Samsung opens pre-orders for ViewFinity S9 5K, the Apple Studio display competitor - 9to5Mac
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After teasing its Apple Studio Display competitor in January and releasing the full specs and price details in July, Samsung...
    • thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Yes, I am always disappointed 5K didn’t properly supplant 1440p in the monitor market. 4K at 27" is workable but the scaling can never be as good as 5K would be.

    • irdc@derp.foo
      2·
      10 months ago

      I concur. I have one since they’re available. Nothing compares other than my phone display really. Though the refresh rate could be a little higher (and thus the latency a little lower).

  • akhenaten0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    10 months ago

    It’s less expensive than the Apple display if you make the Apple display more expensive! Also, it comes with Smart Hub if you want to watch TV on your computer without using your computer to watch TV. Bonus feature: plasticky.

    • reallynotnick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Is it plastic?

      It’s got a metal build like Apple’s Studio Display

      And while I don’t think it’s a steal I can’t imagine paying $1,600 for a monitor without height adjustment so I consider it cheaper than Apple’s. It’ll probably go on sale though and be even cheaper knowing Samsung.

        • Nikls94@lemmy.world
          31·
          10 months ago

          I mean, plastic is good enough, no?

          It‘s not like you’d get a benefit, besides the less-likelihood of breaking during a move

          • thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Yes, I don’t really understand the plastic hate for a monitor. The only time I manually handle my monitor is when I set it up in the first place.

            Metal chassis are great on portable devices, but I don’t get the necessity for something that rarely if ever moves.

  • milkjug@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    Can we just live in a world where 220ppi HRR OLED displays are a mainstream thing? Alternatively give me a cryochamber and wake me up when we do.

    • akhenaten0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      My Studio Display is also VESA mounted. Same cost.

      Now, true, I can’t convert it back to the stand. But I’ve never actually done that with any other TV or monitor I’ve VESA mounted—I just get a pile of stands in my garage.

      • thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I think there’s some merit in being able to buy a monitor without a stand, but the fact that the Studio Display fittings are proprietary and non user changeable defeats the purpose.

        I’d rather monitor stand fittings be fully standardised on the VESA system, so users could easily pick and choose any stand or arm for their monitor.

      • lud@lemm.ee
        2·
        10 months ago

        It’s still stupid though.

        Why can’t the stand just use Vesa like every other monitor?