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Many media and YouTubers have already shared their reports on the Apple Studio Display experience. Most of them have given a lot of praise to Apple’s new 27-inch Studio Display’s speakers and microphones. There are still many problems. If you plan to buy it starting at $45,900 Apple Studio Display screen, it is recommended to first understand the advantages and disadvantages through this foreign media out of the box.
Apple Studio Display foreign media evaluation summary
Appearance design
Most foreign media agree that the appearance design of Apple Studio Display is quite perfect. It adopts all-aluminum design and has a priceless black logo on the back. It weighs only 6.3 kg and is much lighter than the Pro Display XDR, so it can be moved at any time.
Gizmodo Phillip Tracy’s test process also found many defects in the appearance of the Studio Display. Although there are additional cooling holes on the top, the screen back cover is still prone to heat. In addition, the non-slip rubber on the base of the Studio Display cannot be fixed on the wooden table. When plugging and unplugging from the back, it is easy to cause the entire screen to slide.
Display effect
Studio Display has 5K Retina, a resolution of 5120 x 2880, 218 pixels per inch, a brightness of up to 600 nits, and supports P3 wide color gamut, original color display, and 1 billion colors. There are good and bad reviews in the display performance part:
CNBC Reviewer Kif Leswing believes that the Studio Display’s picture quality is excellent, beautiful and clear. If you need to read text through the screen for a long time, although it looks expensive, it is much cheaper than the Pro Display XDR.
The Verge The review criticized Studio Display’s display effect as not worth $45,900, mainly because Studio Display’s screen panel technology is far behind the specifications of iPhone, iPad Pro and Macbook, and it still uses the old and traditional SDR backlight technology, but is unwilling to add HDR local dimming technology .
The Studio Display is just a standard IPS panel, and can’t show the perfect black and vivid contrast of OLED. If you compare the HP Spectre x360 16-inch OLED laptop or a third-party screen, you will find that the Studio Display is obviously weaker in display. I would advise against using the Studio Display as a gaming monitor, as it only has a 60Hz refresh rate.
But comparing the Studio Display to the LG Ultrafine 5K, the Wall Street Journal review also found that the two screens are nearly identical in color performance, and both are very beautiful monitors.
Speakers and Microphones
Foreign media also praised Studio Display’s built-in microphone and speakers are really great!
With high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming assistance, the microphone mode can be adjusted through the control center, such as voice isolation, wide spectrum and other modes, which can enhance the audio quality of video calls, and the other party can hear our conversation more clearly. The sound from the high-fidelity six-speaker system is also quite good. With the support for spatial audio, I don’t think it’s a gimmick, because the playback is completely through the wide stereo, whether it is playing Dolby Atmos music or video is very powerful , all in all this is the best in-screen speaker system I’ve ever heard.
However, TecgRadar reviewer Matt Hanson also praised the speakers, but he found that the Studio Display performed well for spatial audio. After playing a few music that supports Dolby Atmos, the sound can not be felt from all directions at all. He thinks that the virtual surround After all, the sound still can’t catch up with the physical speakers, which is the same problem with the Studio Display.
TechCrunch Brian Heater thinks it would be better if the Studio Display provided a 3.5mm headphone jack, so that studio staff need external headphones to monitor the sound.
front lens
The Studio Display front lens is equipped with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with a 122° viewing angle, ƒ/2.4 aperture, and a built-in A13 bionic processor, so that the screen can also support the character centering function, but it seems that many reviewers have found the Studio Display front lens. The resolution is terrible, prone to noise and grainy images, even with portrait mode turned on or off.
Apple has also issued a statement to the public. We have found that the Studio Display front lens can cause noise and image quality problems, which will be resolved in subsequent software updates. It is not clear which version will be improved. In the past, Apple’s first-generation new products always encountered this type of major error, and Apple usually solved it through system updates in the future.
Stand and Nano-texture glass
Foreign media believe that spending an extra 9,000 yuan to upgrade Nano-texture glass is quite worth it. In addition to anti-reflection, it is also very easy to clean if it gets dirty.
But there are many reviews that think the Studio Display stand is poorly designed! There is no way to adjust the height, only the tilt angle (−5° to +25°) can be adjusted. You can only purchase a height-adjustable stand for an extra $12,000, or you need to purchase VESA hanger accessories yourself. If you want to have height adjustment The stand, ready to spend a little more money will do everything.
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