Now I'm gonna do my best job to persuade you not to purchase
the Studio Display today because I have five reasons why
If you are an iPad owner with an M1 or M2 and you want
connect it to external display, why you
should avoid the Studio Display at all costs.
Let's get started.
Starting with number five, the Studio Display has a
robust feature set, including a stunning 5K panel that's
pixel-perfect at 218 pixels per inch.
It hits 600 NITS of backlight, making it plenty bright for
almost anyone in almost any situation except for the
12.9-inch iPad Pro owners who are watching this video.
That is because when you pair this with a 12.9
inch iPad Pro, which has the mini LED display, which is
super bright, I mean, it might not look bad, but it will be
significantly dimmer than the display that you have on your
12.9 iPad Pro because it cannot hit the 1000 NITS of brightness
for mixed usage nor it can hit the 1600 NITS of brightness for
HDR content because the display itself doesn't support HDR.
It has a maximum brightness of 600 NITS, but maybe you don't
own a 12.9-inch iPad Pro or you maybe don't care
about display brightness.
Well hang on because number four is gonna be a
doozy for you.
As I mentioned, the Studio Display has a robust set of
features including Thunderbolt 3 and the Studio Display can
connect you anything out there as long as it supports
Thunderbolt and it has an Apple logo.
Now, you will be supremely disappointed if you plan to use
the $1,599 Studio Display with a PlayStation, with an Xbox,
with a Nintendo Switch or even an Apple TV because it will
simply not work.
Nope, zero zilch not gonna happen.
And if it does happen, you're gonna have to jump
through a ton of hoops in order to get it to work and chances
are the quality of experience that you have with using this
display that you just paid $1,600 for is gonna be a
degraded where it's not even worth the effort.
That is my opinion.
I've tried to use this display with again, Xbox, PlayStation.
Even when you connect to a a Windows machine, you don't
get the integration.
Now it's surprising and it's not because Apple goes through
a lot of effort to integrate their products together and
make them work seamlessly and it seems like they kind of drop
the ball here on this display when you think about using it
with other products.
It's like almost Apple went out of their way to screw owners of
the Studio Display to making sure that they can't use it
with anything else.
I think that's a big faux pas on Apple's part.
Let me know what you think down the comments below.
Now suppose number five and number four don't prevent you
from purchasing the Studio Display and you are still
thinking about dropping $1,599 on it.
Well hopefully you are not someone who prioritizes
viewability or maybe heaven forbid you're over six foot one
because if you are the $1599 price tag is gonna go up by
$300 because you will need to buy the tilt and
height adjustable stand.
Now there are many times when five inches is more
than enough, at least that's what I hear.
But when the vertical clearance from the top of your desk to
the bottom of the Studio Display is only about five
inches and when you factor in the limited viewing angles that
you have from the tilt, it's just not really kind of
worth it for that basic stand.
So that's one thing that you definitely need to consider if
you are thinking about the Studio Display.
And the reason why I would not suggest it to someone
who again, prioritizes viewability or who
someone who prioritizes, um, being tall, more over
six foot one.
Regarding product integration.
I cannot think of another company that does a better job
integrating two products together than Apple to make
sure that they work harmoniously together.
AirPods and your iPhone, your magic keyboard and your
iPad Pro or even the Apple pencil and the iPad, which is
makes me so surprised that Apple dropped the ball when it
comes to integrating features on the iPad and
the Studio Display.
Now I love my Studio Display, so do not get me wrong.
It's not that the two don't work well together, but there
is adjacent functionality kind of outside of the core
functionality that is just not there today.
So you can't use the Studio Displays built in camera for
FaceTime even though it's kind of a potato cam.
It's not really that great.
It's like, hello, it's right here, why can't I
use it?
Nor can you update a Studio Display software version
without first connecting it to a Mac.
Maybe you don't even own a Mac.
Maybe you're trying to live this, you know,
this desktop or PC free lifestyle where you don't want
a computer and you want to use your iPad as your
primary computing platform.
Well hey, guess what?
You can't update your Studio Display software.
Now that's not to say that the integration between the two
products won't get better over time because this is software
related and not hardware related, but it's
not there today.
And if you're considering buying the Studio Display now,
this is something that you need to know.
Now that leads me to number one, and I've really
been teasing this throughout the video.
Objectively speaking, you do not get what you pay for when
you spend $1,599 on the Studio Display and you wanna use it
with your iPad Air or iPad Pro.
Sure it's well designed, it's made from
premium materials, but you are limited from using it with more
than one device simultaneously.
Or if you wanna use it with another device, you're gonna
have to constantly disconnect it and reconnect it, which is a
pain if you ask me because I do that sometimes with
my monitor.
Nor it can be used with anything other than a Mac.
It does not seamlessly work with your miniLED iPad Pro.
It doesn't support hdr.
It has limited viewing angles and there are similar price
options like the LG Ultra Fine 5k, which costs about $300
less than the Studio Display.
I mean you're gonna get about 90% of the functionality minus
than the 600 knit back light.
You're gonna get mediocre speakers and it's
made of plastic.
But all those things, are they worth the $300 increase in cost
?
Now for me, they totally are.
I love my Studio Display and I would not, uh, buy the Ultra
Fineing 5K as a replacement or instead of the Studio Display.
But for you, maybe they're not Guys, thank you very much
for watching my video on why you should avoid this Studio
Display at all costs.
Let me know if you are a considering buying an external
display for your iPad and if you are, which one is it?
Do you think the Studio Display is really worth $1,599?
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