@ 3:47 "I need the colors to match exactly what's on the display for my MacBook Pro since those are the exactly what people see when the content is pushed out on platforms like RU-vid or Instagram or Tick Tock..." No user who uses a monitor or tv will see exactly the same colours as each other or even how the designer wanted them. Just walk into your local tv/monitor store and see the difference. I had this issue with a national bus company that wanted me to use their corporate Pantone red for their website. Their marketing team gave me the exact Pantone colour to use in Photoshop, which I used, but, then they compared website colours on different monitors.
1 month in with Dual Up. I have a 27" LG widescreen next to it. Every time I have to switch to teh wide screen it feels like a downgrade in productivity and enjoyment. It took me a day or two to adjust to the irregular layout but with a good window manager on Mac (I use rectangle) its just a real pleasure to use. Now I'm planningt to get a second one.
The Dual Up has been exactly what I’ve been looking for in a 2nd monitor. My main monitor is a LG 43” 5K2K and I use the Dual Up off the the side (rotated 90 degrees so wider than tall) for web pages and MS Teams/Zoom. BTW, the Dual Up replaced a 24” monitor that I used in portrait mode.
Your ultra wide + dual up setup was exactly why I wanted to buy it, but I was curious whether it would be in the way and unnecessary or not. Good to hear someone else’s input!
The speakers on my Dual Up work great. I have it connected via HDMI. If you have two sources connected to the monitor, you have to go into settings and choose which source audio to play through the speakers.
I'm using this as my main monitor with a Mac Mini for productivity work (email, documents, slack, etc) and it's great. The vertical aspect ratio is great for this type of work and I find that having even more real estate (e.g an ultra wide) actually decreases productivity. If I really want to multi task I keep one main browser window in the top half and two smaller windows (e.g Slack, calendar etc) in the lower half. When I want to focus work, I center the main app through Rectangle (giving you some space between the browser window and the screen edges). On the side I keep an 11 inch iPad for meeting video etc. Loving this set up.
You realize that you don't calibrate to "match another monitor" right? What if the macbook screen isn't the one properly calibrated to display accurate colors?
I bought mine used about 5 months ago now. I like to game on the bottom screen and code on my top screen during lobby finding / waiting to be bought back in Warzone 😂 it just looks super unique and hi tech and I love the ergo mount
From my experience with my dual up, YES, next to a 32:9 or even a 21:9 ultrawide, dual up is no good. Anything next to a ultrawide is overkill. It is just too wide to be useful. Neck hurts. But when I moved my dual up to my 27 inch 16:9 monitor, it works like a charm. For dual monitors setup that involves a ultrawide, I think only vertical stacking works.
Why do youtubers makes a review video where 90% of the view is just them looking at the camera and talking. Seriously, we want to see the product not your face!
(0:34) Yep! I didn't get one because it didn't fit in with my desk setup idea (3 monitors + a pen display), however, at another home I stay at during holidays, the bedroom I get to have is much smaller and, as such, I have a smaller desk where I can't fit an ultra-wide setup and have to instead build upward. I currently have an old LG L246WHX (24" from around 2007 or so) that is starting to show signs of failure with vertical lines on the LCD panel itself, but the display is still readable for things that aren't graphically intensive unless I run those in windows taking up part of the screen or use my tablet to watch videos. I could repair that issue, but I don't have the tools to do so. (1:58) Yep! I currently have an older ThinkPad from 2015 with its Ultra Dock, plugged into the HDMI and USB connections on the older LG monitor I currently have, but the USB-C functionality will be handy for when I do hopefully replace my X250 with a newer X13 Yoga. Edit: While the monitor's built-in USB hub would be handy, I could potentially, as a result of the desk layout, daisy chain in a Lenovo USB or Thunderbolt dock in the middle so I can plug in more USB devices under the desk! (If not, I could still attach a USB hub to one of the monitor's USB ports to connect wireless adaptors for peripherals that don't use Bluetooth or for which I had filled up the Bluetooth connection slots, but with the monitor's built-in KVM feature, I could actually just use only the wireless adaptors for the keyboard and mouse so that I can easily switch inputs, unless I had one PC on the top half and another on the bottom half. (2:56) Interesting. I expected the built-in speakers to sound good, but if they don't sound as good, I may end up bringing over the white Logitech Z150 speakers I currently use. There's, however, a chance that the speakers don't work correctly on macOS but could on Linux-based desktop OSes, Windows, and/or Android. (3:41) Similar thing with me here if I did have a Xencelabs Pen Display 16 that I dreamt of getting. Otherwise, I would calibrate colours manually based on guides online and my eyesight, as I'm currently not ready for a dedicated colour calibration device. That's not to mention I'd save those tuned settings as some sort of user preset and switch the preset to what I think is called "reader" mode on LG monitors, which would dim the screen for me to comfortably use Evernote and Termius with.
