Apple Studio Display - FULL Review (after 1 month of use)
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Been waiting for Apple to make a proper display, for ages now! (Pro Display XDR has always been off my radar, due to its extremely high cost). Let me know what you guys think of our video! One of my favourite ones we've ever made and one of my favourite products that I've ever reviewed.
Thank you for your content. It is efforts like this which helps us make a choice.
Brooo I haven't watched a video of u in ages and it's so nice to be back
The XDR is not impressive in person.
Great reviewâŠđ
My barrier to buying a Studio monitor is its price. I donât need a monitor that expensive. I saw the Samsung 4K M8 which is a smart monitor and look forward to your review on the other monitor you showed towards the end of the piece
Youâre basically a fusion between Andrew Garfield and a tech CZcamsr
You just made my dayđđđđ
I watched so many monitor reviews this one was SO much more helpful than anything I saw
I was very close to buying this display, however as I needed the height adjustment and could not justify the cost and I made a split minute decision to purchase a a Dell 4k panel instead to connect to my existing Mac and the money saved went towards a new 4.5k iMac for another room. I know that I miss out on the 5k resolution the studio display offers but for my use this is fine. All the best.
I think your videos on this product are one of the best out there. And i entirely agree on all the things you say in your other videos as well. Your whole content has been interesting and helped a lot lately. Thanks!
Love mine! Hooked it up to my mac M1 Mini and got rid of my LG 24" 4k monitor. This blows it out of the water. Very minimal setup on my desk. Love the clarity, brightness, sound, and color of this monitor. Design is phenomenal. I'm so glad Apple made a display in my price point. No regrets!
you realize, the monitor is now about twice the price of the M1 Mini?
Yes Iâm quite aware of the price considering I bought one and I also bought my M1 mini I donât plan on getting rid of my display for a long time to come and there comes a time when youâre willing to pay to get what you want some people itâs a car some people itâs a trip for me it was my Apple Studio Display that was my splurge of the decade I never treat myself but this year I did
@@dawncolwell4003 glad to hear you are happy with it. wish you many years of joy with it.
Apple should have included the height adjustable stand for the base price of the display. I did not get that feature with my studio display because I put it in the monitor stand I had been using with my old iMac.
Thank you for the VESA advice. I switched my order at the last minute and picked up a great stand that allows for rotation thanks to this video.
Excellent round up here after a month. Learned quite a few things I didn't see in other reviews :)
I'm not gonna ruin the design by a vesa mount. The hight adjustable stand is beautifully overengineered. I love it.
Assuming an M1 iPad Pro as the primary device, how would adding the Studio Display measure up functionally, especially as a second screen and/or as an easy-connect / convenient hub for external storage devices and other peripherals? You eliminated your hub? Can the A13 & M1 coexist? Love the Pros & Cons approach. More of those, please.
Awesome long term review. Thanks man
I am considering going ahead and purchasing the Apple Studio Display to use as a secondary monitor on my 27â iMac Late 2014 iMac 5K. Can you share which cable do I need to purchase to make this connection happen? Thank you in advance for your help!
Thanks for this comprehensive and well explained review. It has helped me decide that a 4K Benq is the best addition to my 2K Benq for my photo editing. But the Studio Display looks so amazing I still want oneđ
Great review! As a professional photographer which display would you recommend with Adobe RGB in mind? I had thought about buying a Pro Display XDR Nano.
Amazing review and awesome content!đđ„đ!.Keep up the quality content-Thanks so much,I really appreciate it!
Thanks for the tip, order the Vesa mount adopter version, then buy a Vesa mount separately. I don't know if I'm going to get this monitor, but if I do, I will certainly do that.
Great balanced review. All I wanted was the panel, I think we all agree thatâs excellent. The other stuff is fine but unnecessary and pumps the price beyond acceptable for me. So I got a Mateview! Would I rather have the a studio Display? Sure, but I think the mateveiw is brilliant for the price and looks very handsome on the desk. Would love to see your review of it.
Do you not think that the inclusion of the A13 chip and the 64GB are actually for future use/future-proofing more than what it's currently being utilised for? (It is what I thought when I first heard). Have to say, I'm very happy with mine. I run two side-by-side and just bought a monitor shelf which lifts them up perfectly and gives me storage space underneath - also a lot cheaper than 2 x ÂŁ400 for the two height-adjustable stand options...
