> And you should only be buying the monitor if you are after a reference quality display. In which case you would know how cheap it is. Apple's display specs a

> And you should only be buying the monitor if you are after a reference quality display. In which case you would know how cheap it is. Apple's display specs are impressive but it's not actually going to compete with reference displays. It's missing all the actual reference display features (interlacing controls, SDI inputs, programmable LUT, info overlays, etc...). You can buy more products that add that, like this input box from Blackmagic: https://www.studiodaily.com/2019/06/blackmagic-caters-apple-pro-display-xdr-new-teranex-mini-converter/ https://www.studiodaily.com/2019/06/blackmagic-caters-apple-... But now the price is adding up and you've got more boxes and dongles to deal with. But out of the box the display itself is competing with high-end color accurate displays, the content creation displays. It's not competing at all with reference displays. All that said more relevant to this discussion is the fact that Apple doesn't have a cheaper display at all. If you want a workstation and you go to an Apple store the only monitor option they have is the Pro Display XDR, when all you may actually want or need is the display from an iMac just in a standalone case for use with the Mac Pro.