Shell out for the Studio Display at its $1,599 base price, and for the money, you get either a VESA mount (you supply the arm or other mounting scheme), or a basic desktop stand that tilts. The situation, this time, isn't quite as outrageous as last time. The Apple Studio Display in profile: Standard stand (left), and $400-extra stand (right) The industry had a field day with one aspect of it-its $999 'optional' stand-and we had some fun with it, to be sure. (Cue 'Uh-ohs!' in the background.)Īpple watchers surely remember, and most surely lust after, this monitor's big sibling, the $4,999 Apple Pro Display XDR. But note: We said the monitor starts at $1,599. The Studio Display starts at $1,599, and you can read more about that launch, including the full range of what was announced, at the link here. The key specs on this new midprice 27-inch panel include a peak rated brightness of 600 nits, an anti-glare coating (with the option for an extra-effective one!), a very high-res camera, and six spatial-audio speakers scattered around the housing. It also pulled back the veil on its new Studio Display, a 5K Retina-panel monitor for content production and productivity.

How to Set Up Two-Factor Authenticationĭuring Apple's March launch event and keynote, the company announced a host of products and core technologies, including a new Apple M1 Ultra chip, and the Mac Studio compact desktop for content creation pros.

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The speakers are fantastic and you can see the results below:

The camera has a center stage feature that follows you as you move, and you can only use this feature with macOS devices. Apple has released a beta firmware update to fix it (you need to update the monitor through a macOS device), but this test was done before the update, so we'll update it and retest it. The microphone sounds fine, but the camera quality is washed out and dull. The webcam is disappointing, and you can see the test video here. Even though it has a built-in processor, you can't use it as a stand-alone monitor like the Samsung Smart Monitor M8 S32BM80, which has a built-in smart system.

You can use some of these features with a Windows PC, like the webcam and speakers, and the display works with Windows, but you lose out on other features like the ability to change settings and the processing that the display uses with macOS devices. The Apple Studio Display has a few extra features, like its webcam, microphone, and speakers.

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