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Apple Studio Display 2 Code Hints at 120Hz ProMotion, HDR, A19 Chip
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27 inch is small for me now and dont want to buy 2 of them. I'd rather go for 36-38 inch size. I currently use thunderbolt display at home and 34 inch ultrawide in office. That 34inch ultrawide is such a boon for having multiple things visible on screen, its an awesome productivity boost. Once you use it, you will never go for smaller or non-ultrawide displays. I want Apple brand ultrawide, anything else is just incomplete.
I'd be happy with a 34" ~200 ppi ultrawide, which would be something like 6144x2592 but unfortunately they don't exist.
A 34" 5120x2160 ultrawide is OK at 163 ppi, but my preference is a higher pixel density.
I agree 27" is too small though, so I'm using a 31.5" 6144x3456 224 ppi 16:9 display.
Sadly we all know it won’t do this obvious thing, and then have to weigh it against Dell and LG and be annoyed
In 2026, those upgrades would be the bare minimum for a monitor in this price range. I sincerely hope the SD2 will have more to offer.
Steve Jobs didn't create Apple to be a catch-up company, but a leading force to wow consumers and maintain a lasting edge over the competition. As Doc Brown would put it, we wanna see some serious sh**.
Steve Jobs didn't create Apple to be a catch-up company, but a leading force to wow consumers and maintain a lasting edge over the competition. As Doc Brown would put it, we wanna see some serious sh**.
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As a rule of thumb, 32 inches is OK if you're at least 3.2 feet from the screen. I'm afraid most people don't have that luxury.
? That rule of thumb doesn't make much sense for computer monitors, since necessary distance from screen depends more on pixel density, rather than screen size.
I sit in the low 20s inches from the screen. At that distance, 163 ppi is OK but 200 ppi is better, regardless if it's 27" or 32".
what would it store? Isn’t that just space for the OS?Will it come with a paltry 64GB?
Apple’s Studio Display has 64GB of storage in addition to its iPhone 11-caliber processor
Lots of storage for a monitorwww.theverge.com
which 6K display did you get? I’ve seen a few recently but they all seem to be matte screens and I’d prefer glossy.
I wouldn't say it's about pixel density, because if fonts on screen seem too small or too large, you can always reduce/enlarge them in the settings (macOS/Windows) or change scaling level (Windows).
Let's take an example. If someone has a Mac Mini and changes their 27-inch 4K monitor (163 dpi) to a 27-inch 5K monitor (218 dpi), they will probably place the new monitor at the same distance as the old one and just adapt macOS settings if necessary. But if they switch to a 32-inch 6K monitor (218 dpi), they're likely to place the monitor a bit farther away than they would have with the 27-inch 5K, even though they're the same dpi.
I have my 6K 32” monitor (224 ppi) at the exact same distance as my old 4K+ 28” monitor (163 ppi). The whole point of the larger size was to get more usable screen real estate, and the point of the higher pixel density was to get better quality. I also used my 27” iMac (218 ppi) before that at the same viewing distance.
Moving a 32” monitor further back than a 27” largely just defeats the point of the bigger monitor.
I have the LG 6K matte. Besides the Pro Display XDR, the only glossy I know of is the Kuycon but I don’t think it’s priced well considering its manufacturer is a tiny company with no presence in my country, and it has a couple of bugs. It also weirdly enough requires a remote to change the settings.
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What I want to see is lower prices.
It's f-ing ridiculous that they'll discontinue the 32" 6K 60Hz and likely replace it with a 120Hz ProMotion model at likely a higher price point.
So anyone who doesn't want to spend north of $1.5k on a 32" 6K at any refresh rate will have to go 3rd party.
It's f-ing ridiculous that they'll discontinue the 32" 6K 60Hz and likely replace it with a 120Hz ProMotion model at likely a higher price point.
So anyone who doesn't want to spend north of $1.5k on a 32" 6K at any refresh rate will have to go 3rd party.
