If even Samsung cannot do it, why would Apple do (and as we know about some extra cost for Apple brand, right)?
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Samsung Launches Updated iMac-Like Smart Monitor M8 and 49-Inch Odyssey OLED G9 Curved Gaming Monitor
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🤔... this post is pretty delusional tbh...🤔 2560x1440 in 4K is pretty "off" if you have a normal eyesight...🤔 .... performance wise, anything that involves 2D and 3D work takes a big hit 🤔...is a well-known fact among professionals...🤔....
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That definitely is one of the issues we want to test out in person. Odds are that v1 of the AVP will not come close to our current three Viewsonic pro 4K displays (>$1k each), but who knows? The displays are several years old and one of the displays is failing so we will be checking it all out. It could be use an AVP for everything but color-critical image work - - or it could be that using an AVP to replace 2D display simply is a fail. We will have to see.
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4k is absolutely sharp enough at 27-32" at the viewing distances people use for every purpose. Even doing content creation, 4k is the standard.
Not to say trained eyes/brain cannot perceive improvement with 5K, but 4K is enough.
the closest you get is the Dell 32” 6K display, but that one only has an IPS LCD display and is $3200. i suspect that the problem is that 4K displays are cheap because they are so common. Higher resolutions sell in smaller volume and don’t have the benefit of the high volume production to bring the prices down.
It will be interesting to see what price Samsung sets for their 27” 5K S9 monitor when they are finally ready.
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I had one until last week when I got a new MBP and reinstalled “everything” but I missed that one . Funny thing is, i can remember the icon but not the name of the app. 😊
Are you just mirroring your laptop display, then the studio display image will always be interpolated. If you turn off mirroring and just use the Studio Display as “looks like 2560x1440” (2x scaled) you will get the best image quality and the scaling will be fine.
exactly. monitors could last almost forever. smart BS will need sw updates - which won’t come after 2-3 years - and the entire contraption simply becomes a trojan horse. unless it’s already one of them at day 1.
Nah. You may not notice the differerence, but don't make the mistake of extrapolating your experience to others. I have a 5k 27" as my main monitor, and a 4k 27" as one of my side monitors. I run both at native 2:1 integer scaling for max sharpness. And I definitely find the 5k more pleasingly sharp. That's in part because I'm very sensitive to text sharpness, and in part because my comfortable viewing distance is a lot closer than yours.
Also, FYI, it's a power law, not an exponential: For constant aspect ratio, no. pixels ~ (side length)^2.
The difference between the two is that power laws are of the form f(x) ~ x^a, while exponentials are of the form f(x) ~ a^x, where a is a constant. I.e., with a power law, it's the value of the base that increases. With an exponential, it's the value of the exponent that increases (hence the name). That's why exponentials ultimately blow up more rapidly than power laws.
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Is this still a tn panel? Wish i could see one in person before i pull the trigger. I'm worried about viewing angles.
Who said I can't tell the difference? Did you not read the query I was replying to? I use both the 5k iMac display and several 4k displays... I can tell the difference, but it's marginal to the point where very few people care. I actually think the perceived sharpness increase is much more due to the glass display increasing contrast over the matte since that has a blurring effect.
If there was enough of a difference that people would be willing to pay, you'd see more of them on the market, would you not? 4k is the standard and is beyond sharp enough for just about everyone. 5k is just for macOS janky (and lazy) scaling, for the same reason that the 32" is 6k and the 24" is 4.5k. I've seen more people asking for the 28" 3:2 display of the Surface Studio than for 5k.
Saying it's due to an exponential increase is far more descriptive in practical use; ie. 4k only appears as "double" the resolution of 1080p but requires four times the number of pixels. This is argument for arguments' sake rather than trying to make a point on topic.
It is a VA panel in the M8. They generally have worse viewing angles than IPS, but better than TN. The benefit is VA usually has better blacks, and appear more often on TVs than monitors.
The aspect ratio is a different requirement. I would love a display with the Surface Studio panel of 4500x3000 as the squarer ratio is great for vertical content such as documents and websites, plus most relevant for me, coding. And the 192 DPI is near enough that I could use it at a Mac friendly retina 2x.
Indeed, the price is in CHF, and if compared to the price of same specked Studio Display (height adjustable stand + matte screen) it is 1000chf cheaper, or 500chf cheaper than ASD with glossy screen.
Hmm, that is very expensive monitor then. I guess I would rather get the studio for little extra
Ausie product page has been removed and rumours suggesting Sept launch now.
