жыл бұрын

It's a 2007 Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP 1K monitor. Looks like Dell still makes a model with this number. Here is an old C-NET review www.cnet.com/reviews/dell-ultrasharp-2407wfp-review/

@dsinghr 7 ай бұрын

Man, you really took the juice out of your older montiors.

@eshanmathur4874 9 ай бұрын

This is my favorite review on this monitor by far. +1 for the keep-it-real-porn-review 🤣

@avel7007 11 ай бұрын

How is the webcam on MacOS?

@WardCo 11 ай бұрын

The monitor comes with no webcam.

@avel7007 11 ай бұрын

@@WardCo Oh sorry! I thought it did. I guess that's your own then :)

@WardCo 11 ай бұрын

No apology necessary. I should have made it clear. Yeah, it's a an old Logitech C920 from 2014. Which STILL has no EASY way to save its settings across boots on MacOS -- even though its default white balance is terrible.