It's fine that Apple sells a super premium monitor (not that I can tell the difference from my 27" 2015 imac), but how is this the only option from Apple when every other product is tiered for a variety consumers?
Apple should sell pretty 27" 4K 120 Hz displays for $699 so nearly everyone can have one or two displays for their macbooks and mac minis. They would sell like crazy.
It's ridiculous that the majority of mac users have to buy LG, ACER, Samsung and Dell displays or spend $1500+ for a display.
And what is the 24" iMac? A iMac for ants?
Apple should sell pretty 27" 4K 120 Hz displays for $699 so nearly everyone can have one or two displays for their macbooks and mac minis. They would sell like crazy.
It's ridiculous that the majority of mac users have to buy LG, ACER, Samsung and Dell displays or spend $1500+ for a display.
And what is the 24" iMac? A iMac for ants?
6K 120Hz does not go through TB5 without compression. It needs a lot more bandwidth than 5K 120Hz.
Yeah… they could perfectly do it, to be fair. They don’t even need to put RAM as the A19 Pro has 12GB of DDR5. And the SSD controllers are also integrated in the SoC or the logic board, so all they should add is a couple of NAND chips here and there, and there you have it, a monitor capable of running macOS.
But they won’t.
Base model iMac 24" 4.5K is $1.3k.
Removing $600 worth of Mac mini M4 base model price drops it down to $700.
Remove keyboard and mouse drops price by another $200?
So the display is $500, more or less?
When I decided on the 2025 ASUS 32" 6K display at $1,170 I used math on what's the difference of it vs a $1799 2020 iMac 27" 5K base model.
It left me with $629 for Mac mini, keyboard & mouse.
This is why I prefer iMacs over separates. Among Macs they're cheaper to go AIO.
Just replace the A19 with a M5 running OSX and I’m in. Heck, even the A19 could run OSX.
Apple's next-generation Studio Display is expected to arrive early next year, and a new report allegedly provides a couple more details on the external monitor's capabilities.
According to internal Apple code seen by Macworld, the new external display will feature a variable refresh rate capable of up to 120Hz – aka ProMotion – as well as support for HDR content. The current Studio Display is limited to 60Hz and supports SDR, but not HDR.
Macworld's Filipe Espósito suggests new HDR support points to Apple's use of improved panel technology that can achieve higher brightness. Indeed, analyst Ross Young believes Apple's next Studio Display could use a mini-LED panel similar to the MacBook Pro, which features superior brightness, contrast, and color accuracy compared to the existing LCD panel.
Elsewhere, the code references a "J527" identifier for the monitor, and suggests the model is powered by the A19 chip – two details that have also been previously discovered in code reviewed by MacRumors. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has also referenced "J527" as the internal codename for one of the displays that Apple is developing.
Apple launched the 27-inch Studio Display in March 2022 alongside the Mac Studio. It features a 5K resolution, 600 nits of brightness, built-in webcam and speakers, one Thunderbolt 3 port, and three USB-C ports. Pricing in the U.S. starts at $1,599. The new version Apple is developing could arrive as early as this spring alongside new Macs with M5 chips.
Article Link: Apple Studio Display 2 Code Hints at 120Hz ProMotion, HDR, A19 Chip
So you expect ~2.000US$ for the ASD2 with standard glossy coating + tilt&shift-Stand?
It all comes down to sitting at a work desk. People watch any given monitor on their desk from the same distance, no matter the size of the monitor, because a desk has a constant/constrained top area, and people need to have that within physical reach. In this regard desktop monitors are not unlike notebook monitors, which are mostly used at an arm's distance. Also this is the reason why display ppi -- a linear metric, works in the first place. In contrast to TVs, where people can just move their couch back and forth to optimize their view distance, and ppi is not used as a metric at all, as angular resolution is at play with TVs.
Just in case this happens, I have a theory, that the ASD will replace or be a real alternative to the iMac. A19 is certainly powerful enough. In this theory, the machine would run likely a version of iPadOS. The recent iPadOS windowing support would fit this nicely. That is my prediction for 2026.