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Brad
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2004-06-28, 12:28

Well, the rumors were true. Apple finally made those aluminum-enclosure non-ADC LCDs with a split cable.

From MacRumors' updates at the WWDC:
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Today: completely new version of the 23" display. Showing it. Aluminum enclosure. one piece alumnium stand. Small bevel. One cable from the monitor which then splits. Also a 20" display. Same quality/enclosure. 20" - $1299, 23" - $1999. avail next month.

Also - now - largest display ever. 30" Display. 4.1 million pixels. same one piece alumn enclosure. firewire/usb. only works with PowerMac since needed a new graphics card. existing cards could not drive it. needs two dvi connections running in parallel.

New graphics card costs $599. Additional notes. they all share the one cable out which provides DVI, Firewire, USB.
Emphasis mine.

http://www.apple.com/displays/

All the info is there, folks.

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2004-06-28, 12:31

30 inch is 3299 and you have to buy a 599 graphics card to run the dual dvi...

still if you have the money it would be sweet

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2004-06-28, 12:35

Does anyone have pictures?
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2004-06-28, 12:36

Color me very disappointed. There's no mention of the 17" LCD -- is it being dropped? And there's no price drop or quality bump on the 20". These screens are how many years old?

*sigh* Well, at least Apple pulled its head out of its butt and figured out how to split the cable and drop ADC.

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SonOfSylvanus
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2004-06-28, 12:37

So I spose the dual dvi connector means it is impossible to have a dual 30" set-up
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2004-06-28, 12:50

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Originally Posted by Brad
Color me very disappointed. There's no mention of the 17" LCD -- is it being dropped? And there's no price drop or quality bump on the 20". These screens are how many years old?

*sigh* Well, at least Apple pulled its head out of its butt and figured out how to split the cable and drop ADC.
Yep... the 17" display in no longer being sold.
Refurbs or old stock only.

edit: removed wishful thinking about iMac

Last edited by curiousuburb : 2004-06-28 at 13:45.
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2004-06-28, 12:59

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Originally Posted by curiousuburb
Yep... the 17" display in no longer being sold.
Refurbs or old stock only.

An all widescreen lineup now...
(except low end PB/iBook for form factor)...
and 15" iMac... which will also be discontinued today...
to be replaced (as "one more thing") by all widescreen iMacG5 -for anniversary purposes.
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2004-06-28, 13:06

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Originally Posted by LudwigVan
Fact or speculation? The Apple Store isn't online yet...
Yeah, how sweet would that be if it were true...waiting, waiting...
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Brad
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2004-06-28, 13:07

No iMac G5s. Keep the speculation in the Speculation and Rumors forum, please.
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2004-06-28, 13:14

actually, they said that with two of these video cards, you'd be able to run dual 30" displays. go figure.
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2004-06-28, 13:46

http://images.apple.com/displays/ima...op06282004.jpg

http://images.apple.com/home/images/...ge06282004.jpg


Last edited by Brad : 2004-06-28 at 13:50. Reason: Posting huge bastard images like these inline is really bad etequitte
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2004-06-28, 13:49

wow....how heavy is that stand to hold that???

and how much did the old displays weigh??

g

current info:
Size and weight

* 20-inch Apple Cinema Display
o Height: 16.1 inches (41 cm)
o Width: 18.5 inches (47.1 cm)
o Depth: 6.8 inches (17.4 cm)
o Weight: 14.5 pounds (6.6 kg)
* 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display
o Height: 17.7 inches (45 cm)
o Width: 21.1 inches (53.6 cm)
o Depth: 7.3 inches (18.7 cm)
o Weight: 15.5 pounds (7.03 kg)
* 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display
o Height: 21.3 inches (54.3 cm)
o Width: 27.2 inches (68.8 cm)
o Depth: 8.46 inches (21.5 cm)
o Weight: 27.5 pounds (12.47 kg)

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2004-06-28, 14:02

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Last edited by Brad : Today at 14:50. Reason: Posting huge bastard images like these inline is really bad etequitte.
I take it you're not back to your 'real' machine then...hmmm Mr. Grumpy?
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2004-06-28, 14:05

Specs of the new Nvidia card are here

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2004-06-28, 14:07

So how can this thing drive two 30" displays if each display requires 2 DVI ports?
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2004-06-28, 14:09

