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The Apple 30" Cinema HD Display Flat Panel LCD Monitor is the perfect companion for your Mac or PC. Its annodized aluminum case is sleek and elegant, and lets you use two displays much closer to each other than ever before. Choose an optional VESA mount to install your display anywhere. Connect one or two displays via industry-standard DVI.
| Panel/Display Type |
Type: Thin-film transistor (TFT) active-matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) Viewable Size: 29.7" Brightness: 400 cd/m2 (typical) Contrast Ratio: 700:1 Viewing Angle: 178° vertical, 178° horizontal Pixel Dot Pitch: 0.25mm |
| Internal Interface | Digital (DVI) |
| Resolution |
Maximum: 2560 x 1600 Native: 2560 x 1600 Suported Resolutions: |
| Colors Supported | 16,700,000 |
| Frequency | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Sync Type | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Response Time | 14 ms |
| Input and Output Connectors |
VGA: None DVI: 1x Audio In: Not Specified by Manufacturer Headphone Jack: Not Specified by Manufacturer USB: Yes, USB 2.0 |
| Speakers | None |
| Mount |
Deskmount: Yes Wallmount: VESA Mount (Requires Cinema Display VESA Mount Adapter, M9649G/A, sold separately), compatible with VESA FDMI (MIS-D, 100, C) compliant mounting solutions |
| Controls |
Side: Power, Brightness Front: Power On-Screen: Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Auto Configuration | Yes |
| Touch Screen | No |
| Tilt/Swivel Range |
Tilt: 5 degrees-+25 degrees Swivel: None Height: None |
| Compliant Standards |
FCC Part 15 Class B EN55022 Class B EN55024 VCCI Class B AS/NZS 3548 Class B CNS 13438 Class B ICES-003 Class B ISO 13406 part 2 MPR II IEC 60950 UL 60950 CSA 60950 EN60950 ENERGY STAR TCO '03 |
| System Requirements | Mac or PC with Dual-Link DVI video card |
| Power Requirements |
Voltage: 100-240 VAC @ 50/60 Hz Consumption |
| Environmental Requirements |
Operating Temperature Range: 50-95F (10-35C) Humidity Range: 20-80% noncondensing Storage |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) |
With Stand: 27.2 x 21.3 x 8.46" (68.8 x 54.3 x 21.5 cm) Without Stand: N/A |
| Weight |
With Stand: 27.5 lbs (12.47 kg) Without Stand: N/A |
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Without doubt, the best monitor I have ever purchased. Matter in fact, we purchased 3. Flicker free, easy on the eyes, and darn close on colors providing you purchase a color calibration ...Read complete review
Without doubt, the best monitor I have ever purchased. Matter in fact, we purchased 3. Flicker free, easy on the eyes, and darn close on colors providing you purchase a color calibration tool. If you are looking for a serious monitor that can seriously represent accurate color, look no further. Each project we go to press, or lab with, we are within 3 to 5% on color each and every time. Well within acceptability within this digital era in which we live. Remember the printed film based Matchprint? This monitor is better than that.
Real deal, buy it now. It's worth every dollar.
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Uneven Backlighting
Satisfied with the color fidelity of this monitor. Also, the design is absolutely gorgeous, but overall it really fell short of my expectations, since the backlighting was significantly darker on one side of ...Read complete review
Satisfied with the color fidelity of this monitor. Also, the design is absolutely gorgeous, but overall it really fell short of my expectations, since the backlighting was significantly darker on one side of the monitor. I read about this problem before I bought it, but I figured that it had been ironed out, since these displays were released several years ago... wrong. This is not good quality control for a supposedly professional-class product, and it indicates that these items are not closely inspected when they leave Apple's facilities. Read all the reviews you can find before buying -- that's my advice.
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Comments about Apple 30" Cinema HD Display - 30" Flat Panel LCD Computer Monitor with DVI Connectors:
The Apple 30" Cinema HD Display is impressive. I use it for photo retouching and I don't see a better tool for this kind of job. If you want-need the perfect display this is your solution, don't look further.
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As a professional photographer, Color, visibility and enough space to work on albums and books is vitally important. I am thrilled with my choice it is everything I hoped it would be. Because I can see so much better, by work flow is much faster.
