Drawing type: alternatives for Apple screen?

Artur Schmal
Artur Schmal Posts: 74
in Technique and Theory
Hi,

My Cinema Display recently died and I'm looking to buy a new screen to use with my macbook pro.
Obvious choice would be a new Apple screen, but I'm curious if there are screens from other manufacturers that are fit for drawing type.

Any experiences with screens other than Apple's?

Best,
Artur
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  • Thierry Blancpain
    Thierry Blancpain Posts: 210
    Dell’s 27" 4K monitor, P2715Q

    http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&sku=210-ADOF
  • Jack Jennings
    Jack Jennings Posts: 151
    Apple's external monitors are disappointing low resolution, with technological limitations in the current lineup of non-iMac computers preventing them from launching 4k (or better) monitors in the next few years.

    Seconded on the Dell.
  • Artur Schmal
    Artur Schmal Posts: 74
    Thanks, that Dell should be a beast.
  • Josh Apostolopoulos
    Josh Apostolopoulos Posts: 9
    Regarding the prospect of an Apple standalone retina display:

    I wouldn't bet on them announcing a retina display at WWDC, but I doubt we're more than even a year away.
  • Georg Seifert
    Georg Seifert Posts: 674
    The 4K 27" displays don't fitt well with OS X, everything is to big (it is like when when a 'normal' 27" would have full HD resolution, so for 27", the natural retina resolution should be 5K).  
    There are rumors that Apple will release an external 5K screen but that doesn't seem to be happening any time soon. 

    The problem with 5K screens is the you need a quite strong machine and graphics card. So your MacBook might not be able to deliver 5K and maybe not even 4K depending how old it is.

    I suggest strongly to get an iMac 5K. It is by far the best screen you can get right now.
  • Thomas Phinney
    Thomas Phinney Posts: 2,883
    I like my 28" 4K monitor, but I agree with Georg that everything is a bit big.

    The problem with 5K screens has been that previous video cable standards can't handle that much bandwidth for 5K at 60 Hz—my late 2013 model MacBook Pro can handle the number of pixels and refresh, but it doesn't support any cable with that bandwidth. The reason the 5K iMac worked even so long ago was that it has internal video connection instead of external. (I'm sure this is being addressed by newer cable standards, mind you.)

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