Re:A $999 monitor stand is everything wrong with Apple today
by gridlockd on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:43AM
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> This monitor is competing against $25k+ reference displays. And the price is very competitive.
No it isn't. That's just the framing. Yes, reference monitors are expensive. It's not a reference monitor. A reference monitor is a very specialized piece of equipment that fits into infrastructure that you may find at a broadcasting studio:
It's not necessarily the panel itself that makes them so pricey (though OLED vs. LCD does make a difference). Rather, it's the fact that they're niche products.
No it isn't. That's just the framing. Yes, reference monitors are expensive. It's not a reference monitor. A reference monitor is a very specialized piece of equipment that fits into infrastructure that you may find at a broadcasting studio:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_reference_monitor#Fe...
It's not necessarily the panel itself that makes them so pricey (though OLED vs. LCD does make a difference). Rather, it's the fact that they're niche products.
edit: link added for clarification