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Guy was on a non-4k Monitor saying the Apple Studio 5k was more crisp. Oof. For me... I like 2 monitors. Just one is a huge loss to productivity. I like 4k M

Guy was on a non-4k Monitor saying the Apple Studio 5k was more crisp. Oof. For me... I like 2 monitors. Just one is a huge loss to productivity. I like 4k Monitors. Anything less is unusable. I like 144hz monitors. I like matching monitors. I find that if I mix 4k and 1080p I am prone to headaches. I like monitors where the top is roughly eye level, or even a little bit higher, when I'm sitting down. I feel this helps my posture. I hate monitors with any sort of light on them that's not coming from the screen. Power lights on the front that are on when I use the monitor make them unusable for me. I just go with whatever 2 monitors I can afford that match the above criteria. I expect to pay $750 to $1,000 per monitor. So $1500 to $2000 when I buy new monitors. I expect the monitors will last around 3 years... likely they can be re-homed after, but like most things I don't think they hold up for me personally after that time. I couldn't ever afford 2x Apple Studio Displays... I mean... even if I could, I would have more sense. At one point in the past, about 5-7 years back, the job bought me 2x Apple Thunderbolt Display... and frankly it was nice, but the monitors were so low to the desk they had to be stacked on reams of printer paper to make them usable. I thought it was funny the company spent like $3k on monitors and I still had stacks of printer paper on my desk.

criddell 5y ago
> I expect the monitors will last around 3 years... That's it? What is it that fails for you? My current monitor (a cheap Dell) is more than ten years old and it gets used every day. I was thinking paying close to $2000 for a monitor isn't that bad because it's an important piece of equipment and they last a long time. It's the same logic I use to buy office furniture.
- moduspol 5y ago
  The value tends to hold a lot better, too. I just sold my old 27" Thunderbolt Display on Facebook Marketplace for $200 earlier today. Apple stopped selling it in 2016. I think I bought mine in 2014, but recovering $200 on an eight year-old discontinued monitor isn't bad.
- dbg31415 5y ago
  I find that the brightness either fades, or I perceive it to have faded due to new tech coming out and looking better. Dunno, just in my head I've got a "computer shit lasts about 3 years before it becomes unreliable" concept. I could be wrong. And I do re-home almost all my shit to my parents, and they tend to get use out of it. I know my 4k Samsung monitors that I got off Woot last time around (for like $375 each) were probably on the low-end of things. They only had 60hz refresh rates. But like, to me, I felt the contrast and colors started to go. Since they were matching and had identical color settings, once the colors no longer matched between them it felt like they failed to me. But... split them up, give one to Mom, one to Dad... nobody has complained. I'm probably too fussy.

criddell 5y ago

> I expect the monitors will last around 3 years... That's it? What is it that fails for you? My current monitor (a cheap Dell) is more than ten years old and it gets used every day. I was thinking paying close to $2000 for a monitor isn't that bad because it's an important piece of equipment and they last a long time. It's the same logic I use to buy office furniture.

moduspol 5y ago
The value tends to hold a lot better, too. I just sold my old 27" Thunderbolt Display on Facebook Marketplace for $200 earlier today. Apple stopped selling it in 2016. I think I bought mine in 2014, but recovering $200 on an eight year-old discontinued monitor isn't bad.
dbg31415 5y ago
I find that the brightness either fades, or I perceive it to have faded due to new tech coming out and looking better. Dunno, just in my head I've got a "computer shit lasts about 3 years before it becomes unreliable" concept. I could be wrong. And I do re-home almost all my shit to my parents, and they tend to get use out of it. I know my 4k Samsung monitors that I got off Woot last time around (for like $375 each) were probably on the low-end of things. They only had 60hz refresh rates. But like, to me, I felt the contrast and colors started to go. Since they were matching and had identical color settings, once the colors no longer matched between them it felt like they failed to me. But... split them up, give one to Mom, one to Dad... nobody has complained. I'm probably too fussy.