I do not understand the hate for the studio display

[PegLegDreg]

I recently purchased a Studio Display 2026. It works flawlessly with both my MacBook and iPad with zero configuration and looks and sounds great. It looks cool. I thought that was the whole reason people liked Apple (it just works).

Why are people so shocked by the price of this thing? Why is it that when it comes to monitors people suddenly start saying that the Apple experience does not matter and that it is far superior to use a Samsung monitor with a thumb nub on the back that you have to use to change any settings? Bit simplistic but I’m genuinely baffled by the response to this monitor’s release considering the audience it is targeted at.

 

[jabbr]

They use to sell you a nearly identical 5K panel + an entire computer and peripherals for just a few hundred dollars more (27" iMac)

It's also just a regular, low-contrast IPS display running @ 60Hz. I say this as someone who enjoys using one every day, but I'm not going to pretend this thing is a great value at retail price or makes sense for most people.

 

[FatLouie]

Overpriced monitor, overpriced stand, average features. The ASD is marketed and priced for the elite few...not the average Apple customer. Apple has single-handedly pushed its monitor business to other manufacturers.

 

[maflynn]

Why are people so shocked by the price of this thing?

I'm not shocked by the price, Apple has clearly shown what their priority is when they charged a 1,000 dollars for a monitor stand, and 700 dollars for wheels for your mac pro (may the MP rest in peace).

As monitors go, given the price there were better alternatives that cost a lot less then what Apple is charging.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but they use an LG panel, so why not look for other monitors that use the same display panel.

 

[Hey Thomas]

I've had the Apple Studio Display since 2022, and I love it just the way it is. I wouldn't want anything else.

 

[PaulD-UK]

@maflynn “…they use an LG panel, so why not look for other monitors that use the same display panel.”

Apple get LG to build screen panels to their own specification and with their own higher standard of quality control.
So these panel’s don’t appear in other manufacturer’s products - not even LG themselves, except in the discontinued LG Ultrafine 5K, which was permitted with a different panel format, to be sold in Apple Stores up until Apple produced their own standalone display.

For LG’s new 5K/165-330 monitor they are using a BOE panel, to get the dual-mode.

 

[jz0309]

I recently purchased a Studio Display 2026. It works flawlessly with both my MacBook and iPad with zero configuration and looks and sounds great. It looks cool. I thought that was the whole reason people liked Apple (it just works).

Why are people so shocked by the price of this thing? Why is it that when it comes to monitors people suddenly start saying that the Apple experience does not matter and that it is far superior to use a Samsung monitor with a thumb nub on the back that you have to use to change any settings? Bit simplistic but I’m genuinely baffled by the response to this monitor’s release considering the audience it is targeted at.

if you are happy with it - that's all that matters.
I've had mine since later 2022 and am absolutely happy with it.

 

[turbineseaplane]

It’s a very nice monitor. It’s just pretty overpriced.