Been waiting for Apple to make a proper display, for ages now! (Pro Display XDR has always been off my radar, due to its extremely high cost). Let me know what you guys think of our video! One of my favourite ones we've ever made and one of my favourite products that I've ever reviewed.
My barrier to buying a Studio monitor is its price. I don’t need a monitor that expensive. I saw the Samsung 4K M8 which is a smart monitor and look forward to your review on the other monitor you showed towards the end of the piece
I was very close to buying this display, however as I needed the height adjustment and could not justify the cost and I made a split minute decision to purchase a a Dell 4k panel instead to connect to my existing Mac and the money saved went towards a new 4.5k iMac for another room. I know that I miss out on the 5k resolution the studio display offers but for my use this is fine. All the best.
Love mine! Hooked it up to my mac M1 Mini and got rid of my LG 24" 4k monitor. This blows it out of the water. Very minimal setup on my desk. Love the clarity, brightness, sound, and color of this monitor. Design is phenomenal. I'm so glad Apple made a display in my price point. No regrets!
Yes I’m quite aware of the price considering I bought one and I also bought my M1 mini I don’t plan on getting rid of my display for a long time to come and there comes a time when you’re willing to pay to get what you want some people it’s a car some people it’s a trip for me it was my Apple Studio Display that was my splurge of the decade I never treat myself but this year I did
Great review. A lot of people are comparing this display to others and totally miss the high dpi and brightness making this one of the few pixel-perfect monitors for those of us who work in a bright office. All the other monitors are dark, matte, or pixelated after being spoiled by the 5k imac and retina macbooks. Still, the price is odd; a bit higher than it should have been for what it is while also being a little lower than it should have been if they had produced something closer to the 6k XDR.
A lot of monitors, also back 2 years ago, could rival this monitor in brightness and color accuracy. And at a lower price point. I've been using two monitors for almost 20 years and wouldn't replace it for any display higher than 4K. I have a lot more space on two separate monitors.
Wow... what an excellent review. You actually covered a few positives that I'd never heard before, but which matter to me a lot. Specifically, text clarity and auto brightness! These two reasons alone are compelling if you stare at a monitor all day for work!
I don't know how that auto brightness works, but you should never rely on an auto feature like that, for color critical work. If you own something like the i1display Pro colorimeter, you can use that in conjunction with the I1 Profiler software. It will then pretty accurate adjust brightness on any display, by measuring ambience light. For casual users, it's of course nice that the display can do this on its own, but then again if you are, you certainly don't need a $1500 display. And any TV has auto brightness as well. The +200 ppi is a total overkill, rivaling smartphones and you don't sit with the display up your nose, like a smartphone.
Apple should have included the height adjustable stand for the base price of the display. I did not get that feature with my studio display because I put it in the monitor stand I had been using with my old iMac.
I disagree with you in many Cases. The Studio Display is the perfect Companion to any Mac and there are just two major Flaws and these are the Lack of Local Dimming and the Crop of the 12MP Camera. All other is great. The Price is fine and good valued.
I think your videos on this product are one of the best out there. And i entirely agree on all the things you say in your other videos as well. Your whole content has been interesting and helped a lot lately. Thanks!
I dont care about the cost but longevity I do. You did help in a thought that I have, which is making the Mac choices that will last. The monitor is one. I can literally buy an older version of, let's say, an M2 Studio w the extreme chipset and make that work for two three years, then 'roll-it' into another version while keeping the monitor...🎉
if you playback audio wich is "Bass boosted", it means the signal is processed and manipulated so the orignal mix is destroyed. this can make the signal distort and sound nasty and unbalanced. that doesnt mean the speakers on the stduio display are distorted, but the source audio is. I highly doubt the speakers are distorting the the sound at normal levels and normal listening volum. (maybe at the loudest).
I have used my previous 27" Apple Cinema Display for like 9 years before I gave it to my brother and it's still kicking. It was the 3rd most expensive monitor I've ever bought in my life but I am shocked how durable and long-lasting it is. But still I wish this Studio Display can be cheaper. If I picked it it would be the 2nd most expensive display I ever buy.
They are well built for sure. I am still using my Apple Thunderbolt Display and it is gorgeous. I may upgrade to a more modern 2k specifically designed with photo editing in mind, or maybe a 4k and scale it to 2k for photo editing. Not sure - this old ATD is really very good.
Apple Cinema Display also worked as a regular monitor so you could connect PCs and older Macs to it. Whereas the Thunderbolt Display was limited to Thunderbolt-only Macs. In a real life production setting, it was very inconvenient. It took them more than ten years to release an actual new model.
You should have done the color calibration review for both out of the box and manually calibrated. Most people can’t manually calibrate. Otherwise, the content was well done.
May I kindly ask, what do you men by manually calibrate? Not to be rude, just curious. I've always only trusted hardware calibration, since our biological sensors (eyes) are subject to so many faults, especially as we age.
@@bighgnoz5189 that is what I intended by manual calibration, calibrated as they did it. The only thing I thought that could have been done is the out of box review first.
