I strongly prefer a glossy 5K screen, like the standard Apple Studio Display. The picture quality with a glossy screen is far better than any anti-glare coating! A 220PPI Panel with a matte coating is a waste of this high resolution. It make only sense with a glossy screen otherwise you can stick to a 4K Displays!
Do Mac keyboard brightness and volume buttons work with the monitor? (Assume external speakers connected through headphone jack on monitor and computer connected through USB-C)
2:07 - "If you grab the display and flex it will loudly creak"... Yeah because we all do that daily 🙄 People have really got to stop with this obsession of superficial "build quality" testing on products where IT DOESN'T MATTER. It's one thing for phones, tablets, and laptops. Totally respect it, they're being handled constantly and put into a diverse range of scenario's such that build quality matters. But a monitor? Seriously? What's next? Let's go flex TV's, solar panels, vanity mirrors, and glass window panes to test their "build quality" in an artificial way that's resembles nothing about the intended use case 🤦♂
At 89% coverage for RGB that leaves me less than enthusiastic about using this for print photography. The new BenQ PD2730S 5K is due to hit the market in probably the next 3 months. I doubt it can compete with the $800 price tag but it's RGB coverage has been documented at 95%-98% & it has TB4 ports in the back instead of USB-C. If what I have read about it is true, I would chose it over the Studio Display but it would be nice to see a comparison breakdown video matching the two contenders to see which one is a better solution for a pro workflow.
I also own one and was considering buying a second one for my other Mac. Been looking for an appropriate 5k that is cheaper, but haven't been able to find one that good.Having one single Thunderbolt cable to connect, all controls from Settings, built-in camera and mic (if these are important to you) is just really worth it to just get the Studio Display.
I had an Asus Pro Art at work... I tried to work on it, It was so shitty that I preferred to work on my Laptop for the 2 years that I was at the studio.
These things only seem to have the 5K panel going for them, the rest of the package is kind of mediocre from all the reviews I've seen for them. And I've looked at quite a lot lol. They're also practically non-existent here in the UK, I've only seen one place selling them on eBay which doesn't give me much confidence for a brand new product. Everything I've seen so far is just making me more and more convinced to just get a Studio Display instead lol. If nothing else I know it'll work flawlessly with all of my Macs.
Not a 5K monitor, as Apple uses "5K". Note that the term "5K" gets abused, as in "5K2K", which means something different than what Apple means. MacOS is optimized for monitors with 218dpi. Dell does have one of those, a 6K 32" monitor, but that goes for $2000.
At first, it seems ASUS did a good job and then you notice that the matte finish does make it blurry. If they did try to copy Apple why wont they give the glossy display ? Also, it is 60 Hz but what is the input lag? Knowing ASUS input lag would be higher and the matte finish is disaster in my opinion.
@@dgriffinjones Why TV s are Glossy? (Enhanced Color and Contrast, Sharp Image quality,...), Why are Phones Glossy? (Enhanced Color and Contrast, Sharp Image quality,...), Any monitor with matte finish adds blurriness there is no way around it. If you are buying a 5k display it means you need that Enhanced color and contrast, Sharp Image Quality. Don't get me wrong it will be crisp compared to 4k display because of its ppi, but glossy screen would look much vibrant and crispier when you work with color, text, coding....
2:45 "It's needlessly complicated" What?! Asus has one of the best menu systems on the market. Most monitors needs a handful of buttons, to do the same things. The other buttons on the front, are just quick buttons. 5:59 There are no reason in the world, to enable HDR mode for anything, but HDR content. That means gaming, HDR movie watching, and HDR color grading. That's what it's meant for, not anything else. 6:08 I assume at 100% Brightness with DCI-P3, that the output is 400 nits. That is far too much, for just about any kind of usage. I can see, your channel is a Apple fan channel, so that explains alot.
The other buttons don’t feel like a shortcut when you have to play a matching game to figure out what they do. Just have the one menu button, click it once and open the full menu. I wish I could have captured switching to HDR better on camera - I tried for over 30 minutes to get a shot that resembled what it actually looked like. Enabling HDR seriously nerfs the saturation of everything else on screen to the point of it feeling useless. Apple’s own HDR displays on the iPhone, MacBook, iPad and Pro Display XDR don’t have the same behavior. My job requires a lot of graphic design and, obviously, video editing, so having bright and accurate color is a major upgrade for my work.
