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New in-house monitor for the Mac Pro.

The problem with massive screens is at the average desk you are sitting about 2 feet more or less from the screen. Huge monitors mean moving your neck all the time. I don't use it for work but I have a 22" monitor just for general use internet browsing and stuff and I actually find that its size is completely fine. I don't have to move my neck at all viewing it and I don't even have my browsers open full screen.

Monitor size is a huge personal preference thing. Some people want to sit close with a huge ginormous monitor. Others are fine with a a couple of smaller ones. Ive seen people with screens stacked on top of one another, some people must love having to move their neck a lot.

For example my preferences, for work 27"-30-31", general use 22"-24".

I look forward to seeing more about these screens.
 
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I am personally using a thunderbolt and led cinema both 27”. I have them slightly angled to ease the neck, a 40” might be the right scenario and eliminate any the need for most dual display setups. Who knows until I actually see the thing though.
 
flat five said:
but, i currently use an iMac and as far as i'm leaning right now, will likely continue to do so.. probably an iMac Pro being my next desktop purchase. in which case, an iMac + 40" display just won't fit unless-> sledgehammer :)
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I am guessing this 8K display is meant solely for the next Mac Pro as an iMac / iMac Pro could not even connect to it unless Apple adds an HDMI 2.1 connector to the 2018 models. I don't see that happening, nor do I see Apple dropping Thunderbolt and instead adding embeddedDisplayPort 1.4 which would allow 8K over USB-C.

Which means the iMac and MacBook families cannot connect to it until Intel launches Thunderbolt 4 (and that assumes Intel adopts DP1.4 and pushes the bandwidth to 80Gb/s for TB4). And that will probably be awhile.
 
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My dual screen set up has a greater width than a single 40" monitor, but a lot less height. And height is something I wish I had more of, especially for coding, so I think I would get on well with it. But it will probably be outside my price range unfortunately.
 
Moonjumper said:
My dual screen set up has a greater width than a single 40" monitor, but a lot less height. And height is something I wish I had more of, especially for coding, so I think I would get on well with it. But it will probably be outside my price range unfortunately.
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heh, right.
the price could certainly begin with at least a 2..
i imagine.
 
Moonjumper said:
My dual screen set up has a greater width than a single 40" monitor, but a lot less height. And height is something I wish I had more of, especially for coding, so I think I would get on well with it. But it will probably be outside my price range unfortunately.
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Agree completely. 1080 equivalent for height sucks. 1200 for height is OK. 1440 even better. A 4K monitor on an OS that supports resolution independence is great - 4K is wonderful (3840x2160 at 150% is 2560x1440).

If your OS is brain-damaged about resolution independence - not so great.
 
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I got to see it too but it was 41" so clearly this guys a phony. :p
 
Quu said:
I got to see it too but it was 41" so clearly this guys a phony. :p
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Depends on whether you round up or down. ;)

And as to the price: 8k OLED!? Think starting with a 4 if not a 5. This monitor won't be for everyone. It won't even work on (almost?) any existing computers.
 
Ph.D. said:
Depends on whether you round up or down. ;)

And as to the price: 8k OLED!? Think starting with a 4 if not a 5. This monitor won't be for everyone. It won't even work on (almost?) any existing computers.
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ha.
if true then it's also true they are going to make another display suitable for everybody else.

a $4000 display and only a $4000 display doesn't really satisfy what they said about re-entering the display market (imo)

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though iirc, they did say 'A' new display (singular) and they did say it was a 'pro' display..
if it's a forty inch OLED, i'm priced out and spec'd out ;)
i'll use something else when the time comes.
 
Ph.D. said:
And as to the price: 8k OLED!? Think starting with a 4 if not a 5. This monitor won't be for everyone. It won't even work on (almost?) any existing computers.
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Dell's 32" 8K LCD launched at $5000 in March and is now $3900. So I expect Apple to want at least $5000 for their 40" OLED display.
 
Ph.D. said:
I was allowed a look at Apple's new in-house monitor for the Mac Pro.

It is about 40", using the so-called "super-retina" pixel pitch of the iPhone 8 (3x, not 2x like the current retina), totaling 8k screen resolution.

It's OLED, I'm presuming made by LG. It's very thin. The OLED is sandwiched straight to a glass back that is exactly like the iPhone 8's, in the silver color. I was told the choice of silver was to make the display fit into an office environment without being too imposing given its size. They had another mock-up there in the iPhone's "space gray" for comparison and I have to say they are right.

There's a small "chin", bonded in aluminum, to keep the iconic iMac look. The chin contained a "phased array" set of small speakers and the facial-recognition hardware from the iPhone X.

Although the speakers were small, when sitting in front of the monitor, the phased-array coupled with facial tracking made for a very detailed and immersive sound-stage. In a first-person visual environment (e.g. a game demo they had running), you could move your head to look around the huge screen and the sounds would follow and adapt as if in virtual reality. When sitting from across a room (like watching TV), the camera knew you weren't right in front of it, and the phased array effect changed to one of the new video sound standards (something I'm not knowledgeable about), which basically sounded like stereo to me.

There was talk of a smaller version, which I sensed would be aimed at a next-gen iMac following this design language.

So there you go. :)
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You need to be allowed to do some sneak peak of mac pro.

About that chin, is the design logical?
 
CWallace said:
Dell's 32" 8K LCD launched at $5000 in March and is now $3900. So I expect Apple to want at least $5000 for their 40" OLED display.
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anyone know of anyone having tried one of these on a cMP to see if it's any more reliable than the 5k 27" was?

The Dell 8k is ~280ppi, 5k 27" is around 218ppi.
 
Let me guess, an Apple employee accidentally left the monitor in a beer garden and you happened to find it? This is all Tim Cook's fault. This never would have happened if Steve were still alive.
 
pat500000 said:
You need to be allowed to do some sneak peak of mac pro.

About that chin, is the design logical?
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What do you mean about the chin? I thought it worked, and the phased-array speakers were pretty cool.

(Also, sorry, just "retina" not "super.")
 
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What do you mean about the chin? I thought it worked, and the phased-array speakers were pretty cool.

(Also, sorry, just "retina" not "super.")
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Oh. I thought you mentioned there was a "chin" to make imac iconic look or something like that. But anyway...this sounds really cool. Are they actually in development? Or did they lock down with the design? Thanks.
 
at work i have a 5k 27" with two 27" FHD monitors on either side mounted vertically which is covering roughly 50 inches diagonally. i do find myself moving my neck quite a bit, but doesn't seem to bother me. i think i could get along with a 40" display quite nicely, personally. might even eliminate my need for the extra two monitors. my wallet, however, would be kicking and screaming so i'll likely never know...
 
pat500000 said:
You need to be allowed to do some sneak peak of mac pro.
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He claims to have seen one of the two reference designs being studied and detailed it in the "Waiting for MP 7,1" thread.


mattspace said:
anyone know of anyone having tried one of these on a cMP to see if it's any more reliable than the 5k 27" was?
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I'm not sure that a cMP can drive one using two of the TB2/DP1.2 ports. And the HDMI 1.4 port can only support 4K output (and then barely).
 
CWallace said:
He claims to have seen one of the two reference designs being studied and detailed it in the "Waiting for MP 7,1" thread.




I'm not sure that a cMP can drive one using two of the TB2/DP1.2 ports. And the HDMI 1.4 port can only support 4K output (and then barely).
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Thanks. What say you? Doubt?
 
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