“The real nicety of the display is that Mac OS X knows when you have attached the display to use its integrated devices. That is, when you’ve hooked it all up, it will use the iSight in the display instead of the notebook’s, and it will use the USB audio on the display and disable the output on the notebook. That is, until you plug a set of headphones into the port on the notebook, at which time the display’s speakers will disable and route the audio directly to your ears automatically,” Ecker reports.
Full report, with many photos, here.
Cool! But I have the wrong Mac, and anyway, I can’t possibly afford one.
Fan Boy Toy… I ‘m guilty
I just got a new batch of LSD in about an hour ago.
So far the colors seem pretty darn good – I suspect there will be a shift in perception, some time soon… including special audio visual effects.
I would like a Macbook plus a PS3 for gaming and blu-ray.
Then the ideal third device would be a big display but, since I would not be able to connect an HDMI source to a displayPort screen, I guess I’ll have to pass.
those audio features are why apple products rock. they get the details right the first time.
booooo… another nail in the coffin of firewire, one of the great things of Apple, biting the dust. Why? To save another $3 per unit? Makes it just another PC display now. Oh Steve, you need to get out of your bubble more…
Glossy = NO SALE.
I got a 26″ ViewSonic VP2650wb for $565 on Amazon.
It’s got much better specs than the new Apple monitor (3ms refresh vs. Apple’s 14ms!?!?!). It pivots (big deal). Matte screen.
Sure, Apple puts in some great features, but I’m buying a DISPLAY. The other stuff is fluff.
Looks like your ViewSonic VP2650wb is a TN panel, what is the new Apple panel?
FROM ANOTHER FORUM: Depending how critical you are with regards to color accuracy, image quality, etc. TN panels will never approach the quality of good MVA or PVA panel because of the fundamental limitations of the technology.
Most people simply buy monitors using TN panels because they are cheaper than higher end panels.
$600 is basically the starting point for MVA/PVA monitors (unless there’s a sale or rebate).
FYI: http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/lcd-panel-types.php
Does anyone make a card with Apple’s new mini-DisplayPort connector that I can put in my G5 Tower?
Can someone explain why they made the MagSafe adapter come out at 90 deg., rather than just make it come straight out like the rest of the cables.
To me it just looks awkward and it sticks out the back where it will just get in the way.
Just my .02.
From the article referenced by Sublime:
S-IPS/H-IPS panels are generally considered the best all around panel type, but they are more expensive and very few are made. High end, expensive.
S-PVA/MVA panels offer better color reproduction and viewing angles than TN panels, have slightly worse response times than TN or S-IPS, offer the best contrast ratios, may suffer from color shifting or input lag and have higher availability than S-IPS panels. Mid range, fair price.
TN panels are very cheap and have the fastest response times, but suffer from inferior color reproduction, contrast ratios and viewing angles. Low end, inexpensive.
Mr. Reeee:
Congratulations on your fast, cheap monitor with inferior color reproduction, contrast ratios and viewing angles.
As my daddy always says, “You gets whats you pays for”.
I want one!!! Multiple same sex partners are you reading this?
Great you get really accurate Color that shifts depending on the colors that are being reflected in that shiny glass.
@The Other Steve
The first display made precisely for a MacBook http://www.apple.com/displays/
I don’t think that it can be any clearer. However, on the Technical Specifications page for the LED Cinema Display, it states even more clearly:
<strong> Compatibility
Compatible with MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro systems with Mini Display<strong>
Glossy = NO SALE
@ Twenty Benson
Don’t sell glossy screens short
Angle of the monitor aside, as long as the amount of light on the object in front of the screen is less than the amount of light being emitted, the degree of reflection is less or none at all.
Stand in front of a window at night and the greater the light in the room, the greater the mirroring (refelction). Stand in the same place during the day, and there is virtually no reflection as the day gets brighter.
Besides glossy monitors displaying more vivid colors, take a glossy screen laptop outside and you will be able to do things that a matte screen can’t because it diffuses both incoming and outgoing light and as a result you can’t see anything.
Here is a simple rule to take advantage of ‘glossy’ screens.
Simply adjust the lighting so that the light is stronger behind or from the screen than the objects in front of it.
Does anyone make a card with Apple’s new mini-DisplayPort connector that I can put in my G5 Tower?
They should. Considering mini-DisplayPort isn’t even an option for the Mac Pro.
You guys and your glossy-screen fetishes are pathetic, truly truly pathetic. Your philosophical grotesquery is to be pitied, your arguments universally abjured by one and all.
Take your lamentations elsewhere, idolize those who will bend slavishly to your will, and do not darken these portals again.
BE GONE!
Yes! it´s Glossy = I´LL BUY!
Love my new glossy MacBook Pro! Really do!
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…and I´m definitely not being ironic!
You guys whining about the Glossy screens… STOP! or go the Microsoft way and enjoy Vista…
Glossy fanboys!
Check out the MacBook Pro screen in this video…
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18974/
… and shut up!
Actually, I really ended up liking the glossy screen on my MBP and the glossy screen on the cinema display was a factor in my buying it over the Dell. If you’re spending $550 on the Dell, why not spend the extra $250 for a nicer design, better integration with the computer I actually use, and the spare AC adapter which is a nice benefit.
@Mr. Matte
The only thing that made me uncomftable in that video was seing windoes on a Mac. Besides cameraes pick up clares much easier than the naked eye. I really don´t have that kind of clare on my Glossy screen, and can easily get around the minor problem if it appears. Read below…
Facts:
Actually the glossy screen gives you a more crisp and clearer experience when working with Photos or Video in either Photoshop or Final Cut Pro. This is actually true regarding any Photo/Video app. It makes it easier to se contrast and make precise and detailed work. If you where a pro I would have great difficulties understanding your complaint! Maybe you are not and have just followed the Glossy screen bashing-trend?
I consider my self a pro and have spend many many hours using PS + FCP with both Matte and Glossy screens. My conclusion is,- There is nothing beating the Glossy screen (And I´m always right)! When I use my Glossy screen iMac and Glossy screen MacBook Pro in an invironment where light sources are an issue I just tilt or move the screen a little. Its no hassle, and its almost never a problem EVEN to start with!
Also it would be almost impossible to turn a Matte screen in to a functional Glossy screen. Its all in the glass you know. On the other hand it only takes a Non-glare film to change it the other way around. Apple has made the right choice and they know it!
By the way… Apple is still the darling in the creative business and vice versa, and they most certaintly want to stay in that market!
If you can´t live with a Glossy screen go the Microsoft way… I couldn´t care less! But don´t use stupid polls that prove exactly nothing to prove your own point of view. From what I have read you don´t have much point at all. We all have different preferences and it´s your prerogative and choice to not accept Apple´s decision.
Enjoy Vista…
@Mr. Matte
…and please
SHUT UP YOUR YOURSELF!