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Apple Said to Release 31.6-Inch 6K Display With Mini LED-Like Backlight Design in 2019
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With new technology becoming more mainstream this year WWDC 2019 is going to be very interesting.
Basically. It also depends on the exact size which is also quoted slightly differently... but between 210-220 it will be.
I guess you can call it ultra wide display from apple: 2x1 almost 21x9 (->20x10->2x1)
And the main questions are the price and built-in egpu if yes how it will be limited by tb3 as they can overcome tb3 bandwidth limitation by direct output to display (some custom chip/connection) and tb3 will be used only for cpu<->egpu
And the main questions are the price and built-in egpu if yes how it will be limited by tb3 as they can overcome tb3 bandwidth limitation by direct output to display (some custom chip/connection) and tb3 will be used only for cpu<->egpu
This blabbermouth speculator guy seemed to leave out the most important rumor ... the modular Mac Pro.
I'm still using a pair of 23" Apple Cinema Displays with acrylic surround & going strong. I recall buying one in the refurbished store around 2002/3 for about £1K. Over the years it has been a very good initial investment. (the second one, with a small bit of screen damage that I can overlook, was given to me by a generous friend upgrading at the time) Still sharp but biggest drawback is lack of support for adjusting brightness/dimming in recent years. They work fine on a MP 5,1 using GTX 680 with one on DVI and the other using a DVI/DP adapter. I'm now on the lookout for new monitor(s) and the much hoped for upgradable replacement for MP 5,1.
With prediction of high cost noted in comments above I'd be dividing by the number of years of good service I'd expect and it begins to break down into something affordable but with high initial outlay.
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My guess is it is 6K only because that's the resolution they need to keep it 'retina' at over 31" - like you say the resolution doesn't make much sense otherwise, not suitable for upcoming 8K stuff and way overkill for 4K.
With what I’m hoping (iOS feature boost, low light photography, iOS splinter for iPad with improved productivity features, AR advancements, and massive changes to SiriKit and HomeKit) this could be the most interesting WWDC in years.
Regardless of how it 'looks', some users need that extra screen real-estate.
Currently sitting behind a 27" screen, I wouldn't mind it being bigger if it was significantly WIDER. I'd rather have more pixels to the left and right than top and bottom. 27" is fairly comfortable in that regard. An extra 4.5 inches is quite a lot (and I'm sticking to that! )
I am still using the 30" Cinema displays because there is just not enough real estate on the 27" screens.
Will buy it if the 2017 iMac can drive it via TB3. Currently have an LG 5K hooked to the 5K iMac, but would absolutely switch the LG out with this monster.
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After the dumpster fire of a keyboard, I can see them moving up any re-design plans.
Hard to wonder what the screen resolution would be like. I do have a 31.5” monitor with a 4K resolution and it is great. A 6K monitor would be better, of course, but there may be shortcomings. It may cost a lot more, in which case it could not make sense to buy one instead. And it could also put much pressure in the video card; a 4K monitor is already a lot to handle.
The graphic design work that pays for my lunch is why I want to sit in front of massive screen.
It’s for people using their computer for work.
A 6K 2:1 31.6” monitor isn’t something I would’ve ever guessed. There were some rumors about an 8K screen, I think—which sounds amazing since it’d be a 33MP screen (perfect for viewing photos and also more than enough DPI for scaling)—but a lot of what’s possible has to do with Intel. Intel didn’t seem to do a good job at all with supporting 5K screens. In fact, when looking at monitors online no matter where I go there’s a group of people who can’t figure out how to get a monitor to work with their MBP. Even LG’s 5K screens were delayed, messed up, error prone. So maybe 6K is a step up that Apple thinks will be easier to implement.
If the rumor is right (6K in a 2:1 ratio at 31.6”) then that means a drop in pixel density... something like 18MP instead of 15MP. However, I like the idea of a 6K 31” monitor. Considering how much time we all spend in front of displays, it makes sense to me to have a good one as your primary display. And my bet is that this display will be as ready for HDR as anything, in possession of a wide color gamut and probably pretty accurate.
Apple was way ahead of the curve with their 5K monitor in the iMac. In fact I think there still isn’t a better monitor available to consumers. It’s an excellent size, has amazing resolution and clarity, a P3 color space, and so on. To get anything like it even in a 4K display with half the resolution, you have to start digging among the handful of high end displays that are out there for “artists and creatives” and they aren’t cheap.
The only really big negative I foresee is the way I expect it to be locked down to an Apple only world... no hooking your PS4 or Blu-ray player (and certainly not your PC laptop into it) which unfortunately kills a lot of its appeal as a central media hub. But we’ll see. I’m really excited to see what they come out with. I regret not knowing better at the time and picking up a 5K iMac when they came out. The experience is so much more immersive and enjoyable if you do anything related to photos, graphics, etc... and movies look incredible on it.