LG UltraFine 5K monitor rendered useless with nearby wireless router
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sammarbella
(Former) LG's product design employee at work:
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SirDremor
Sorry, I have no pity for such users.
If they are "smart" to buy Apple-only devices (apparantly thinking how great they are, when they are definitely not), then they can only blame themselves.
Zeka
This is a big issue for LG. Monitor that is useless next to a router???
I'm not a fan of Apple's overpriced products, but I don't think this would happen if he purchased Apple Display...
ChisChas
This monitor is described as an 'Ultrafine 5K monitor' but the resolution is printed as 2K in the article?
Is this a typo, Hilbert?
slyphnier
well my guess seems there is issue with hardware shielding ... seems especially on the thunderbolt port or cable
its pretty basic in electronics, as the higher data-rate goes bigger, its also become more sensitive to noise...
1080p said using 1.485Gbps, while hdmi 2.0 up to 6Gbps
not sure how high thunderbolt can, but plain calculation if 5k is 5x 1.4Gbps then its 7Gbps
like 10gbps (cat7) lan cable why it have more shielding compared lower speed cable (cat5 or 6)
well not only LAN cable but same to other cable, such as HDMI also same
in past (DVI&VGA) thats why monitor cable always equipped with ferrite-core to reduce noise
the port should also have some shielding
Mda400
Digital Bandwidth Calculator
You are thinking individual channel bandwidth (HDMI has 3). The first HDMI version can support up to 5Gbps worth of video/audio data and 1.3/1.4 can support up to 10.2Gbps. Version 2 supports up to 18Gbps and 2.1 supposedly 48Gbps. 1080p@60hz 32-bit color needs 4Gbps. 4k@60hz 32-bit color needs 18Gbps. 5k@60hz 32-bit color needs 22Gbps.
Thunderbolt version 1 and 2 provide 20Gbps but the only difference is how they split that bandwidth (version 1 between 2x10Gbps channels and version 2 with 20x1Gbps channels). Version 3 is supposedly be able to provide 40Gbps.
Here's a good calculator for video bandwidth: