Apple Studio Display: 6 Reasons It's Worth It!

6 reasons you should consider the new Apple Studio Display. Is it worth it?

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[ZaphodTube]

Somebody in our coworking space got it and the first thing I noticed was the speed of connecting. You are the first person I heard mentioning it. Overall the best design, build quality, picture, sound, connectivity and integration in the ecosystem. No idea why people are hating it. Will get one and be happy for 10+ years.

[papermelon]

The way I look at this display, it should have gone one of two ways. If it HAD to be $1, 600, they absolutely have no excuse in not giving this display dimming zones, better colors, Face ID, and way slimmer bezels. However if they really wanted to give us only what they did, that’s totally fine, it shouldn’t have been more than $1, 300. Especially since this and the Mac studio are a duo intended to replace the 27” iMac, and together they can’t be cheaper than $3, 600.
Apple’s ultimate advantage here is the fact that they have almost no competition in this specific monitor type.
I’m not as mad as most people, but there’s just no way to look at this without knowing that it should have done more, or been cheaper.

[mikeyg]

The bezels/ borders wasn’t an oversight. It was made that way for a reason. It improves your visual accuracy when reviewing work close to the edge, vs your vision competing to “see” to what’s behind the monitor when reviewing. It’s creates a set border that your vision can use to guide its focus when reviewing. Yes aesthetically the bezels could be thinner… but for a workflow I’m happy they kept the bezels, ex: print work. Love the studio display. Still have 5 30 inch cinemas and 8 thunderbolt displays to replace 😅, if and when they die. You get what you pay for.

[bugged]

Those are exactly what my reasons were! I guess for a lot of folks small things like these don't really bother, but monitor not switching on instantly or Color grading on the screen is super important for me and my work.

[SFAutor]

I have ordered the Mac Studio and the display will follow shortly as soon as my budget allows. A great display that I have been waiting for a long time.

[BSDjunkie]

Hello Jerry! Really like the video! Couldn’t agree more! I have a Mac Studio display with height adjustment and nano-textured glass and absolutely LOVE it! Never had a retina Mac display before and it continues to wow me every time I use it. Very grateful to be able to afford one these days. Replaced a late 2013 27” iMac which is now ‘vintage’. Still love that iMac though, but am no longer using it as I now have a Mac Studio with 2TB drive and otherwise the base model.

[abrantesfontenelle]

I’m Brazilian and you are the best of YouTube, definitely!

[heysamhillier]

The shift option fine adjust is great! Never knew

[JWOY-hh]

The display is awesome, I have seen one and would get it for any of my Mac setups if I did not have an M1 iMac in blue. You can't get anything like it with 5k..perfect pairing for MacBooks, Mac mini, or of course studio..people will complain about anything no matter how good it is.

[Piketom]

It's perfectly valid to complain that the display is too expensive. I still ordered one because it's the best build quality and display quality of pretty much any desktop monitor for less than $2K. Apple is not trying to build a "budget" option and they seem to be okay with it being a fairly niche product. It has a limited audience which is mostly by design. The number one complaint I have seen is the webcam. I've used it and honestly don't care. Web cam quality does not matter in the least to me. I use it for video conferencing while working at home and all that matters is that it has a webcam, not how good the webcam is.

[j_official]

8:36 not all displays are this slow to wake up/connect to the Mac. My Dell 1440p displays wake up very quickly.

[chrisennis]

I grabbed one before watching this or any other video because of the 6 reasons you detailed. I wasn’t sure, but I was confident the things that matter to me would be well worth the price tag.

[RiccardoMerloVegan]

It is a great display, full of features, I’m loving it! A 27” must be 5K for perfect sharpness and big work area

[georgeroukas]

I love my studio display for all the reasons you mentioned, plus centre stage, which has solved a problem I’ve had with all of my other displays. I like to have the middle of the screen just below eye level and without centre state, Zoom and Teams put my head down at the bottom of the screen. With center stage, I’m always in the right place. Finally, I can’t be the only person who is wondering what other things have been planned for that A13 Bionic chip in the display. I have to imagine they have more things planned for this display than what they’re talking about now.

[BIGBADDIVAS]

Thank you for your assessment. We finally realized how slow it takes other monitors to wake up from sleep mode. That’s why we stopped using our 2009 Mac Pro.

[mfleber]

Curious, how does the display audio compare to the HomePod mini stereo pair audio quality for everyday use? These are the speakers to most likely remain on my desk with the monitor and they are easily used as Mac speakers - the video sync issues seem to have been fixed over time. Nothing seems to be published comparing them.

[CodyNorris]

This video sold me on upgrading. I currently use a 27inch 4K Samsung display with no mic, speakers, or webcam which I am going to start needing more and more (AirPods aren't cutting it) but I cannot stand wires all over my desk. This display and my MacBook Pro 14 will help clean up my desk and keep it free of clutter.

[LiftGammaGainKC]

Editing on this display is a pretty spectacular experience. I agree, it has some excellent qualities and after working on it I don’t care about what it doesn’t have.

[SR-dgek]

Can you connect the display to a console?

[MissSitaKat]

The Apple Studio Display is a 600 nits monitor that offers an adequate peak brightness for grading HDR. (And far more than adequate for photography.) Because it has no type of local dimming it cannot reproduce dark details hence it’s low 1200:1 contrast ratio. For non-professional HDR grading in a normally lit room the darkest shades will be washed-out thereby limiting viewable contrast. Thus, the Studio Display will likely be acceptable. The 60Hz refresh rate is exactly what it should be for video editing as is the P3 colorspace. The power cord is perfect to plug into a power strip--and it can be removed. The name "studio" is clearly saying the display is for content creation--so gammers simply move on.