On Feb 20, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Feb 20, 2010, at 3:24 AM, Tom wrote:
can anyone tell me whether there are less expensive monitors that
compare favorably to the (now discontinued) Apple 23" Cinema Display?
If you're in this high-end for cheap market, I think the Dell 27"
and 30" are about as cheap as they come for nice big monitors. The
27" Dell UltraSharp 2709W is $799 New now on sale from Dell(reg.
price $929). There are also new ones on eBay for $635 with free
shipping, which is the same as the best price ever ($599+shipping on
black friday sales). See:<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170446931866
>
They're even cheaper as refurbished, when available, which isn't
often because they get snapped up quick.
These Dell monitors will lose their value fast, whereas, an Apple
Cinema Monitor maintains value even when better is available new for
cheaper. You pay for the Apple style, and the Apple name. Cool is
cool, and cool costs $.
Note, the contrast ratio on the 23" Cinema Display is 350:1. Any
standard monitor these days is 1,000:1, and the Dell I cited above
is 3,000:1, or 10x the contrast ratio of the Apple 23". If you can
settle for lesser 1,000:1 ratio, any Samsung monitor is a good deal,
probably for $250 - $350 in the 24" to 26" sizes.
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How does this all compare to the LCD and LED/LCD TVs? (let me know if
this hijacks this thread ... don't mean to)
Monitors vrs TVs ... are they closer to being the same thing, than
they use to be?
I've been wanting a large screen for viewing still images, and maybe
motion as well, from a distance (across the room), to draw and paint
from, standing ...
Has the original poster considered having a wall mounted screen to do
their PS computer work? is this just not feasible? Screens from $500
and up, seem to cross over into the large screen arena.
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