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Samsung Viewfinity S9 VS Apple Studio Display… The 5K Battle!!

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Hi, This is my second review of the Samsung Viewfinity S9, comparing it to the Apple Studio Display in many aspects. I hope you guys like it!

Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:33 The Panel
6:01 The Monitor
10:26 The Functions

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  5. Thanks for the thorough review. I was quite disposed to like the Samsung – a lot. I don’t, and I can’t quite put the finger on it. Maybe it’s the wobbliness, the controls, the speakers… Perhaps I can find a physical Viewfinity S9 in a shop to make up my mind. If I can’t, I’ll probably end up with the ASD, though I didn’t mean to.

  7. Very nice review — concise and with pretty much every piece of information I wanted.
    I wonder about that brightness control from better display app being different from what the in-display settings sets. If that was DDC control, that should be a change made to the same thing unless betterdisplay simply made a dark overlay without affecting backlight brightness on the monitor itself… Did you try something like Lunar app? It will tell you if you are running DDC control or just software overlay to control brightness.

  11. I really hope samsung will bring out a glossy version of the S9.
    Because that’s literally the only downside it has right now.

    Yes, the studio display is reflective, but after half a year, you wouldn’t even notice it anymore (at least, that’s my experience with apple products)
    And it also has better color accuracy

  15. What about ups glow? Which one has worse ups glow? Is any of these two better at ips glow compared to a normal mid range monitor. And no backlight bleeding right?

  18. Before getting to calibration I was saying “how is possible that this crap monitor (Apple) sold at 2000€, without support to HDR, can still be so much better…” but then I understood that S9 is very good as well, but only if I buy a calibration kit, am I right? Which one would you suggest for a non-professionist user? Thanks ja

  20. I usually dislike content with auto-narrating. However, for some reason your choice of narrator felt a bit more natural, and I was able to enjoy the decent information you provided. Thanks for the video!

  22. One question, if you connect an s23, and activate the Dex mode, can viewfinity charge through the usb type c connection to the s23? And if the answer is yes… you can use the pause USB power delivery?

  24. What was that calibrator device? If you don't have an ASD how do you make it look like the ASD? 

    I think if you're using 1 or 2 HomePods already, the S9 could be good otherwise you will miss the great sound from the ASD. I don't think S9 wobble should be much of an issue since you don't sit there jiggling the table. I do worry about the S9 matte since it reduces viewing angle.

  25. How about compatibility when you connect the computer? Is it as fast as the ASD or does it take more time to connect and boot up? I’be tried several 4K monitors for mac but they all take a while for Mac OS X to “get used to” and scale everything right. A lot of the time, the dock in Mac OS X takes some time to show up or end up in the right place.