{"id":41829,"date":"2024-01-22T16:49:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T21:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=41829"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:00:38","slug":"best-mac-monitors-and-displays-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/22\/best-mac-monitors-and-displays-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Mac Monitors and Displays 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/668700\/best-mac-monitors-displays.html\">Macworld<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/668700\/best-mac-monitors-displays.html\">\n<p>However, picking a new monitor can be daunting. Not only are there many manufacturers to choose from, but there are also lots of sizes, resolutions, and features to consider&#x2013;and when we say lots, we mean <em>lots<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Apple sells displays for its Macs, and you could go with its offerings, but its displays are a quite bit more expensive than what third parties have. Buying from a different company may mean you may not get a feature that Apple offers, but it may also be a feature that you don&rsquo;t need, depending on how you use the monitor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are indeed many available displays, but the Apple Pro Display XDR and Apple Studio Display are the only ones they list that have the proper Retina resolution. The Studio Display&rsquo;s camera is presented as a &ldquo;Pro.&rdquo; LG and Samsung do still sell Retina 5K displays, but I&rsquo;m not aware of any other options.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/24\/cheaper-studio-display-alternatives\/\">Cheaper Studio Display Alternatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/06\/viewfinity-s9\/\">ViewFinity S9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/07\/the-state-of-external-retina-displays\/\">The State of External Retina Displays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/19\/the-best-mac-external-displays\/\">The Best Mac External Displays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/27\/the-lg-ultrafine-5k-kernel_task-and-me\/\">The LG UltraFine 5K, kernel_task, and Me<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"best-mac-monitors-and-displays-2024-update-2024-11-19\">Update (2024-11-19): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@caseyliss\/113495343509033028\">Casey Liss<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@caseyliss\/113495343509033028\">\n<p>There&rsquo;s been a handful of not-Apple 5K monitors that have come out in the last year or two. Does anyone have a list these days?<\/p>\n<p>(I&rsquo;m leaving aside the LG UltraFine 4K\/5K.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ioc.exchange\/@shac\/113495626462502783\">shac ron<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/ioc.exchange\/@shac\/113495626462502783\">\n<p>In 5K 27-inch there&rsquo;s<\/p>\n<ul><li>Samsung Viewfinity S9<\/li>\n<li>Dell UP2715k<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>That&rsquo;s it. That&rsquo;s the end of the list.<\/p>\n<p>Dell released a 6k monitor that uses the same panel as the XDR display. It is inexplicably hideous.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tapbots.social\/@paul\/113496055836199357\">Paul Haddad<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tapbots.social\/@paul\/113496055836199357\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Samsung-27-ViewFinity-S9-5K-IPS-Smart-Monitor-LS27C900PANXZA\/8460321449\">Samsung 5k @ $600<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/federated.saagarjha.com\/notice\/Ao834YciJwPle2yFwu\">Saagar Jha<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/federated.saagarjha.com\/notice\/Ao834YciJwPle2yFwu\">\n<p>This [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/displays-desktops\/monitors\/proart\/proart-display-5k-pa27jcv\/\">ASUS ProArt Display 5K PA27JCV<\/a>] is probably the new one Casey is thinking of.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tapbots.social\/@paul\/113496090396442243\">Paul Haddad<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tapbots.social\/@paul\/113496090396442243\">\n<p>The new Asus 5k is also an interesting option, arguably better connectivity (though its USB-C not Thunderbolt), internal power supply, better warranty and I think\/hope less aggressive anti-glare coating.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/15\/apples-stale-mac-displays\/\">Apple&rsquo;s Stale Mac Displays<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"best-mac-monitors-and-displays-2024-update-2024-11-25\">Update (2024-11-25): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@arroz\/113534490967098102\">Miguel Arroz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@arroz\/113534490967098102\">\n<p>BenQ is also going to release a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benq.com\/en-us\/monitor\/professional\/pd2730s\/buy.html\">5K 27 inch display<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@arroz\/113534499244551116\">Miguel Arroz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@arroz\/113534499244551116\">\n<p>Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ojwowaY3Ccw\">a review of the Asus 5K<\/a> that shows local dimming being turned off (thanks for the link @daveeed). Sadly the display has no macOS integration for brightness control.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tapbots.social\/@paul\/113533900074712902\">Paul Haddad<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tapbots.social\/@paul\/113533900074712902\"><p>Around 5:20 is the main issue I have with the Samsung 5k display and every other display that&rsquo;s not made by Apple. @#$@!@# matte coatings!<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macworld: However, picking a new monitor can be daunting. Not only are there many manufacturers to choose from, but there are also lots of sizes, resolutions, and features to consider&#x2013;and when we say lots, we mean lots. [&#8230;] Apple sells displays for its Macs, and you could go with its offerings, but its displays are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-01-22T21:49:29Z","apple_news_api_id":"4059bb32-bff1-4f52-9f07-1cdb6b10ffa8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-11-25T20:00:40Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AQFm7Mr_xT1KfBxzbaxD_qA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[838,452,30,1811,83,42,2182],"class_list":["post-41829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-display","tag-hardware","tag-mac","tag-pro-display-xdr","tag-retina","tag-samsung","tag-studio-display"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41829"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45915,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41829\/revisions\/45915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}