This is such a better review than the written ones I've run into. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
just ordered the Alogic Clarity 27in, seems like the best competitor to the studio display!!
So what monitor would you recommend? Particularly with a MacBook Pro m2 Max for video work
Good video mate thank you.
Using a Macbook Pro M1 Max can you scale the Studio Display to roughly 2K for photo editing?
Great review. A lot of people are comparing this display to others and totally miss the high dpi and brightness making this one of the few pixel-perfect monitors for those of us who work in a bright office. All the other monitors are dark, matte, or pixelated after being spoiled by the 5k imac and retina macbooks.
Still, the price is odd; a bit higher than it should have been for what it is while also being a little lower than it should have been if they had produced something closer to the 6k XDR.
A lot of monitors, also back 2 years ago, could rival this monitor in brightness and color accuracy. And at a lower price point.
I've been using two monitors for almost 20 years and wouldn't replace it for any display higher than 4K. I have a lot more space on two separate monitors.
My idea of the A13 chip being in the monitor has to do with Universal Control. If connected to, say, a Mac Studio and you have a MacBook Pro and an iPad you also want to share control with, it would need to know where the monitor display is in relation to the other machines, rather than where the Studio is sitting under your desk. But I've yet to read anything about this anywhere.
Iâve been looking at a lot of monitors and I do UI, gaming, copywriting, and cost projections. Iâm going to get the Dough(previously Eve) Spectrum Glossy
I really want this monitor! Ik you said it's not the best specialized monitor, but still a decent all-rounder; works for me.
hey ! im really thinking in buying on buying one. im currently studying design + game development and been using photoshop mainly, maya + zbrush + marmoset for 3d modeling. Microsoft visual studio for programming. would you recomment the display + a mac studio for this career or you'd suggest other options. thanks!
I have an old 24in 1080p HDMI Samsung monitor that I would like to run in vertical orientation next to the Studio Display, just for reference PDF, email, code, etc, is it possible to use a USB-C to HDMI to daisy chain them? So I will connect the MBP M1 directly to the Studio Display with Thunderbolt, then run the USB-C to HDMI from the Studio Display to the old Samsung, I'm guessing it's only at 1080p so it won't need too much bandwidth...
Best review I've seen on this monitor.
It's just a small matter, but after years of iMacs that turn off ports when shut down, I appreciate being able to charge keyboard and/or mouse at night while Studio is shut down.
Hello! Thanks for your video, good job. What stand model do you have on your MacBook Pro? thanks in advance
Excellent review! I will wait for a better deal
Looking at buying a new monitor but preferably 4k with as high dpi as possible and colour accuracy, there is just not the perfect medium at the moment ie 120hz 4k, love the mini led tech my personal preference rrrr
If I buy the studio display do I need to buy the Mac studio?
Wow with 2160P for this video. Incredible details.
Good equalizer app is eqMac, I am using equalizer all the time because I am switching sound devices very often with MacBook.
number one review studio display
Wow... what an excellent review. You actually covered a few positives that I'd never heard before, but which matter to me a lot. Specifically, text clarity and auto brightness! These two reasons alone are compelling if you stare at a monitor all day for work!
you never heard of auto-brightness? like a feature that has been available in all apple laptops for at least 6 years now?
@@DanielRodriguez-fg5llwere talking about monitors not laptops
I don't know how that auto brightness works, but you should never rely on an auto feature like that, for color critical work.
If you own something like the i1display Pro colorimeter, you can use that in conjunction with the I1 Profiler software. It will then pretty accurate adjust brightness on any display, by measuring ambience light.
For casual users, it's of course nice that the display can do this on its own, but then again if you are, you certainly don't need a $1500 display. And any TV has auto brightness as well.
The +200 ppi is a total overkill, rivaling smartphones and you don't sit with the display up your nose, like a smartphone.
