Apple today lowered the prices across its Cinema Display family which each offer a two-port, self-powered USB 2.0 hub, two FireWire 400 ports, a Kensington security port, and are VESA mount compatible.
• 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (2560 x 1600 resolution) drops from US$1999 to $1799
• 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (1920 x 1200 resolution) drops from $999 to $899
• 20-inch Apple Cinema Display (1680 x 1050 resolution) drops from $699 to $599
More info here.
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New Display models coming soon???
20″ monitor is still way over priced.
I agree, that 20″ is really overpriced for what you are getting.
Any price drop is better than no price drop.
Not enough to get me off my dual Dell 20″ widescreen displays.
be thankful
a 20″ crt monitor used to be a lot more than this
I think my 21 inch “Moby” was $1200 (r.i.p.)
yea but then you have to look at a DuLL logo all day. No thanks.
btw isnt that extraordinarily painful?
a 20″ crt monitor used to be more? Of COURSE it USED to be more. So did 256MB of RAM.
You aren’t kidding about being too high. Newegg has 8-10 differant 20″ monitors for under $300, and with better specs. If you just gotta have that Apple logo on your monitor, be prepared to be ripped off.
ps I think I read in where was it…TIME Magazine I think, that Dell monitors give people tumors because of the cheap, low quality components that they use.
Has this been your experience? Or are they fine apart from that ugly logo that stares at you all day saying…if you just payed a little more you could have a beautiful cinema display, but no, you were a tight ass, and now youre paying for it.
jay…
How many of those monitors have built-in FireWire 400 and USB2 hubs?
I was hoping to see a new line of monitors with faster refresh rates and built-in iSights. Maybe next week?
But, price reductions like these generally mean that new iron is in the pipeline.
Maybe when Leopard is released.
I’d love to see Apple replace the 23″ with a 24″ screen at the same price.
Apple uses higher quality panels. Many wrongly conclude that the panels are the same, but upon closer examination, Apple purchases panels with better color reproduction. Which is important in the Pro market.
The UK is still £799 for the 23″, rip off Britain. Back off Brussells… except for lowering prices.
The only people that complain about ACD’s are people who don’t own them. I’m not sure what the logic behind may statement is, but I enjoy my daily and I paid $1000 CDN for a 20″ at the time.
Hmmm… new cinema displays with multi-touch coming in time for Leopard ?
re: Mr. Reeee-
The Dell 24″ display I recently purchased doesn’t have FireWire ports, but it has 4 USB2 ports and a media reader built in. It also has a 3 year (vs. Apple’s 1 year) warranty, and is more adjustable in tilt, height, and swivel. It also rotates to portrait mode. It has 5 inputs (DVI, VGA, Composite Video, Component Video, S-Video) and Picture-In-Picture capability. On top of all that, it has better techincal specs (contrast, brightness, etc) *AND* costs less, even after Apple’s price reduction.
I don’t care for Dell computers, but at least this model display pretty much smokes Apple’s closest offering. Which is really too bad- Apple is so much more competitive hardware-wise when it comes to computers. I wish they’d be as competitive in displays and other peripherals.
stingerster –
At least at the 20″ level, they absolutely use the same LM201W01 panel. LCD panel as the Dell. Just different backlights.
Also, for less $, the Dell is warranteed for 3 years. Apple’s still only covering for 1, last time I checked. It’s a shittier deal unless you need the logo.
‘Bandit Bill’ said: “… I paid $1000 CDN for a 20 …” Ouch!
Who was the “bandit” in this scenario Bill?
Rock on anyway.
shiva –
Agreed. Dell’s displays beat the Cinema Displays hands-down. The built-in universal media reader is absolutely fantastic And at the price ($579 as of yesterday) it just makes spending the extra money on Apple’s alternative look berry berry silly.
TFT Screens are what Dell do best. Their higher end panels tend to be very good and very well priced, far better than Apple.
I ended up getting a very good 20″ HP display for a lot less than Apple could. I would have been happy paying a premium for a Cinema Display but not the amount it was. I’ve ended up with a screen with more inputs, better spec and far more adjustable.
I’d like some hard proof that Apple uses better panels. Apple had one hell of a problem with pinkish tones on at least two sizes of its monitors several years ago.
I think that’s cleared up lately, but even so, it’s unlikely Apple purchases some sort of overly “deluxe” panel from any manufacturer. I have never read anywhere that Apple has some lock on better quality panels, and the top quality monitors from all other manufacturers are many hundreds of $ cheaper.
It’s the same with RAM. Do you think Apple buys some sort of ultra deluxe memory that no one else has?
I have that proverbial bridge for sale to anyone who thinks so.
Apple makes a lot of gross profit, money they plow back into new and better operating systems, programs, gagets, support, etc. Sometimes I like to pay a higher price, knowing the quality stream can be maintained. If you ate in an Apple restarant, you would know the kitchen was clean, they would charge enough to keep it that way. A Dell kitchen, maintained by super razor-thin profit margins might give you food poisoning. Some people are cheap. They pay a price later.
Got a 24″ Dell at my desk and there is a 23″ ACD in the edit suite right across from me. I’ll take the Dell any day over the Apple. Better specs, contrast ratio, brightness etc., an inch bigger and $300 cheaper (at the time). I don’t ever even notice the Dell logo at the bottom, just huge pretty pictures on the screen.
Virtually all of the cheap LCD screens use TN (twisted nematic) panels, they aren’t even 8 bit (TN panels can’t display 8 bits, it has to be dithered to fake 16 million colors)
Yes the entry level TN screens are a great value but don’t think they are equivalent to a professional display (minus a few features and an aluminum case) they aren’t. For homeowners gaming or web-surfing or light office use they are fine, for accurate gamma and color gamut they just aren’t in the same league.