Studio Display XDR and my wallet's demise

[casperes1996]

The Studio Display XDR box is now in my kitchen. Whenever today's working day comes to an end I'll open and begin setup. (writing here in lunch break, which is not long enough to set up properly and get food in me I think... Even though my body is itching to just open the box)

 

[casperes1996]

It is beautiful. I have looked at 4K for too long. 5K is brilliant. The MiniLED is great. Color range and reference profiles are fantastic. I have just started with it and haven't pushed it through a series of workflows yet, but so far happy. It cost and arm and a leg so I also better damn be happy, but yeah. It's good. Thicker border than I'd like but it's nicely uniform with the camera atop so it's OK. Stand with height adjustment is nice. I do not have nano-texture; just normal glossy, and its reflectivity level is better than expected. Less reflective than the 2020 iMac at least, by quite a noticeable bit. You can still use it as a mirror when it's off and you're up close but with my ceiling light there's no distraction really.

 

[Nycturne]

Wait, does Apple allow windowed apps to drive particular refresh rates on a VRR display?

AppKit only allows this when the app is full screened. So in principle, Word could enable VRR for scrolling if they wanted to, but it would only work when the user is solely focused on that one window.

Games I think are a bit different, but mostly because the expectation is that your focused on that one window, even when it's not full screen. Games commonly run in a "windowed fullscreen" mode that just covers the whole UI rather than take over the screen completely, which is probably the major reason why.

This may only mean "external display" or "support fully accessible VRR", but:

This is exactly why I said this topic gets muddled quick. It is indeed the first external monitor that supports Adaptive Sync from Apple to my knowledge. And if we assume internal ProMotion displays don't enable VRR for games at all, then it's technically accurate across all Apple displays.

It is beautiful. I have looked at 4K for too long. 5K is brilliant.

The main reason I haven't ordered one is that I currently have two machines hooked up to a single display. A gaming rig and my MBP. The 5K would be perfect for the MBP, but even with my higher end GPU, 5K at >90Hz is gonna be rough. Not to mention figuring out how to get my gaming rig working with a Thunderbolt-based KVM.

 

[Citysnaps]

It is beautiful. I have looked at 4K for too long. 5K is brilliant. The MiniLED is great. Color range and reference profiles are fantastic. I have just started with it and haven't pushed it through a series of workflows yet, but so far happy. It cost and arm and a leg so I also better damn be happy, but yeah. It's good. Thicker border than I'd like but it's nicely uniform with the camera atop so it's OK. Stand with height adjustment is nice. I do not have nano-texture; just normal glossy, and its reflectivity level is better than expected. Less reflective than the 2020 iMac at least, by quite a noticeable bit. You can still use it as a mirror when it's off and you're up close but with my ceiling light there's no distraction really.

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Thanx for your assessment- appreciate it. As I mentioned back in post# 20, I've had a Studio Display for around three years and love it. Especially as it hasn't drifted at all in that period (compared to my previous display that would drift a week or two after being puck calibrated - a real frustration). But I'm still considering an XDR. I may go for it. Yeah, it's a big chunk of money... but processing and printing photos from LR is a huge part of my photography.

 

[Jimmyjames]

It is beautiful. I have looked at 4K for too long. 5K is brilliant. The MiniLED is great. Color range and reference profiles are fantastic. I have just started with it and haven't pushed it through a series of workflows yet, but so far happy. It cost and arm and a leg so I also better damn be happy, but yeah. It's good. Thicker border than I'd like but it's nicely uniform with the camera atop so it's OK. Stand with height adjustment is nice. I do not have nano-texture; just normal glossy, and its reflectivity level is better than expected. Less reflective than the 2020 iMac at least, by quite a noticeable bit. You can still use it as a mirror when it's off and you're up close but with my ceiling light there's no distraction really.

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I’m not envious, I’m not envious I’m not envious….

 

[Citysnaps]

Well... I'm one step closer. I went to the local Apple Store this morning and was able to check out a Studio Display XDR they had plugged into a Mac Studio.

What a beautiful display. Excellent color, blacks, contrast, resolution, and height/tilt-ability. Next step is finding some online reviews from credible sources. If that goes well I'll likely purchase one from B&H. They pick up the 9.4% sales tax (a good chunk of money) that California imposes on the county I live in.

Sadly, Apple does not buy back Apple displays. So my current Studio Display may live as a second display on my desk (I really do not want two displays), in a closet as a spare, or to my wife to use with her laptop.

 

[casperes1996]

Sadly, Apple does not buy back Apple displays. So my current Studio Display may live as a second display on my desk (I really do not want two displays), in a closet as a spare, or to my wife to use with her laptop.

If you don't have a need for it and your wife doesn't want it, there's also the option of selling it to someone on eBay or similar site if Apple doesn't buy them back.