Retina scaling for these old eyes is one of the reasons I wanted to purchase the Apple Studio Display to go along with the purchase of a MacBook Air to replace my late 2014 5K 27-inch iMac. Thing is at the time I placed my order of the MacBook Air with "Pick Up, in store" option this was not available for the Studio Monitor. So purchased new 5K 27-inch LG 27MD5KA-B flat matte black on a black NB North Bayou VESA Monitor Arm Desk Mount which is a look I love. So far no issues that pundits talk about with their old 5K 27-inch LG version of this monitor.
Would have purchased the VESA version of the Apple Studio Display with "Pick Up, in store" option.
I was looking for a monitor which I can use for Video Color Grading. Now I don't think that Studio display is a good option for color grading. as I need P3
So, what are today's best photographers' options? Incl Adobe RGB. Thanks
What is the evidence that including the A13 chip in the Studio display increased costs? Itâs just as reasonable to conclude that adding Appleâs own SOC, the A13, rather than licensing another manufacturers chipset, actually reduces development cost for the monitor.
What is that USB-C hub? Seems quite complete.
if you playback audio wich is "Bass boosted", it means the signal is processed and manipulated so the orignal mix is destroyed. this can make the signal distort and sound nasty and unbalanced. that doesnt mean the speakers on the stduio display are distorted, but the source audio is. I highly doubt the speakers are distorting the the sound at normal levels and normal listening volum. (maybe at the loudest).
Great video⊠Iâve had the studio display since launch.., on the whole itâs good⊠a little better than my 2014 5k iMac. Biggest disappointment is the poor quality of the webcam.
Good for a graphic designer?
What is holding me back from getting this Apple display is the size....for me 32" is perfect. For my Gaming PC in another room, I have a 42" and that is just too big to sit on a desk!
Excellent video, thanks. Is the HUAWEI MateView 28â being sold in the US? Would be great if you could review and compare it to the Apple Studio Display.
No it is not in the US. But I can tell you that the mateview is a great deal. You can get it for like $600 and it has height adjustable that is like 1/3 the cost of the Studio Display. Build is great, look great as well with smaller bezel. It is 4k+ and 500 nit.
FWIW, the 24 inch LG UltraFine comes in at 186 ppi not the 218 ppi of the Studio Display and the 27 inch LG UltraFine. Is that still Retina resolution? In the end I decided to pick up the Studio Display at twice the price of the 24 inch UltraFine because of the size, higher pixel density, greater brightness (I use it in a room with a wall of south-facing windows that let in a LOT of light) and Appleâs build quality. Iâm glad I did!
Thats the main problem with other competitors and I'm wondering why ppl not talking about it. The scaling sucks. It will slow you MAC like by 30% just by upscaling to like 6,5K and then descaling it back to 4K. So unfortunately there is only one option so far - Studio Display.
Do you know of a dock that supports dual Apple Studio 5k displays
I worked with 2 monitors on VESA mounts thinking that I would use the rotation for reading docs etc. I may have used it once. So that not a thing for me.
I look at the front of my monitors, and so the thickness has never been an issue, since CRTs were abandoned.
Iâll wait for a mini-led Studio Display Pro
When you show your comparisons, Like when you showed the web cam it would be nice if you would leave it up longer so we could actually see it. I still think this is way overpriced for what you get. It cost 1599 and you could get the base model iMac 27 inch for 1999. Iâm glad I purchased my iMac in 2019. Do I think they will come out with a 27 or 32 inch iMac yes I do.
Thank you for mentioning the Huawei Mateview. I have it and have been saying to so many that it's a great affordable alternative. The 4:3 resolution is great for productivity, it does power delivery and fluid with Mac's. A USBC for power and video (MacBook), DisplayPort for a second desktop (Mac Mini) and HDMI for PS5; and it's actually excellent for PS5. Just a shame the glare is a tad annoying. Perfect and slick looking monitor for a smaller home office space. I should probably do my own review as so opinionated on it.
Wait for the new pro display to come out and grab that or a used one at discount.
Nice video!
Anyone have 2 Studio Displays set up? Considering this! Does sound come out of both of them? Pros and cons besides price of course.
1600usd for office screen? Thanks!
I didn't know Andrew Garfield is a tech reviewer
Does it work well w ps5?