I think youre confused by calibration terms. All calibrations are in essence manual. There are in general 3 types: Completely manual. You look at some pictures or a dedicated website or tool, that you attempt to do adjustments to. This has no value. A software calibration. You use a colorimeter and whatever software comes or works with the colorimeter. Adjustments can be both manual and automatic, depending on readings. The result is an ICC profile. This is highly accurate. Not all software will support an ICC color profile, though. A hardware calibration. Runs like a software calibration, but you generate a 3D lut file. This can be loaded into some monitors (not Apple's), a 3D lut box connected between the computer and the monitor or in a software like DaVinci Resolve. The accuracy here varies. On the cheapest monitors (+$1000) with a 3D LUT box it's not always as good, as a software calibration. The benefit of hardware calibration, is, that it's not software dependent. Your favorite media player, browser or video editor don't have to support color spaces.
4K vs 5K seems pretty similar just an extra number larger or 1.25 larger as a ratio when you just compare the horizontal difference or the numbers. Yet a 5K display has 1.78x as many pixels. 8.3M vs 14.7M pixels. It would be a better representation to call the following displays by the total number of pixels like so: 4K = 8M 5K = 15M 6K = 20M
@@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll 8k at 32" WOW I'm NOT someone who sees super high PPI as wasteful "the eyes can't resolve anything greater than about 1440" they say. But I will ask, if you had your druthers, would you rather have those 25+ million pixels over something like 37 inches?
Thanks for this comprehensive and well explained review. It has helped me decide that a 4K Benq is the best addition to my 2K Benq for my photo editing. But the Studio Display looks so amazing I still want one😂
The problem with image sharpness is not so much because of PPI, but because Apple scales the image. To a 27.4k monitor, Macos sends a 5K image that scales to 4K. That's why the image is not pixel perfect. Windows always has a pixel perfect image. At 4k it displays a 4k image.
Retina scaling for these old eyes is one of the reasons I wanted to purchase the Apple Studio Display to go along with the purchase of a MacBook Air to replace my late 2014 5K 27-inch iMac. Thing is at the time I placed my order of the MacBook Air with "Pick Up, in store" option this was not available for the Studio Monitor. So purchased new 5K 27-inch LG 27MD5KA-B flat matte black on a black NB North Bayou VESA Monitor Arm Desk Mount which is a look I love. So far no issues that pundits talk about with their old 5K 27-inch LG version of this monitor. Would have purchased the VESA version of the Apple Studio Display with "Pick Up, in store" option.
They probably will actually. That will probably be the next version with the LED technology similar to the new MacBook Pro screens. They did say that would be the next refresh, so it makes the most sense that it would be priced between this one and the XDR.
Great balanced review. All I wanted was the panel, I think we all agree that’s excellent. The other stuff is fine but unnecessary and pumps the price beyond acceptable for me. So I got a Mateview! Would I rather have the a studio Display? Sure, but I think the mateveiw is brilliant for the price and looks very handsome on the desk. Would love to see your review of it.
My idea of the A13 chip being in the monitor has to do with Universal Control. If connected to, say, a Mac Studio and you have a MacBook Pro and an iPad you also want to share control with, it would need to know where the monitor display is in relation to the other machines, rather than where the Studio is sitting under your desk. But I've yet to read anything about this anywhere.
FWIW, the 24 inch LG UltraFine comes in at 186 ppi not the 218 ppi of the Studio Display and the 27 inch LG UltraFine. Is that still Retina resolution? In the end I decided to pick up the Studio Display at twice the price of the 24 inch UltraFine because of the size, higher pixel density, greater brightness (I use it in a room with a wall of south-facing windows that let in a LOT of light) and Apple’s build quality. I’m glad I did!
Thats the main problem with other competitors and I'm wondering why ppl not talking about it. The scaling sucks. It will slow you MAC like by 30% just by upscaling to like 6,5K and then descaling it back to 4K. So unfortunately there is only one option so far - Studio Display.
I've seen the display in person twice and was pretty sure each time that it's the right monitor for me and my workflow. So I ordered it a few weeks ago. But the more I listen to all the RUclipsrs criticism, the less I'm looking forward to getting it. My mistake, I guess. Should have stopped watching the reviews as soon as I made up my mind to buy it. Your review is well-balanced, but you, like others, assume that mostly Pro users will buy it and will buy it with the Mac Studio. That's not my case, though. I'm a university teacher who intends to use it for office work and entertainment. Not to create media files. Will use it together with MacBook Air and instead of an older iMac. Even if it lasts for only 5 years, which I doubt, I'm sure I will be fine with it.
I use my Studio Display with my MacBook Pro for both office work and photo and video editing. Using any other monitor now feels painful as the Studio Display is soooooooo bright and crisp with text. You will not regret it one bit.
If you're using it for content consumption and nothing remotely creative, it would probably have been best to stick with a 4K screen. The draw of a 5K is the resolution scaling in MacOS which enables a crisp image with no pixel blur as it defaults to 1440p scaling.
