about the apple lcd monitors

[justcurious]

is there any way to make the apple lcd monitors work for the conventional pcs?

 

[Schadenfroh]

i think there are adapters

 

[EeyoreX]

There are adapters available (Alienware was selling a system with this monitor a while ago).

However, I direct you to the following, as a little informative caveat (I have bolded for attention grabbing ):

The new Apple Cinema HD Display, like Apple?s other flat-panel displays, is designed to work with your Power Mac G4?s digital graphics interface. Attach it to your Power Mac G4 using the quick-latch Apple Display Connector (ADC) at the end of the single cable, and you?re ready to rock. There are no controls to adjust ? the all-digital signal between your Mac and your display delivers pristine image quality. ...

While I agree that these displays are beautiful, I have issue with using them on a PC, as there is no way for a PC to adjust any settings for this display. On a Mac it is all done through software, so you would be limited to whatever defaults your display is set to. Unless you knew someone with a Mac (and this is a maybe, since I am not sure the settings would stick).

\Dan

 

[Cadaver]

Apple sells an adapter for around $79 (DVI to ADC adapter). DrBott also carries their own version.
It's correct that on a PC you will not be able to change the brightness (fixed at highest setting) with any of the Apple LCD displays except the now-discontinued 22" Cinema Display.
I'm using one on my Athlon machine w/ a Radeon 8500 and it works great - it was (is) the only Apple LCD to have hardware brightness control buttons on the front panel.

Personally, I love this display. Not overly bright, great contrast, and a razor-sharp 1600x1024 widescreen resolution. Great for DVDs and games.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: Cadaver
Apple sells an adapter for around $79 (DVI to ADC adapter). DrBott also carries their own version.
It's correct that on a PC you will not be able to change the brightness (fixed at highest setting) with any of the Apple LCD displays except the now-discontinued 22" Cinema Display.
I'm using one on my Athlon machine w/ a Radeon 8500 and it works great - it was (is) the only Apple LCD to have hardware brightness control buttons on the front panel.

Personally, I love this display. Not overly bright, great contrast, and a razor-sharp 1600x1024 widescreen resolution. Great for DVDs and games.

How much did you pay for it? They seem quite pricey.

 

[Cadaver]

The 22" monitor, which was bought for me by the IT people at work one year ago, was just over $2000 with our institutional discount.
The current 20" version, which has replaced the 22" model, has a more reasonable price of $1200 retail I think (and a very slightly higher resolution).
The current 23" model, 1920x1200 I think, is now $1999 retail.

 

[Hardtarget]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber


How much did you pay for it? They seem quite pricey.

Thats because it's a apple product... VERY pricey.

 

[EdipisReks]

those monitors are beautiful. i wish they were supported by PC's. if they were, i'd put a pair of 20 inchers on an apple educational loan in a heartbeat.

 

[filmmaker]

Originally posted by: Hardtarget

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber


How much did you pay for it? They seem quite pricey.

Thats because it's a apple product... VERY pricey.

Yes, but worth all the money.

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Their monitors are great, but for the price you can just get a cinematic Samsung and you dont need a silly adaptor!

Kristopher

 

[charlie21]

Originally posted by: EdipisReks
those monitors are beautiful. i wish they were supported by PC's. if they were, i'd put a pair of 20 inchers on an apple educational loan in a heartbeat.

Now that would be awesome.

 

[andyfasthands]

Originally posted by: KristopherKubicki
Their monitors are great, but for the price you can just get a cinematic Samsung and you dont need a silly adaptor!

agree. also the white-plexy roundy googly design doesnt do it for me. black is beautiful!!

 

[nicowju]

here's another vote for one of those cinematic Samsungs. Great image quality on a DVI connection an dno noticeable ghosting in movies or games

 

[GaryShandling]

Originally posted by: nicowju
here's another vote for one of those cinematic Samsungs. Great image quality on a DVI connection an dno noticeable ghosting in movies or games

are you refering to the 172t?

 

[KristopherKubicki]

well, samsung denotes their cinematic samsungs with a W ie, 172W. I was more refering to the 21" samsung (210T) which are very nice...