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CES 2023: Dell Looks to Take on Apple's Pro Display XDR With New 32-Inch 6K Display That Has a Built-In 4K Webcam and Included Stand
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Combining my post above: it's like what would happen if Boris Karloff and Mike Wazowski had a baby.
I can't believe how amazing this looks in terms of specs, yet how outrageously ugly it looks in its physical design. Wow.
Two speakers that are actually pointing directly at the user who is suppose to be the primary target of the sound.
Instead of blasting the sound down at the desk where the user isn't present at all.
Which one is less purposeful ?
A contributing factor to why most monitor speaker output "sucks" is that it is oriented in the wrong direction.
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Dell is looking to take head-on Apple's $4,999 Pro Display XDR with a new 32-inch 6K UltraSharp display that has a built-in 4K webcam, a variety of ports, and an included stand that rotates, swivels, tilts, and more.
I think Dell is copying a page from the XDR marketing playbook far more than trying to go 'head-to-head' with the XDR product itself. When Apple introduced the XDR they did a ton of comparisons against a $40K reference monitor. A big part of that tactic was to try to price anchor the XDR pricing expectations against that $40K monitor instead of the old 30" Apple Cinema Display ( around ~$3K). Compared to the $40K display a stand for $999 is reasonable. Compared to a $2K display that is close to 50% (i.e., not so reasonable).
The longer Dell can get folks to chatter about $6K and $4K that the easier the $2,599 (or so) price will go down. As oppose to the mainstream monitor folks who think that $600-900 is a high end monitor pricing.
This is less about HDR super dark blacks with no blooming than the XDR is versus the $40K reference monitor. Price wise it is going to be close to the Studio Display with adjustable stand and matte coating. It covers 100% sRGB space extremely well ( the higher contrast is going to improve the 'sharpness' perception in a wide variety of cases along with the pixel density ). It also has enough HDR to decently watch some content if necessary ( not master edit it ).
The $1,599 27" U3234QZ this is basically leveraged from has about 7 backlight zones. This one probably is not some huge revolutionary leap over that ( more because have 40% more screen area to cover). However, nothing like 1,000's of zones of the XDR. Or Apple's mini-LED solutions.
There are a subset of folks who buy the XDR more so for pixels area and text/2D usages more so than high end HDR content. This probably limited intersection is where there will be overlap. The XDR in that context is a gross overspend, but there were not any other choices. Folks with excess disposable income (or effectively spending other people's money; company/clients/etc buys it for them) dumping money on XDR when it really not prudent at all. This Dell product will give them better options.
If peeling off folks who prudently shouldn't have bought the XDR in first is 'competing' with the XDR then in that odd ball sense it does. The XDR wasn't well serving those folks in the first place though.
I don't think Dell is discouraging those comparisons. They make just enough assertions about what it does do "better closer" , 'IPS Black" , etc. to give the tech press folks enough rope 'hang' themselves when throw in a 'kicker' that the pixel resolution is in the same range (a bit better) than the XDR. Ta da all of a sudden.... it is an XDR competitor , 'killer'.
When the XDR was initially introduced it wasn't a pre-approved 6K colour monitor. Apple does win the contest of who cranked up the reality distortion field the highest here. They got on stage and said all the wild inferences themselves. But Dell didn't have to sales pitch a $999 stand either.
someone hit that monitor's forehead with an enchanted dark iron rod for sure. It is swollen pretty bad.
I could not disagree more. I like to have everything built-in. The experience is so much better.
Nice forehead!
Or maybe it's mounted upside down and it's really the chin.
Or maybe it's mounted upside down and it's really the chin.
Can M-series iPads output to this monitor at full resolution? Trying to do the bandwidth calculations, it seems so for the iPad Pros with Thunderbolt 3 (~27Gbps)…
Well at least they included a stand with it. That web cam looks a little intimidating. Lol
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(Assuming MacOS recognises the display and drives it at its native resolution - if not, forget it)...
Depends what you mean by "scale perfectly" - the PPI is only ~2% higher than the Apple displays so default system text, icons etc. will be a few percent smaller - probably not noticeable. So if you're happy with the UI size on Apple displays you'll probably be happy with this and shouldn't have to use fractional "scaled mode" to make it bigger/smaller.
We'll only find out for sure when someone gets their hands on one...
I used to care more about bezels and cameras on top and "looks" ... until I realized that I never care about any of that once I have a monitor in use.
The rest of the thing outside the screen basically just disappears into the periphery for me.
The rest of the thing outside the screen basically just disappears into the periphery for me.
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...I guarantee that the audio experience will not be better than a half-decent external speaker setup (and that doesn't mean going into audiophile golden ear mumbo-jumbo territory)... and for those of us who like dual display setups, no, having two webcams doesn't improve the experience. Nor does having a 140W power supply (or two) that your desktop Mac can't use. But, please, buy lots of them anyway and help push the price down
Pricing it about the same as Apple older XDR display doesn't do Dell any favors. This is whats wrong with the monitor marketplace.
I can't go back to a monitor without those things. I do hope someone makes the display you're looking for.
Unfortunately, the XDR does not either. See:
This display has a significantly higher native contrast ratio than any Apple LCD ever. 2000:1 is nearly twice the contrast ratio of the Studio display (though it will probably be a bit lower than 2000:1 when properly calibrated). Only the XDR, 12.9" iPad, and 14" and 16" MacBook Pro surpass the contrast ratio by using mini-LED backlighting.
Apple's PPI specs vary by a few PPI. That's not really a significant difference. (though I guess it may be a bit annoying if you want to put two different displays side by side.)
My first thought too. All my dell displays have a clean and rather minimalist design, this thing.... what were they thinking?
EDIT: if the camera's optional like a number of folks have said then I guess no skin off my nose. No idea why someone would ever opt to stick that camera on their display then though
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Glad to see competition, especially for the XDR. But man, Dell has the fantastic skills of creating the ugliest monitors. lol
you know what the depressing thing is? making the camera bigger actually makes it look *better*, the proportions make more sense