I almost got one of these until I read about a hardware defect where a circuit or something or other burns out after about a year if you use the brightness above 40%. Was quite wide spread, apparently. If you search on Reddit, you’ll find a ton of examples of people discussing it.
Yes, my primary use is photography. It keeps a roof over my head, so everything else is secondary. I need great resolution, a wide color space, plenty of contrast and the ability to regularly ensure that my monitor's colors are calibrated. I'm not into gaming so having the highest refresh rate isn't a primary need for me.
Heh. I bought one of these a couple of years ago for CA$100 (~US$75).Can you believe it, that price is cheaper than the price I paid for my 23 inch Apple cinema display.
While the screen technology is now dated, the design is still nicer looking than 99% of the monitors out there.From the standpoint of "Retina" (ie. unresolvable individual pixels), the vast majority of people wouldn't actually have to sit back any further at 5K 30", since people don't sit as close as 16" from a desktop screen. However, the difference here is default text sizing. To get the same perceived text size at native 5K resolution on a 27" vs a 30" monitor, you need to sit back perhaps an inch or two for the 30". However, I actually prefer the incrementally larger default text sizing of 5K 30". I find the text sizing on my 5K 27" iMac a touch small at its 218 ppi, and found myself leaning uncomfortably forward at times to compensate. In contrast, I thought the text sizing of the 2.5K 2560x1600 30" Apple Cinema HD Display at 101 ppi to be just about perfect. Text sizing on a 5120x3200 30" display would be the exact same size, but Retina at 201 ppi.
Not happening. It's 5K, not 4K. No one makes a 5K screen under $1000 and Apple seemingly doesn't want to offer 4K anymore. Likely because it wouldn't be retina resolution anymore.
I happen to really enjoy a 32" monitor as I couldn't wait for Apple. Though this is 4k, it works amazingly well for me between day to day stuff, photo restoration and movies. I had long ago the Cinema Display. It doesn't compare to some of the offering of 30-32 inches of today. Perhaps a 30" iMac will come around.
Thats not happening til thunderbolt 5
This was a regular discount price for the studio display on amazon this time last year
Nah, the VESA mount version for $1299 plus a nice monitor arm is both more flexible and cheaper.
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I think Apple generally targets ~218ppi on their desktop monitor. So regardless of marketing, there is a real threshold Apple is seeking. The iMac 4.5K, ASD, and XDR all have 218ppi.
I am like 50/50 on if this is a joke but, honestly ... yea. For context I have long wanted to sub my secondary LG Ultrafine for a second Studio Display as very much a "nice to have" sort of musing (I'd either pass it on to my partner for her daily use, or sell.)