I work at a Uni too in engineering where I needed a ultra high quality screen for CAD, 4K video editing and online conferencing. The studio is a superb tool built to an amazing quality. If you use a screen for more than 5 hrs a day it’ll save your eye sight too. I went for the nano glass as my home study has bright lighting and sunlight. Ignore his comments on life. It’ll work for at least 5 years. So my view was at £6 a week, it’s a no brainer. My eyesight is worth the cost of a lager in a London pub….and it works with my Mac mini, my work MBP13 and my own MBP16 which I use for AV work in the field then final edits on the studio monitor. The speakers are superb too. Almost as good as a stereo pair of HomePod minis. So that’ll save you nearly £180 too. The reviewer does not really cover all the built in colour adjustments, he’s talking about one use - photography. I use it for that too where three of my many pro Canon L lenses cost more than the studio monitor. The Huwai monitor he refers to is half as bright and a non Apple screen dimension too. I looked at a pair of those but one studio blew them away. I use an excellent Dell P2715Q as my second monitor (4K) and the Apple is so much brighter and better.
When you show your comparisons, Like when you showed the web cam it would be nice if you would leave it up longer so we could actually see it. I still think this is way overpriced for what you get. It cost 1599 and you could get the base model iMac 27 inch for 1999. I’m glad I purchased my iMac in 2019. Do I think they will come out with a 27 or 32 inch iMac yes I do.
Do you not think that the inclusion of the A13 chip and the 64GB are actually for future use/future-proofing more than what it's currently being utilised for? (It is what I thought when I first heard). Have to say, I'm very happy with mine. I run two side-by-side and just bought a monitor shelf which lifts them up perfectly and gives me storage space underneath - also a lot cheaper than 2 x £400 for the two height-adjustable stand options...
I am considering going ahead and purchasing the Apple Studio Display to use as a secondary monitor on my 27” iMac Late 2014 iMac 5K. Can you share which cable do I need to purchase to make this connection happen? Thank you in advance for your help!
I’ve been looking at a lot of monitors and I do UI, gaming, copywriting, and cost projections. I’m going to get the Dough(previously Eve) Spectrum Glossy
Assuming an M1 iPad Pro as the primary device, how would adding the Studio Display measure up functionally, especially as a second screen and/or as an easy-connect / convenient hub for external storage devices and other peripherals? You eliminated your hub? Can the A13 & M1 coexist? Love the Pros & Cons approach. More of those, please.
Thank you for mentioning the Huawei Mateview. I have it and have been saying to so many that it's a great affordable alternative. The 4:3 resolution is great for productivity, it does power delivery and fluid with Mac's. A USBC for power and video (MacBook), DisplayPort for a second desktop (Mac Mini) and HDMI for PS5; and it's actually excellent for PS5. Just a shame the glare is a tad annoying. Perfect and slick looking monitor for a smaller home office space. I should probably do my own review as so opinionated on it.
Those colorimeters don't work unless they have a LUT in them that is designed for each particular display technology. (They don't just measure color accurately, they use correction tables specific for each monitor technology). Given Apple's display is different than any other monitor, it is not possible to measure it with moderately priced devices.
That's just nonsense. You can use any good colorimeter, including the i1display Pro. If you use a software like DisplayCAL, you can download a correction file, but it does very little to the overall result. And the Studio Display is not a professional monitor anyway.
I worked with 2 monitors on VESA mounts thinking that I would use the rotation for reading docs etc. I may have used it once. So that not a thing for me.
Looking at buying a new monitor but preferably 4k with as high dpi as possible and colour accuracy, there is just not the perfect medium at the moment ie 120hz 4k, love the mini led tech my personal preference rrrr
It’s not oled so I’m not really interested, but the kind of people buying this are looking for a metal and seamless mac experience. It’s not worth 1599, but it’s a fair price. I’m looking to other 4k 144hz monitors for 500 less
Good review - but forgot to mention another fail: namely that even if you buy the height adjustable version, it only goes UP, and does not allow you to go DOWN at all. And it sits ergonomically too high.
I was looking for a monitor which I can use for Video Color Grading. Now I don't think that Studio display is a good option for color grading. as I need P3
wait howcome the pixel dimension is only 2560 x 1440... my macbook 15inch screen is 2880 x 1800... these seems like a downgrade if I use it as an external monitor.
"wait howcome the pixel dimension is only 2560 x 1440" - it's not. The display is a 2880p monitor. Like many RUclipsrs, this channel confuses people by mixing up the _user interface_ dot count with the physical picture element of the LCD panel. MacOS can have a wide range of user interface sizes, and that is then mapped to the physical picture elements of the panel. Setting the UI to 1440 makes the MacOS user interface elements such as text at a comfortable size for many users.
I thought it was kind of established you can’t hardware calibrate or even measure properly Apple displays this is why they don’t speak about Adobe RGB etc.
Your observations are right on target. I’ve had the studio display for only a couple of weeks but the same positives and negatives are on ‘display’ on my monitor. The poor color accuracy has been a major surprise. I assume that calibration will fix it otherwise it’s useless for video or photo editing. Apple arrogance in pretending that their long time users would not notice the flaws you’ve described is remarkable. Sadly, the studio display is, at best, a tool for routine text work.
So, the price of ASD with normal stand and normal matte screen is about $2300. Is that right? You could have at least compare it with latest Dell - U2723QE, not with outdated U2720Q. Also, for the cost of Apple's I could buy 3 x Dell and get resolution of 11.5k, if the 5k is a thing. Or 2 x Dell and get 7,6k resolution, plus for the rest of the money will buy some top quality speakers and camera, if I care about that, but I don't buy pro monitor for entertainment. Don't know who is. Also, also, Dell offers 8k monitor (UP3218K) with better specs than ASD. So basically it's monitor with outdated design and panel, but it's got camera and speakers. Wow.
