Two More Studio Display 2 Upgrades Leaked in New Report

[HVDynamo]

The only camera enhancements this thing needs is ... getting a better camera. I don't understand why a monitor needs an A19 chip. Feels like marketing.

My guess is the chip is a binned version that isn't good enough for the other products that use it (may have more cores disabled or something). Makes it perfect for something like this where they needed a chip, and might happen to have a bunch of these otherwise useless binned chips.

 

[PaulD-UK]

@Vincent Hanna "There aren't two 14" MacBook Pros..."
Yes there are, a single fan base model, then a Pro SoC, then Max.

Two identical Mac minis, base/Pro, two more or less identical Studios.
Same as it ever was.

 

[Pezimak]

The chances are they WILL update the 27" monitor with LG's new panel it showed at CES, and they will launch a new 32" version of the same design.

BUT they COULD release 2 27" models, because these days Apple rumours end up usually being accurate... and they do still sell a mouse you can't use when charging it 🤣

 

[switz]

No need for any new monitors. But might turn a kind eye in the direction of M5 generation of MacStudio. My M1 Ultra Studio (128GB & 8TB SSD) is matching my 16" MacBook Pro Max (128GB & 8TB SSD) for photo work, but single core actions are much slower on the M1 than the M4 family of processors.

Staying with what Apple gear we have is also a good choice this year as my adventure into a Leica M-11 camera with six prime lenses vacuumed most of my idle cash.

 

[joshuakrey]

Will I be able to connect my PS5 to it? If not - still not for me.

 

[warriors2017]

ASD 27" 90Hz $799
ASD 27" 120Hz with camera $1099

 

[platinumaqua]

I could more easily justify the Apple Tax if the screen is 16:10

 

[theluggage]

So the point was, that there isn't a large market for an Apple 5k monitor in the PC world. Thanks for confirming. I was disagreeing with someone claiming Apple was missing the market by not trying to appeal via an added HDMI port.

I primarily use Macs, but the lack of a second input port (doesn't have to be HDMI although that would do the trick) is still one of the deal-breakers of the Studio Display for me because I have other devices that - from time to time - I want to connect to a display, preferably without having to unplug my main Mac first.

Maybe not everybody needs that - but in my experience all but the cheapest, lowest-quality third party displays have multiple video inputs and some way of switching between them. Just not Apple.

 

[theluggage]

— TB 5 HUB with TB5 downstream would be a major update, basically would save me 400€ for a hub
...
— NVME slot(s) in the display corpus, ideally with RAID
...
— integrated LAN 10Gig (as with iMac24)

Except... bear in mind that, even with TB5, bandwidth is not infinite (esp. with multiple devices trying to share it) and a 5k or 6k display with higher refresh rates and higher dynamic range takes a lot. Running your display, your high-performance RAID SSD and your 10Gbps off the same, single TB controller - leaving 2-3 controllers unused on your Mac - doesn't sound like the most effective setup.

 

[Bryan Bowler]

Give me a 32” 6K Studio Display that is reasonable in price and I’m buying two of them guaranteed along with a top-spec’d Mac Studio.

 

[IvyKing]

Good upgrades would be:

— integrated LAN 10Gig (as with iMac24)

The Studio Display comes with an integrated 5G Ethernet port. I found that out when looking at the Ethernet settings on my Mini, saw the 10G port on the Mini, the 1G port on the Thunderbolt Display and wondered what in the heck was this 5G Ethernet port. When using the ASD with a Mac Mini, or a Mac Studio or a Mac Pro, the computer's internal Ethernet would be be my first choice, but the Ethernet port would be very handy when used with a laptop.

 

[Tagbert]

Because I don't want an ugly gigantic webcam above the display, therefore ruining to overall aesthetics.

We got a 4K LG monitor for my spouse and it has a webcam that attaches magnetically and there are small contacts on the top of the monitor. You can just pop it on and off as needed. I like the idea.

 

[lilkwarrior]

32", it's about time! Since there are now so many third-party 6K 32" displays. Paired with a Mac Mini? Have a slot for it to plug into the Thunderbolt 5 port on the monitor? And you have new iMac 32".

…The Pro Display XDR exists for over six years offering high PPi at 32” with actual quality HDR unlike the existing Studio Display

 

[lilkwarrior]

Wouldn’t surprise me to see them mothball the Pro XDR display and revert to this two-tier Studio Display offering.

Nobody is spending 6000 euro on the former display, but spending around 2.5k or the equivalent price as the Mac Studio to marry it to, isn’t that difficult to justify.

