The 5 Best Monitors For MacBook Pro - Spring 2020
Reviews

The best 4k monitor for MacBook Pro that we've tested so far is the LG 32UD99-W. Its 32 inch screen gives you plenty of room to multitask comfortably, and its 4k resolution keeps text sharp and legible. If you work in a well-lit room, this monitor can get bright enough to overcome glare, and it has good reflection handling. Response time and input lag on this monitor are both exceptionally low, providing you a smooth and responsive desktop experience, and it has a flicker-free backlight to help reduce eye strain.

Multitasking is made a lot easier with its Picture-in-Picture feature, which allows you to display an image from two sources simultaneously. Unfortunately, like most IPS monitors, it doesn't do as well in dark rooms, as contrast ratio is only decent and black uniformity is mediocre, resulting in blacks that look like gray. Also, the stand doesn't support the monitor well, wobbles fairly easily, and there aren't many adjustment options with it. On the upside, this monitor supports HDR if you want to enjoy a movie occasionally, but the monitor's peak brightness won't be able to produce bright highlights in HDR content.

Overall, if you need a large monitor with a razor-sharp resolution, this is a great choice.

The best ultrawide monitor for MacBook Pro that we've tested so far is the LG 34WK95U-W. It has a 21:9 aspect ratio, which is great for multitasking, and its 5k resolution keeps text sharp and legible. Like most LG monitors, it uses an IPS panel with decent viewing angles, but it has a mediocre contrast ratio and bad black uniformity, though it's typical of IPS monitors. On the bright side, it has an excellent gray uniformity, an impressive color accuracy, and it supports a wide color gamut.

With a decent peak brightness and good reflection handling, this monitor is better suited for an average or well-lit room. Motion blur is very minimal due to the monitor's fast response time, and it has an outstanding input lag for a responsive desktop experience. This monitor has a Picture-by-Picture mode, which allows you to display a signal from two sources at the same time, and it also has built-in speakers and a USB hub to charge your devices.

If you like the extra screen real estate of ultrawide monitors, go with this one.

The best budget monitor for MacBook Pro that we've tested so far is the LG 29UM69G-B. This is a decent office monitor with plenty of screen real estate to open a few different windows, plus the good viewing angles means you can share your work easily with your co-workers. The colors are accurate out-of-the-box, but this monitor doesn't support a wide color gamut.

This monitor is good at handling reflections, but its peak brightness is just alright, so if you work in a bright office, it might be hard to read the screen properly. The contrast is mediocre and the black uniformity is terrible, so this monitor shouldn't be used for watching dark content in dark rooms. However, it has great gray uniformity which is helpful for content with large uniform areas, like writing in a Word document.

Overall, this is a decent budget monitor for the MacBook Pro, but should only be used in well-lit rooms.