Turn Your Old iMac Into a 5K Editing Display for $50 – RetinaRelay Reviewed

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RetinaRelay turns your old iMac into a wired 5K external display. No dongle, no subscription, $49 single purchase. I test it over Thunderbolt and ethernet with Lightroom, Final Cut Pro and YouTube, run proper benchmarks, and compare it against Luna Display, Duet Display and BetterCast.

If you’ve got a Retina iMac gathering dust, this might be the cheapest 5K editing monitor you’ll ever not buy.

https://www.retinarelay.com/

The cable I bought: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0D1VGMKVB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
01:17 – The Smallprint
01:57 – The iMac Contingency
03:08 – An Extra 5K Display
05:50 – Testing
07:46 – Benchmarks
09:29 – Real-world Usage
13:08 – Outro