Tech corporations normally fall over one another to get the most recent and best enter and output ports into their gadgets in time for CES, however CES 2025 hasn’t yielded many Thunderbolt 5 gadgets.
One firm that has taken the leap, nevertheless, is LG, who confirmed off the LG UltraFine 6K show with Thunderbolt 5 ports in Las Vegas this week. The LG UltraFine 6K is an attention-grabbing selection to put the world’s most succesful shopper I/O connectivity, able to outputting to double 8K shows at 60Hz or a single 6K show at 120Hz.
Okay, sure, the UltraFine 6K does boast a lovely 32-inch body with super-slim bezels plus a 6K decision, however LG made it a Nano IPS Black panel with a 98 % DCI-P3 coloration gamut, not OLED. Which means its coloration accuracy isn’t pretty much as good, and its blacks received’t fairly attain the magnificent deep blacks players get from OLED panels — like these in LG’s personal LG UltraGear GX9 Sequence, for instance.
That mentioned, there could possibly be an excellent cause why LG made this transfer. The LG UltraFine 6K is already being in contrast in seems to the Apple Professional Show XDR, and if it seems like a duck and seems like a duck, then its step-down Nano IPS Black panel could properly make it the extra budget-friendly duck for players. (The Apple Professional Show XDR prices a whopping $5,000!)
It’s a protracted stretch to attach the dots with that concept, although. It’s extra doubtless that as we get extra particulars about this enigmatic monitor — a 120Hz refresh price maybe? — its deserves will solely multiply.
Regardless, its Thunderbolt 5 connectivity alone makes it a viable different to simply about each monitor on the market that doesn’t but have it, and it’s one thing each gamer may put to superb use.