I am really considering upgrading my monitors to a similar setup as to what you did. I am currently using 34”UW, with Vertical 27” as my 9-5 I work with a lot of programs and need screen real estate. So I am thinking about upgrading to LG 40” UW paired with LG Dual up… I agree maybe 49” and Dual up may be too much. But I think 40” and DualUp could be sweet spot.
Thanks for the video.......After consuming a lot of videos for the last 48 hours, I finally placed an order for it this 'crazy' monitor just this morning ! Btw, can you talk a bit more about (probably in comments section) about how I can use the same keyboard + mouse even when I connect this monitor to 2 separate devices (in my case, my home PC and my office PC). Thanks again.
For devices that aren't connected through Bluetooth but through USB, you can simply plug them into the USB ports in the back of the monitor and use them on whichever device is plugged into the monitor. Keep in mind this probably only works if the devices are being connected through USB-C
I'm disappointed that I can connect my Mac and PC, but the mouse and keyboard between the 2 pictures onscreen are not seamless, the controller software sort of works, not well, and logitech flow seems to be a slight improvement. Productivity gain for me...barely.
I got this monitor in April. I was very happy with the overal use etc. But yesterday i wanted to move it closer to me and something broke inside and i got a black screen. I called lg support and explained it and got an answer that shocked me. Its not covered by the warranty, and fixing the problem might cost more than buying a new one. I'm happy this happend because we were thinking on getting these monitors for our entire team @ the office. Dodged a bullet there :-).
I'm using a different 27 inch LG ergo monitor. Since Macbook Pro M1 does not support dual monitors, I cannot connect two separate monitors. Can I use two Ergo series with this KVM feature from LG? I would like your ideas. Thank you.
Can anyone give any tips on setting up my dual monitor setup. I have a MAC Book Pro '23 and PS5 that I have plugged into my 'ASUS ROG Strix 27' gaming monitor with a '4XEM 3 Port HDMI Switch' Just ordered the dual up monitor and want to know the best way to split my display from the mac to both monitors. ( I also have a 'Anker 553 USB-C Hub' , from a long time ago that I never used)
Ive been checking a lot of reviews of this on youtube. i just know that the monitor has a built in KMV but not sure how it works on it. Does it automatically toggle between windows? reason why i asked is because i use two laptops for work. i keep on switching from one laptop to another using an external KMV switch to use only one keyboard and mouse. also have an hdmi switch because i need always a second montior when working on one laptop. so imagine having 2 switches to use ( hmdi and kmv). i was thinking if this monitor will give me the feature to use pbp mode using extended display on both laptops and having to use only one keyboard and mouse on all 4 monitors ( laptop 1 montior + LG pbp1 & laptop 2 monitor and LG pbp2).
Question: the annoying chime noises and disconnected beeping when I turn off my PC with this DualUp....cannot find a way to turn it off. I read there's a physical toggle in the back but it does nothing to correct this. Any idea about this?
I'm not sure if this is the setting you are talking about but within the Settings, under General, there is an option to toggle the Buzzer. This might turn off the sound that you are talking about since its default is set to enabled.
Thanks for the review. It's helpful. I wonder about using this is a solo display in a workstation setting, for document production and general productivity.
As a user of a 3840 x 1600 UWQHD+ Ultra Wide, I don't like that you use "Ultra Wide" for your Super Ultra Wide 32 : 9. Personally I think the 16 : 18 or 8:9 makes a good second monitor to a 21½ : 9 - and especially 24 : 10 - since it already is a bit taller than 21 : 9. But if we simplify it to 8 : 9 + 21½ : 9 it makes a 29½: 9 - which is oversimplification, but about as wide - in fact not even as wide -as 32 : 9. Reverse it and you have a 16 : 18 and 48 : 20 with my Ultra Wide. Yeah, the Dual Up is 37¼ % taller, but divide by two: 8 : 9 + 24 : 10 = 32 : 9 / 10. 32 : 9 ++
it's not a gaming monitor, LG put most of their time and money into color accuracy when it comes to these types of monitors. if you want a 144hz monitor you should look for something else.
@@amykpop1 @undergroundxp it doesn't have to be a trade off, the only special thing about this monitor is it's format. There are thousands of others which also provide great color accuracy and are 144hz+ AND at least half of them are much cheaper than this one. I see absolutely no reason why it doesn't have 144hz refresh rate for that price, the comfortable format doesn't justify it (at least for me for that price)
I don't have one. I think it's great IF you understand its limitations. It's NOT high res. If you're looking to have maximum content on screen and don't mind stuff getting small, it's not for you. If you are doing general stuff (word, web, mail, Slack, etc.) then it's a great format.
@@maxdamage8562 appreciate the warning. However, anyway I dropped the idea of buying a monitor altogether as I got one from my company (of course only till the time my employment continues there). So will keep this in mind next time I need to buy one 👍