It can't, not as far as I can figure. Not as long as we only have one AGP slot.

otoh, does anybody really need two 30" displays? :wow:
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2004-06-28, 14:10

Quote:
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Specs of the new Nvidia card are here

Apparently you can drive 2 30" screens from this beast. I took it from the keynote that you would need 1 GPU per 30". Interesting.
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2004-06-28, 14:12

Quote:
Originally Posted by curiousuburb
Yep... the 17" display in no longer being sold.
Refurbs or old stock only.

edit: removed wishful thinking about iMac
Hmm... you can buy it at the Canadian Apple Store still for $999 CDN. The 20" is $1799 CDN.
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2004-06-28, 14:21

Quote:
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Apparently you can drive 2 30" screens from this beast. .
Holy bejeezus, you're right.


The combination of a GeForce 6800 Ultra with a dual processor Power Mac G5 driving two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays is the definitive tool for the creative professional.

:wow: :wow: :wow:

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2004-06-28, 14:40

Also from the system requirements:

"Windows-based PCs with graphics card that supports DVI ports with full single link digital bandwidth and VESA DDC standard for plug and play setup."

I guess it makes sense now that it's gone to DVI

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The optional VESA mount lets you put a flat panel in surprising new places. So you can make your Apple display a seamless part of a museum kiosk, mount it on a wall in a office lobby or swivel changes to a client via an articulating arm
looks like wall mounted apple displays were real after all
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2004-06-28, 14:40

Question still remains...how?

If you only have 2 DVI plugs on the card and you have 2 DVI cables per display...that doesn't add up to me.
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2004-06-28, 14:42

the display doesnt use two dvi plugs it uses one dual-link dvi plug (basically twodvi streamsin one plug) and the card has two dual-link plugs so there thats how
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Xaqtly
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2004-06-28, 14:43

Without seeing pics I don't know, but it says right on the page that it supports two 30" displays. So I'm guessing the 30" display only has one DVI connector... it's just that it requires the dual DVI card in order to function.
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2004-06-28, 15:12

from DDWG.org:

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Dual Link
Dual Link DVI supports 2x165 MHz (2048x1536 at 60 Hz, 1920x1080 at 85 Hz). A dual link implementation utilizes all 24 of the available pins.

Single Link
Single Link DVI supports a maximum bandwidth of 165 MHz (1920x1080 at 60 Hz, 1280x1024 at 85Hz). A single link implementation utilizes 12 of the 24 available pins.
so it looks like it's one connector that packs twice the punch.

(the DDWG site says the dual-link DVI supports 2048x1536 but the new 30" display is 2560x1600. hmm)

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2004-06-28, 15:16

I really want one... It's just too bad there is no price drop. There really could have been a price drop. I want a price drop. Now.
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2004-06-28, 18:45

Major ball-buster of an announcement if you ask me. Not even so much as $100 mark down on either the 20" or 23" displays, and their specs are barely more impressive than the last generation. In fact, isn't the previous 23" model also a 400:1 screen in terms of contrast ratio? Seems like the only thing that has improved are the response time and the overall brightness threshold.

Obviously they were too cheap to use this screen or something comparable... unless they just marked the specs down which seems unlikely knowing the RDF is in full effect.

OMFG !11! More screen ports!!!¡¡¡¡¡¡


[Correction: The old contrast ratio was 350:1 not 400:1, still a minor improvement given the current state of the art is closer to 600:1 for large monitors. The cd/m2 is 70 units higher as well. Anyone else underwhelmed?]

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2004-06-28, 19:20

Have you noticed the response rate of the new displays?

now 16ms... fastest refresh available.

They're now officially SWOP Certified (also industry leading).
Colour accuracy is more important than pure contrast ratio for most designers.
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2004-06-28, 19:29

Actually, the prior variants are also SWOP-certified. You can get a brand new 23" ACD from Small Dog for $1799 now. Might be worth it if you're a graphics pro.

The response time is nice but that's purely a gaming thing. You are not likely to notice it in other aspects of usage IMO. Not saying these are crummy specs, just that they seem to be rather middling improvements over the previous specs... except maybe where response time is concerned I admit.

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2004-06-28, 19:40

Thank God! -- no more ADC!
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