Should you buy the Apple Studio Display in 2024?? 2-year ownership review 

fantastic in depth review. thank you.

Excellent review.Thank you.

Great review by the way, love how clear it is.

I bought mine when it came out pretty much for photo editing, and it really stands out for that. Color calibration is exceptional from the factory, and I found that professional printing houses recommend using it with Apple’s out of the box calibration settings, because manufacturing tolerance is so tight they can print to match the display as well or better than when people attempt to calibrate a monitor themselves with the third party tools. “Real” professional photo editing monitors are also IPS, generally only 4K, snd cost even more than this does. It’s similarly good for video editing and grading. Any other use cases? I’m not going to argue with you! Get something else. As good as it is for its purpose, professional media production, please Apple, bring us an updated display! (An updated Pro Display XDR while they’re at it too, please!)

Taylor! I still love my ASD. I like the esthetic of it. I check out others and can’t find any at all that compare, build wise. Dude! So happy to see you not living next to a freeway anymore. You seem much happier in the new place. Cheers!

honest review,, and I agree about the point price at 2024. Thank you!

Many blessings to you brother 😊

Very good review. Never thought very highly of Tim Crook. With Steve Jobs maybe the pricing was also quite high, but the products weren't a mixed bag of goods and bads.

4:40 My Dell ultrasharp 2405FPW was very uniform, and no backlight bleed. When it finally died after 15 yrs of use, it was extremely difficult to find a modern (LED backlit) IPS that was as uniform as well as not have backlight bleed. I ended up buying a used 2011 27" Dell ultrasharp as my replacement. I suspect the switch from ccfl to LED backlighting as the problem. Matching color and intensity for a half dozen CFL tubes is probably far cheaper than to do the same for the hundreds to thousands of LEDs for modern IPS. Most manufacturers just cheap out I guess.

Thanks man.

Very helpful. Great cat cameo roll...

You are a talented reviewer. thanks for the quality review. deeply appreciated!

good review. don't see many tech channels talk about it anymore

Your lucky to not have trouble in 2 years. My Mac Studio display died after 18 months. First signs of trouble was its inability to turn on if the Mac Studio was restarted. I was able to to get it to turn on again but this was only after having it powered down the Studio screen for at least 8 hours. Pulled this trick off 3 times but once I upgraded the OS to Sonoma it bricked out totally. Nothing will trigger it to turn on. I now own a $2500 beautiful brick. I'm in negotiations with Apple related to the next step. So even a all metal monitor can be a turtle killer

The M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pro does have Thunderbolt 4 Ports, but The M1 MacBook Air only has Thunderbolt 3. Windows laptops with the Studio Display is really hit or miss. You can get a usb-c (DisplayPort) to HDMI cable for it and use your PS5 with it though and that is a pretty good experience (no sound tho)

Great review. Thank you for the honest feedback.

I recently purchased Apple Studio Display after a long consideration compared with wide screen monitor for my development work. After a lot of reviews check, I have concluded myself that there is no other monitors work better for Mac. I know I do not play game and I do not use Windows machine. I do not need any extra peripherals like HDMI and USB-A. Mac just seamlessly works with one cable instantly and reliably. I am into this Apple Design theme. It is a perfect monitor for my needs even in 2024. I am just happy to sit in front of this beautiful monitor which motivates me more to be productive rather than working with plastic ugly looking monitor.

Hope you can review BENQ PD3225U with IPS black

I'll wait for the next version, expecting MiniLED or something better.

Is there a way to lower bass coming from studio display? The bass coming from studio display is too much.

I have paired my Apple Studio with an MSI 34" qd-oled, and I don't regret it :P

QD oled even new one still has soft text at 32" 4K. also appears to have CA chromatic aberrations. I pref 5K retina for productivity primary. OLEDS are awesome for games and movies.

When do you think the second generation of it might come out? At wwdc or this fall 2024 or even later?

Do you get 120hz in the Alienware?

I was just going to subscribe and then realized I already have. LOL!

Looking at all the metrics you've mentioned, it's not the best in any one aspect. However, taking a step back, it's easily the most balanced 5K monitor you can buy. It does everything pretty good. For example, as you've mentioned, the alienware monitor is 2x more color accurate, but it isn't nearly as bright. No other monitor I know uses glass as part of the display rather than plastic. No other monitor on the market offers nano-textured etching to create the matte coating which provides the maximum optical clarity while providing industry leading anti-glare. No monitor offers a 6 speaker array capable of Dolby Atoms sound. No monitor on the market provides the deep macOS integration and is ready to go when you wake your mac in 1 second. No 5K monitor is cheaper than Studio display while providing the exact same construction material, design, functionality. Anyone buying this monitor should not consider one metric, but looking at all the benefits combined. This monitor is more accurate than most monitors out there, offers 5k resolution, 6 speaker array, a camera that while isn't great provides center stage functionality, 3 mic arrays with noise cancellation for super clear voice and video calls, nano-texture option, industry leading optical clarity for sharper and brighter looking display, and deep integration with macOS all baked into a single package. The better comparison would be LG ultrafine. However, that display has the cheapest plastic enclosure with an unaesthetically pleasing design. Another competing product would be Samsung ViewFinity S9. It gets close, but it uses the standard plastic matte material for the display, doesn't include dolby atmos capable speakers, doesn't have an included webcam that provides substantially better image quality than the studio display, and cuts cost by using a plastic back. The bottom line is, for the price that you pay for, there is no competitor out there that can match Apple Studio display for the overall performance, functionality, and design (including use of materials).

Thank you for your unbiased review. I'm not a gamer, nor do I use Windows, and I love a good/clean desk setup. As a software engineer, I'm thinking about buying a second Studio Display :D

Now that Apple launched their own 1st larger OLED panels maybe we don’t have long for a new version of the Studio Display. Hopefully they’ll offer a simpler version without all the bells and whistles and a more professional one.

Is it useful for photo editing?

Do you get any burn in on your OLED?

2024 and there is still no competition in the 5k segment. I have been using ASD for 1.5 years and I think it was a great purchase.

Well, what do you recommend?

If this was really intended to be the iMac studio housing, it might be influenced by Ive’s experience of modern fashion with its retro aesthetic and lack of front facing logos.

I just bought it 1 month ago and now I am sad :/

I wish Apple would focus on the things that really matter. On a desktop monitor the build quality is irrelevant. I’ve got an old dell 24 inch monitor that is plasticky but it doesn’t matter a jot. What does matter with studio display is the use of legacy IPS tech. That’s what really matters and also doing stupid things like making the power cable non removable and also not having enough ports and ability to be used with non Apple tech, which is ridiculous for a monitor that is at the top of the price range. Apple, focus on the things that matter and stop giving us hardware riddled with ‘malware’

I ended up going with an LG made from Mac 24 inch that has all the internal controls like this display including brightness and volume controls. It's a 4K on a 24 inch so pretty darn sharp. In fact for $699 it's really sharp. LOL!

I prefer to leave a like and drop a subscribe

I've just bought a Studio Display Refurbished for $1049!

Not OLED, not mini-LED backlit, no HDR, not even Liquid Retina.. So MacBook and iPad literally have better displays than this I suppose??

Best Buy has 300 off studio display

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Not impressive. It should be curved.

Would this monitor be good for colour accuracy / print design ? cheers