@@dgriffinjonesThere are three things and only three things you use HDR for. Playing HDR games, color grading HDR videos and consumer watching HDR movies. That's it! I don't know why you would put the monitor in HDR mode, for any other reason. First of all, it's not meant for it, secons, why would you need such high brightness?! If you are a graphic designer and/or video editor/color grader, you'll know that there are standards for max. output, under given circumstances. E.g., color grading video should be in a dark room, at 100 nits. If the problem is, that you color grade and edit HDR video on the same monitor, then there's not much to do. Only solution and the solution you should be using anyway, is to have one monitor for editing, and one as a grading display. The latter set to HDR.
In person, it looks perfectly even with no vignetting. I shoot these videos with an iPhone; not an expensive camera. I would have addressed this in the video had I known in advance that it wouldn't show up well on camera.
Dell has been making 8k megacretina displays for years they also have a UK with more see contrast and resolution than Dee. Lg has had y2k for awhile as they make the screens for apple.
The problem with ALL of the monitors. It for Apple’s is they are designed for the back to face the wall…..they are way too freakin ugly for the back to face the room.
Bro, in the nicest way possible, you are doing WAY too much with your hair. It's ok to blow dry it, but give it a proper styling. Keeping it straight up isn't doing you any favors. I have thick hair like yours so I know the struggle, but it looks like you just survived an explosion.
@@itshadouken A signature shouldn't distract as much as it does from the value of his channel. When most of the comments here are pointing out the hair, it's more problematic than good. Nothing wrong with personal branding, but this is memorable for the wrong reasons. At worst, it's channel feedback.
As if the fact that it's matte wasn't enough, those ugly bezels and buttons make this one of the worst looking monitors. Goes completely against the clean aesthetic of Apple ecosystem, ASUS should stick to making ugly RGB filled PC crap.
aesthetic and ecosystem what empowers Apple to charge the prices they do. people like you who buy into this crap need to go somewhere and never come back.
Came for monitor news, stayed for HAIR.
Read this comment during the adverts before the vid thinking "???" ... 1 second into video "ah, yes, I understand".
Eraserhead revival.
The resolution of a 5K monitor is 5120 x 2880, not 2560 x 1440.
Oops - meant to say screen space, not resolution.
this. lol
Mac will down sample the Ui from 5k down to 1440 by default, I think thats what he meant.
You look like that electrocuted dude from home alone
Place your hand on a static electricity ball when giving your review.
I just want to see screen compare with other 4k,say dell u2723qe. Especially on the coding side. Like eclipse or notepad++ screen compare
Hello, the ASUS is not for sale in France.....
The new Benq PD2730S looks a well designed monitor as well, just had a look on their website.
I am going to mount mine on a VESA swing arm.
I strongly prefer a glossy 5K screen, like the standard Apple Studio Display. The picture quality with a glossy screen is far better than any anti-glare coating! A 220PPI Panel with a matte coating is a waste of this high resolution. It make only sense with a glossy screen otherwise you can stick to a 4K Displays!
I've been using Apple monitors for too long to give up on them now. Plus, it was marked down $300.
Do Mac keyboard brightness and volume buttons work with the monitor? (Assume external speakers connected through headphone jack on monitor and computer connected through USB-C)
You should try and get a 27” kuycon display and do a review of it.
Yea please, but they are barely cheaper
@@HeresJonny a third cheaper than Apple's offering. (if you go for Apple's cheaper monitor) and five times cheaper than their 32" offering.
The link for purchase is not available
2:07 - "If you grab the display and flex it will loudly creak"... Yeah because we all do that daily 🙄 People have really got to stop with this obsession of superficial "build quality" testing on products where IT DOESN'T MATTER.
It's one thing for phones, tablets, and laptops. Totally respect it, they're being handled constantly and put into a diverse range of scenario's such that build quality matters. But a monitor? Seriously? What's next? Let's go flex TV's, solar panels, vanity mirrors, and glass window panes to test their "build quality" in an artificial way that's resembles nothing about the intended use case 🤦♂
Exactly - I set it up and leave - end off
I can't find a place where they sell them. Out of stock everywhere.......
