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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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There is no 6K content anywhere so a waste of time. Maybe if Apple made a camera to match. My 27" 2.5K Asus is lovely and I need a magnifying glass to see the pixels. My 5.1 Cheese grater loves it and its fans hardly ever kick in. While I am here I have just gone back to Yosemite, it was on a spare SSD. Suddenly life is faster, slicker, my expensive 32 bit scanner software is back and nothing seems to be missing from life with High Sierra. If only I could get back to Snow Leopard.
Why not 27" for the smaller model? That form factor is dirt cheap these days, and I still find the difference between a 27" and 31.5" to be mind blowing, even if you're only talking about 1/3rd more screen space.
Because not everybody likes the larger screens. 25" isn't too far off 27", but it's around the same size jump as a 27" to 31.5".
I hope I'm wrong on this, but it could be related to LG's RGBW "faux" panels - their "8K" television panels are actually 6K and they do a crude interpolation. But if it's not OLED, it's less likely to be from LG.
I was just messing with the 30" 2004 Apple Cinema HD last night because sometimes it doesn't wake properly and there are a number of kluges in the cable area to go from the ACHD's dual-link DVI-D to the USB-C on the 2018 MacBook Pro.
The 2004 Cinema is 2560 x 1600. So 6K3K would easily beat that (e.g. 6144 x 3072) and even at 3072 x 1536 it would be only slightly less high, but much wider.
If the 2018 MBP can drive it I might have to get it. I'll have had the 30" for 15 years this summer and it is a great monitor. 15 years worth of daily use for work, and it looks brand new. I keep reading about backlights going out etc, and it would be nice to have an option for that eventuality.
It is definitely a quality monitor. Hopefully this one (if true) will be a worthy successor.
The 2004 Cinema is 2560 x 1600. So 6K3K would easily beat that (e.g. 6144 x 3072) and even at 3072 x 1536 it would be only slightly less high, but much wider.
If the 2018 MBP can drive it I might have to get it. I'll have had the 30" for 15 years this summer and it is a great monitor. 15 years worth of daily use for work, and it looks brand new. I keep reading about backlights going out etc, and it would be nice to have an option for that eventuality.
It is definitely a quality monitor. Hopefully this one (if true) will be a worthy successor.
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Based upon previous Apple monitors, and their whole philosophy these days, I would expect it to be exceptionally expensive and tremendously inflexible..
..but super thin and "gorgeous" no doubt.
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Because back in the day, adjusted for inflation, the 30" ACD's were even more than that actually IIRC.
(I'd have to dig up my receipts - maybe someone can chime in with what they paid out the door/when for a 30" ACD?)
Why?
Apple has enough Design Facilities with the Spaceship and 1 Infinite Loop (as well as their other facilities worldwide) to fully-staff pretty much as many Projects as they wish.
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But has there ever been an Apple Standalone Display that wasn't fairly to completely Drool-Worthy?I predict it will be pricey
When I think of a new laptop size all I can hear is every bag every backpack and messenger bag company yelling "Noooooooo"
Ya I'm seeing Apple gearing towards gaming and if they do then theres
30 in. ACD was $3299 in 2004
The 20-inch Apple Cinema Display and 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display will be available in July, and the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display will be available in August, through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), $1,999 (US) and $3,299 (US), respectively
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2004/06/28Apple-Unveils-30-Cinema-HD-Flat-Display/
If you did stuff like Video Editing or Multitrack Recording (or Publishing Layout, or Coding, or...) you might understand...
Ouch..
That's about $4400 in today's money.
My $4k estimate for the new 6k monitor was....(gasp)...."low"
I would think that a "Pro Only" iMac strategy would be quite folly; considering that the iMac is the "go-to" Desktop Mac for many NON "Pro" Applications, like office-work, students, homes, etc.
I think Apple declared their future strategy vis-a-vis iMac, with the launch of the iMac Pro as a separate product.
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What?
I'm pretty sure the top of the Apple TV is mainly concerned with Antennas. And charging the Apple Remote is required about once every few MONTHS; so, I can't imagine messing around with that one.
I hope we hear about the Mac Pro at WWDC. Just hope its not a delivery of December like the last Mac Pro.