Another 'close but not quite there' product from Apple. I'd have paid a bit more for mini LED and a high refresh rate, then it would have been perfect.
It's not fully supported on MacOS and takes a lot of hacks to get working judging from various forum posts, with most of them saying they can only get 30 Hz and the few that manage to get 60 Hz are dealing with MacOS treating it like two separate screens with the menu bar only on one. So yeah it sounds nice with 8K and very high PPI but doesn't seem to be ideal in real life. Also it's costs almost 2.5x the price of the Studio Display (and doesn't seem to be available anymore).
@@ZONEofTECH No that's the point. If it's bass-boosted already and you argue that they need an EQ to adjust, and there's distortion, then that could be because you have already boosted the low range? i.e. it's distorted because you're listening to a specially distorted version.
I am currently thinking to get a Studio Display for the amazing design and sharpness as I work as product designer. But even though it has some great features it feels like an half product to me, no ethernet port into the monitor (why not as it is a Desktop product?), no face ID, no possibility to increase height or change to VESA in the future, so it will force you to keep the monitor as you buy it with no adaptation down the line. What do you think?
The compromises I have to make with this display are ludicrous. I will not do it!. If the evil empire, not that one, made a display that I would want to buy without the feeling of being ripped of then I would buy one.
for all the color accuracy issues, I would recommend to reach out to ArtIsRight youtube channel, he is always very responsive and has already extensive discussions videos on color issues for the Studio Display.
Apple 2016: Remove ports and charge more. Apple 2019: Remove stand and charge more. Apple 2020: Remove charger and earphones and charge more. Apple 2022: Remove CPU and charge more. Apple Cult: AWESOME!!!👍🏻
So the Apple Studio display doesn't display 1Billion colors as advertised? The human eye can only distinguish 7 to 10 million colors anyway so I guess that shouldn't be a deal breaker. The foolishness of technical spec marketing. Sit down in front of the thing and see how it looks. That should be what sells you!
why brag about the screen rotation when you physically had to pick up the monitor?? LOL, i really want one but the lack of rotation in all versions except the vesa is a bummer. wish the $400 stand could take advantage of the UI rotation…
Been waiting for Apple to make a proper display, for ages now! (Pro Display XDR has always been off my radar, due to its extremely high cost). Let me know what you guys think of our video! One of my favourite ones we've ever made and one of my favourite products that I've ever reviewed.
Thank you for your content. It is efforts like this which helps us make a choice.
Brooo I haven't watched a video of u in ages and it's so nice to be back
The XDR is not impressive in person.
Great review…👍
My barrier to buying a Studio monitor is its price. I don’t need a monitor that expensive. I saw the Samsung 4K M8 which is a smart monitor and look forward to your review on the other monitor you showed towards the end of the piece
You’re basically a fusion between Andrew Garfield and a tech RUclipsr
You just made my day😂😂😂😂
I was very close to buying this display, however as I needed the height adjustment and could not justify the cost and I made a split minute decision to purchase a a Dell 4k panel instead to connect to my existing Mac and the money saved went towards a new 4.5k iMac for another room. I know that I miss out on the 5k resolution the studio display offers but for my use this is fine. All the best.
Love mine! Hooked it up to my mac M1 Mini and got rid of my LG 24" 4k monitor. This blows it out of the water. Very minimal setup on my desk. Love the clarity, brightness, sound, and color of this monitor. Design is phenomenal. I'm so glad Apple made a display in my price point. No regrets!
you realize, the monitor is now about twice the price of the M1 Mini?
Yes I’m quite aware of the price considering I bought one and I also bought my M1 mini I don’t plan on getting rid of my display for a long time to come and there comes a time when you’re willing to pay to get what you want some people it’s a car some people it’s a trip for me it was my Apple Studio Display that was my splurge of the decade I never treat myself but this year I did
@@dawncolwell4003 glad to hear you are happy with it. wish you many years of joy with it.
I watched so many monitor reviews this one was SO much more helpful than anything I saw
Great review. A lot of people are comparing this display to others and totally miss the high dpi and brightness making this one of the few pixel-perfect monitors for those of us who work in a bright office. All the other monitors are dark, matte, or pixelated after being spoiled by the 5k imac and retina macbooks.
Still, the price is odd; a bit higher than it should have been for what it is while also being a little lower than it should have been if they had produced something closer to the 6k XDR.
A lot of monitors, also back 2 years ago, could rival this monitor in brightness and color accuracy. And at a lower price point.
I've been using two monitors for almost 20 years and wouldn't replace it for any display higher than 4K. I have a lot more space on two separate monitors.
Wow... what an excellent review. You actually covered a few positives that I'd never heard before, but which matter to me a lot. Specifically, text clarity and auto brightness! These two reasons alone are compelling if you stare at a monitor all day for work!
you never heard of auto-brightness? like a feature that has been available in all apple laptops for at least 6 years now?
