Apple Cinema 23-inch HD Flat-Panel Display

Apple Cinema 23-inch HD Flat-Panel Display

Includes: DVI cable, FireWire 400 cable, USB 2.0 cable, and DC power. Apple 23" LCD Cinema Display - This huge 23" computer monitor is perfect for the prosumer and professional alike. Imagine multi-tasking with multiple full-size windows open simultaneously, or editing video with a super-wide timeline! It has a native resolution of 1920x1200, and a contrast ratio 400:1, for stunning quality on either a Mac or a PC. Brightness - 400 cd/m2 Viewing Angle - 170 degrees horizontal / 170 degrees vertical Antiglare Hardcoat Screen Treatment Kensington Security Port User Controls - Display Power, System Sleep, System Wake, Brightness and Display Tilt Connects to a PC or Macintosh via a digital DVI connection

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #115 in Personal Computers

Brand: Apple

Model: M9178LL/A

Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 33.24 pounds

Display size: 23

Features

Bright, wide 23-inch viewable image size

1,920 x 1,200 optimal resolution, 16.7 million colors

Industry-standard DVI connector

Design complements the latest Power Macs and PowerBooks

2-port USB 2.0 hub, 2 FireWire 400 ports

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Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer
Feast your eyes on 1,920 x 1,200 pixels in the 23-inch Apple Cinema Display. The Apple Cinema Display line features a gorgeous new anodized aluminum enclosure to complement the Power Mac G5 or PowerBook G4.

Eliminate Tunnel Vision
The widescreen design of the Apple Cinema Display line offers a natural format for arranging documents the way your brain processes them—longer wide than high. That's why each display gives you the best view for your work. It just makes sense to be able to display a Web page and its code next to each other horizontally, or long video timelines in wide format. Apple engineers find that the nearly 100-pixel per inch resolution is ideal for images, yet allows you to easily work with sophisticated type treatments or just plain email. This painstaking attention to detail moves the industry forward and gives you best LCD technology available.

Enjoy One or Two Artful Displays The Apple Cinema display matches the sculpted aluminum enclosures of the Power Mac G5 and PowerBook. This strong, anodized aluminum also allows for an exceptionally narrow bezel, so you can use multiple displays together seamlessly. The Cinema Display hovers above your desk on a curvaceous stand, and hardly requires any pressure to adjust the viewing angle from -5 to 25 degrees, since the enclosure is the lightest Apple display ever, at each size. And some ineffable quality of pure elemental aluminum just feels better to the touch. Connect with Pure Digital DVI Give your PowerBook G4 a second display when you're not on the road. Connect directly to any PowerBook G4 with a DVI port. The DVI connection removes all barriers to using an Apple display with a PC, if your graphics card supports DVI with DDC technology for widescreen viewing.

Strong anodized aluminum also allows for an exceptionally narrow bezel, so you can use multiple displays together seamlessly.

Adjust your Apple display from -5° to 25° with little effort.

Effortless Adjustment The smooth motion hinge on your Apple display requires very little pressure to tilt the monitor to a different position. This design allows you to you view the display at whatever angle works for your environment, anywhere from -5° to 25°. Pure Signal When you need to manipulate color in any media, image distortion is simply not an option. Analog conversion problems caused by a VGA connection become progressively worse as you move to monitors that have higher resolutions or longer monitor cables. These issues fade away with an all digital signal. DVI transmits a distortion-free digital signal from a digital location in the graphics card to a digital location on the display’s screen. This digital connection gives you the full clarity and stability of liquid crystal technology — with sharp, clear pixels from edge to edge. Responsive Feedback Pixel response time provides a good measure of a display’s performance in media critical applications, such as video, 3D and motion graphics, or even when you’re taking a break with a game. An Apple display provides fast pixel response time across the entire spectrum from black and white, to every shade of gray.

Peripheral Devices on Your Desktop This display includes a FireWire 400 hub and a USB 2.0 hub, each with two ports. So you can connect a printer or scanner, or a digital camera or camcorder. The FireWire port provides a convenient place to plug in an iSight camera for video chat, presented beautifully on your Apple display, or to connect your iPod dock. You can also make best use of all the latest USB 2.0 devices, whether you're using your display with a Mac or PC.

This display includes two-port, self-powered USB 2.0 hub, two FireWire 400 ports and a Kensington security port

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Customer Reviews

amazing...but get the extended warranty
my 23" cinema display worked beautifully right up until 3 weeks after the 1 year warranty was up and then it just went black. I was forced to have Apple send it to there repair people for a flat fee of $450. I do find it rediculous that a high end product like this lasted just 13 months till it died. I guess I got the short end of the stick on this one. I really should have gotten the extended warranty which would have covered it for 3 years. But I figured I have had TV's last forever.

As a monitor, it is one of the best. We use it as a our color corrected monitor for high end photography for major ad agencies and magazines worldwide.

I just wish it did not suddenly go black, apparently due to some kind of inner power circuit. And then had no choice but to use there "flat" $450 repair. Which by the way, has only a 90 day warranty from the new repair.

So get the extended warranty and enjoy it.

Was a great monitor, but now outdated and soon to be replaced.
This monitor lacks a lot of features, and it makes sense because it was released in mid 2004. Apple has also officially DISCONTINUED it if you look on their web site. I'd encourage people to wait until Macworld '09 in SF this January, where they will likely introtuce new models with more competitive features (wide gamut, better viewing angles, contrast ratio, etc). If you need a monitor right now I'd look into NEC's high end 24" and 26" monitors.

Overpriced
Apple monitors are seriously overpriced. It is a decent monitor, just much too expensive. For your money there are better alternatives.

If you want a good photo editing 24in LCD look at the NEC 2490WUXi. It is about 200 more but the screen is much better. It has an A-TW polarizer which increases the viewing angle and comes with an internal LUT for better calibration. Colorcomp help insure even colors across the the screen. Check out Reviews and you will find it is a pro quality monitor that matches monitors 2-3x the price. There is also a 26in version (2690WUXi) that is Wide Gamut, for those than need it. It is about 100$ more for that version. There are "spectraview" packages that include a one eye calibrator and NEC's software. Check out Hardforum.com for LOTS of good info on the subject.

Price: $989.88
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