Have you done a video on your Dell Monitor
12:05 it's a common sense that making high resolution screen small is much more difficult. And TV and monitor are two different products. Sometimes it's just not interchangable
Do you remember how Apple said you could "order the Studio Display with the tilt stand and bring it to your local Apple store to install the height-adjustable adapter?" Well, forget it. I set up a Genius Bar appointment and then called just to be sure they had the part. I was told that (1) I must come into the store first, (2) the appointment is treated as a repair ??? and they could then order the part, and (3) when the part comes in, you schedule a visit again. What is really bad (in Seattle area) is that distribution doesn't even have the part!?!?! When I ordered the Studio display, the height-adjustable version (+$400) would take another 3-4 weeks and I didn't want to wait. Anyone else running into this?
I love mine. Period.
How well can this display work with ps5?
4K vs 5K seems pretty similar just an extra number larger or 1.25 larger as a ratio when you just compare the horizontal difference or the numbers. Yet a 5K display has 1.78x as many pixels. 8.3M vs 14.7M pixels.
It would be a better representation to call the following displays by the total number of pixels like so:
4K = 8M
5K = 15M
6K = 20M
why stop at 6k? I love Dell 8k 32" monitor!
Macs work best with screens that have a PPI of 110! Which best suits 27" 1440P screens.
@@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll 8k at 32" WOW
I'm NOT someone who sees super high PPI as wasteful "the eyes can't resolve anything greater than about 1440" they say.
But I will ask, if you had your druthers, would you rather have those 25+ million pixels over something like 37 inches?
I really think they should have done a 32â of this. That gives it more differentiation from the lg 5k. Maybe two sizes.
They probably will actually. That will probably be the next version with the LED technology similar to the new MacBook Pro screens. They did say that would be the next refresh, so it makes the most sense that it would be priced between this one and the XDR.
I have used my previous 27" Apple Cinema Display for like 9 years before I gave it to my brother and it's still kicking. It was the 3rd most expensive monitor I've ever bought in my life but I am shocked how durable and long-lasting it is.
But still I wish this Studio Display can be cheaper. If I picked it it would be the 2nd most expensive display I ever buy.
They are well built for sure. I am still using my Apple Thunderbolt Display and it is gorgeous. I may upgrade to a more modern 2k specifically designed with photo editing in mind, or maybe a 4k and scale it to 2k for photo editing. Not sure - this old ATD is really very good.
Apple Cinema Display also worked as a regular monitor so you could connect PCs and older Macs to it. Whereas the Thunderbolt Display was limited to Thunderbolt-only Macs. In a real life production setting, it was very inconvenient. It took them more than ten years to release an actual new model.
The compare to the Dell UP2720Q and BenQ SW271C is fair but also a little biased, as these are dedicated photography monitors with very low brightness, matte screens and low pixel density. These are niche monitors perfect for photography, and the Adobe RGB spectrum is geared for that.
A 85% Adobe RGB coverage together with 98% DCI P3 is excellent for the Studio Display, and youâve just convinced me of that purchase, as that was the last missing piece in the puzzle, so thanks for your thorough review! And Apple can thank you as wellđ
My question is whether with a Macbook Pro M1 Max you can scale the SD to about 2k which is where I want to be for photo editing which is a good share of my use case, not all.
Since when are 4k 27â monitors low pixel density monitors? đ I mean sure itâs not the Studio display but they more than get the job done unless youâre less than 2ft away from em. If anything 5k is far more niche.
Also a studio monitor should be able to handle all professional creative work, I think the Adobe spectrum should be covered by at least 90% at this cost.
With that being said, you know your use case and I hope you have a wonderful experience with your new monitor for many years to come!
@@Counz223 fair point, but they are niche in terms of their colour spectrum, which is also what the focus was here (comparisons on Adobe RGB etc). But indeed not âlow pixel densityâ but lowER - that Iâll give youđ. They serve a particular purpose, dedicated for photography where colour accuracy is key. The Studio Display is purposefully less dedicated, though should only really be for Apple users.
