Dan MorenMar 6
Friends, Mac users, Mastodonians, lend me your ears: I come not to bury the Studio Display, but to praise it! https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/in-defense-of-the-new-studio-display/
In defense of the “new” Studio Display

When Apple announced the “revision” to its Studio Display last week, I—among others—did a bit of a Spock eyebrow raise. That new tag was doing a lot of heavy lifting: aside from a revam…

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Show threadDan MorenMar 6
Of course, I am also the person who still has a 1080p TV in their living room and is plenty happy with it.
Show threadMichael B. JohnsonMar 6
@dmoren is there not a Costco nearby? I mean, you just had a kid a few years ago; you joined then for diapers, right?
Show threadGlenn FleishmanMar 6
@Drwave @dmoren Our eyes apparently got tinier, so we ditched a TV cabinet and got a big ol’ 4K LG from Costco for what felt like a laughably low price. I have zero regrets.
Show threadDan MorenMar 6
@glennf @Drwave Ignorance is bliss! This TV is almost twelve years old and you know what it doesn’t have? Some terrible “OS” janking it up.
Show threadGlenn FleishmanMar 6
@dmoren @Drwave I was worried about the LG. However, I managed to misconfigure it so it can't hit the internet, and I’m shocked at how non-smart it is in a good way. We use it as a dumb display, and it works great. I had a Visio before this and was deeply unhappy with how invasive it could be, data-scavenging aside!
Show threadWalt MankowskiMar 6
@glennf @dmoren @Drwave As someone who's still using a 14 year old 720p TV, do these fancy smart TVs still work if you don't give them your wifi password?
Show threadMichael B. Johnson
@waltman @glennf @dmoren I only buy LG and it’s fine.
Mar 6 at 10:01pmIvory for iOS