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Apple Studio Display XDR

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If you spend your days editing photos, grading video, or designing for print, you already know a subpar monitor can mess up hours of work. That’s where Apple’s Studio Display XDR can save you lots of lost time and money. Normally selling for an MSRP of $3,299, it’s more than $300 off today, a rare price cut that brings the price down to $2,969, the lowest it’s ever been.

The best part about the Studio Display XDR is right in the name. Its 27-inch 5K Retina XDR panel with mini-LED backlighting delivers deep, clean blacks and bright highlights. You get up to 1,000 nits for everyday work, so it stays crisp even in a sunlit room, but it can hit 2,000 nits of peak HDR brightness that makes highlights and shadows in HDR footage look the way they’re supposed to. Motion is smooth, too, thanks to a 120Hz refresh rate with Adaptive Sync. This will make scrolling online or panning across a huge canvas feel fluid.

It’s got full tilt and height adjustability, and of course has a gorgeous design that will look great next to any Mac. The monitor features two Thunderbolt 5 ports that handle high-speed accessories and can fast-charge a Mac laptop over a single cable. You can even daisy-chain a second Studio Display XDR if you want a massive two- or 3-screen workspace with a Thunderbolt 5 cable. Apple takes things one step further by adding a 12MP Center Stage camera that keeps you sharp and framed on video calls, a three-mic array, and a six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers.

Is $2,969 a lot? Yes. Is this monitor worth every penny considering the quality and everything it brings to the table? Also yes. So grab one before the deal poofs into thin air.