Might be a shock to some iFanatics, but there are some of us who are really only concerned with how monitors look from the front, and don't really give a rat's ass about features that are already surpassed by other peripherals that we already own.
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Apple's Studio Display vs. Dell's Latest $655 27-Inch UltraSharp Monitor
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You seem confused about the performance of the human eye. Displays don't keep on getting sharper as you crank up the PPI. At some point your eyes can't tell the difference.
I have physically sat down in front of side-by-side 163 ppi, 185 ppi, and 218ppi screens. They were all very sharp. Have you?
My work bought me this monitor. It's pretty nice for what I need. Big upgrade from the old 27" cinema display I used to have. That thing was like working next to a campfire.
I like the built-in ethernet port, because I was able to get rid of a separate thunderbolt dock I used to have on my desk.
The stand is a bit wobbly, and shakes when I type.
I like the built-in ethernet port, because I was able to get rid of a separate thunderbolt dock I used to have on my desk.
The stand is a bit wobbly, and shakes when I type.
Because I'm selfish of course!
I don't like 4K because it doesn't provide enough on-screen real estate at 2X scaling. I prefer 5K for the additional pixels. However, I find the 27" size too small for 5K, unless I sit really close, but I don't like sitting that close. (I have a 5K iMac.)
For me, the sweet spot would be about 30" 5K. I know I won't get one any time soon, but it can't hurt to dream...
4K on the 30" size I'd want would not look very good fractionally scaled.
That's why I said last 5 years. A lot of the defaults were changed in 2017.
IIRC, MacBook Air 2019 defaults to 1440x900 - Not 2X scaling. <-- I don't have one on hand anymore to confirm but you can check this yourself. (We won one of these in a raffle.
However, we sold it because we didn't have a use for it.)MacBook Pro 13" 2015 defaults to 1280x800 - 2X scaling. My daughter's running it at 1440x900 though and it looks great.
MacBook 2015 defaults to 1152x720 - 2X scaling.
MacBook 2017 defaults to 1280x800 - Not 2X scaling.
Then Apple changed things again in 2021 with the MacBook Pros, by increasing the pixel densities of the screens to 254 ppi.
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While I appreciate a review of a non Apple, and relatively affordable monitor, there is no true comparison to be made as this is a 4K monitor.
There are very few 5k and 6k monitors on the market, hence the reason the prices are always so high. For those who have 5k displays, there is no going back to alert resolution.
There are very few 5k and 6k monitors on the market, hence the reason the prices are always so high. For those who have 5k displays, there is no going back to alert resolution.
At some point Apple decided to gimp the display scaling technology in their OS. Scaling 4k works perfectly fine in other OS's.
Similar experience here. As a photographer who edits photos daily the difference was noticeable the moment I sat down and started working on my images. Would never go back to a 4K display. I am looking forward to a larger 6K display in the future.
It's hard for many to understand why not everyone wants to fork over $1600 for a 7 year old panel that doesn't raise up or down like every other monitor in 2022. Folks that spend that money will defend it all day long like it was the only buying choice there was.
I actually like the deisgn of the Dell display. Definitely think it's above average for a display and the Dell logo isn't so bad being quite discreet there close to the foot of the stand.
Not that far from the Studio Display (at least in photos and videos) which also has that big hole for the cables in the stand that seems to be visible quite often, at least in videos of it. Maybe not a problem when using it and looking down at it from an angle.
Not that far from the Studio Display (at least in photos and videos) which also has that big hole for the cables in the stand that seems to be visible quite often, at least in videos of it. Maybe not a problem when using it and looking down at it from an angle.
I don’t understand why people think macOS does fractional scaling poorly… I’ve been using Retina MacBooks for years at fractional scaling and never had an issue. Same with a Mac mini and a 27’ 4K monitor.
The one thing that irritates me is Apple choice to remove sub pixel anti-aliasing. That was back in Mojave or something like that.
You could choose a fractional scaling if that is what concerns you.
Yeah, it's super frustrating.
The scaling is so much for flexible and sharper and just "better" for me on the windows side of my Hackintosh
It's not that it doesn't work, but it's not as sharp as it could/should be if you compare similar scaling sizes on the same machine+monitor in Windows
(I do this dance every night when I boot over to Windows for gaming, so I get direct and consistent exposure to the differences)
The XDR uses an array of small LEDs to produce local dimming zones. they may not be technically small enough to qualify as "mini" but it's not like it isn't a very similar technology. XDR small-LED maybe?
I hope is the camera the one with dead pixels and not the Dell monitor LOL
And for people who don't want to see a Dell logo all day while working on their monitor, they can use some of the money they saved and buy a decent VESA mount arm. Voila! No more ugly Dell logo staring at you!
And unlike some other monitor brands, you don't have to make that decision at the time of purchase, nor do you have to go to a special service center to make your monitor compatible with a VESA mount! It's all right there, in the box!
If you compare small text on those monitors, the difference is obvious right away. You can easily read text on a 218ppi screen that you cannot on a 163ppi screen.
I said yuck on Studio Display launch day too. Until Apple gets something 120Hz+ out. Just like our MacBook Pro 14 Promotion.
My work laptop is a 2020 model stuck in 60Hz output and I definitely tell the stutters.
Yes. I guess one way to look at it is that mini-LED is FALD, but FALD is not necessarily mini-LED.The XDR uses an array of small LEDs to produce local dimming zones. they may not be technically small enough to qualify as "mini" but it's not like it isn't a very similar technology. XDR small-LED maybe?
Pro XDR is FALD, but the dimming zones are not small enough to qualify as mini-LED.
Like I said, a nitpick.
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I bought the Dell monitor last month. Works very well for me.
ASD was under consideration but to expensive.
I would also have eyestrain related headaches but those too have largely disappeared.
ASD was under consideration but to expensive.
I would also have eyestrain related headaches but those too have largely disappeared.