Here's a closer look at the stunning new 6K monitor Apple just announced alongside the 2019 Mac Pro

The Pro Display XDR can sustain 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness indefinitely and 1,600 nits of peak brightness.

These layers include a color correction sheet, an optics sheet, and a diffuser plate that directs light into a cavity reflector to better shape the light outward. That color correction sheet is necessary because Apple's display uses blue LEDs rather than white LEDs like most monitors. Apple opted for blue LEDs because they're easier to control.

It's the same pattern found on the Mac Pro's housing.

Apple etched the glass instead of adding a layer to the display to achieve this matte look, which should eliminate the haze that sometimes occurs on other matte displays.

For the average person, that's an abnormally high price for a monitor mount — the crowd even audibly balked when Apple announced the pricing during its keynote. But Apple is betting film crews that need flexibility when moving their editing suite around will benefit from this adjustable stand. You can even swivel the Pro Display XDR to portrait mode orientation, as shown above.

When viewing it alongside 4K monitors from Dell and Eizo, Apple's new hardware certainly seemed to outperform its rivals. The Eizo monitor looked dimmer than Apple's, and colors on Dell's appeared washed-out in comparison. Apple's Pro Display XDR seemed about on par with the reference displays made by Sony displayed alongside it, which are noticeably more expensive.

However, it's important to note that these monitors were displayed under a controlled demo, so it's unclear exactly how they would hold up in actual daily performance. The Dell and Eizo monitors shown in the demo are also likely less expensive than Apple's.

It fills a hole in Apple's lineup that was missing since it discontinued the Thunderbolt Display back in 2016. While that display was far less expensive than the Pro Display XDR considering it launched at $1,000, Apple was still lacking a high-end standalone monitor for its professional audience. Yes, the company sells LG's Ultrafine 5K Display for $1,300, but it's been quite a while since we've seen Apple launch a standalone display of its own.

But more importantly, as part of the Mac Pro package, it'll be crucial for Apple to prove it can still please its pro-grade customers after it received some criticism following the previous-generation Mac Pro, which launched in 2013 and wasn't easily customizable. Apple previously said it was completely re-thinking the Mac Pro, and the Pro Display XDR is part of the culmination of that effort.