ViewFinity S9

Thanks! The issue with 4K 27-inch displays is that they’re not the right pixels per inch (PPI) density for macOS, which means you’d need to enable display scaling, which has performance and quality issues. Since writing the article, a few new displays have been released that are around 218PPI, but h

I got a Samsung ViewFinity S9 at a discount. Display is just perfect, great pixel quality. The camera sucks and so does the power supply which is massive.

The monitors I often hear about are Apple Studio Display and LG Ultrafine. I'm currently using the Samsung ViewFinity S9 5K and it's a pretty decent display (recently went down in price). Whichever monitor you end up with, you'll want to make sure it gets calibrated, either using an external device

Samsung 27" ViewFinity S9 5K IPS Smart Monitor - you’ll find people have a mixed view of them but I absolutely love them and the price point is better for me than a studio display.

I actually went through 3 options before settling on this setup and daily drove all of them (perk of being a tech content creator 😅). Apple Studio Display, Kuycon G27P, and Samsung ViewFinity S9. All three are really close in terms of display quality. Like… surprisingly close. But when it comes to b