The wait is over…what display are you getting now?

[satchmo]

Many said they’d wait for an Apple display. Well that long awaited display has finally arrived. Does this change your plans?
Are you going to bite the bullet and drop $1600?

Or perhaps lower your sights and spend $800 for a 4K Dela Ultrasharp or Huawei MateView?

 

[Fravin]

I was hoping for a good offering from Apple. The fact it runs iOS was a deal breaker to me.
Yesterday I bought a LG 4K 32" display. Sheer display.

Oh, it even got speakers, a good pair, in fact.

That's what should do. A good display with speakers. But it made a full system running full software just to work as a display. Not for me.

 

[Romain_H]

Many said they’d wait for an Apple display. Well that long awaited display has finally arrived. Does this change your plans?
Are you going to bite the bullet and drop $1600?

I won‘t; but its not because of it being expensive.

Its about size - 27“ is far too small for my liking. 37“ and we talk…

 

[BotchQue]

I bit the bullet the day after. Delivery is set for mid-May, so I've got some time to waffle. I've seen on the 'net a lot of reasons to go with it, and a lot of reasons to get something else. Pass the syrup.

 

[TomHyphen]

I’ve ordered Studio Display but also have an 8 week wait ?

 

[tdbrown75]

Picked up the Studio Display with the adjustable height stand on launch day at my local Apple Store. I'm thrilled with it, finally back to a quality Apple display with a resolution no one else can touch (except those plastic LGs). Planning to keep this display for many years.

Tim

 

[DrCC]

I am about to get the Huawei MateView 28.2" 3:2 4K 3840 x 2560p IPS 10bit 500nits

The 3:2 aspect ratio can't be beat for productivity and at $850 CAD / $675 USD it is cheap compared to the Studio Display. It looks good too with an all aluminum case, built in speakers and an adjustable stand (height and angle). The only thing missing is the webcam, but that can be added later with the cash saved from not buying a Studio Display.
The major downside for people in the USA is that it might be difficult to find in the stores because of the brand Huawei. It is available in Canada though so you might be able to have it shipped over.

Huawei MateView video

 

[satchmo]

I am about to get the Huawei MateView 28.2" 3:2 4K 3840 x 2560p IPS 10bit 500nits

The 3:2 aspect ratio can't be beat for productivity and at $850 CAD / $675 USD it is cheap compared to the Studio Display. It looks good too with an all aluminum case, built in speakers and an adjustable stand (height and angle). The only thing missing is the webcam, but that can be added later with the cash saved from not buying a Studio Display.
The major downside for people in the USA is that it might be difficult to find in the stores because of the brand Huawei. It is available in Canada though so you might be able to have it shipped over.

Price wise, you could buy 2 of these for the price of one Studio Display.

One downside to this display compared to say the Dell Ultrasharp is the inability to rotate the display. But with a 3:2 aspect ratio, the orientation isn’t that much of a difference.

And if I’m nit-picking (which I am), why is the bottom bezel a fraction thicker. That said, they are pretty thin overall and even thinner than Apple’s XDR monitor.

 

[DrCC]

And if I’m nit-picking (which I am), why is the bottom bezel a fraction thicker.

So you can still have an area to attach some sticky Post-it notes ? ?

 

[MayaTlab]

Many said they’d wait for an Apple display. Well that long awaited display has finally arrived. Does this change your plans?
Are you going to bite the bullet and drop $1600?

It won't suit what I'm feverishly looking for at the moment (which is a display with high contrast ratio and large colour gamut for darker environments). But if it had featured a 500+ zones local dimming backlighting similar to the XDR display I think that I'd have bought it nonetheless (this type of backlighting will be available this year on a plethora of 32" displays well below the $2000 mark so the hardware for this limited amount of zones is no longer that expensive), if only because I find it difficult to go back to regular IPS displays after using screens with better contrast ratios, and because I trust Apple quite a good deal more than other brands to implement the local dimming algorithm decently well. I'd have happily paid $2000-2500 for that for the VESA version.

Right now I'm mostly looking into OLED (or even better QD OLED) monitors, lots of upcoming options in late 2022 / early 2023.

2022 is shaping up like a very interesting year for displays !

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

Great resolution and design, but really mediocre specifications otherwise, so I'll pass at that price. I want 120 Hz, ultra wide and higher contrast. So far I am looking at the Alienware AW3423DW, but I have time to wait, as I won't be getting one until the M2 Mac Studio is out.

 

[Royksöpp]

I'm waiting on my Studio Display. I believe It's going to be a worthwhile investment in the long run.

 

[GalileoSeven]

When my iMac goes, I'll do some cursory browsing of the 5K market, but will more than likely step down to a 4K monitor (and M1 Mini). Can't justify the price tag of the studio for just casual/mainstream use now.

 

[Puonti]

Right now the Studio Display is the top contender for me, but I'm not in a rush. I can set up the Mac Studio through a projector, then run it headless until I figure out the display side of things. I do a great deal of my personal computing on an iPad Pro these days so I can wait.