Apple 24 inch Led dsisplay worth 900$ ?

[fist]

Hi,

I am buying a new monitor , was looking around and really impressed at the Apple LED Cinema Display .

any one here got one ? and is it worth 900$ ?

I looked for other "LED" monitors , found them really expensive in thousands ...

is it the same LED inside Apple or am I missing something here?

The picture quality is amazing but I dont know about gaming 14ms sounds slow to me but again 2ms on TN panels dont have good colors at all.

and finally , is LED that important ? how does the Apple display compare to Dell 24 inch monitor? Dell is almost 1/2 price , I cant really decide...

tyvm

[ImaNihilist]

Is it worth $900? Not for the screen.

The $900 worth of value starts to come into play if you have an Apple notebook and you want a display with built-in speakers, a webcam, a USB hub, a power adapter, and a really pretty glass screen. Also, I believe it only works with Mini DisplayPort. I don't know if you can even get a DVI-to-Mini-DisplayPort adapter.

IMO, the screen itself is worth about $450-$500, and all the extras are where that other $400-450 come in.

As far as LED goes... I'm not sure it matters much. It's important on a notebook because of brightness and power issues, but I don't know about in an LCD display. I suppose it might give it better backlighting/color, but I can't seem to tell. The Apple LCD looks like most other high end LCDs in terms of color and brightness. What makes everything look richer is the glass cover.

[richardginn]

Is it worth $900? Not for the screen.

The $900 worth of value starts to come into play if you have an Apple notebook and you want a display with built-in speakers, a webcam, a USB hub, a power adapter, and a really pretty glass screen. Also, I believe it only works with Mini DisplayPort. I don't know if you can even get a DVI-to-Mini-DisplayPort adapter.

You mean this thingie...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....ci_sku=9208519

[ImaNihilist]

You mean this thingie...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....ci_sku=9208519

Nope. That goes the other direction.

[fist]

Thanks for the help,

seems like it wont work without Adapter

about LED i think it does make a difference , I ve seen LED monitors from NEC , Samsung and others they are top high end expensive monitors 2000$-4000$

samsung

http://shopper.cnet.com/lcd-monitors...-32851310.html

NEC and 21 inch :O

http://www.pricebat.ca/NEC-MultiSync...ital.p_137831/

so I really think Apple Cinema is a HIT LED and all those options + design and glass cover !!! lol I WANT IT

Edit: lol at Apple, it seems they dont want to sell their products anymore

[kpxgq]

LED backlighting is great... sometimes i prefer watching movies on my tiny lenovo s10 with a 10" screen over my 24" desktop LCD since my netbook is LED backlit, the lighting is much more even esp with darker backgrounds

[ewitte]

Careful that thing doesn't have standard input ports. You may (not sure) be able to buy an adapter for even MORE $$.

EDIT: The link above is to convert standard input ports to mini not mini to standard.

[ewitte]

LED backlighting is great... sometimes i prefer watching movies on my tiny lenovo s10 with a 10" screen over my 24" desktop LCD since my netbook is LED backlit, the lighting is much more even esp with darker backgrounds

I never owened an LED backlit screen but thats one of my reasons for getting plasma around the beginning of last year. Much better color and even lighting.