iMac With 10-Core M4 Chip Supports 8K Display at 60Hz [Updated]

[cfc]

I use a 40” Dell widescreen which is essentially a 32” 4K display that has been stretched to be a third wider (5120 pixels wide instead of 3840). It‘s a great size/shape so I would love to see the same done with the 6k XDR to make a 40” widescreen with XDR pixel density.

It wouldn’t be full 8k because only the width is stretched, but if that means that it could be even wider then that would be even better. I don’t need a taller display but slightly wider would make it perfect.

I probably wouldn’t be able to afford it but I would love to see it!

 

[JippaLippa]

8K at 120Hz??
Wow, that's pretty cool.

 

[the future]

I use a 40” Dell widescreen which is essentially a 32” 4K display that has been stretched to be a third wider (5120 pixels wide instead of 3840). It‘s a great size/shape so I would love to see the same done with the 6k XDR to make a 40” widescreen with XDR pixel density.

It wouldn’t be full 8k because only the width is stretched, but if that means that it could be even wider then that would be even better. I don’t need a taller display but slightly wider would make it perfect.

I probably wouldn’t be able to afford it but I would love to see it!

I would like this, too, but ultrawide displays are a niche, and Apple doesn‘t do niche.

 

[Bustycat]

8K at 120Hz??
Wow, that's pretty cool.

No more

 

[Student of Life]

Hello sir, it happens.
The Studio Display is a great display (never understood the hate against it), I got two of them and didn’t look back.

If it makes you that uncomfortable, then you could just return it (if you got the option) but guaranteed those will be a whole lot more expensive not to mention the need to also buy an M4+ Mac.

The hate, dislike comes from the display being basically the same display spec for spec as the one released 10 years ago. The only difference is 100 nits in brightness and now you dont get a computer. Paying top dollar for basically the same screen released 10 years ago is questionable if one is being honest. Remember in that time frame we have had vast advancements in screen technology, we have promotion, 120 fps+, HDR, and OLED screens and screen brightness more than doubled from 500 nits. The Studio display has none of those advancements and commands a premium price.

 

[DaveEcc]

The hate, dislike comes from the display being basically the same display spec for spec as the one released 10 years ago. The only difference is 100 nits in brightness and now you dont get a computer. Paying top dollar for basically the same screen released 10 years ago is questionable if one is being honest. Remember in that time frame we have had vast advancements in screen technology, we have promotion, 120 fps+, HDR, and OLED screens and screen brightness more than doubled from 500 nits. The Studio display has none of those advancements and commands a premium price.

My hate dislike for it comes from it being a single computer Mac-only display. I'd have no problem picking it up as a quality 5K display if I could also connect my work Dell laptop to it. Proprietary volume and brightness controls that only work for Mac, and no second video input make it a hard no. I need to replace my 27" iMac, and if I'm buying a separate monitor and a Mac Mini, then I want the benefits of buying a separate monitor. The Studio display stubbornly refuses to work like the rest of the monitor market.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I need to replace my 27" iMac, and if I'm buying a separate monitor and a Mac Mini, then I want the benefits of buying a separate monitor. The Studio display stubbornly refuses to work like the rest of the monitor market.

Yeah, it's really frustrating.

Apple has a monitor strategy that's about 20 years out of date at this point.

Add a bloody 2nd input and make the very expensive monitors much more useful for people

 

[ignatius345]

WE NEED A 32 INCH IMAC WITH THE M4 MAX CHIP AND 32 GB OF RAM..

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR NEEDS MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED WITH A SPEC'ED OUT MINI OR MAC STUDIO, AND A THIRD-PARTY MONITOR

 

[SnooChickens6278]

Hello sir, it happens.
The Studio Display is a great display (never understood the hate against it), I got two of them and didn’t look back.

If it makes you that uncomfortable, then you could just return it (if you got the option) but guaranteed those will be a whole lot more expensive not to mention the need to also buy an M4+ Mac.

Hope you're right. But we don't know that an m4 mac is required yet. It's still too early. I just bought the studio display a month ago. So I'm beyond the return period. I did save a few hundred on it though by buying it open box. So it doesn't sting as hard. But still. It's a big investment to make if it is potentially at the end of its life cycle. I like to have the latest and best. It's the price we pay. So, when the do announce the new display, which after seeing that the new mac mini has thunderbolt 5 I see a new display release being imminent. I still have the box for my studio display so we'll see what happens.

 

[Chuckeee]

As far as I understood the human eye isn’t capable of seeing any difference over 4k so effectively 8k will just look the same anyway. Not sure how much truth there was to that though?

What the eye can see is based on dpi and viewing distance. An 8k display would be useful if the additional pixels are used to increase the physical size of the display (while retaining the same viewing distance).

 

[amartinez1660]

My hate dislike for it comes from it being a single computer Mac-only display. I'd have no problem picking it up as a quality 5K display if I could also connect my work Dell laptop to it. Proprietary volume and brightness controls that only work for Mac, and no second video input make it a hard no. I need to replace my 27" iMac, and if I'm buying a separate monitor and a Mac Mini, then I want the benefits of buying a separate monitor. The Studio display stubbornly refuses to work like the rest of the monitor market.

As an extra sample point, not saying that your points aren’t valid, but I happen to use one of the Studio Display I got as a plug and play docking station for a ROG Ally Windows handheld, not the latest one that came out even, but the first “Z1 Extreme”.

The device doesn’t even say nor promotes that it supports TB4 or similar but it works like if it were an iPad or any other Apple device: connected Screens peripherals like mouse and keyboard are detected, the camera/mic/speakers from the Studio Display are all detected. Charges the handheld and all.

Granted, can’t connect a Nintendo Switch to it though.

I think the main problem happens from the shown stubbornness of the PC world to not adopt Thunderbolt (or if adopted, it seems not properly) on laptops nor desktops motherboards, which has been around for well over a decade on MacBooks for example.

 

[macbookj0e]

What the eye can see is based on dpi and viewing distance. An 8k display would be useful if the additional pixels are used to increase the physical size of the display (while retaining the same viewing distance).

I see thanks, well here’s looking forward to 100” monitors 😂

 

[Pressure]

I see thanks, well here’s looking forward to 100” monitors 😂

32-inch 8K displays are already on the market and 4K HiDPI (retina mode) on them looks fabulous due to the very high 279 Pixels Per Inch (PPI).

 

[ericwn]

Who needs 120hz on a MAC? Are you using Mac's as gaming PC's?

State of the tech. What justifies having old tech? Feel free to stick to lower quality and pretend you don’t see a difference , nobody forces a new purchase.