New 27" Monitor

[JWKelly99]

I'm considering these two monitors at the minute (LG 27UL850 or LG 27 QN880, I'm not firm on these two so am open to options as well. My budget is around £400), but I'm unsure of which to go for. I want to mount the monitor on an arm, which is the appeal of the Ergo (27QN880), but I'm not sure whether its better to go for the 4K option instead. Is the LG arm worth sacrificing 4K for? Would I really notice the difference between the 4K monitor and the QHD monitor?

Background: I had an 27" iMac 5k for a while, but I returned it and I'm waiting for an M1 MacBook Pro to arrive at the minute. I'm studying for a masters degree, so will be using the monitor for usual student stuff (textbook reading, teams calls, advanced econometric regression analysis, Financial modelling in excel), as well as the occasional photo editing (hobby photography) and content consumption.

[Video Beagle]

Why can't you use the 4k with an arm? 27" is in the range of most  standard desk vesa mounts.

[JWKelly99]

24 minutes ago, Video Beagle said:

Why can't you use the 4k with an arm? 27" is in the range of most  standard desk vesa mounts.

I can. But I don’t know if the ergo arm is worth the 4K sacrifice is all

[Video Beagle]

VESA arms are easy and low cost at amazon etc. so I'd put the arm as a consideration aside..or at least lower on the value of it as a factor.