Apple’s all-new Studio Display XDR takes the pro display experience to the next level. Its 27-inch 5K Retina XDR display features an advanced mini-LED backlight with over 2,000 local dimming zones, up to 1000 nits of SDR brightness, and 2000 nits of peak HDR brightness, in addition to a wider color gamut, so content jumps off the screen with breathtaking contrast, vibrancy, and accuracy. With its 120Hz refresh rate, Studio Display XDR is even more responsive to content in motion, and Adaptive Sync dynamically adjusts frame rates for content like video playback or graphically intense games.
Samuel Gibbs for The Guardian:
Apple’s new 27in Studio Display XDR is its best monitor yet, with an exceptionally bright and gorgeous 5K screen that wants to be the pro display for Mac-wielding content creators everywhere, with a price tag to match [starts at US$2,799]…
The star of the show is the super-crisp 27in 5K IPS LCD screen, which has a scaled-up version of the backlight technology used in the MacBook Pro. It is a glorious display with wide viewing angles and a truly vivid picture. Its miniLED backlight has 2,304 dimming zones, which preserve contrast while allowing it to sustain a very bright 1,000 nits for everyday content in bright environments and hit a peak of 2,000 nits for HDR content. It dwarfs Apple’s standard 600 nit displays, which are already brighter than most rivals.
The very high peak brightness also means the XDR does a fantastic job of properly displaying HDR content, whether that’s simply watching a movie or creating one in apps such as Final Cut Pro or Adobe’s Premiere. The high density of dimming zones helps keep shadows and blacks nice and dark in bright scenes by turning off the backlight where it is not needed and controls the blooming “halo” effect around the edges of bright objects with dark backgrounds very well. It is the best miniLED screen you’ll see.
The XDR will work with most modern Macs and many iPads with M-series chips, but Macs require an M4 chip or better to drive the display at 120Hz. The XDR can also be daisy-chained with other displays through the Thunderbolt port, so that you can run multiple monitors from one cable should you need them. Even the MacBook Neo can also be used with it, but only at 4K resolution, not the XDR’s native 5K…
The Studio Display XDR is the best monitor Apple has ever made and is a huge upgrade on its regular Studio Display, offering everything that a high-end Mac user is likely to want… With less bright 5K rivals starting at about the £1,500 mark, Apple’s best display is a glorious super-premium screen that won’t disappoint for the well-heeled Mac user.
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