At 89% coverage for RGB that leaves me less than enthusiastic about using this for print photography. The new BenQ PD2730S 5K is due to hit the market in probably the next 3 months. I doubt it can compete with the $800 price tag but it's RGB coverage has been documented at 95%-98% & it has TB4 ports in the back instead of USB-C. If what I have read about it is true, I would chose it over the Studio Display but it would be nice to see a comparison breakdown video matching the two contenders to see which one is a better solution for a pro workflow.
your hair must stop, help me
no lmao
Barber: what kind of cut you want?
Mac Dude: Just make it poofy
Love the hair
Good review
Can someone please tell me what camera mount that is? Behind the display? Thanks a lot!
Moment Filmmaker Cage screwed onto a Kuxiu Boom Mic Arm
@@dgriffinjones Thank you very much!
I own an Apple Studio Display. I certainly hope i still qualify as "normal".
I own one as well, you are normal.
I would pay the extra for the studio display any day of the week because of the glass finish alone. I detest matte.
I also own one and was considering buying a second one for my other Mac. Been looking for an appropriate 5k that is cheaper, but haven't been able to find one that good.Having one single Thunderbolt cable to connect, all controls from Settings, built-in camera and mic (if these are important to you) is just really worth it to just get the Studio Display.
That Hair is… INSANE. Keep it up bro 😅
I had an Asus Pro Art at work... I tried to work on it, It was so shitty that I preferred to work on my Laptop for the 2 years that I was at the studio.
These things only seem to have the 5K panel going for them, the rest of the package is kind of mediocre from all the reviews I've seen for them. And I've looked at quite a lot lol. They're also practically non-existent here in the UK, I've only seen one place selling them on eBay which doesn't give me much confidence for a brand new product. Everything I've seen so far is just making me more and more convinced to just get a Studio Display instead lol. If nothing else I know it'll work flawlessly with all of my Macs.
i can see a white feather at the botton, is it normal? or it is a menu effect fro the monitor?
I think that's my wallpaper, which is a light blue gradient.
When you drive to work in a convertible 😮
Never went back to Asus after multiple failures 😂
Yeah the wobble is such a let down and dealbreaker. Hope the 6k version will be more solid. But great hair dude!
Video of the display is not great. Is it because of recording .?
It looks much nicer in person. I don’t have an expensive video camera, just an iPhone.
This display would be a pain to try to color calibrate....
This monitor is a 4K monitor according to the Asus website.
5K is literally in the product name
@dgriffinjones click on the affiliate link and it takes you to a 4K monitor.
@@ViewsfromOurTravels if your not US it takes you to the wrong product
Not sure if I should take tech tips from a David Lynch movie character...
Hair today, gone tomorrow 😂
Dell has a good one with thunderbolt £450
Not a 5K monitor, as Apple uses "5K". Note that the term "5K" gets abused, as in "5K2K", which means something different than what Apple means. MacOS is optimized for monitors with 218dpi. Dell does have one of those, a 6K 32" monitor, but that goes for $2000.
@@TheDanEdwards Is that the one reviewed by Dave's Garage?... that's tight!
Sid Vicious is back!
At first, it seems ASUS did a good job and then you notice that the matte finish does make it blurry. If they did try to copy Apple why wont they give the glossy display ? Also, it is 60 Hz but what is the input lag? Knowing ASUS input lag would be higher and the matte finish is disaster in my opinion.
Filming with my iPhone makes it blurry. Looks perfectly crisp in person.
@@dgriffinjones Why TV s are Glossy? (Enhanced Color and Contrast, Sharp Image quality,...), Why are Phones Glossy? (Enhanced Color and Contrast, Sharp Image quality,...), Any monitor with matte finish adds blurriness there is no way around it. If you are buying a 5k display it means you need that Enhanced color and contrast, Sharp Image Quality. Don't get me wrong it will be crisp compared to 4k display because of its ppi, but glossy screen would look much vibrant and crispier when you work with color, text, coding....
Just buy a 27" iMac and get a free computer
Apple hasn't made a 27" iMac since 2020.
you can't! 23.5" only.
2:45 "It's needlessly complicated"
What?! Asus has one of the best menu systems on the market. Most monitors needs a handful of buttons, to do the same things. The other buttons on the front, are just quick buttons.
