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Except for the 5K resolution, the Studio Display is garbage. It's a 5 year old LCD screen, where given price it's reasonable to expect better dimming. It's out
by fleddr 5y ago
Except for the 5K resolution, the Studio Display is garbage.
It's a 5 year old LCD screen, where given price it's reasonable to expect better dimming. It's outdated in color accuracy as it scores well on DCI-P3, yet poorly on AdobeRGB (86%). For normal monitors these are good values, but they fail to impress for studio work. Further, factory calibration is shit, the white point is far too warm.
Where Apple brags about "billions of colors", it's not a true 10 bit screen. You just can't trust a single thing they say.
It's only 60hz. It's not a gaming screen but I'm just looking for any feature, any at all, to justify the price.
It's intentionally consumer hostile. Not only will it not really work on Windows, it also doesn't have a single button, not even a power button. It's entirely software controlled, and that should make you anxious.
There's no HDR support at all. Come on!? This is no longer a niche thing, it's a core need for videographers.
The stands, both options, do less than the cheapest stand on any other monitor.
All of this fits nicely into their line-up of non-pro screens. Like the bigger Pro Display XDR, according to Apple comparable to Sony's 35K$ reference monitor. Except that it isn't. Apple's display is not uniform and blooms all over the place. It's not a bad pro monitor, it's not a pro monitor at all. It literally cannot be used for color-critical work.