…You mean modest computer users which aren’t the target audience of Apple’s prosumer monitor business:

Like other prosumer monitors, such prices has stood up and aged well in the prosumer and up monitor market. There isn’t a better 6K prosumer monitor that outclasses the pro Display XDR.

Asus ProArt series and others have more expensive monitors for many years that are of higher resolution but inferior HDR performance such as Asus’s $8600 32” 8K ProArt monitor with 1000 sustained brightness + 1200 peak nits with Dolby Vision.

Thunderbolt 5 enables 6K@120hz with 12-bit color at that. Apple can charge $5000 and more to fly off shelves for the target audience it’s primarily for.

There’s plenty of mediocre mainstream monitor prices Apple isn’t interesting white labeling with their brand to appease normies.

 

[lilkwarrior]

We got a 4K LG monitor for my spouse and it has a webcam that attaches magnetically and there are small contacts on the top of the monitor. You can just pop it on and off as needed. I like the idea.

The Pro Display XDR already does this and also made to be far lighter and compact with its build quality.

Logitech specifically made a Web cam for the Pro Display to connect to it in such a way.

 

[G5isAlive]

I primarily use Macs, but the lack of a second input port (doesn't have to be HDMI although that would do the trick) is still one of the deal-breakers of the Studio Display for me because I have other devices that - from time to time - I want to connect to a display, preferably without having to unplug my main Mac first.

Maybe not everybody needs that - but in my experience all but the cheapest, lowest-quality third party displays have multiple video inputs and some way of switching between them. Just not Apple.

I have other devices too, that have their own display technology. I am one of those people that buy not on the 5% outlier cases (like other devices to plug in from time to time), but for what I use a device for 95% of the time, like use my monitor with my computer. I read all the time people say they buy the smaller size MacBook (air, or pro), instead of the larger because they can use the smaller on a plane easier than the larger. But very few people spend more than 5% of their time in the air. so what gives? I buy the larger laptop because its better for the majority of the time.

but okay, rule out things based on outlier cases, you do you. Does it really surprise you that Apple does things differently from some cheap no name company? Apple's design language is simple and strong. That's my experience. I dont expect it to try to be like the cheaper want a be's.

 

[fastasleep]

A boost to the current 60Hz refresh rate can make videos and scrolling look smoother to the eye.

Uhhh... Why would it make videos look smoother? Video is usually 30 or 60 fps.

 

[H_D]

Except... bear in mind that, even with TB5, bandwidth is not infinite (esp. with multiple devices trying to share it) and a 5k or 6k display with higher refresh rates and higher dynamic range takes a lot. Running your display, your high-performance RAID SSD and your 10Gbps off the same, single TB controller - leaving 2-3 controllers unused on your Mac - doesn't sound like the most effective setup.

That why I wrote about going crazy. Most of the wishlist will not happen.
Still it would be awesome to have a single cable solution for MBP and Display.

 

[AF_APPLETALK]

I'm starting to get burn-in on the upper left and right corners of my Studio Display

 

[Ethosik]

Because I don't want an ugly gigantic webcam above the display, therefore ruining to overall aesthetics.

I don’t want a built in webcam I can’t physically control and turn off. A dedicated webcam is only connected when I need it. No spying possible.

 

[G5isAlive]

I don’t want a built in webcam I can’t physically control and turn off. A dedicated webcam is only connected when I need it. No spying possible.

Tape is your friend. Problem solved. Put the apple logo on it 🙂

 

[callibrate]

Can you remove the plug finally?

 

[lovehateapple]

I get that thunderbolt is great in that it's got a lot of bandwidth and can deliver power, but it would be nice to have at least one HDMI port. Preferably two or three. There are computers out there that don't have thunderbolt ports. Put a couple of HDMI ports on there and it'll most likely be an instant buy for me.

There are cables / adapters that would allow you to connect an hdmi out to thunderbolt in if the new Studio Displays don't have hdmi ports. I gotta believe they will have at least one hdmi in, though.

 

[lovehateapple]

I am curious if Studio Displays will eventually have touch screens since MacOS is apparently going to support touch screen capability. (I'm not saying I want touch screen macs.)

I would love to see FaceID built into the Studio Display as well.

 

[Tagbert]

There are cables / adapters that would allow you to connect an hdmi out to thunderbolt in if the new Studio Displays don't have hdmi ports. I gotta believe they will have at least one hdmi in, though.

it will certainly be a Thunderbolt in. Very unlikely that they all any other inputs. Apple sees a monitor as a one computer kind of peripheral and that one computer should be a Mac. I’d like multiple inputs so I can switch between a Mac Mini and an MBA, but even that seems to be beyond where they want to go.