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tomsem · 03-11-2022, 03:11 PM

Ultra wide displays have their place, but for me having more than one display is more important.

I could see getting a Studio Display and using it as secondary display for my iMac (27” 2020, which they just stopped selling). Currently my secondary display is 1920x1200 and nothing spectacular; however it supports multiple inputs (HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, SVGA) and I am using the first 3 of those to plug in 2 other computers. The SD has only one ‘upstream’ USB-C port. Maybe there’s some KVM switch that could handle it (and 5K video).

As a secondary display to the iMac, would I be able to switch to use its camera and speakers? I assume it would not support Center Stage even so, since it’s Intel. And apparently only M1 iPads can drive it.

At some future time I could get Mac Studio and make the iMac a secondary display (trade in value is only $1200 now and it’ll be much less in the future). I am not ready to get one now, anyway.

03-11-2022, 03:11 PM	#21
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,959 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Ultra wide displays have their place, but for me having more than one display is more important. I could see getting a Studio Display and using it as secondary display for my iMac (27” 2020, which they just stopped selling). Currently my secondary display is 1920x1200 and nothing spectacular; however it supports multiple inputs (HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, SVGA) and I am using the first 3 of those to plug in 2 other computers. The SD has only one ‘upstream’ USB-C port. Maybe there’s some KVM switch that could handle it (and 5K video). As a secondary display to the iMac, would I be able to switch to use its camera and speakers? I assume it would not support Center Stage even so, since it’s Intel. And apparently only M1 iPads can drive it. At some future time I could get Mac Studio and make the iMac a secondary display (trade in value is only $1200 now and it’ll be much less in the future). I am not ready to get one now, anyway. Last edited by tomsem; 03-11-2022 at 05:27 PM.