@@DanielRodriguez-fg5llwere talking about monitors not laptops
I don't know how that auto brightness works, but you should never rely on an auto feature like that, for color critical work.
If you own something like the i1display Pro colorimeter, you can use that in conjunction with the I1 Profiler software. It will then pretty accurate adjust brightness on any display, by measuring ambience light.
For casual users, it's of course nice that the display can do this on its own, but then again if you are, you certainly don't need a $1500 display. And any TV has auto brightness as well.
The +200 ppi is a total overkill, rivaling smartphones and you don't sit with the display up your nose, like a smartphone.
Apple should have included the height adjustable stand for the base price of the display. I did not get that feature with my studio display because I put it in the monitor stand I had been using with my old iMac.
I disagree with you in many Cases. The Studio Display is the perfect Companion to any Mac and there are just two major Flaws and these are the Lack of Local Dimming and the Crop of the 12MP Camera. All other is great. The Price is fine and good valued.
I think your videos on this product are one of the best out there. And i entirely agree on all the things you say in your other videos as well. Your whole content has been interesting and helped a lot lately. Thanks!
I dont care about the cost but longevity I do. You did help in a thought that I have, which is making the Mac choices that will last. The monitor is one. I can literally buy an older version of, let's say, an M2 Studio w the extreme chipset and make that work for two three years, then 'roll-it' into another version while keeping the monitor...🎉
if you playback audio wich is "Bass boosted", it means the signal is processed and manipulated so the orignal mix is destroyed. this can make the signal distort and sound nasty and unbalanced. that doesnt mean the speakers on the stduio display are distorted, but the source audio is. I highly doubt the speakers are distorting the the sound at normal levels and normal listening volum. (maybe at the loudest).
The one fact still remains true Apples products when paired work flawlessly❤
I have used my previous 27" Apple Cinema Display for like 9 years before I gave it to my brother and it's still kicking. It was the 3rd most expensive monitor I've ever bought in my life but I am shocked how durable and long-lasting it is.
But still I wish this Studio Display can be cheaper. If I picked it it would be the 2nd most expensive display I ever buy.
They are well built for sure. I am still using my Apple Thunderbolt Display and it is gorgeous. I may upgrade to a more modern 2k specifically designed with photo editing in mind, or maybe a 4k and scale it to 2k for photo editing. Not sure - this old ATD is really very good.
Apple Cinema Display also worked as a regular monitor so you could connect PCs and older Macs to it. Whereas the Thunderbolt Display was limited to Thunderbolt-only Macs. In a real life production setting, it was very inconvenient. It took them more than ten years to release an actual new model.
You should have done the color calibration review for both out of the box and manually calibrated. Most people can’t manually calibrate. Otherwise, the content was well done.
May I kindly ask, what do you men by manually calibrate? Not to be rude, just curious. I've always only trusted hardware calibration, since our biological sensors (eyes) are subject to so many faults, especially as we age.
@@bighgnoz5189 that is what I intended by manual calibration, calibrated as they did it. The only thing I thought that could have been done is the out of box review first.
I think youre confused by calibration terms.
All calibrations are in essence manual. There are in general 3 types:
Completely manual. You look at some pictures or a dedicated website or tool, that you attempt to do adjustments to. This has no value.
A software calibration. You use a colorimeter and whatever software comes or works with the colorimeter. Adjustments can be both manual and automatic, depending on readings. The result is an ICC profile. This is highly accurate. Not all software will support an ICC color profile, though.
A hardware calibration. Runs like a software calibration, but you generate a 3D lut file. This can be loaded into some monitors (not Apple's), a 3D lut box connected between the computer and the monitor or in a software like DaVinci Resolve. The accuracy here varies. On the cheapest monitors (+$1000) with a 3D LUT box it's not always as good, as a software calibration. The benefit of hardware calibration, is, that it's not software dependent. Your favorite media player, browser or video editor don't have to support color spaces.
@@akyhne true. I should have written, “out of box and calibrated.”
Excellent round up here after a month. Learned quite a few things I didn't see in other reviews :)
4K vs 5K seems pretty similar just an extra number larger or 1.25 larger as a ratio when you just compare the horizontal difference or the numbers. Yet a 5K display has 1.78x as many pixels. 8.3M vs 14.7M pixels.
It would be a better representation to call the following displays by the total number of pixels like so:
4K = 8M
5K = 15M
6K = 20M
why stop at 6k? I love Dell 8k 32" monitor!
Macs work best with screens that have a PPI of 110! Which best suits 27" 1440P screens.
@@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll 8k at 32" WOW
I'm NOT someone who sees super high PPI as wasteful "the eyes can't resolve anything greater than about 1440" they say.
But I will ask, if you had your druthers, would you rather have those 25+ million pixels over something like 37 inches?
Thanks for this comprehensive and well explained review. It has helped me decide that a 4K Benq is the best addition to my 2K Benq for my photo editing. But the Studio Display looks so amazing I still want one😂
Awesome long term review. Thanks man
The problem with image sharpness is not so much because of PPI, but because Apple scales the image. To a 27.4k monitor, Macos sends a 5K image that scales to 4K. That's why the image is not pixel perfect. Windows always has a pixel perfect image. At 4k it displays a 4k image.
