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Oddly, we found that the Studio Display wouldn't work with a Windows PC that also had Thunderbolt 3 when using the Thunderbolt cable provided by Apple. There are also three USB-C ports on the Studio Display for connecting peripherals and accessories, which is certainly handy, although similar USB hubs are commonplace on many modern monitors. The display has a Thunderbolt 3 port on the back that's used to connect it to a host Mac, and this also provides 96W charging for a laptop if required. The Studio Display has one Thunderbolt 3 port and three USB-C ports at the back. Ironically, perhaps, the Studio Display is redeemed by the additional features that complement the screen itself. The Studio Display is also brighter than the iMac - 600 nits, rather than the 500 nits for the iMac - but it doesn't support HDR, or the 120Hz ProMotion refresh rate of the latest iPhone and iPad models, so it isn't quite the state-of-the-art display that Apple seems to think it is. The image quality will certainly be suitable for a wide range of graphics and design applications, as well as general office use, and the Mac's Display Preferences panel provides a simple pull-down menu that allows you to select a variety of colour presets suitable for different tasks and workflows.Ĭolour presets for different tasks and workflows on the Studio Display.
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That's no bad thing, as the 5K (5120 x 2880, 217.6ppi) resolution provides a bright, sharp image with bold colours and, as with the iMac, there's support for the DCI-P3 colour standard used in professional video editing. It has sharper corners - Apple's current design fetish - than the 27-inch iMac, but in many respects the screen panel is very similar to that of the old iMac. The panel has much narrower bezels than earlier iMac models, reducing the overall size of the screen to 623mm wide, 478mm high and 168mm deep, when mounted on the basic tilt-only stand (24.5in. The design of the Studio Display clearly follows the lead of last year's revamped M1-based 24-inch iMac, with the former's slimline 27-inch screen measuring just 18mm (0.71in.) thick. The 18mm thick Studio Display, mounted on the standard tilt-only stand. Needless to say, these prices - ranging from $1,599 to $2,299 - have not met with universal approval. There's also an option to choose a glare-reducing 'Nano-texture' glass panel, which costs an additional $300. If you want to adjust the height of the screen – and many people do - then you either balance it on a pile of books, or pay an additional $400 for Apple's tilt- and height-adjustable stand. That price includes either a VESA mount adapter or a basic stand that allows you to adjust the tilt of the screen, but not the height. In contrast, the new Studio Display provides only a 5K screen, with a starting price of $1,599. Until it was recently discontinued, Apple's 27-inch iMac had a starting price of $1,799, which of course included the 5K display along with the iMac's CPU, GPU, RAM and storage.
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