And yet, Apple already replaced iPad Prow with Tandem OLED and now, with MBP. Tandem OLED is not a regular OLED and it is meant for a long term uses such as vehicle.
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For those of you saying OLED sucks, then tell me alternative solutions and truth be told, there are none. LCD is outdated without imrproving and mini-LED still LCD based and has its own limitations while micro-LED is quite impossible. But Tandem OLED is the best tech available for high-end displays unless you wanna spend $10,000~50,000 on reference monitors with dual LCD.
Apple literally does not allow trade ins for the studio display, buddy.
And just with the last sentence you answered why LCD is not outdated :-D :-D :-D
OLED is flawed tech as i mentioned earlier. Read my previous post.
Sure OLED has its uses etc. but not for office/work screen. Hence why reference monitor exists with LCD and not OLED and why most movies are calibrated on those LCD reference monitors.
OLED is flawed tech as i mentioned earlier. Read my previous post.
Sure OLED has its uses etc. but not for office/work screen. Hence why reference monitor exists with LCD and not OLED and why most movies are calibrated on those LCD reference monitors.
What would they currently allow for a trade in? I'm not saying they will allow trade-ins of the Studio Display 1 for the Studio Display 2, but, to repeat the question, why do you assume they will not?
Micro LED TV's were showcased at CES this year.. so no it is not impossible. Also OLED burns in no matter the tech, even Apples displays do if you left a static image on for several hours a day, so OLED has traditionally been utterly useless for the working environment, even some Pro's have had burn in from tool bars in apps they use every day.
So we await to see how much better the Tandem OLED tech is at reducing burn in, it SHOULD help a lot. OLED is vastly superior at motion, for TV's, and of course contrast levels.
By the way folks, you do know you CAN buy an OLED reference monitor for circa 30K right? They have BOTH LCD and OLED tech available at that end of the market.
Yours is a very plausible theory, as the last time that LG made a high-res LCD display, it was simply a rebranded display they originally engineered for the Mac.Im guessing its the same 5k Mini LED that has been showing up at CES from LG and other brands. BIG IF is if there is a 32" model. Not sure if anything at CES matches that exactly.
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Apple Stops Selling 27-Inch LG UltraFine 5K Display
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Because there’s currently nothing to trade it in for, pal. You also can’t “trade in” an iPhone 17.
Predictions: miniLED, 120HZ, no Thunderbolt 5, more expensive than the already overpriced current model. Studio Display 1 will be discontinued.
It's weird that Apple runs from affordable to obscenely expensive on all its other product lines - desktops, laptops, phones, tablets - but draws the line at monitors. Current-gen Studio Display should stick around at $899, Studio Display 2 should keep the $1599, and the XDR Display should come down in price. Ideally they'd add a curved or ultra-wide model, too.
It's weird that Apple runs from affordable to obscenely expensive on all its other product lines - desktops, laptops, phones, tablets - but draws the line at monitors. Current-gen Studio Display should stick around at $899, Studio Display 2 should keep the $1599, and the XDR Display should come down in price. Ideally they'd add a curved or ultra-wide model, too.
Just wait especially since you currently have an M1 iMac. The current Studio Display is just bigger screen size, no real upgraded features. Also an M5 mini should be around the corner so just try to wait it out.
It would be great if Apple keep the current Studio Display while reducing the price to $999 🙂
Whatever technology Apple will use for the new Apple Studio Display - it will be very interesting, if the fans of the new Studio Display will stop running while the Mac mini is in sleep mode, like they used to do before macOS 15.4
Maybe they are not going to fix this bug in macOS, maybe the new ASD will have a external power supply, so there is no need for fans.
Maybe they are not going to fix this bug in macOS, maybe the new ASD will have a external power supply, so there is no need for fans.
They are using dual LCD cause OLED wasn't even available at that time. Besides, it consumes a lot of power and heat.
We are talking about computer monitors, not TV which is totally different.
I'm just hoping for a 32" display that isn't $5-7k. What about $2.5k Apple? Is that enough profit margins for you? If not, then I guess the LG is the one I'll get.
What about the 950 quid stand? Is that getting an update?
Im guessing its the same 5k Mini LED that has been showing up at CES from LG and other brands. BIG IF is if there is a 32" model. Not sure if anything at CES matches that exactly.
LG 27GM950B 5K Monitor Announced with a 2,304-zone Mini LED Backlight - TFTCentral
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If this is the panel they go with, I’m sure Apple will software lock the dual mode and cap frame rate when connected to a non-Apple device.
I would love to have one display for my Mac and gaming PC and being able to switch through with one simple TB cable. Instead, I have an ASD and an LG Gaming Monitor side by side. Looks hideous but what can we do…
At least we know that there is alos a panel perfect for a 8k new apple xdr pro display 2 now as well. https://wccftech.com/hkc-worlds-first-36-5-8k-miniled-monitor-peak-brightness-of-1800-nits/
This time it will be $1000 for the LG display, and $600 for the Apple tax.
Apple sure knows how to bleed their customers dry.
Can we stop with the hyperbole comments please? In what way is HDMI an inferior input standard? Macs have HDMI ports, I think Apple's monitors should have an input that matches their own computers for goodness sake.
Unless you are talking about a tandem OLED with an RGB stripe sub-pixel layout (like Apple specified for the iPad Pro) then text fringing is a problem in larger displays. Currently there is only one WOLED panel like this announced from LG Display, a 27" 4K, and ASUS is working with them to bring it to market. Just announced at CES, but still in development.
Samsung Display has also adopted this RGB stripe sub-pixel layout (Samsung is calling it "RGB OLED") for the 5th generation of QD-OLED, so all of its 2026 models in this generation will have it. However, as of today, there are no 27" 5K or 32" 6K/8K OLED panels at all. So unless Apple has designed its own 5K+ panels, then no, there is zero chance the Studio Display 2 will be OLED.
As others have already mentioned, the big news at CES was the arrival of "RGB MiniLED" (which LG is marketing as "Micro RGB" and which should not be confused with MicroLED). This is the alternative, interim solution, and the world's first monitor to use it, the HKC M10 Ultra, a 32" 4K, was in the show and will launch later this year.
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It is not correct for WCCF Tech to say that it is the world’s first 8K MiniLED — a 32" with 4,032 zones already exists in the ASUS ProArt PA32KCX, available today for a mere $8,799 …
They’ve been working on that for a while. Here is the first HKC press release (December 2024):
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