Apple could have a sharp image even on 27 4K monitors. But apple doesn't want it :)
I’ll wait for a mini-led Studio Display Pro
Retina scaling for these old eyes is one of the reasons I wanted to purchase the Apple Studio Display to go along with the purchase of a MacBook Air to replace my late 2014 5K 27-inch iMac. Thing is at the time I placed my order of the MacBook Air with "Pick Up, in store" option this was not available for the Studio Monitor. So purchased new 5K 27-inch LG 27MD5KA-B flat matte black on a black NB North Bayou VESA Monitor Arm Desk Mount which is a look I love. So far no issues that pundits talk about with their old 5K 27-inch LG version of this monitor.
Would have purchased the VESA version of the Apple Studio Display with "Pick Up, in store" option.
I really think they should have done a 32” of this. That gives it more differentiation from the lg 5k. Maybe two sizes.
They probably will actually. That will probably be the next version with the LED technology similar to the new MacBook Pro screens. They did say that would be the next refresh, so it makes the most sense that it would be priced between this one and the XDR.
Great balanced review. All I wanted was the panel, I think we all agree that’s excellent. The other stuff is fine but unnecessary and pumps the price beyond acceptable for me. So I got a Mateview! Would I rather have the a studio Display? Sure, but I think the mateveiw is brilliant for the price and looks very handsome on the desk. Would love to see your review of it.
just ordered the Alogic Clarity 27in, seems like the best competitor to the studio display!!
It's a shame that even with the on board processor, it still needs MacOS for center stage.
I really want this monitor! Ik you said it's not the best specialized monitor, but still a decent all-rounder; works for me.
My idea of the A13 chip being in the monitor has to do with Universal Control. If connected to, say, a Mac Studio and you have a MacBook Pro and an iPad you also want to share control with, it would need to know where the monitor display is in relation to the other machines, rather than where the Studio is sitting under your desk. But I've yet to read anything about this anywhere.
FWIW, the 24 inch LG UltraFine comes in at 186 ppi not the 218 ppi of the Studio Display and the 27 inch LG UltraFine. Is that still Retina resolution? In the end I decided to pick up the Studio Display at twice the price of the 24 inch UltraFine because of the size, higher pixel density, greater brightness (I use it in a room with a wall of south-facing windows that let in a LOT of light) and Apple’s build quality. I’m glad I did!
Thats the main problem with other competitors and I'm wondering why ppl not talking about it. The scaling sucks. It will slow you MAC like by 30% just by upscaling to like 6,5K and then descaling it back to 4K. So unfortunately there is only one option so far - Studio Display.
My biggest annoyance with this monitor is lack of FaceID; what da heck Apple?
i buy this for the sharpness especially for text to ease my eyes!😅
I didn't know Andrew Garfield is a tech reviewer
I've seen the display in person twice and was pretty sure each time that it's the right monitor for me and my workflow. So I ordered it a few weeks ago. But the more I listen to all the RUclipsrs criticism, the less I'm looking forward to getting it. My mistake, I guess. Should have stopped watching the reviews as soon as I made up my mind to buy it. Your review is well-balanced, but you, like others, assume that mostly Pro users will buy it and will buy it with the Mac Studio. That's not my case, though. I'm a university teacher who intends to use it for office work and entertainment. Not to create media files. Will use it together with MacBook Air and instead of an older iMac. Even if it lasts for only 5 years, which I doubt, I'm sure I will be fine with it.
I use my Studio Display with my MacBook Pro for both office work and photo and video editing. Using any other monitor now feels painful as the Studio Display is soooooooo bright and crisp with text. You will not regret it one bit.
@@petertsolymosi Thank you.
If you're using it for content consumption and nothing remotely creative, it would probably have been best to stick with a 4K screen. The draw of a 5K is the resolution scaling in MacOS which enables a crisp image with no pixel blur as it defaults to 1440p scaling.
@@21dazzer Thank you.
I work at a Uni too in engineering where I needed a ultra high quality screen for CAD, 4K video editing and online conferencing. The studio is a superb tool built to an amazing quality. If you use a screen for more than 5 hrs a day it’ll save your eye sight too. I went for the nano glass as my home study has bright lighting and sunlight. Ignore his comments on life. It’ll work for at least 5 years. So my view was at £6 a week, it’s a no brainer. My eyesight is worth the cost of a lager in a London pub….and it works with my Mac mini, my work MBP13 and my own MBP16 which I use for AV work in the field then final edits on the studio monitor.
The speakers are superb too. Almost as good as a stereo pair of HomePod minis. So that’ll save you nearly £180 too. The reviewer does not really cover all the built in colour adjustments, he’s talking about one use - photography. I use it for that too where three of my many pro Canon L lenses cost more than the studio monitor. The Huwai monitor he refers to is half as bright and a non Apple screen dimension too. I looked at a pair of those but one studio blew them away. I use an excellent Dell P2715Q as my second monitor (4K) and the Apple is so much brighter and better.
Amazing review and awesome content!🙂🔥🙂!.Keep up the quality content-Thanks so much,I really appreciate it!
When you show your comparisons, Like when you showed the web cam it would be nice if you would leave it up longer so we could actually see it. I still think this is way overpriced for what you get. It cost 1599 and you could get the base model iMac 27 inch for 1999. I’m glad I purchased my iMac in 2019. Do I think they will come out with a 27 or 32 inch iMac yes I do.
