Two New Apple Displays Nearing Mass Production, May Launch This Year

[Agent007]

I don't mind overpaying for these because there are no other glossy monitors out there that work as well with Macs, but stop gouging us on the stand prices!!

"I don't mind overpaying" 🤦‍♂️

J427/J527 prediction: One is the current 27" Studio w/ upgraded chip ONLY and start price dropped to $1,299. The other is a new 27" 5k w/ TB5, 90hz panel. $2,499 + $499 for the box lol.

As for alternative inputs or non-16:9 aspect ratios? FORGET ABOUT IT.

 

[btrach144]

Hoping for pro motion and hdr support. Don’t really care if it’s 27” or 32”. Don’t really care about much else. The Studio Display is good. It just needs better than 60hz and it needs hdr support (actually usable hdr and not just edge lit LED LCD panel).

 

[fathergll]

Please Apple make it multiple inputs. Double TH5, HDMI, DisplayPort whatever works best for you but stop assuming people only want to use their monitor for a single Mac.

Won't happen. Apple isn't in the display business and these displays are basically Apple accessories for Apple products. They are not selling these displays with the intention of users hooking them up to their PC or anything besides Apple products.

 

[Jeeve Stubbs]

One of the two is probably the Studio Display indeed. Maybe the other one refers to the iMac's monitor? After four years, it would make sense and there are certainly some specifications that could be improved. That said, if I had to choose, refreshing the XDR's specs would have priority over the iMac.

 

[SlaveToSwift]

120 Hz. Otherwise, the monitor will be outdated before it even hits the market.

Apple should not try to sugarcoat 90 Hz in any way. Meanwhile, 32" and high-quality 4K miniLED monitors can already offer 240 Hz.

Stick to gaming in your moms basement, you won't be able to afford one.

 

[AudiA4]

Here's hoping Apple will release a 32" 6K monitor that brings the price point down to a reasonable level (NOT $5,000).

 

[Agent007]

Here's hoping Apple will release a 32" 6K monitor that brings the price point down to a reasonable level (NOT $5,000).

A few days ago I was thinking about the old 30" ACD from 2004 and thought the price was $1,999. I was thinking "man, Apple has gotten so ridiculous with everything." I just looked it up - it was $3,299 (around $5,500 today). It was lowered to $2,999 in 2005 but their displays have always been expensive and rarely updated.

Apple isn't in the display business and these displays are basically Apple accessories for Apple products

The #1 reason for Apples lack of focus on monitors historically and currently. I think they would've stopped altogether if not for the Mac-vs-PC era - the public perception that Macs were using "monitors from PCs" would've been bad for their image, especially in the stores.

Also, a "matching" monitor was a bigger deal when a "desktop" couldn't easily be hidden away (not just due to size but also because of a need to access ports or floppy, CD, DVD drives).

 

[Airmk]

Won't happen. Apple isn't in the display business and these displays are basically Apple accessories for Apple products. They are not selling these displays with the intention of users hooking them up to their PC or anything besides Apple products.

I get your point but at the end of the day Apple wants to sell as much Studio Display as possible. Supporting multiple inputs would make it a better product and would definitely help sell more units.

That said, I don’t think it’ll happen either, unfortunately. I do think Apple is making a mistake by being this stubborn.

 

[thenewepic]

I think that is pretty much standard now in this class of Retina type monitors

HDR doesn't make any sense on panel that doesn't support local dimming (i.e. non-miniLED or non-OLED). And almost all of retina monitors (for exception of Apple XDR display) don't have miniLED or OLED panel.

J427 could be an update to the current Studio Display, with an IPS Black panel and DisplayHDR 600

I'm sure Apple won't be that stupid to put lame DisplayHDR 600 in its monitors.

The other is a new 27" 5k w/ TB5, 90hz panel

90hz is a really big step. I think it'd be better to start from 75hz now then 90hz in 5 years and then 120hz in 10 years or so.

 

[Dark-Signature]

34" ultrawide (21:9) 7k3k please

Actually, there must be a manufacturer that produces such panels, as long as Apple can't make them itself in some secret basement. Conversely, however, we have to face reality and unfortunately say: such panels do not exist!

 

[Dark-Signature]

Hope they drop the crazy Pro Display and just make a larger Studio Display at a reasonable price.

And what would be a reasonable price? 2.500$ or 3.500$?

 

[sherwinzadeh]

And what would be a reasonable price? 2.500$ or 3.500$?

Well look at the new LG 32U990A, which would be pretty comparable at $1,999.

Don't forget the Pro Display launched with the new Mac Pro and was really targeted towards users with unlimited budget. Now you have Mac min and Mac Studio users who may also just want a bigger screen than the 27" Studio Display.