The iMac did indeed have *a* 5K display - I still have mine. But it didn't have the same color accuracy and selectable profiles.
If you're a photographer who processes image files, and are fussy about color, that's critical. And the difference.
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If you're a photographer who processes image files, and are fussy about color, that's critical. And the difference.
I've compared. The ASD is a much better display. If you're not too fussy about color, there are lower priced displays available that would be great for a lot of people.
There's a simple solution for that which, naturally, Apple will probably not want to adopt because of Apple reasons.
Specs are fine, correct
The pricing for what it offers, in 2024+, is where the majority of the complaints come from
It's wildly overpriced for what is basically the same screen tech from nearly a decade ago now on the iMac 5ks
("basically"...because there were some revisions to make it better over time)
The other problem, for me, with any Apple monitor solution is the lack of additional inputs and usage flexibility.
That'd be a requirement for me and especially at the prices they charge.
It isn't 2004 anymore.
Monitors need not be this level of locked down and inflexible.
Multiple inputs, height adjustability, rotate, tilt and VESA mount should all be included
Still they always give the better discount in the U.S. which is irritating. In the U.S. regular price is $1599 and now it’s $300 off at $1299. In Canada, regular price is $1999 and the sale price is only $200 less (!!) @ $1799! So not fair. They use the exchange rate to their benefit. For that money I could get a huge LG C4 oled. This monitor is a much better discount in the U.S. than Canada.
What's actually hilarious is that 2004 was precisely the year Apple switched from their proprietary ADC connector to industry-standard DVI/USB/FW connectors for their Studio displays. That was the iteration of Apple that actually believed in interoperability with the world around them.
If you're referring to the Dell UP3218K 8K, that requires use of both of its Displayport 1.4 ports in the back to run at 60Hz. Apple is vague in their support pages one support for 8K monitors.
It only says that you can use them. I believe someone here has reported running that 8K monitor at 30Hz.
There you go again, bringing out facts in an opinion fight! Dont you know thats not allowed?
Value is subjective. I am very happy with my ASDs
Indeed. When I got my ASD earlier this year, I already owned the LG 5K. The specs alone don't tell the whole story. It's a much better product than the LG 5K.
Yes the ASD was expensive, but no I don't regret spending the money on it. There are tradeoffs for all of the 5K options. I also considered the Samsung 5K, but in the end I decided the tradeoff I was most willing to accept was the tradeoff of price.
Yep it's expensive, but I decided the amount of time I spend looking at it, should get something that doesn't make my eyes bleed. And I tend not to replace my monitors that often so.. eh.. I just don't feel the need to go cheap. I do use it for photography as well as work. Anyway, I know you get it.
Waiting for the second-gen with better HDR support and thinner bezels. Also, it would be a great idea to be able to use it as a Home hub since I always plug it in.
Retina dates to 2012, it’s incredibly unlikely that Apple would release a lower PPI display after such time. Since then we’ve had hundreds of products with a density of 218 and up. But sure, Apple will release a “retina” display with worse clarity because reasons
Nobody is even making a DisplayPort 2.1 monitor yet. When they finally do, there's a good chance that whatever that display is will cost more than an Apple Studio Display.
You sure about that?
Probably true, but also probably very temporary. Unlike the Apple world, most of the rest of the hardware world tends to find prices go down relatively quickly as new technical standards become widely adopted and commoditized.
This is a bit beside my original point anyway. My point was only that Apple could adopt DP 2.1 in a future ASD to overcome the TB4 bandwidth limitation.
What makes you think they won’t? The ASD (or whatever a future monitor gets called) will likely have TB5 once Apple has Macs that support TB5.
DP 2.1 is part of TB5.
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You pretty much answered your own question on why Apple won't adopt DP 2.1 (at least in a form useful to multiplatform computer users).
They make TB to DP cables you know. 🙄
They also make an industry standard connection for DP2.1 which every other manufacturer in the world will likely adopt. There is really no need at all for Apple to handcuff their users in the way that they do.
OK, but you're wrong about Apple would never do that. They already did and it sucked. I owned a 30" Apple Cinema Display. Because the DP connector only carries the A/V signal it required a 2 headed hydra cable to supply both video and data to the USB ports.
I much prefer the current TB based solution that's only one cable and includes the DP 2.1 specification as a subset. I won't have to deal with multiple cables to have both video and data again. If I were to happen to have a monitor that only takes DP, its a $20-30 cable away.
That might be too big of a gulf for some people to cross, but I don't think that's unreasonable.
What you actually mean is that with the current TB based solution, you only have to run a "two-headed hydra" instead of a "three-headed hydra". You still have a separate power cable. Only difference between the Apple world and the rest of the world is that you can't remove the Apple one to get a longer one or to route it in any sensible fashion. But you can get an extension cord.
Personally, I'll take my multi-headed hydra with some proper built-in cable management since it means I can run multiple computers off of my monitors and I can route my cables so that I don't see any of them (my messy-ass closet is another story, though
)ETA: I will say this though - I do much prefer having a full power cable with the power supply built-in to the monitor (the two BenQ's) than the power-block design of the LG. While the power block does come with a very long extension on the DC side, allowing it to be routed easily, hiding the block itself under the desk is not as easy as routing a 15' or 20' power cable direct from the UPS to the monitors.
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