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I bought the Apple 30 " Cinema display to use with my Mac Pro and MacBook Pro for both video and audio editing. Its superb color gamut and incredible sharpness make editing high definition video and high resolution audio waveforms a true pleasure. Having owned many top end displays over the years and calibrating each one, the 30 inch Cinema from Apple is truly the "Top 'O The Heap." Kudos, Apple for an excellent engineering and ergonomic design. Worth more than the asking price, which is a bargain, given the quality. In the Apple 30 inch display, one gets form AND function!
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mainly for photographic uses ..... but I really love using the enlarged view for all my computer functions.
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I use this with Final Cut Pro
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I use it mainly for Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Premier. It is great to have such a huge amount of space to work in image processing. Image quality and colors are superb. Nevertheless, the luminosity is uneven since the display has 4 vertical darker bands from side to side. Bands are clearly seen when working with blue skies and moving (shaking) the image, as I do to detect and correct dust sensor spots. It does bother to find that issue in such a very expensive pro equipment. I use this Monitor in a PC computer.
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The amount of real estate, size and quality is well worth it. It is also another trusty apple product. I pondered buying this for months but it was well worth it in the end!
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Being a Professional Photographer who does a lot of post processing on a computer; color and dot pitch are very critical and I chose the Apple 30 inch Display over a variety of other monitors after a lot od research.
The colors are vivid and .25 dot pitch makes all the difference when each pixel counts.I also like the sleekness of the monitor.
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I love the large size of this monitor. The quality of the images is outstanding. I am calibrating it with a Spider II sensor and ColorEyes Diplay Pro software. My prints match exactly what I see in the monitor!
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This monitor is Great, hands down it has an impressive display that is the best on the market. I went from a dell 22 inch to this massive 30 inch and it was the best purchase i ever made to do video editing and the slide shows are so great there isn't enough WOW factor go do it justice. The controls on the side for brightness blend right in. I wear bifocals so i am picky when it comes to is this in focus etc. The Detail in a 30 inch photograph is incredible. It was a WISE investment.
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Satisfied with the color fidelity of this monitor. Also, the design is absolutely gorgeous, but overall it really fell short of my expectations, since the backlighting was significantly darker on one side of the monitor. I read about this problem before I bought it, but I figured that it had been ironed out, since these displays were released several years ago... wrong. This is not good quality control for a supposedly professional-class product, and it indicates that these items are not closely inspected when they leave Apple's facilities. Read all the reviews you can find before buying -- that's my advice.
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Comments about Apple 30" Cinema HD Display - 30" Flat Panel LCD Computer Monitor with DVI Connectors:
This monitor is great and I use it to edit all my images Iam a pro. photogrpher if you want to see your images big then this is what you need.
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Comments about Apple 30" Cinema HD Display - 30" Flat Panel LCD Computer Monitor with DVI Connectors:
Without doubt, the best monitor I have ever purchased. Matter in fact, we purchased 3. Flicker free, easy on the eyes, and darn close on colors providing you purchase a color calibration tool. If you are looking for a serious monitor that can seriously represent accurate color, look no further. Each project we go to press, or lab with, we are within 3 to 5% on color each and every time. Well within acceptability within this digital era in which we live. Remember the printed film based Matchprint? This monitor is better than that.
Real deal, buy it now. It's worth every dollar.
Comments about Apple 30" Cinema HD Display - 30" Flat Panel LCD Computer Monitor with DVI Connectors:
This is a AMAZING Monitor,go and buy IT!!!
Problems Encountered: NONE AT ALL!!
Previous Equivalent Items Owned: 17 in,
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Comments about Apple 30" Cinema HD Display - 30" Flat Panel LCD Computer Monitor with DVI Connectors:
This monitor is amazing. Apple surely makes only the best! The picture clarity is like nothing I have ever seen before. It is very thing and fits in perfectly with any surroundings! There are also 2 USB and 2 FireWire ports on the back. You can hook up your keyboard, mouse, and even camera up to the screen which is connected to your computer!
Problems Encountered: NONE
Items I Recommend: Apple Customized Mac Pro Desktop Computer Workstation 3.0GHz Dual Intel Dual-Core Xeon 5100 Series CPU, 4GB (4x1GB) RAM, 500GB SATA Hard Drive, 16x Dual-Layer SuperDrive, ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB Graphics, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, Mac OS
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