LG 34WK95U-W 34" UltraWide 5K Nano IPS LED Monitor with Built-in Speakers, 5120x2160

I admit, I gambled a bit on this one, as all of the reviews and videos seem to cite several problems with this display. Fortunately, I haven't experienced any of the ones I've read about! This is my first ultrawide monitor so some of this review may reflect that.First, I love the size. 34" is just wide enough to fit plenty of windows while not being problematic with being flat instead of curved. I have the scaling set in macOS to look like 3360x1417 and can comfortably fit three browser windows without it being weird.The resolution makes text just as sharp at the 5K Planar monitor I was coming from. I haven't noticed any negative impact from the anti-glare coating, which was a huge problem with my Dell 4K monitors.Colors are, of course, beautiful before and after calibrating. Hardware calibration is a plus and their calibration software was very easy to use.The speakers are pretty surprising. Before this monitor I had been using my 2018 Macbook Pro's speakers in clamshell mode. Needless to say, that sounded pretty bad. The speakers in this monitor sound slightly better than that. One downside is that volume control doesn't work from the OS, but you can work around this by controlling the volume through EDID with software.I haven't noticed any image retention, wake from sleep works fine, macOS 10.14.5 recognized it without problems, no random blackouts, no dead or stuck pixels. All of the negatives I'd read before are thankfully not happening here. I'll note that this particular monitor was manufactured in March of 2019 and their software says the firmware (I assume?) is version (3.02, 2.14). It's possible there was a bad batch or a firmware update, not sure, but so far so good!Now, it all isn't roses and sunshine! I did experience a problem. While plugging in with the Thunderbolt 3 cable worked fine, using DisplayPort with an eGPU was less fine in macOS. Without going into too much detail (though I could if it would help someone), a simply plist override in macOS will make the OS detect the correct resolution through DisplayPort and everything works perfectly.

More Customer Service updates:LG said that they will fix and send back the monitor, but they don’t know when, and since they drop the monitor and have body damage now, it will be send with aesthetic unpleasant look, because their policy doesn’t cover that, and there is no refund for it. Oh boy it’s impossible to hate more a company than I’m right now after hearing that. That’s a complete disregard to consumer rights! This company is the worse!DO NOT BUY! The monitor get some panel problem in 3 months of use, then went to warranty repair, came back after a month totally broken with signs of drop by the side and front glass trashed. I send back in the next day and it's being another month without no sign, no email, no calls from LG nothing. I already bought a replacement and I want my money back, therefore LG support simply stop answering my messages, they don't refund, neither sent the fixed monitor back.Avoid this headache, don't buy it!Original review:I bought my about 3 months ago, I've already contacted LG for support, they will send a box to my address and I'll need to ship it to get it fixed.A day before 3 months with this monitor it start a weird behavior, suddenly the USB-C stop working as display, it still chargers my MacBook Pro, but it doesn't recognized it as a connected display anymore. Then I added the DisplayPort cable, it worked, and I noticed many horizontal lines in the screen (see the pic) it goes all the way like that.My first though is that could be cable or something else, so I disconnected everything and restarted the monitor, in the settings menu of the monitor I can see that horizontal lines, well, it's not because of anything connected, the monitor simply is gone.Very annoying to need to do the support process to get it fixed, but the hard part is that I use it professionally and I can't stay without a secondary monitor, then I'll need to buy another replacement while this is being fixed.--- UPDATE 2020-01-06 ---After about 20 days waiting, they've sent the monitor back. As you can see in the pictures, there is one with the dead pixels screen, then two pictures showing the perfect state that I send the monitor in the box, and the last picture is how I turned on once it came from the service.Clearly the monitor was damage either by the service or by the UPS transportation. Despite the FRAGILE stickers all around the box, once I turned on, that broken image was everything that lasted from this screen.Also LG support system is so broken that it doesn't store the apartment number, so the guy from the UPS went all the way to talk with the manager to find my apartment, that was added to the ticket, online and by phone.I'm waiting they send the new label to send it back and hopefully they will send me a working unit, therefore I have not much expectations for that, probably I will need to go to Apple and buy their new monitor since LG might take too long and I need it to work.Unfortunately I can't recommend, specially because of the poor durability and abismal lack of support from LG.

This is my 2nd LG large monitor in less than a year. My first one was/is just fine but I primarily seek out the highest quality for detail and color correctness and after reading reviews and watching reviews I settled on this one because of the following:Size/price: 34" at less than $1,200Quality of detail and color: 5K and color is limited by my video card.Mac Friendly: Probably one of the more important reasons as I was hoping that it would have features that were in line with my previous high-end Apple Displays (some but not all).I have it connected to a 2019 Mac Pro with a standard video card (to be upgraded)Truly, the colors are very close to the true thing and my output looks great.The built-in speakers are quite good.The overall style/appearance is very nice and the stand takes up little space and is sturdy.My only complaint is that even though this monitor was specifically designed to connect to and work with Mac OS, you still can not control the volume from the keyboard which means that you have to either reach for the toggle at the bottom of the monitor or find and click on the volume control using your mouse. My thought is that if Apple monitors could be controlled by keyboard strokes decades ago, LG should be able to do that today.Long story short. If someone were to steal or break this monitor, I would go out and purchase another one just like it.