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Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by pedrocr »

jdlshore wrote: post #74
jillesvangurp wrote: post #30

I'm reading this on a 27" 5K imac from 2014. It's a nice screen. But it's eight years old now. So, what's new?

Speaking as someone who's in the market for a new display, I haven't been able to find a quality 27" 5K screen. LG has one, but it gets poor reviews. Everybody else is selling 4Ks, which is lower effective resolution than what I'm using now (a 23" 1920x1200 Apple Cinema display). So this is definitely appealing to me.

The effective resolution of 4K is 2x in both directions because to match the size you just set the 27" screen a bit farther away so it fills the same field of view. The jump in resolution from going 4K will be very noticeable and a 27" 4K IPS screen is less than 300€. Well worth the upgrade.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by goosedragons »

ballenf wrote: post #140
techpression wrote: post #115

For all the work Apple is doing to improve their environmental impact (which I applaud) I'm completely flabbergasted as to why this is a single device monitor. It's quite the impact on the environment to require users who have a Mac mini/Studio and a MacBook Pro to buy two monitors (no matter how great the production chain is). Sure, you can plug/unplug the cable, but that works so-so on a Studio with the ports on th…

Use the remote control technology in the latest MacOS. It will allow the keyboard and mouse from the Studio to control the laptop. Even more environmentally friendly than having an extra cable.

Just have two devices on instead of one. So much more environmentally friendly than an extra cable or two.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by LanceH »

moooo99 wrote: post #62
alexashka wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

in 2014, you could buy a 27" 5k iMac for 2000$. Now you can buy the exact same monitor, for 1600$. We've made a lot of progress.

That really is a shame. Mac screens have been amazing for a long time now, but as soon as the computer inside them is outdated and slow, the whole device including the still awesome display is obsolete. Thats the main reason I'd probably never buy an iMac.

If you've ever tried to get an apple monitor repaired, you find out it has one part inside which costs roughly the same as the monitor.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by xavxav »

I’m happy that they finally released this monitor, it felt weird that you could get an imac which was sleeker than any existing screen, but does anyone know of more affordable alternatives?

This may be a bit weird/niche but I care a lot about the thickness of the monitor itself, the depth of the stand and the bezel around the screen. I’d like if the object I spend 8 hours a day staring at isn’t aesthetically horrendous..

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by mrtksn »

chimen wrote: post #125
ThePhysicist wrote: post #121

I wish they wouldn't make me scroll through two pages of animated backgrounds just to see the actual monitor. That said if I would spend this much on a monitor I would prefer the Samsung Odyssey Neo, which has a 5K resolution on a curved 49' display with a 240 Hz refresh rate, HDR 2.000 and G-Sync/Freesync. I guess the color space coverage is not as good though, and it's not as bright at 420 nits, though that's more…

Toilet paper monitors. Can't be serious with that. Here's a good one: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-ultrasharp-40-curv...

Wow, that looks awesome. I like the Apple displays but I'm into seriously wide aspect ratio stuff lately.

I was checking on some comically wide Samsung monitors however I wasn't impressed with the build quality.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by JOnAgain »

I'm so tempted, but I've been on 32" and 34" for years now, I just don't think I could go to 27" again. I am dying for a great high end monitor with charging for my laptop, integrated camera and speakers. I loved my old cinema display. I really want this, just a bit bigger.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by dijit »

DCKing wrote: post #26

I like this announcement, because it means that there's a manufacturing line for proper HiDPI [1] displays running in some LG factory somewhere that third party manufactures like LG/Dell/Iiyama can hopefully use to give us some fresh good-looking 27" 5K desktop monitors. It boggles my mind how little attention very high pixel density displays have been getting from PC display manufacturers. I would also be first in l…

Apple have always been the first to push higher resolution devices for as long as I've been alive.

Laptops in the early 2010's were stuck on 1336x768 until Apple kicked up a fuss about having "retina", same with phones which had comically low resolutions until Apple made a fuss about it with the iPhone 4.

Sadly my eyes aren't as good as they used to be so I can't make a lot of use of the extra real-estate, but it always seems as if they're ahead when it comes to resolutions on consumer devices.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by tedivm »

ThePhysicist wrote: post #121

I wish they wouldn't make me scroll through two pages of animated backgrounds just to see the actual monitor. That said if I would spend this much on a monitor I would prefer the Samsung Odyssey Neo, which has a 5K resolution on a curved 49' display with a 240 Hz refresh rate, HDR 2.000 and G-Sync/Freesync. I guess the color space coverage is not as good though, and it's not as bright at 420 nits, though that's more…

I learned a long time ago to hit "Tech Specs" on the top right instead of sitting through the ridiculous marketing pages (especially since they have awful performance on Firefox for some reason).

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by digisign »

DCKing wrote: post #26

I like this announcement, because it means that there's a manufacturing line for proper HiDPI [1] displays running in some LG factory somewhere that third party manufactures like LG/Dell/Iiyama can hopefully use to give us some fresh good-looking 27" 5K desktop monitors. It boggles my mind how little attention very high pixel density displays have been getting from PC display manufacturers. I would also be first in l…

I have a 24"(61cm) 4k Dell monitor with Ubuntu... it is a bit unique these days, don't think there are many others around. Mostly happy with it, but...

I'd rather have higher density like the laptop it is connected to, with 4k. Perhaps 200dpi 3:2 or 16:10 around ~22"(56cm) diagonal that can do portrait would be my preferred monitor. Haven't seen that around unfortunately.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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ThePhysicist wrote: post #121

I wish they wouldn't make me scroll through two pages of animated backgrounds just to see the actual monitor. That said if I would spend this much on a monitor I would prefer the Samsung Odyssey Neo, which has a 5K resolution on a curved 49' display with a 240 Hz refresh rate, HDR 2.000 and G-Sync/Freesync. I guess the color space coverage is not as good though, and it's not as bright at 420 nits, though that's more…

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