A few years later, several new entrances have recently appeared to provide more options for customers after the Apple-Apple LG Ultrafine 5K and later Apple Studio Display 5K 5K display market.
Viewsonic 2788-5 kIn the past few months, we have touched ASUS Part Display 5K, BenQ PD 2730 S and Aloogic precision 5K’s unique touchscreen capabilities and recently I have been experimenting with a new option, how to see stacks up.
As a background, I have been running a pair of LG Ultrafine 5K displays in my desk setup since 20 2016, and I have learned to survive, excluding some images, they work nicely for my needs, so much that I didn’t see the need to upgrade the Apple Studio Display. Content looks great in ultrafines, they work reliably and integrate with Macos to support convenient features like volume and brightness keyboard shortcuts.
As my benchmark, I am examining the Viewic VP 2788-5K on my LG ultrafines as well as daily use and I have got both positive and negative with the Viewic offer.
The VP 2788-5 is in the fairly compact box and like most display it requires some common assembly. The thick metallic leg attach the display to the display with a protected thumbscrew that is somewhat resisted to protect against the scratching surfaces, and there is a click-in cover attachment for the back of the display that simply slides at the top of the stand neck. If you prefer a vessa mounting solution simply leave that cover and you can secure the display on any 100×100 vessa mount.
My first impression of the general design of VP 2788-5K was relatively favorable, though the construction, except the metal stand base, is almost completely black and dark-gray plastic. Nevertheless, I see overall the design objectionable, which I am looking for as a screen content that I am the most interested on stand base has extra gray viewing branding.
VP 2788-5k gains efficiency in positional flexibility, not simply compatible to height (120 mm range) and tilt (5º forward to 22º back), but 30º swivel right or left and 90º pivot right or left if you prefer to use the display in portrait mode. Although the Apple Studio Display 1 supports the tilt consistency in the base model, the height adjustment is a $ 400 stand upgrade, and Swivel and Pivot are not supported at all.
For management simply, the VP includes a hole in the stand neck of 2788-5K and it is high enough to keep these cables as far as possible to keep it out of sight. If you push the display to the highest position, cables and holes will become visible.
Apple and LG where simply a single Thunderbolt kept the connection to their display with 3 inputs, the Viewsonic cable included several options to support not Windows PCs and other devices. There is a Uzan Thunderbolt 4 port for the simple mk connection, as well as a HDMI 2.1 port, a display 1.4 port and a Uzan USB-C port. Towards the down stream, there is a pair of ports of a 15-watt USB-C port and 10-watt USB ports on a second Thunderbolt 4 port, allowing Daisy-Chain Displays through a single connection to supported computer supported. Cables for different connecting types are included in the box.
All the ports are located at the backward orientation on the back of the display, some are located at the bottom of the display, and the others sit a little above the back. Although the portions on the bottom can allow the display to be flattering against the walls or other surfaces while in a vessa mount, and perhaps the gravity causes the cables to compact with the wire instead of the wire, they simply attach cables to some ports visible from the front of the display.
For example, the original Thunderbolt port used for connection to my MacBook Pro is flushing at the bottom of the display, so the only connector is directly on the bottom from the display. This results in some visual chaos and if you try to visit the items under the display, the connector can easily push. Most of the ports are a bit higher behind the display, keeping any connector away from the scene and I’m not fully sure why all the ports are not designed for cleaner appearance.
The Thunderbolt 4 port of this Uzan can supply up to 100 watt charging power to the attached computer, so you do not need your extra power source to charge your MacBook. This is a competitive amount of power output, as many other options offer more than 90 watts. The display uses an external energy brick in its own, so remember that you need to hide the floor or somewhere on your desk.
Turning towards the actual display, the VP2788-5K offers 500 net brilliance that has proven to be very bright in my work environment and easily matched my Ultrafine 5K and my MacBook Pro internal display. Apple’s studio display goes up to 600 nets, but it provides a bit more to this category. The IPS panel supports the refresh rates up to 75Hz, but it has been achieved through scalar processing, which Viewsonic says that it cannot be consistently done, so it is best to use a native 60Hz refresh rate. It is not offering top-line performance for the gaming and other contending environment, but for ordinary computing I think it is okay.
As a color, the VP 2788-5 supports the SRGB spectrum 100%, DCI-P3 color 99% and HDR 400 and I have got the colors to match my other display with my other display, if you need to twinkle things. 2560 × 1440 HIDPI Mode provides hard retina quality to the 5K screen looks sharp.
The VP 2788-5 includes an “Anti-Glare Low Reflection (AGLR) coating” which looks great in my opinion. The quality and colors of the display by coating do not seem to be at all interrupted (though I do not do acute color work like grading) and I do not notice any glimpse of my daily use, when a brilliant source is reflected in the display, only a small bits cat light appears. This is a specific improvement compared to the glossy finish of my LG ultrafine display. Apple provides a low-reset standard glass to the Studio display, to further reduce the Glayer available as a $ 300 upgrade with a nano-texture glass option.
A field where the Viewsonic VP 2788-5 seems to be integrated with Macos by comparing the Epple Studio Display and LG Ultrafine, as it does not support the features such as brightness or volume adjustment from the keyboard, which is needed to control some of the alternatives to the finic buttons. This is not a dealbreaker for me because I don’t often adjust the exhibition brightness at my desk, but it may be a problem for anyone. Viewsonic tells me that it is aware of the missing features and it is working to add it to the display portal software that can be used to update the display firmware of the display, but they still do not have a dimp -timeline for it.
VP includes a pair of 5 watts speakers in 2788-5, but like most built-in display speakers they leave some to be desired and provide very blank words. Speakers of my LG Ultrafine Display are good enough, and if you want to hear a lot more than the sound of the system with this display, you are best to use your Mac speaker or a separate speaker solution.
It is important to note that VP 2788-5 does not include any webcam or microphone, so you will need another solution for video calls with you, be it a mac built-in camera and mix, a separate webcam, or an iPhone through continuity camera.
Viewsonic VP 2788-5K is priced at $ 9499.99 dollars, it is cheaper than the Apple Studio Display 1 and the other 27 inch 5K options in the market. It is also available from third -party retailers such as Best Bay and B&H.
Its low price than Apple’s studio display makes it suitable for consideration, providing some great benefits for specific users with multiple input options and flexible positions. It is a bit shorter on the non-stop Mac integration and webcam from Apple and the studio display offers more on design and produces quality categories, but Viewic VP 278-5 is a strong value if these aspects are low in your priority list.
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