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Apple Studio Display - Owners Thread
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My brightness buttons work intermittently, sometimes changing my studio display brightness but also sometimes changing my iMac display brightness instead. The sound buttons work correctly every time. Hopefully this gets fixed in a future firmware update.
Just watched Zollotech's YouTube review on the Studio Display, apparently it supports HDR playback as shown in 8:02. My existing LG Ultrafine 5K doesn't support it, but does have brighter highlights in HDR videos shot on my iPhone.
Just curious if the Studio Display also supports HDR on Netflix.
Just curious if the Studio Display also supports HDR on Netflix.
Just watched Zollotech's YouTube review on the Studio Display, apparently it supports HDR playback as shown in 8:02. My existing LG Ultrafine 5K doesn't support it, but does have brighter highlights in HDR videos shot on my iPhone.
Just curious if the Studio Display also supports HDR on Netflix.
in shadow of the tomb rider the HDR option is selectable and seems to work (with my old Dell the option could not be selected)
I've been trying to get it to work with windows, even with thunderbolt I can't control brightness on a 12th Gen Intel (no dgpu) waiting to try a variety of recomended cables. On a USB c surface go I can only get 4k 60hz but the mic camera and speakers work.
I wanted to use it with my 3090,i tried a wacom link plus but it won't turn the display on, I have high hopes for the moshi cable, there's another thread talking about brightness control that talks a lot more about windows support
Ahh nice, so it somehow supports HDR. Now i'm tempted to cop the VESA version....
Not that it matters much but it should be noted it doesn't support hdr in windows, even though, with its brightness I feel like it totally could..
A must watch for any current or future ASD owners. This video clearly highlights how much nicer the ASD is compared to the 5K iMac and LG UF.
Hear, hearI switched from a LG 27" 4k to the ASD. The text is so much crisper, just like on the MacBook Pro 14! And boy does it get bright
I am however not missing the miniLED/Promotion on the ASD, if it would be the same as on the MacBook Pros. The response times on the Macbook screen is very very slow, so text gets very blurry while scrolling. Almost defeats the purpose of having 120Hz!
MiniLED is great for HDR content, but since I am a developer I do not have much use for it. So why pay for a feature I don't need.
Overall I am very happy with this display, so much that I don't want to use my 27" LG as a second monitor. Thinking about getting a second ASD.
I got the Display purely for text sharpness. I have an LG $600 4k 27 inch monitor and everything looks fine on it but the text wasn't pure sharp when I scaled it on more space. It annoyed me and I had to focus harder to see the small letters, especially on a full full size story beat board where I can see everything at once. If you look at small text and you want it clear, I don't think there is any other option. For everything else, a smaller 4k monitor will be fine.
Thank you for this mini review, it was very helpful for me, because I am also scared to order the nano glass. My current Dell is matte, so I am not sure if I will like glossy.
This is one of the major issues that most reviews don't bother to mention. I stare at text most of the day, and these retina displays have much sharper text than any other option. My eyes thank me every second I am looking at the 2X pixel doubled screens.
Reading reviews it seems most people use devices to play games or watch videos and they base their opinions on that stuff. I cant even tell the difference between promotion and the 5k. Same with the backlight. All looks similar to my new MBP. I look at text in dark mode and white background so fuzzy letters strain my eyes and I have 20/20 lasik vision. all these reviews about the webcam or speakers dont interest me. I thought the point of a big screen was to see more documents all at once instead of jumping desktops.
Personally im not crazy about miniLED letters in dark mode because they get too bright and it kinda strains my eyes. I feel that my eyes do strain a little bit more on new MBP than on the 2019 one.
Not sure if it's different when you're using a Studio Display with an iMac, but with two Studio Displays the monitor you last clicked within is what gets controlled by the brightness keys on the keyboard. Maybe that explains why it seems to randomly change between your two screens?
the difference is obvious. I don't have an ASD standard to compare with mine, but I saw a standard one in the shop and it was terribly reflective (even at maximum brightness I could see my face in a certain way reflected). On the other hand, the saturation seems lower to me but I think the chromatic fidelity is more important than the quantity of color. The text seems very sharp to me but my previous monitor had 180 PPI while this 220, or so, so it's an upgrade.
Can't wait to see the photo!
@ITsamsamsam Wow! That is so obvious, the lack of reflection! Even with my current Dell's matte coating if I get direct sunlight, and I do at certain time of the day, I can't see the monitor at all. Is it too much to ask for a picture in the same setting but with some image on the display, say this thread for example.
I wish the nano texture didn't soften the image though. It's so much clearer on a glossy display.
Second monitor for me, love the way that stand holds your MBP, where is it from?
Do you have a comparison photos? I am very interested to see. In my country there is no Apple store and I can't see a live display. I am very very interested to see a side by side comparison.
Edit: can you define and qualify "so much clearer"
John Gruber updated his review for the ASD to say several Apple employee insiders he knows, independent of each other, reached out to tell him it really is a software issue that came up at the very last second that is causing the poor webcam quality. They all say a patch will make the quality the same as the iPads with Center Stage... ie. not earth shattering but a normal decent webcam with the added ability to automatically pan and recompose the image. Let's hope.
RE: Has anyone purchased the VESA mount option?
Im curious about the Portrait/Landscape orientation. I checked out the SD at the store (to get a feel for the standard or matte finish) and noticed there's no option in System Preferences to "rotate display 90º". How will the VESA mount displays be able to rotate the orientation without a preference setting?
Does the chip inside the display 'sense' the flip like on an iPad? ...If so, would that also work if you purchased the standard option mount? (I'd be curious to hear if those with the standard monitor rotated their display it would rotate LOL)
Im curious about the Portrait/Landscape orientation. I checked out the SD at the store (to get a feel for the standard or matte finish) and noticed there's no option in System Preferences to "rotate display 90º". How will the VESA mount displays be able to rotate the orientation without a preference setting?
Does the chip inside the display 'sense' the flip like on an iPad? ...If so, would that also work if you purchased the standard option mount? (I'd be curious to hear if those with the standard monitor rotated their display it would rotate LOL)
based on YouTube videos with ASD on a VESA mount it automatically switches orientation so it must have an accelerometer or orientation chip inside.