Says only 4 monitors out there...while holding up 3 fingers đ. Great video that was just funny đ
As a pro Photographer and Retoucher I would alwas prefer a Eizo or BenQ over a Apple Monitor
(0:18) The studio display is one of the only four..(and he holds up 3 fingers) đ
It needs HDMI. When I'm not using my Mac, I like to put on some games, on my console. A monitor not having even just one HDMI port is ridiculous. Second point, why not offer in a 32 inch size as well? Some people like 27 inch, but many of us would like a 32 inch size option, in this price range.
âUnless you take it to an Apple store and play labor fee [to replace the mount]â
Are you sure? I tried to do that a couple of weeks ago, and the Apple tech support person said no.
i buy this for the sharpness especially for text to ease my eyes!đ
I disagree with you in many Cases. The Studio Display is the perfect Companion to any Mac and there are just two major Flaws and these are the Lack of Local Dimming and the Crop of the 12MP Camera. All other is great. The Price is fine and good valued.
Where do you get your clothes?
i just purchased this monitor, and i am about ready to take it back, i dont see the 1400 price i spend for it... maybe i am wrong if someone could help me but i dont see it being worth the cost
What do you mean by "If you don't work with HDR content then this is a great choice"? Does video editing for online vids/4k movies count as HDR content?
No, HDR means at least 10-bit colors, a higher than usual contrast ratio and usually also 2K video or higher.
Itâs so ridiculous to me when people compare tech specs on Apple products. Itâs gorgeous and outclasses anything else not named Pro Display XDR by miles. The design itself is way more valuable thank anyone wants to give credit for.
The problem with image sharpness is not so much because of PPI, but because Apple scales the image. To a 27.4k monitor, Macos sends a 5K image that scales to 4K. That's why the image is not pixel perfect. Windows always has a pixel perfect image. At 4k it displays a 4k image.
Apple could have a sharp image even on 27 4K monitors. But apple doesn't want it :)
There is an equalizer built into the Music app. I use it on my old original Apple LCD display and it sounds great.
First comment. Also great video man. 100 percent watched it in 33 seconds
how is ur outro so cool?
Pro display xdrâ€
Pls make a video on windows with this
It's a shame that even with the on board processor, it still needs MacOS for center stage.
Apple Studio Display RULES .....Tip......next time you do this comparision.....place a nice green apple on the stand of the ..........
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I wish the M1 iMac was as thick as the Studio Display. The iMac is so light I had to use double stick tape to keep it from sliding all over my desk.
Is there any benefit to getting a 5k monitor and running it @ 1440p?
Absolutely not! It'll look awful!
Iâm keeping my Apple Thunderbolt Display. đđ„
No drop test?
My biggest annoyance with this monitor is lack of FaceID; what da heck Apple?
My iPad Air 2013 with 2048 x 1536 resolution just laughs in corner seeing that apple monitorđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
And laughed even louder when seeing price of it đ€đđ
âOne of only fourâ
hold ups three fingers. đđđ
You should have done the color calibration review for both out of the box and manually calibrated. Most people canât manually calibrate. Otherwise, the content was well done.
May I kindly ask, what do you men by manually calibrate? Not to be rude, just curious. I've always only trusted hardware calibration, since our biological sensors (eyes) are subject to so many faults, especially as we age.
@@bighgnoz5189 that is what I intended by manual calibration, calibrated as they did it. The only thing I thought that could have been done is the out of box review first.
I think youre confused by calibration terms.
All calibrations are in essence manual. There are in general 3 types:
Completely manual. You look at some pictures or a dedicated website or tool, that you attempt to do adjustments to. This has no value.
A software calibration. You use a colorimeter and whatever software comes or works with the colorimeter. Adjustments can be both manual and automatic, depending on readings. The result is an ICC profile. This is highly accurate. Not all software will support an ICC color profile, though.
A hardware calibration. Runs like a software calibration, but you generate a 3D lut file. This can be loaded into some monitors (not Apple's), a 3D lut box connected between the computer and the monitor or in a software like DaVinci Resolve. The accuracy here varies. On the cheapest monitors (+$1000) with a 3D LUT box it's not always as good, as a software calibration. The benefit of hardware calibration, is, that it's not software dependent. Your favorite media player, browser or video editor don't have to support color spaces.
@@akyhne true. I should have written, âout of box and calibrated.â