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Just a note: LG has also a new 5K 27” display aimed for Apple users [1]. Worth taking a look.

[1] https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27MD5KA-B-5k-uhd-led-monit...

We have a few in the office, the gripe I have with them (and the HP Z27) over the legacy 27" Thunderbolt (with a TB3->TB2 adapter) is wake time. It takes 5-7 seconds for the monitor to wake back up versus the almost instantaneousness of the 27" Thunderbolt.

I went with Benq's equivalent of that display. More connector diversity (shortage of USB-C though), but the speakers are so bad they shouldn't have bothered.

When I replace it I'll have to sort out the speaker situation (currently using the ones on my secondary)

Speakers in monitors are an area where Apple really could have disrupted the status quo. It just makes no sense how bad built in speakers are, my iPhone SE has better sound than my 4K monitor or my 2.5K monitor. I didn't come across anything with positive speaker reviews while shopping for my monitors either.

And it's not like some advanced tech is needed to make speakers that sound good in a small space like a monitor bezel. I have a 7 year old portable Bluetooth speaker that is probably 1" x 2" x 5" and it sounds great.

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