5:59 There are no reason in the world, to enable HDR mode for anything, but HDR content. That means gaming, HDR movie watching, and HDR color grading. That's what it's meant for, not anything else.
6:08 I assume at 100% Brightness with DCI-P3, that the output is 400 nits. That is far too much, for just about any kind of usage. I can see, your channel is a Apple fan channel, so that explains alot.
The other buttons don’t feel like a shortcut when you have to play a matching game to figure out what they do. Just have the one menu button, click it once and open the full menu.
I wish I could have captured switching to HDR better on camera - I tried for over 30 minutes to get a shot that resembled what it actually looked like. Enabling HDR seriously nerfs the saturation of everything else on screen to the point of it feeling useless. Apple’s own HDR displays on the iPhone, MacBook, iPad and Pro Display XDR don’t have the same behavior.
My job requires a lot of graphic design and, obviously, video editing, so having bright and accurate color is a major upgrade for my work.
@@dgriffinjonesThere are three things and only three things you use HDR for. Playing HDR games, color grading HDR videos and consumer watching HDR movies. That's it!
I don't know why you would put the monitor in HDR mode, for any other reason. First of all, it's not meant for it, secons, why would you need such high brightness?! If you are a graphic designer and/or video editor/color grader, you'll know that there are standards for max. output, under given circumstances. E.g., color grading video should be in a dark room, at 100 nits.
If the problem is, that you color grade and edit HDR video on the same monitor, then there's not much to do. Only solution and the solution you should be using anyway, is to have one monitor for editing, and one as a grading display. The latter set to HDR.
i like the five kay pee seven jay zee ee . ay thanks bruh, I guess I'm in the cult of mac damn shi bruh
32 inch 40k oled 240hz
Much better than 4k or 6 k apple
what brand?
@soulsleepers depends on your needs of curse Dell 6k is my fave over the xdr except in hdr mode.
You have LG Dell Asus 5k
2:12 Sorry, but I am off!!!
This monitor has one major flaw. It is not evenly lit and has vignetting around the edges. That doesn't speak for quality.
In person, it looks perfectly even with no vignetting. I shoot these videos with an iPhone; not an expensive camera. I would have addressed this in the video had I known in advance that it wouldn't show up well on camera.
Dell has been making 8k megacretina displays for years they also have a UK with more see contrast and resolution than Dee.
Lg has had y2k for awhile as they make the screens for apple.
The Ohio comment was funny. I'm in CLE. I have a pro art .5, meaning it it's I guess 2K, half the pixels.????
Please keep this hairstyle. Don't do anything with it, it's awesome. No, not being ironic.
Don’t worry, I wasn’t going to
The problem with ALL of the monitors. It for Apple’s is they are designed for the back to face the wall…..they are way too freakin ugly for the back to face the room.
What happened to your hair? 😅
I blow dry it every morning
I believe the LG 27" 5k for $200.00 more is much better.
If you ask me, it’s not worth it.
Ummm no thx.. good try though
Great review but this monitor looks like hot garbage
Thanks. It sounds awful.
Bro, in the nicest way possible, you are doing WAY too much with your hair. It's ok to blow dry it, but give it a proper styling. Keeping it straight up isn't doing you any favors. I have thick hair like yours so I know the struggle, but it looks like you just survived an explosion.
That’s his look, it’s signature. Mainstream isn’t memorable, signature is.
@@itshadouken A signature shouldn't distract as much as it does from the value of his channel. When most of the comments here are pointing out the hair, it's more problematic than good. Nothing wrong with personal branding, but this is memorable for the wrong reasons. At worst, it's channel feedback.
@ u really that mad huh 🤣
@@itshadouken You took the time to reply :)
@@07xGH0ST hair do 🤣
As if the fact that it's matte wasn't enough, those ugly bezels and buttons make this one of the worst looking monitors. Goes completely against the clean aesthetic of Apple ecosystem, ASUS should stick to making ugly RGB filled PC crap.
aesthetic and ecosystem what empowers Apple to charge the prices they do. people like you who buy into this crap need to go somewhere and never come back.
Is this one of Rosie O'Donnell's children?
So ugly it's unreal
Waiting for BenQ PD2730S.
Oh that’s interesting 👀