Struggling to make a decision on 1 or 2 studio displays. I like to game a bit in spare time (couple of hours a week) and have been gaming ok on imac 2019 5k using geforce now. I don't play fps (other than half life 2 which looks great on the mac). Also I have a PS5.. so do I get 2 apple studio displays for music making (having second screen would be great for that) or 1 apple studio display and one gaming monitor 27" next to it. Would they play nice together, I dont know. So I am leaning towards the 2 ASD..
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Apple Studio Display - Owners Thread
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Until yesterday the time frame for my order was 7 April - 14 April. Today it changed to 24 May - 1 June. That is a massive delay. I ordered a few hours after the announcement on 8 March.
I’m having the same debate. I have one studio display and am thinking of getting a 2nd, but not sure how well it’ll do when I play games on my windows desktop. It’s a small amount of my time, so I’m leaning towards two ASD’s as well, but curious how trying to do a usb c to hdmi will work out
Just got the display today, does anyone else experience the screen is too yellow compare to the MacBook Pro 14 inch?
Yellow when display is OFF or yellow tint on white? If yellow tint, make sure True Tone is Disabled.
Then just play a bit with the different Color Profiles. Color wise, P3-600 Nits in ASD is the one that matches the 14" MBP P3-1600 Nits Color Profile.
I got my two displays today....all I can say is WOW. Absolutely fantastic and it makes a huge difference to have the higher resolution. It honestly feels like mini-led except the blacks are bit brighter....I do notice the low hz when moving windows around. But the text clarity and everything else makes it worth it to me. I have a USB-C hub plugged into one of the displays and it works well with my webcam/mic.
EDIT: For those thinking about 1 vs 2 displays, I think the 2 displays is really nice if you use chat apps like Slack. You can be working on things on main monitor and then use slack and other chat apps on the other.
EDIT: For those thinking about 1 vs 2 displays, I think the 2 displays is really nice if you use chat apps like Slack. You can be working on things on main monitor and then use slack and other chat apps on the other.
Wait... Did you get them from Best Buy before the 20th? I thought you said they would be ready for pickup on April 20th. Mines are still showing April 20th as the pickup date
I just hooked mine up. Boy, the colors are great. Speakers are good. I have not tried the camera yet.
15.4 is the software it comes with.
15.4 is the software it comes with.
Right called Apple, the after sale person said it's been reported before and referred me to a replacement straight away, booked an appointment for me for tomorrow morning for my local Apple Store, though he won't be able to reserve stock.
Then afterwards googled and called my local Apple Store (didn't know they have numbers I can call), and the store staff was very helpful and reserved one stock for me.
Let's hope the new one doesn't have this issue. Wish me luck.
Thank you for the tip about how to turn off the auto-panning. What a relief! Now about the sound volume...
PSA: The Apple Studio Display VESA mount does not come with VESA screws, and at least the VESA arms I have used in the past assume that the display has the screws already.
None of my previous displays come with VESA screws (all of them LG). VESA 100 uses M4 as standard thread. My Ergotron LX mounts come with M4 Quick Release screws so I don't need any screws. I might use the Ergotron Quick Release LCD bracket instead as I have a pair brand new never used. But thanks for the tip.
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Having installed countless displays and lots of VESA mounts/ arms, I can say that it's normal for the mount to include or provide the screws. Not the display. What arms are you buying that don't include screws? Ergotron, Amazon, HumanScale, Monoprice, Dell, etc.. all include screws. Often fancy ones or special knurled thumbscrews that match the mount.
Is there any IRL experience of someone having the mounts swapped by Apple? Thinking of getting a second one, and if I have two, I'd rather VESA mount them than have them on the stands...
What did you say them about the problem..I had the yellow in comparison to white on same page on mbp 14
Just got one today, it appeared on the Apple Store of this city, if finally suddenly with a 'same day' delivery $10 option.
Loving it already, plug and play, it all works as expected... compare that to a TB Display that I wanted to give to a brother of mine:
Fun fact: the display was delivered from the Apple Store by... wait for it... UberEats, did that make me laugh.
Hey, according to app.truflation.com food rate inflation is ~30% vs personal items at 5%, might start learning how to eat them then!.
Loving it already, plug and play, it all works as expected... compare that to a TB Display that I wanted to give to a brother of mine:
- He has a MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Edge Wifi (talking about escaping getting dirt for the naming conventions)
- Had to order a Gigabyte GC-Alpine-Ridge thunderbolt card (not Maple Ridge, not Titan Ridge, THAT exact model), via eBay from Taiwan (it arrived and it was a seamless positive experience).
- I actually got acquainted myself for what could be needed before doing anything.
- Open the case, hassle inside, read the manual to find the right port/cable on the motherboard
- Connect the video card output to a TB Card input (it has to be the right one, there's an order of things, output 1 goes to input 1)
- Of course, the computer gets stuck on boot, have to go to the BIOS and tinker with TB related settings until it works... kinda (no camera, no mic, speakers, no USB ports, etc yet, might never work on Windows sadly if the Studio Display is any metric).
- All of that for a grand total of TWO Type-C connectors TB ports.
Fun fact: the display was delivered from the Apple Store by... wait for it... UberEats, did that make me laugh.
Hey, according to app.truflation.com food rate inflation is ~30% vs personal items at 5%, might start learning how to eat them then!.
My nano-texture VESA mount arrives tomorrow. I’ll mirror screens and do some comparisons with my height-adjustable standard glass screen.
I’ll mirror screens and do some comparisons with my height-adjustable standard glass screen.
I got my display two days ago…. Am not sure about it. Hooked up to my macbook pro i7 (2020). I cannot seem to get UHD Netflix which is what I was hoping for. Apple Tv app does not seem to stream in 4K either. The screen is very yellow compared to my mbp, even with all True Tone and night shift off. My mbp fans go mad when streaming. Other than that the design is great, 27” is fab, but considering taking it back as I bought it mainly for movie streaming (and work: writing and some photo/vid Ed). On the fence and slightly disappointed ☹️
I do, compared to my MacBook Pro 2020 i7, and any other computer. It seems to me they've upped the warmth a lot and also the contrast, making the black too black (lack of detail), just to get a 'punchy' and warm result. Not sure about it.