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- Apple 4k display thunderbolt full#
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Apple 4k display thunderbolt professional#
The only thing to learn from comparing these two monitors is what their price tags teach us: they are both, in a way, specialized to a purpose, and sit on either end of a spectrum describing the difference between high-end resolution for general use and high-end color accuracy for professional use. The Thunderbolt is not marketed for use in a profession requiring perfect color accuracy, whereas the Eizo-for about $3000-is one of the best artist's monitors we've reviewed, offering built-in calibration, a screen hood, and a more involved set-up process. For $999, you get a Mac-niche display with a big, gorgeous screen and very simple set-up and connectivity. The Thunderbolt Display is about a third the price of the Eizo CG245W, and they are very different monitors. The choice between these two is really down to the user and their budget-you get a 27-inch widescreen display with one of the highest resolutions on the market with the Thunderbolt Display, but you're going to pay for it, too.
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The HP offers more connectivity options, but the Apple has pretty nice built-in speakers and an HD camera. They performed similarly in contrast and color, with the HP performing a little bit better at maximum contrast ratio because of its extremely high peak white, and the Apple performing slightly better on our color temperature test.
Apple 4k display thunderbolt mac#
The Apple Thunderbolt Display (MSRP $999) is quite a bit more expensive than the HP ZR24w (MSRP $349), and also has the limitation of being Mac only. While it must be obvious that the Thunderbolt Display would ship with a Thunderbolt cable, we wanted to clarify that this input cable, which also includes a MagSafe charger for a MacBook, can not be removed from the display/swapped between other Thunderbolt-enabled Macs, but is a permanent feature of the Thunderbolt display. The Thunderbolt Displays features a permanent cable that splits into a Thunderbolt input and a MagSafe charger. The camera is truly HD, however, and balanced light and colors well while still managing not to exhibit any blurring or bad tracking during fast repetitive motion. While we didn't test the microphone very extensively, we can confirm that it works. The Thunderbolt Display has a built-in "FaceTime" HD camera and microphone. All of our calibration is done using the X-Rite iDisplay sensor. This calibration is used for our color temperature and color curves testing, and is meant to showcase how accurately the monitor renders colors on the sRGB or Adobe RGB spectrum.
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The second calibration involves optimizing the monitor to a luminosity of 160 cd/m2, quite dark without being overly dark. This calibration is used for our contrast and viewing angle related analyses, and is meant to showcase how the monitor does for more general use, say in an office or living room, somewhere with more and/or brighter lighting. The first calibration involves optimizing the monitor to its own native luminosity, which is usually fairly high.
Apple 4k display thunderbolt full#
To test a monitor's full potential, we use two different calibrated luminosities. While this is surprisingly low, it may not prove to be much of a problem unless you are attempting to view the Thunderbolt display with a group, and its 27-inch screen is wide enough for at least three people to watch at a head-on angle.
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We found that at 45 degrees, the contrast ratio for the Apple Thunderbolt display fell noticeably, from a contrast ratio of 850:1 to a contrast ratio of 18:1.