Wednesday, February 1st 2017
LG UltraFine 5K Monitor Plagued by Rookie Design Flaw
There's "big" trouble for LG, which scored exclusivity on Apple Store for its UltraFine 5K monitor. A critical flaw in the monitor's design makes it intolerant to electromagnetic interference from devices as inconspicuous as home Wi-Fi routers. Apparently, the designers of the display forgot to give proper EM (electromagnetic) shielding for its electronics. When placed within 2 meters of a Wi-Fi router, the display begins to flicker, and when brought closer, the display even blanks out.
As an immediate workaround, LG advised customers to keep the display at least 2 meters away from a Wi-Fi router. Something like this could be tricky in a postmodern workspace such as a studio, where multiple MacPro workstations wired to such 5K displays are connected to the Internet over commercial Wi-Fi, with powerful >9 dBi antennae designed to spread signal to the far reaches of the office. LG maintains in a statement that this issue does not affect its other monitors.
Source:
ArsTechnica
As an immediate workaround, LG advised customers to keep the display at least 2 meters away from a Wi-Fi router. Something like this could be tricky in a postmodern workspace such as a studio, where multiple MacPro workstations wired to such 5K displays are connected to the Internet over commercial Wi-Fi, with powerful >9 dBi antennae designed to spread signal to the far reaches of the office. LG maintains in a statement that this issue does not affect its other monitors.
32 Comments on LG UltraFine 5K Monitor Plagued by Rookie Design Flaw
gg, LG
"Check your wifi signal strength with our new monitors!"
www.apple.com/shop/reviews/HKN62LL/A/lg-ultrafine-5k-display
Such a fail.
"You are holding it wrong" :D
But... seriously... such an error? It's bonkers... especially considering the price...
How about a recall...?
Macfags. Just tie their hands so they can't talk.
Plus, I'm pretty sure most of testing is not done on the finished product, but with the panel connected to some interfaces that send commands directly to it. Testing on the thing put together is probably 10% of what happens during product development.
Still inexcusable for the asking $$$.