Pro display xdr❤
Do you not think that the inclusion of the A13 chip and the 64GB are actually for future use/future-proofing more than what it's currently being utilised for? (It is what I thought when I first heard). Have to say, I'm very happy with mine. I run two side-by-side and just bought a monitor shelf which lifts them up perfectly and gives me storage space underneath - also a lot cheaper than 2 x £400 for the two height-adjustable stand options...
Good video mate thank you.
(0:18) The studio display is one of the only four..(and he holds up 3 fingers) 😂
I am considering going ahead and purchasing the Apple Studio Display to use as a secondary monitor on my 27” iMac Late 2014 iMac 5K. Can you share which cable do I need to purchase to make this connection happen? Thank you in advance for your help!
I’ve been looking at a lot of monitors and I do UI, gaming, copywriting, and cost projections. I’m going to get the Dough(previously Eve) Spectrum Glossy
Assuming an M1 iPad Pro as the primary device, how would adding the Studio Display measure up functionally, especially as a second screen and/or as an easy-connect / convenient hub for external storage devices and other peripherals? You eliminated your hub? Can the A13 & M1 coexist? Love the Pros & Cons approach. More of those, please.
Thank you for mentioning the Huawei Mateview. I have it and have been saying to so many that it's a great affordable alternative. The 4:3 resolution is great for productivity, it does power delivery and fluid with Mac's. A USBC for power and video (MacBook), DisplayPort for a second desktop (Mac Mini) and HDMI for PS5; and it's actually excellent for PS5. Just a shame the glare is a tad annoying. Perfect and slick looking monitor for a smaller home office space. I should probably do my own review as so opinionated on it.
I wish the M1 iMac was as thick as the Studio Display. The iMac is so light I had to use double stick tape to keep it from sliding all over my desk.
If I buy the studio display do I need to buy the Mac studio?
number one review studio display
Those colorimeters don't work unless they have a LUT in them that is designed for each particular display technology. (They don't just measure color accurately, they use correction tables specific for each monitor technology). Given Apple's display is different than any other monitor, it is not possible to measure it with moderately priced devices.
That's just nonsense. You can use any good colorimeter, including the i1display Pro. If you use a software like DisplayCAL, you can download a correction file, but it does very little to the overall result. And the Studio Display is not a professional monitor anyway.
I worked with 2 monitors on VESA mounts thinking that I would use the rotation for reading docs etc. I may have used it once. So that not a thing for me.
Looking at buying a new monitor but preferably 4k with as high dpi as possible and colour accuracy, there is just not the perfect medium at the moment ie 120hz 4k, love the mini led tech my personal preference rrrr
What is that USB-C hub? Seems quite complete.
My main disappointment is the absence of MiniLED 😭😭
Great video 👍
Mini LED will be present in a higher end Pro Display that will replace the Pro Display XDR.
“One of only four”
hold ups three fingers. 😂😂😂
I love mine. Period.
Hello! Thanks for your video, good job. What stand model do you have on your MacBook Pro? thanks in advance
It’s not oled so I’m not really interested, but the kind of people buying this are looking for a metal and seamless mac experience.
It’s not worth 1599, but it’s a fair price. I’m looking to other 4k 144hz monitors for 500 less
Good review - but forgot to mention another fail: namely that even if you buy the height adjustable version, it only goes UP, and does not allow you to go DOWN at all. And it sits ergonomically too high.
First comment. Also great video man. 100 percent watched it in 33 seconds
I was looking for a monitor which I can use for Video Color Grading. Now I don't think that Studio display is a good option for color grading. as I need P3
Danke!
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Center Stage is a software feature. Of course it doesn't work with non-Apple computers.
wait howcome the pixel dimension is only 2560 x 1440... my macbook 15inch screen is 2880 x 1800... these seems like a downgrade if I use it as an external monitor.
"wait howcome the pixel dimension is only 2560 x 1440" - it's not. The display is a 2880p monitor. Like many RUclipsrs, this channel confuses people by mixing up the _user interface_ dot count with the physical picture element of the LCD panel. MacOS can have a wide range of user interface sizes, and that is then mapped to the physical picture elements of the panel. Setting the UI to 1440 makes the MacOS user interface elements such as text at a comfortable size for many users.
I thought it was kind of established you can’t hardware calibrate or even measure properly Apple displays this is why they don’t speak about Adobe RGB etc.
Anyone have 2 Studio Displays set up? Considering this! Does sound come out of both of them? Pros and cons besides price of course.
27 Mini LED is coming, June Event!
No
@@Evermore2017 yes, check the twitter account of the guy predict 92% of apple release, I forget his name.
@@JohnSmith-zl8rz Yes, for ＄10,000 without a stand and cleaning cloth...
@@keesswier212 I bet between $2.5K to $3.5K
Cleaning cloth pro as well !
Is there any benefit to getting a 5k monitor and running it @ 1440p?
Absolutely not! It'll look awful!
It is amazing the ultimate crime of loudspeaker design - excessive bass - made it into production of this monitor.
