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Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by JohnHaugeland »

dijit wrote: post #167
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 alw…

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Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by ramses0 »

LocalPCGuy wrote: post #243

I wish Apple would use their clout to move up in size. I've been waiting for a nice 32" monitor or larger for a while at a reasonable price. Currently using a 4K 39" TV as a monitor (had to contort the settings to get the text readable, etc.) Probably has something to do with panel yields and profit, sadly (but understandably). That said (and acknowledged, I'm not generally an Apple person), I see very little reason…

I've been very happy with this monitor for quite a while (probably 2017-ish): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MY142C0/

...although fair warning it does have occasional "flickering maroon blankouts" (1-2x...3-4x per day?). AFAIK they're basically two panels side-by-side so sometimes my right-side-one will "blip" for half a second. (search flicker in the reviews/questions).

Find one you're happy with, and check the reviews! The difference between "monitor" and "TV" is massive w.r.t. latency.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by Koshkin »

icedchai wrote: post #100
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?

Same here. My 27" iMac has been my longest running and best desktop computer. It still feels pretty fast!

In comparison, my "late 2014" Mac Mini feels slow (after an OS upgrade).

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by ask_b123 »

jkelleyrtp wrote: post #68
james-redwood wrote: post #31

I hate this trend in ‘ultra modern’ websites with the infinite scroll pulling you through some sort of animation. The website is near unusable as a result.

Fun fact - if you have "reduce motion" enabled on macOS the webpage becomes a normal flat scrollable page (what you'd expect).

Nice fact! I've enabled it now.

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Post by smileybarry »

mrtksn wrote: post #156
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…

The PC market seems to be driven by the gamers and the word on the gamers street is that it's all about latency. I actually like extra wide displays. There are few interesting options like that but the rest seems to be dominated by low color, low resolution, low latency stuff.

Once you get used to low-latency or high-refresh-rate displays, you can't not notice the subtle mouse cursor drag of a "early days" 4K display (had one at work), or the teeny delay of (most) Dell monitors. Honestly considered at asome point just asking work to get me a high-Hz display.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by smileybarry »

tinus_hn wrote: post #278
owenwil wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The technology to do 5K @ 120hz just doesn't exist yet. 5K @ 60Hz is already maxing out Thunderbolt 4.

You’d say if they can drive 3 displays at 60hz they should be able to drive one at 120hz

Maybe, but I don't see anyone going the way of dual-link ports ever again. It was clumsy enough the first time.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by borland »

brailsafe wrote: post #255
shadowfacts wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not hard to beat the notoriously bad build quality and reliability of the LG UltraFine and Apple has a track record of building solid displays (I have an LED Cinema Display that's going on 13 years old with nary a single issue).

I think your experience has been a constant of most Apple products for the last 22 years or so. Some people have no issues ever, some people have constant issues all the time. That said, I loved the Cinema displays and they did have a good track record, but if memory serves, the Thunderbolt Display variant was notoriously flaky [0]. Since they've put out so few external displays, it does stain their reputation a bit.…

Everything I've heard about the Pro display XDR's has been that all the things like USB/Thunderbolt connectivity are rock solid. This suggests Apple's display group has their goods together, and the Studio Display is likely to be solid too.

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Post by kroltan »

coconut08 wrote: post #132
jimrandomh wrote: post #110

It's kind of ridiculous how slow the progress in screen resolutions has been. It's disappointing that Apple is only going for 5k, not 8k; they're well positioned to fix the ecosystem and bring high-resolution large displays to everyone, if only they tried. I'm finally sitting in front of an 8k 65" screen. This gives me a nice combination of decent picel density in the center and lots of peripheral vision in which to…

maybe i'm just old and blind but i can BARELY even notice the difference between 1440p and 4k if i very explicitly and intentionally look for it let alone the difference between 5k and 8k. this seems like so beyond unnecessary that it's absurd. i might be able to be convinced that you could notice on your 8k 65 inch tv if you were standing right in front of it, but on a 27 inch display that seems incredibly unlikely…

I have a 1440p 31 inch screen from which I seat about 1m away, and while it's finer than my previous 1080p one, In text or other fine features I can still notice the pixel boundaries. I would expect to notice them up to about 5k at this distance, but anything more would probably just be feel-good-ness rather than actual measurable difference, for me at least.

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Post by rsynnott »

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 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.

LG, Dell, and Iiyama all made such monitors; the only survivor is the LG one. They didn't sell well, apparently.

Re: Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display

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Post by vsskanth »

Why have 5K displays not caught on ? 4K 27 inch is fairly affordable but you have to use 1.5x scaling and it doesn’t look good at all on Windows.

I used to have 2x 24 inch 4K monitors at work and it used to be so nice to read text at 2x scaling. Now I can’t even find any in stock.

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