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Select Best Buy Stores: Open Box 27" Apple Studio Display (5K Retina / Standard Glass)
$816
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Select Best Buy Stores have Open Box 27" Apple Studio Display (Standard Glass, MYJG3LL/A / MK0U3LL/A) on sale from $688.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
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- 27" 5120x2880 resolution 5K Retina display
- 60Hz refresh rate
- 600-nits brightness
- Support for 1 billion colors
- Wide color (P3)
- True Tone technology
- Panel Type: LED
- UPC: 195949764769
- Ports:
- 1x Thunderbolt 3
- 3x USB-C
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Written by RevOne | Staff- Our research indicates that this deal is $184 less than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $999.99 at the time of this post.
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Select Best Buy Stores have Open Box 27" Apple Studio Display (Standard Glass, MYJG3LL/A / MK0U3LL/A) on sale from $688.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
Thanks to community member rokr9 for finding this deal.
Thanks to community member rokr9 for finding this deal.
- Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
- 27" 5120x2880 resolution 5K Retina display
- 60Hz refresh rate
- 600-nits brightness
- Support for 1 billion colors
- Wide color (P3)
- True Tone technology
- Panel Type: LED
- UPC: 195949764769
- Ports:
- 1x Thunderbolt 3
- 3x USB-C
Editor's Notes
Written by RevOne | Staff- Our research indicates that this deal is $184 less than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $999.99 at the time of this post.
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.
- Best Buy Return Policy
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The Apple Studio Display is a 27 inch 5K Retina work monitor that shines for Mac and creative use, with bright output, excellent color, strong speakers, and a clean all in one setup with built in webcam, mic, and Thunderbolt power delivery. It is praised for graphic design, videography, film editing, and content creation, where the sharp 5K panel and factory color tuning stand out. The main cautions are its 60Hz limit, no HDR, and a webcam that is widely criticized. Open box Fair units also arrive with missing cables, scratches, or cracks, so condition and remaining warranty deserve close checking.
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Fair Geek Squad Verified units are supposed to work like new and be restored to factory settings, but they can have larger dents or scratches and may be missing parts, accessories, or packaging. In practice, some Fair units arrived as floor/display models with normal exterior wear or a missing Thunderbolt cable, while others had cracks or other damage and were rejected.
It is a strong Mac and creative-work monitor with excellent color, very bright output, good speakers, webcam, mic, and Thunderbolt power delivery for a clean desk setup. It is less ideal for gaming or movie use because it tops out at 60Hz and does not support HDR.
The risk is mainly condition uncertainty: some units arrive fine, but others have cracked glass, missing cables, or obvious display-model wear even when listed as Excellent or Fair. Checking the serial number, asking Best Buy to explain the listing, and verifying remaining Apple warranty coverage can help before you commit.
Verify the remaining Apple warranty coverage, inspect for cracks or heavy wear, and confirm whether the Thunderbolt cable and other accessories are included. If possible, ask Best Buy why it is graded Fair and whether it was a former in-store display, since some units have seen years of heavy use.
No easy swap is available for these open-box units, so buyers who need VESA should be cautious before purchasing. If VESA mounting is required, it is safer to look for the correct version up front rather than assuming the stand can be converted later.
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For the folks that don't get why it's a big jump going from a 4k to 5k monitor, it's because 2560 is the best resolution for 27" monitors. At 5K, MacOS just doubles the detail, so everything is the perfect size for usability and it's ultra crisp.
A few caveats about TargetBridge: it requires an iMac with at least Thunderbolt 3 (so, 2017 or newer), it sends a compressed stream (at least somewhat lossy), and it can't achieve the full 60hz the panel is capable of (it's limited to 48hz). The color fidelity is likely impacted by the compression. Personally, I wouldn't consider it both because of the substandard refresh rate and the lag. I definitely wouldn't buy an old iMac to use with this software, especially since there are now third party 5k screens that will outperform it on every metric for under $600.
Anyway, I was curious about your post because I had a 2015 iMac 5k and wanted to find a way to repurpose it as a display when it started getting too slow for me. The only software option I could find at the time was Luna, which doesn't even support the full 5k resolution (it upscales from 4K). I also looked at buying a driver board but decided the more prudent option was to sell the iMac and buy a third party 5k display. Now, the value of the iMac has probably crashed enough that the board swap makes sense if you already have the iMac.
But I wouldn't recommending buying an iMac just to do the board swap unless the DIY is part of the appeal: it's highly unlikely that these third party driver boards can compete with even lower-end name brand monitors on reliability / ease of use, and there's no support if something goes wrong (either during the transplant or later on).
A few caveats about TargetBridge: it requires an iMac with at least Thunderbolt 3 (so, 2017 or newer), it sends a compressed stream (at least somewhat lossy), and it can't achieve the full 60hz the panel is capable of (it's limited to 48hz). The color fidelity is likely impacted by the compression. Personally, I wouldn't consider it both because of the substandard refresh rate and the lag. I definitely wouldn't buy an old iMac to use with this software, especially since there are now third party 5k screens that will outperform it on every metric for under $600.
Anyway, I was curious about your post because I had a 2015 iMac 5k and wanted to find a way to repurpose it as a display when it started getting too slow for me. The only software option I could find at the time was Luna, which doesn't even support the full 5k resolution (it upscales from 4K). I also looked at buying a driver board but decided the more prudent option was to sell the iMac and buy a third party 5k display. Now, the value of the iMac has probably crashed enough that the board swap makes sense if you already have the iMac.
But I wouldn't recommending buying an iMac just to do the board swap unless the DIY is part of the appeal: it's highly unlikely that these third party driver boards can compete with even lower-end name brand monitors on reliability / ease of use, and there's no support if something goes wrong (either during the transplant or later on).
I'm also not blown away by our iMac retina display by modern standards. It's some part age and some part that newer display tech has improved (good IPS is commonplace and OLEDs are around in the same size for reasonable money). Still if one were at my local store, I would strongly consider it.
Our 2015 iMac still works for the moment, plus we have 32gb of ram in the thing (ddr3), so it really hurts to spend big bucks to get the opportunity to throw away a technically working PC.
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