many games. LCD displays throw a real wrench in gaming. Most video
cards can't run 1600x1200 at high enough framerates. Most 19" LCDs are
1280x1024 which is more achievable by good video cards, but since it's
a 5:4 aspect ratio instead of 4:3, if you ever need to step down the
resolution for a game the image is going to be more blurry because of
pixel interpolation than if you step down from 1600x1200. And with
1600x1200, the best step down is 800x600 (halving each), but most
gamers aren't happy with the screen area that small.
What I find really peculiar about Apple creating the super high-end
displays is that when they did so they matched them with NVIDIA cards,
which have always lagged behind ATI and Matrox in 2-D quality which is
Apple's bread and butter market. NVIDIA has gotten _much_ better, and
DVI may make it moot, but I always thought it funny when Steve's spat
with ATI prompted Apple to drop the Radeon with better graphics in
favor of NVIDIA and calling NIVIDIA their "best" option for graphics
pros.
-Kevin
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:34:47 -0500, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They are expensive, but relatively cheap in retrospect. When Apple
> first put out their 22" Cinema display in 2000, it was $4,000:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/reviews/4q00/g4cube_cd/g4-cube-1.html
>
> So at this point, the "small" Cinema display is far less than it used to
> cost, and the massive 30" Cinema is less than the $22" Cinema from 4
> years ago.
>
> Another comparison: Newegg's biggest LCD (it seems) is Viewsonic's (very
> gorgeous) 1600x1200 23.1" TFT for $2,500. Considering Apple's 23"
> Cinema is a widescreen with a similar pixel ratio (1920x1200) and, in my
> opinion, crisper and brighter than the Viewsonic, *and* $500 less, it's
> not a bad deal :)
>
> - Jim
>
> Angel Stewart wrote:
>
> >Man..expensive is an understatement.
> >Their 23" LCD monitor is over US1.2 grand!
> >Their 30" is ~3,300US$ !
> >
> >The displays seem able to work with PCs, and appear to be dependant on the
> >capabilities of the graphics card for full digital DVI output and DDC plug and
> >play communication rather than on the OS/system architecture.
> >
> >-Gel
> >
> > _____
> >
> >From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >I have been impressed with most of the products that Apple has
> >created. They all have good design and are easy to use. They have the
> >user in mind when they design anything. The only negative is you pay a
> >premium for their products. My personal opinion is that premium is worth
> >the quality, but I'm sure some people would disagree. I've decided that
> >I'm going to get a IPod as soon as it hits around $350. I also want one of
> >the Powerbooks but I'm a bit more reluctant to get it since I'm knee deep
> >into a Windows environment.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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