27US500-W

I think that what you've read is overblown, or it's due to users not matching components with specifications. I'm a consultant and I've set up clients with several different 4K monitors, and they all look great. Not at all like any kind of a compromise. You may want to play with the Finder settings

I had the same problem on my Mac mini M4 recently when I bought a new 4k monitor - You need to be using a USB-C to DisplayPort cable as if you are using an HDMI cable the Mac will simply assume this is a TV and only give those resolutions. Once I changed the cable and with the use of BetterDisplay s

Well, first, there is no such thing as a "Macintosh monitor" anymore. For many years now Macs have used the same monitors as other personal computers. You may need an inexpensive adapter cable, depending on which Mac model you have and what sort of inputs the monitor you are looking at has., but the

Buying an 4K monitor for mac would be better and use it at lower resolution if you need to. Macs have a tendency to not scale well with direct 2K or 1080p on 27", I had the same issue with LG Ultragear over HDMI for M2 Pro Macbook, I had to use a thunderbolt hub to fix it. As for recommendations if

This monitor is currently an excellent deal to use with your mini: LG 27US500-W Ultrafine Monitor 27-Inch 4K UHD (3840x2160) HDR10 IPS Borderless Design Reader Mode Flicker Safe Switch App HDMI DisplayPort - White$240https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9R7Q449/

HDMI 2.1 (i.e. with FRL signalling) is completely unusable for me on the GP27U - none of the firmware fixed it, and in the end I had to use an EDID override to disable FRL and force TMDS, but that means you're limited to HDMI 2.0 resolutions/refresh. Since switching to DisplayPort, on firmware 1.4.5

Usb c is nice to have honestly but i'd personally not pick a worse monitor just for that. I use a hub like this with my macbook and keep it on charge when i dont want a second screen. A wire has to run from your laptop to your screen regardless, whether its a hdmi or usb c. You'll have an hdmi runni