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Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

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I'm hearing that the LG displays were running out of stock, possibly in anticipation of a new Apple display. Sure enough...wait a minute, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS?! Oh, I understand it's a reference-quality, blah, blah, blah, but I just need something to replace an aging Cinema display that was originally $1000. The fucking stand for the new display costs that much (note the audience response when that price popped on t…

Why not just buy a 4K monitor from another company?

Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

#22
post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So it has an insane resolution for an insane amount of money. The original monitor also had an insane resolution for the time, but did not cost 5k. 1k is pricey for a monitor, but understandable. If they had segmented and offered a lower resolution monitor for a lower price (basically, an updated Cinema/Thunderbolt display), that would have been enough. The greedy beancounters have fully taken over. Subjective, but t…

It needs to compete on ugliness with the new Mac Pro. The design and the price, did the inmates really take over?

Inmates?

Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

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post #5

I'm hearing that the LG displays were running out of stock, possibly in anticipation of a new Apple display. Sure enough...wait a minute, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS?! Oh, I understand it's a reference-quality, blah, blah, blah, but I just need something to replace an aging Cinema display that was originally $1000. The fucking stand for the new display costs that much (note the audience response when that price popped on t…

Eizos are outstanding. You can find pretty good deals on used ones with good color space coverage.

EIZO is definitely great, but 4K EIZO screens ain't exactly cheap either. Closest to consumer-level are the CG248-4K and CG318-4K (which actually are reference-grade) and cost about $2,800.

Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

#24
post #11

The person describing the stand said it generates lots of heat so they need to put a (fancy looking) heat sink on the back. If you take their advice and chain 6 of these to one Mac Pro, what sort of heat output do you get?

perfect for video editing in the night during a Michigan winter.

Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

#25
How do reference and fancy FALD (Full Array Local Dimming) do even go in the same sentence?

Just give the people a OLED panel subscription instead of this LED unifomity nightmare waiting to happen.

Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

#26
Absolutely not interested in spending that much for something that’s not OLED. OLED is the future of display technologies. We’re already seeing it hit the laptop display market. You’ll get significantly better contrast for professional work, power savings, and reduced eye strain from not staring at 1000nit light bulbs all day.

Also the stand part was funny.

Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

#27
post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It needs to compete on ugliness with the new Mac Pro. The design and the price, did the inmates really take over?

Inmates?

Was supposed to be about this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum-Products/d...

But doesn't quite add up. Sorry.

Re: Apple Pro Display XDR

#29

The “XDR” part of the name seems a bit out of place for an Apple product. I guess I’m stuck in the past and Apple is really a different company now.

Yea, I didn't see any mention of HDR support. Is XDR their rebranding? Will macOS support HDR10 or DolbyHDR when this monitor comes out? Will it be supported on any HDR screen or just this overpriced one? Or does this monitor not have HDR at all?

HDR so far only seems supported by Windows, xBox, and PS4. Linux/X11 and Mac still have no HDR support.

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