Well to be fair that 30 in display was an industry leading flat panel display when CRT was still the major kind of display.
I can't see it being up at the $3000-4000 level, these days.
Remember, the LG 5K's were originally $900, discounted by Apple ~25% on the $1300 now. (I bought two in UK at £885 each, from £1180 now).
A slightly bigger/wider (i.e. same ~218ppi resolution) 6K, even Apple-branded, wouldn't logically command more than $/£1500 by anyone who can see the current marketplace options going forward.
Back when the 30" ACD was released, the mass availability of displays was much lower: they were 'special' items for the business minded user. These days displays are everywhere in the consumer space, as are flat TV's, so the pricing of panels to go in displays goes down very quickly, by the time the (non-super-300"-8K prototype!) early stuff, has passed.
But Apple may want to keep it more 'exclusive' (they like to piss-off their users these days, lol!), so nothing is beyond belief.
Remember, the LG 5K's were originally $900, discounted by Apple ~25% on the $1300 now. (I bought two in UK at £885 each, from £1180 now).
A slightly bigger/wider (i.e. same ~218ppi resolution) 6K, even Apple-branded, wouldn't logically command more than $/£1500 by anyone who can see the current marketplace options going forward.
Back when the 30" ACD was released, the mass availability of displays was much lower: they were 'special' items for the business minded user. These days displays are everywhere in the consumer space, as are flat TV's, so the pricing of panels to go in displays goes down very quickly, by the time the (non-super-300"-8K prototype!) early stuff, has passed.
But Apple may want to keep it more 'exclusive' (they like to piss-off their users these days, lol!), so nothing is beyond belief.
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I can't see it being up at the $3000-4000 level, these days.
Remember, the LG 5K's were originally $900, discounted by Apple ~25% on the $1300 now. (I bought two in UK at £875 each, from $1279 now).
A slightly bigger/wider (i.e. same ~218ppi resolution) 6K, even Apple-branded, wouldn't logically command more than $/£1500 by anyone who can see the current marketplace options going forward.
Back when the 30" ACD was released, the mass availability of displays was much lower: they were 'special' items for the business minded user. These days displays are everywhere in the consumer space, as are flat TV's, so the pricing of panels to go in displays goes down very quickly, by the time the (non-super-300"-8K prototype!) early stuff, has passed.
But Apple may want to keep it more 'exclusive' (they like to piss-off their users these days, lol!), so nothing is beyond belief.
LG’s 5K2K is $1500 right now. I don’t find it too much cheaper than that. It sounds to me this Apple 6K3K will be $2k+
Great post, re: PS4 or Blu-Ray connectivity though, even if Apple deigned to give us HDMI input on this thing, could either of those devices handle a 6k screen without letterboxing anything past 4k? Can’t imagine any console scaling gracefully on this, PC Master Race might fare better here?
Nah, it's already creeping down.
UK: £1215, https://www.ejobber.co.uk/LG-34WK95U-W-34-5K-ULTRA-HD-LED-BLACK-COMPUTER-MONITOR_p_514147.html
US: $1234, https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07JP1QK9T
So £/$1500 tops, for a 6K Apple one.
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How long's a piece of string? It could be bang-on accurate, or completely wrong. Sorry.
This analyst has a mixed record, but typically he's right on the really obvious stuff ("Apple will release a new iPhone later this year"), and wrong on the less obvious stuff – and this I'd put in the latter of those two.
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Likely using a Cobb type of backlight panel. But instead of a tight grouping of the micro LED's like you see in Cobb flashlights this one uses a more dispersed layout and managed its output in a programmatic way like some TV's do to improve dark areas.
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Rumors are just that, someones educated guess or based on some level of research so I wouldn't depend on it be factual until Apple states it! If true it won't be until the end of the year before we see it.
I agree - and do hope that is the case. i’d Love to see a refreshed iMac design with Face ID.
It might look guady but it sure lets you have plenty of windows open at the same time. Mine is 40” and I love it. Not sure I could go down in size. But then, I’ve always been a minitor hore.
Kuo is usually right on hardware stuff. But it may happen later than he predicts.