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Monitors · LG UltraFine

LG UltraFine 6K 32-inch

7owners with an opinion
50%of verdicts positive
3/3positive/negative since 2024
5 yrslongest happy owner
1happy after 3+ years

Praised for display and performance; criticized for portability and design.

What owners wrote

Likes itOwned 5 yearsStill going
I’ve been using one for over five years, exclusively with MacBooks which were always powered by the display. I haven’t had any issues with mine. (Except maybe once last year, when it wouldn’t turn on. I had to unplug the display from the power and plug it back in.)
Likes itOwned 0.17 years
Been running it for about two months. A few thoughts: 1 - I replaced 2x4k 27inch monitors, and so far so good, only annoyance is sometimes I want to share an entire screen as a reflex, I have to remember to have a more window focused workflow. 2 - The power brick is GIGANTIC, but it charges one of my laptops at 96w 3 - It is a bit blurry due to the antiglare coating. Might be annoying to some. 4 - The built-in USB hub is good enough for my Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra, and it gets switched to my active computer, unless I am using HDMI (no USB link available separately from the Thunderbolt or USB-C main ports) In general, I wanted an Apple XDR display, but with multiple inputs. The results are not as good from an image point of view, but better from a productivity point of view.
Neutral
It arrived. I've had it running about an hour and gut reactions: * It's a good looking monitor, the stand is fantastic. * It's certainly 6K. Far crisper than my 4K 32". * I don't have a problem with the "coating" other people have mentioned. I think I can see what people mean but it's not an impediment from a foot away. * The color accuracy and the consistency kinda sucks. I've fiddled with profiles and settings, but it's not fantastic. I wouldn't advise it for anyone for who color accuracy is important (not me). The color consistency is more annoying. Like in each corner of the screen the colors are far colder than in the center. You can move a window from the corner to the middle and white goes from very cold to neutral. This is poor for a monitor of this price, but tolerable to me. There's also a sort of purpleish fringing at the far edges of the screen. Reminds me of old CRTs when you had speakers too close to them.
Doesn’t like it
I bought one, then returned it the following day. I cannot comprehend how LG is shipping these monitors and people are buying them. The matte finish on the screen is very bad. So bad that you see colorful grains (maybe 0.05-0.1mm each) all over the screen. Particularly noticeable on light content. I had seen some people complaining about it online, but never would’ve imagine that this was the actual issue and it’s still mind boggling that they are producing and shipping these monitors.
Doesn’t like it
I usually left the monitor-to-MBP cable plugged in, but I did have some minor finicky connection issues at one point. But that was nothing compared to the monitor actually dying. The monitor setup seemed like the ideal solution, less cables and just plug in to the monitor. But the combination of heat from powering the monitor, MBP, the monitor itself, and hot weather does seem like a plausible cause to me.
Likes it
I'm sitting behind one of these right now, got it back at the start of last November, attached to an Ergotron monitor arm. It's worth noting that there are a number of screens coming out that seem to be using roughly this panel but with different price points and feature mixes. MacRumors (and no doubt others) maintaining a nice little dedicated thread [0] on 6K screens with info in an easily digestible form. And so on a meta-note, the most exciting thing to me is simply that we're finally seeing a big leap forward all at once in the screen fundamentals (resolution, refresh, color) after a long and frustrating (to me anyway) period of stagnation. Apple did the first iMac 5K iirc in 2014, twelve(!) years ago. And I thought at the time it wouldn't be long before we had a range of higher res options, but instead Apple eventually did a standalone, then long after LG did a release, there were a couple of rando ones from Dell that got dropped... and that was it. Now we've got lots of 5K and 6K options, 8K ones are coming, currently it's 60Hz but CES has seen higher refresh announced, next few years are looking good. While the LG doesn't take advantage of TB5's full bandwidth, but having 120 Gbps on tap means that we also have plenty of headroom for everything, high resolution, high refresh, and higher color bit depths without having to compromise. So that's all pretty nice. As far as this one specifically, on a physical level it's perfectly decent. I actually like that unlike the pr…
Doesn’t like it
Short story: not worth it because LG has terrible quality control. I bought two copies and experienced bad light uniformity / banding with both, color repro wasn't great, and the matte finish was a bit fuzzy. Many others have had this issue. Here are photos of what I saw: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.... I wound up buying the Asus ProArt 32" and out of the box it had good light uniformity, a better matte finish, better color accuracy (using the M-Model P3 profile), and was much cheaper.
Likes itHasn’t owned it
> the port arrangement on the back looks atrocious - ports at different heights (there are four types of ports, and all of them are at a different z-height), some sunk into the surface with a counterbore, others protruding with an extra plastic jacket (screaming "these are all unmatched connectors out of the inventory"). - DP: it's the one protuding, and I applaud them. Most DP plugs need to be squized, and having an extra few mm to depress the bit sounds comfortable. - HDMI: it's flushed, and I applaud them. HDMI cables came in a lot of end sizes, some thin some bulky, I'd hate to be stuck with a cable that doesn't fit because they wanted the hole to be recessed. - USB-C: they're all recessed. I wouldn't have minded them to be flushed, but then it's easier to tell from touch where's the USB hole is. USB are the ones that will be plugged/unplugged the most, it's kinda nice they're clearly differentiated. - the last hole is for power ? It will be permanently plugged so I'm not sure it even matters. Reading your comment I was expecting some really bad decisions, and instead ended up agreeing with every single choices. My only surprise is no USB-A. It reminded me of the Apple philosophy of minimalism and uniformity for the sake of it. I want my devices to be usable and well designed, especially the back panel of a monitor where most people will be trying to plug/ilunplug stuff blind.
Doesn’t like itHasn’t owned it
This is an superficial review but even then > Beyond that, it has an attention-grabbing design and off-the-charts image quality. It's one of the best monitors you can buy for content creators, despite some of the unfortunate trade-offs it comes with. > As Sleek As Monitors Get > The 32-inch LG UltraFine Evo 6K is a very pretty monitor. I wouldn't blame you for mistaking this as an Apple product, given the focus on clean lines, simple shapes, and designerly aesthetic. The extra-wide stand means that the base itself isn’t overly large. Like the Apple Studio Display, the flat base provides more usable desk space rather than occupying it. The stand itself has a unique design, too. It resembles the styling Apple uses on the iMac and Studio Display, but it has a textured pattern on the back. It’s gorgeous, though you probably won’t spend a lot of time looking at the back of the monitor unless your desk is in the middle of the room or in command position (if you know, you know). I don't see any of this. It looks very thick at the edges, the rounded corners are unrefined, the ventilation holes are 2000s plasma TV vibe, the port arrangement on the back looks atrocious - ports at different heights (there are four types of ports, and all of them are at a different z-height), some sunk into the surface with a counterbore, others protruding with an extra plastic jacket (screaming "these are all unmatched connectors out of the inventory"). The entire back panel looks like that cheap late 2…
Doesn’t like itHasn’t owned it
Apple has updated Studio Display and XDR coming out soon, they just filed for regulatory approval in China, which historically has meant 1-3 months until release [1]. The updated models are expected to have a 2000+ zone Mini LED backlight and 120hz refresh rate, while the LG is old technology - 60hz and edge lit, plus the matte coating is anecdotally quite blurry and loses a lot of the detail of the 6K panel. May be worth waiting to see what Apple has in store for this product category before putting down thousands of dollars. [1] https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/15/new-studio-display-or-p...