How Does this compare to Samsung smart monitor m8
Both m8 and mateview are better deals. But for me matte finish is dealbreaker.
Your observations are right on target. I’ve had the studio display for only a couple of weeks but the same positives and negatives are on ‘display’ on my monitor. The poor color accuracy has been a major surprise. I assume that calibration will fix it otherwise it’s useless for video or photo editing. Apple arrogance in pretending that their long time users would not notice the flaws you’ve described is remarkable. Sadly, the studio display is, at best, a tool for routine text work.
P3 color accuracy is enough, no?
The color accuracy numbers are excellent, not poor.
Apple Mac Display 2022 should have upgrade its vebcam . Its price is crazy expensive but you still have silly camera
I hated this monitor. I ended up buying two LG 32UN650-W and haven't looked back.
So, the price of ASD with normal stand and normal matte screen is about $2300. Is that right?
You could have at least compare it with latest Dell - U2723QE, not with outdated U2720Q.
Also, for the cost of Apple's I could buy 3 x Dell and get resolution of 11.5k, if the 5k is a thing.
Or 2 x Dell and get 7,6k resolution, plus for the rest of the money will buy some top quality speakers and camera, if I care about that, but I don't buy pro monitor for entertainment. Don't know who is.
Also, also, Dell offers 8k monitor (UP3218K) with better specs than ASD.
So basically it's monitor with outdated design and panel, but it's got camera and speakers.
Wow.
Does it work well w ps5?
I would prefer to not have to pay for a speaker system I'll never use, because I have my own external monitors.
HDR? DV? 120HZ? none of these, and it is only 27 inch, too small. I have the 48 inch OLED LG 48GQ900-B for only $999, the PPI is low but good enough.
Another 'close but not quite there' product from Apple. I'd have paid a bit more for mini LED and a high refresh rate, then it would have been perfect.
The Dell UP3218K PC monitor has 280 ppi.
It's not fully supported on MacOS and takes a lot of hacks to get working judging from various forum posts, with most of them saying they can only get 30 Hz and the few that manage to get 60 Hz are dealing with MacOS treating it like two separate screens with the menu bar only on one.
So yeah it sounds nice with 8K and very high PPI but doesn't seem to be ideal in real life. Also it's costs almost 2.5x the price of the Studio Display (and doesn't seem to be available anymore).
If it was a touch screen with pencil support then it is a studio and worth the money. Otherwise it is just another monitor.
Nice review! But it feels a little silly to say “the bass is too loud!” and follow that with a demo of a song that clearly says “bass boosted.”
It's not that it's loud. It's distorted.
@@ZONEofTECH No that's the point. If it's bass-boosted already and you argue that they need an EQ to adjust, and there's distortion, then that could be because you have already boosted the low range? i.e. it's distorted because you're listening to a specially distorted version.
I am currently thinking to get a Studio Display for the amazing design and sharpness as I work as product designer. But even though it has some great features it feels like an half product to me, no ethernet port into the monitor (why not as it is a Desktop product?), no face ID, no possibility to increase height or change to VESA in the future, so it will force you to keep the monitor as you buy it with no adaptation down the line.
What do you think?
Nothing works for me
The compromises I have to make with this display are ludicrous. I will not do it!. If the evil empire, not that one, made a display that I would want to buy without the feeling of being ripped of then I would buy one.
@Lisa Sandra: How do you think you will feel after the excitement end? Personally I cannot justify spending £1500 on 5 year old tech.
for all the color accuracy issues, I would recommend to reach out to ArtIsRight youtube channel, he is always very responsive and has already extensive discussions videos on color issues for the Studio Display.
Hablas tan bien, que no se inglés pero te entiendo xD
The fact is that mac need a 5K monitor because it is not able to have zomm at several level (100ù 125% 150% 175%) Apple RETINA is fixed to 4:1 only.
On a pc screen if you rotate the screen the feet is made for, tirl and swift feet are common, most of time included or cheap.
Apple 2016: Remove ports and charge more.
Apple 2019: Remove stand and charge more.
Apple 2020: Remove charger and earphones and charge more.
Apple 2022: Remove CPU and charge more.
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It would be nice if Apple allowed you to sync two HomePods for external speakers.
This monitor should be 1099.
Apple thoroughly up themselves! When will everyone realise Apple is taking the mick!
"retina" displays are a bs marketing term
Wdym
Hey Cindy. 😂
It’s not different enough
just get a cover..and you don't need to worry about brightness..lol
Wouldn’t buy it due to missing anti reflective coating, useless thing.
That’s what I like about it
But they sell an option with the coating.
It’s nice looking but overpriced.
$400 / 365 days = $ 1.09
Apple has been making some great products lately, but this is not one of them. Terribly overpriced.
So the Apple Studio display doesn't display 1Billion colors as advertised? The human eye can only distinguish 7 to 10 million colors anyway so I guess that shouldn't be a deal breaker. The foolishness of technical spec marketing. Sit down in front of the thing and see how it looks. That should be what sells you!
why brag about the screen rotation when you physically had to pick up the monitor??
LOL, i really want one but the lack of rotation in all versions except the vesa is a bummer. wish the $400 stand could take advantage of the UI rotation…
Great review! Waste of money on this though. Go on a few trips instead ;)