My understanding is macOS needs 4K or higher to look right, and then interface elements look like they’re 1080p or whatever in terms of size, but they’re more detailed. I don’t totally understand what people mean, but hopefully text and the interface will be crisp and not too small if I get a 4K or higher resolution monitor.
I just can’t see getting a regular Apple Studio Display because it lacks HDR. I mean objectively it’s maybe not a bad idea for me but…I want HDR and that’s a lot of money for bad contrast and no HDR.
The price on the XDR is nuts of course, but is supposed to have good sound quality, good everything except maybe the response time is slow (I’m hoping it’s good enough).
But…the lack of even dual I outs or an hdmi input is kinda meh.
I want to be able to attach an Apple TV or PlayStation or switch or windows pc or whatever…
But what the heck else would I get? I need mini LED or I guess OLED. OLED I’m worried about burn in or just not being bright enough. There’s a few tandem OLED monitors, I guess.
This guy almost seems pretty good, the only LG tandem monitor I could find, which at least is brighter than most OLEDs.
It’s basically an extra wide 32” monitor…not sure if the curve would drive me nuts since I’d be using it sometimes close up, sometimes across the room while doing dishes or cooking.
Maybe there’s something quality cheaper.
Not sure if the speakers on that lg or anything else are any good.
I’ve got a 12 year old 24” 1080p IPS with beats speakers, 300nits which just gets the job done during a bright day at 100%, and the speakers are just good enough. Like not bad, don’t compare to my Samsung TV.
Any ideas? It’s a ton of money no matter what, I’d really rather have the ability to hook up other devices, like an AppleTV so I can use a remote while watching stuff, or if I decide I can’t stand macOS.
Heeeeeelp 😬
Honestly there’s probably 43” TVs that would get the job done, but 43” 16:9 is maybe too big, and I’d need a vesa mount thingee to slow it to tilt up and down, sometimes I could tilt it up a bit like my current monitor is.
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Maybe something like this or an LG or Sony equivalent would make sense.
Maybe kinda gigantic, and I’d have to see if I could use it okay without the ability to tilt, and if not attempt to attach a vesa mount thingee (I guess they’re less than $100) and otherwise it’s probably near perfect for what I want…
Ugh. Apple, why not just give us a freaking hdmi port lol
I just can’t see getting a regular Apple Studio Display because it lacks HDR. I mean objectively it’s maybe not a bad idea for me but…I want HDR and that’s a lot of money for bad contrast and no HDR.
The price on the XDR is nuts of course, but is supposed to have good sound quality, good everything except maybe the response time is slow (I’m hoping it’s good enough).
But…the lack of even dual I outs or an hdmi input is kinda meh.
I want to be able to attach an Apple TV or PlayStation or switch or windows pc or whatever…
But what the heck else would I get? I need mini LED or I guess OLED. OLED I’m worried about burn in or just not being bright enough. There’s a few tandem OLED monitors, I guess.
This guy almost seems pretty good, the only LG tandem monitor I could find, which at least is brighter than most OLEDs.
It’s basically an extra wide 32” monitor…not sure if the curve would drive me nuts since I’d be using it sometimes close up, sometimes across the room while doing dishes or cooking.
Maybe there’s something quality cheaper.
Not sure if the speakers on that lg or anything else are any good.
I’ve got a 12 year old 24” 1080p IPS with beats speakers, 300nits which just gets the job done during a bright day at 100%, and the speakers are just good enough. Like not bad, don’t compare to my Samsung TV.
Any ideas? It’s a ton of money no matter what, I’d really rather have the ability to hook up other devices, like an AppleTV so I can use a remote while watching stuff, or if I decide I can’t stand macOS.
Heeeeeelp 😬
Honestly there’s probably 43” TVs that would get the job done, but 43” 16:9 is maybe too big, and I’d need a vesa mount thingee to slow it to tilt up and down, sometimes I could tilt it up a bit like my current monitor is.
Edit:
Maybe something like this or an LG or Sony equivalent would make sense.
Maybe kinda gigantic, and I’d have to see if I could use it okay without the ability to tilt, and if not attempt to attach a vesa mount thingee (I guess they’re less than $100) and otherwise it’s probably near perfect for what I want…
Ugh. Apple, why not just give us a freaking hdmi port lol
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