This is a 100% Apple-created problem. How many displays have you seen on the market where 1) they shipped on day one with a software defect, hindering a major feature that the manufacturer touted as a selling point for that display, and then 2) were so tied to not only a specific operating system, but a specific version of said operating system, that said software defect cannot be fixed for some recent purchasers of that display, unless they buy a new computer or at the very least, upgrade their operating system?
Not too many displays on the market right now where "using with unsupported systems" is even a thing people have to worry about.
I gotta say, someone else put it very well - that $1700 monitor is looking less and less like a good value every time someone writes about their experience with it.
Lots. I have one of them, the Samsung Odyssey G9, the 240Hz 49” ultrawide monitor. It was so bad when it came out with physical problems, such as leaking light, frame that detached from the screen, and other serious QC problems that Samsung pulled the display from market, recalled the ones they had already sold, and reissued it several months later. When the next version came out, its main feature was broken for Nvidia cards, which was limited to only 120Hz because DSC was busted. It took them a few firmware revisions to finally fix the problem. If you want a disastrous release, that monitor is a great example. The Apple monitor, by comparison, was a smooth release with only a single software problem, and at that, the feature worked. It just had a somewhat poor picture. I bought the G9 because its second release came with a huge price cut.
I finally broke down and bought the Studio Display since I couldn’t care less what the webcam looks like. As long as it works, it’s good. Nobody expects a great webcam, which is why it didn’t matter, since most people still webcam with 720p potato cams. Everyone always looks awful in conference calls. If Apple fixes it, great. If they don’t, I don’t care. It’s not broken, just noisy. If I were using the camera to take photos for my permanent scrapbook, I’d care, but as a webcam? Meh.
The rest of the monitor is excellent. The sound is awesome. The picture is second to none. The best feature of all is instant wake. With PC’s or Macs, I’ve had problems waking up monitors of all kinds, sometimes having to reboot or unplug/replug the monitor. That is frustrating to no end when your monitor won’t wake up. It’s not just the Mac. It happens on Windows as well. The Studio Display has never failed to wake up. And it wakes up in less than a second. With this feature alone, I rate this monitor as the best on the market because it actually wakes up when I want it to, every time.
There are literally no monitors that look better, short of buying Apple’s $5000 monitor, which I would never do. The build quality is also top notch. It is the best monitor I’ve ever had. I currently have three: the Samsung Odyssey, an LG 38” ultrawide, and now the Apple Studio, plus a couple others in storage. If you like a crisp screen with very sharp text there are no better options on the market, period. Since I’ve had multiple eye surgeries and suffer from glaucoma, this monitor is a godsend.
