Paul Haddad 
Samsung insanity! *
* Via app + student account
Samsung deal is dead. Was it a price mistake, guess I’ll find out soon enough
I really underestimated how terrible the OSD for a monitor could be, and I've used some terrible monitors. Samsung you've really outdone yourself!
My review of the S9, ignoring the OSD. Noticeably sharper than a 4k 27", good color, can get really bright, actual thunderbolt connectivity with fast USB downstream ports. Wake from sleep is a bit slow, but not terrible. Camera/speakers are usable, but I wouldn't use the speakers other than for emergencies.
Main display issue is the very aggressive matte coating on this display. I guess good if you have a bad office but I find it distracting and seems to really cut down on the viewing angle.
John Gruber@paul I think the Studio Display is worth its exorbitant price for the nanotexture matte option alone. I’ve never seen anything else like it.
monorail times
Gretyl 
@gruber The current iPad Pros also offer nanotexture matte… is it of comparable quality in your experience?
Samuel@gretyl @gruber The iPad nanotexture is a very different story. It’s made to cope with greasy fingers and compromises had to be done to get there, it has less deep blacks and looks more like a really good matte screen protector. I would only get it if I frequently had to use the device in environments with sharp lights.
Paul McGrane@onkologen @gretyl @gruber It is interesting Apple sort of conflates the two. There's hardly any way to use an iPad except by pawing at it. Meanwhile you essentially void your warranty if your hand gets near the nanotexture Studio Display!
Thom McGrath
Kraig@kraigschmidt I’m considering a matte film, but I’m waiting for the company to confirm that it has a cutout for the camera.
@gruber I've never seen the nano version in person, but personal preference wise I just couldn't see spending extra money for a matte coating. On the other hand I'd totally pay extra for glossy coating displays.
Jon Maddox@paul it’s pretty awful if you value retina for text. It pretty much muddies it. I took mine back immediately.
@kraigschmidt @paul I mean, I thought my display was broken when I got it. I used a retina iMac for years before it.
The non-matte version felt immediatly back to normal.
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Karl Baron@paul @gruber I was totally in on the glossy hate back in the plastic MacBook days, that kind of glossy display was terrible. But since Apple went to glass displays where the LCD was bonded directly on, I can use outdoors in daylight and the glare doesn't bother me, I don't understand any love for matte these days
Ingmar Rieger@gruber @paul I can‘t understand that Apple doesn‘t offer KVM at this price. Even if I was only using Apple products, the fact alone that if you have your personal desktop connected and then for home office work want to connect the work machine and you constantly need to plug the cable out is bad.
I‘m mostly happy with the Dell 6K which offers proper things. Always loving when people call it ugly. Cause its in my office and I look at the screen, not the case normally ;-)
I‘m mostly happy with the Dell 6K which offers proper things. Always loving when people call it ugly. Cause its in my office and I look at the screen, not the case normally ;-)