3 ms·

What's weird to me is it doesn't take a genius to guess at what an Apple monitor would have looked like. Why can zero other companies execute on something like

What's weird to me is it doesn't take a genius to guess at what an Apple monitor would have looked like. Why can zero other companies execute on something like this? Sure Apple has advantages with scale, but it's not like they're squeezing tight margins. There was a lot of room under the cost of the Pro Display XDR. I'm not sure why none of these other companies can really execute on high quality hardware.

hnlmorg 5y ago
Maybe the demand isn’t there? There might not be a big intersect between those who are willing to spend > $1000 on a monitor and those who wouldn’t want to buy non-Apple hardware.
- gonehome 5y ago
  Maybe? There were years without any viable option where I think people would have. Now that Apple is back in the game you're probably right.
mort96 5y ago
Hell, just take the same LG panel that's used by both the LG UltraFine and the Apple Studio Display, put it in a well-built metal case, don't waste money on things like the A13 CPU, 64GB of flash, 13 megapixel camera, high-quality speaker system, etc, don't spend as many engineering resources on making the monitor as thin-and-light as possible. You could've made the standard monitor for anyone who wants a 5k 27" screen. I don't understand why the only manufacturer in the 5k 27" screen market was LG for half a decade and now only LG and Apple. There should be so much room here.
- kitsunesoba 5y ago
  IIRC there was a Dell monitor that used this panel too, but its availability was extremely brief and Dell EOL’d it not too long after release. I believe it had issues with waking from sleep and its picture blinking out sometimes, I guess they had QC issues with their driver board.
  - aesh2Xa1 5y ago
    There might have been a Dell, but the company I remember was Planar. The panel even had the webcam cutout (but no webcam) as I recall. https://www.planar.com/media/439284/planar-ix2790-specsheet.pdf https://www.planar.com/media/439284/planar-ix2790-specsheet....

hnlmorg 5y ago

Maybe the demand isn’t there? There might not be a big intersect between those who are willing to spend > $1000 on a monitor and those who wouldn’t want to buy non-Apple hardware.

gonehome 5y ago
Maybe? There were years without any viable option where I think people would have. Now that Apple is back in the game you're probably right.

mort96 5y ago

Hell, just take the same LG panel that's used by both the LG UltraFine and the Apple Studio Display, put it in a well-built metal case, don't waste money on things like the A13 CPU, 64GB of flash, 13 megapixel camera, high-quality speaker system, etc, don't spend as many engineering resources on making the monitor as thin-and-light as possible. You could've made the standard monitor for anyone who wants a 5k 27" screen. I don't understand why the only manufacturer in the 5k 27" screen market was LG for half a decade and now only LG and Apple. There should be so much room here.

kitsunesoba 5y ago
IIRC there was a Dell monitor that used this panel too, but its availability was extremely brief and Dell EOL’d it not too long after release. I believe it had issues with waking from sleep and its picture blinking out sometimes, I guess they had QC issues with their driver board.
- aesh2Xa1 5y ago
  There might have been a Dell, but the company I remember was Planar. The panel even had the webcam cutout (but no webcam) as I recall. https://www.planar.com/media/439284/planar-ix2790-specsheet.pdf https://www.planar.com/media/439284/planar-ix2790-specsheet....