New Apple 24" ACD, possibly IPS, definite LED backlight and DisplayPort

philjohn · 14 Oct 2008 at 20:18

Looks like the long overdue refresh to the line starts with a 24" monitor being introduced by apple:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/apple-24-inch-cinema-display-hands-on/

Just a pity it's glossy

philjohn · 14 Oct 2008 at 22:10

benjo plz. said:
It's gonna be *va.

I very much doubt it, they already use a 24" IPS panel in the iMac. They also have a reputation (deserved or not) as being good monitors for designers and hence the horizontal gamma shift of a VA would be pretty much unnaceptable.

Source?

philjohn · 15 Oct 2008 at 00:15

benjo plz. said:
good monitors for designers?! HP, Nec, LaCie and Eizo make good monitors for designers, not Apple - hell the Apple screens don't even have A-TW polarisers and suffer from green snow.

I'm betting on it being va as it's too cheap to be a LED IPS, especially for Apple. Have a look at the HP DreamColor LP2480zx in comparison.

You didn't read the bit "deserved or not". The number of design studios I've been in where they have ACD's, especially new media agencies is ridiculous. I can count on one hand the number who have Lacie's and Eizo's (which IMHO are overpriced for what they are: rebadged samsung VA's for the most part).

philjohn · 15 Oct 2008 at 09:42

Colossus said:
Now that would be a worthy replacement of xerox glass fronted lcd's. Finaly!

But ouch at that price. It had better justify it with more then just good looks.

Fanatic said:
Seems like the standard Apple price mark-up to me

If it's an IPS panel then that's a very good price for an LED backlight one - standard CCFL lit IPS's go for well over £400.

philjohn · 15 Oct 2008 at 18:36

Nem said:
Daft question, but the cables in the pics don't look like PC conectivity, or is there some fancy convertor to DVI or VGA etc etc?

I've not looked at the Apple displays before, as you can gather.

Also this says it has a built in cam, and mic, would they be usable with a pc too, or is that just going to be when used with a mac?

Thanks

Nick

You'll need a graphics card with displayport out from what I can see, since DP and DVI are completely different protocols over the wire. Expect to start seeing more of these hit the market now more monitors have them (and Apple seem to be going completely over to them), IIRC the latest ATI reference designs for the 4xxx line had DP.

philjohn · 24 Nov 2008 at 22:02

KillBoY_UK said:
any update on this , ie anyone got there hand on one to confirm a thing or two ? ips or not etc

Saw one on the apple store in brum, and I'm almost positive it's IPS. Definitely not TN with the viewing angles and almost positive it's not VA as no contrast shift (couldn't load up lagom.nl to do the gamma shift test though).