What´s the big difference btw Apple LCDs and 3rd parties?

k3lso · Member Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 63 Location: PY

Besides the price, of course.
I need to decide whether to buy a 17 LCD from any other brand or save and get the Apple 20 (it´ll take me till xmas)

What´s the big deal about apple LCD monitors besides they´re so stylish and elegant??

devo · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject:

Outstanding picture quality and viewing angles and a 16ms responce time pretty good for 20". You pretty much get what you pay for. I'd love to be able to afford one! Very Happy

jase · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

Stylish, elegant, and consistent.

Apple displays use the same LCD panels as some pc LCD monitors. For example, the Apple 20" uses the same LG Philips LCD panel as the Dell 2005fpw. Most other Apple panels are Samsungs, I think, that can also be found in some PC monitors, if you look.

The advantage to buying Apple is that you know you'll get a good quality display, and it'll be stylish and elegant.

You can save some money buying a PC LCD. But you have to research which ones the good ones are, because there are a lot of mediocre or bad ones out there. And the display won't match your Mac. It won't be as aesthetically pleasing.

Apple is the safe, elegant buy. A PC monitor is the value buy.

idave · Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 463

Samsung makes some really nice displays. You might want to look for a display with dual VGA and DVI inputs this way you could hook your mini up the the DVI and the PC up to the VGA. You get a better pictures that way instead of going through a KVM.
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senn · Junior Member Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 21

One bad thing about Apple Cinema Displays is they don't swivel.

k3lso · Member Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 63 Location: PY

Hmmmm...
For now, I think I´ll just buy some cheap 15 LCD (or use some CRT old pc display), you know... to play around with my future mac mini. And I´ll save for an Apple display. The wait will be long though. Sad

kjk · New Member Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 4

anandtech did a review comparing dell and apple's LCDs

http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400

the dell (esp the stand) is not very attractive..but hard to beat the price-and the quality is very nice.

xmen65 · Veteran Member Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 620

I think Samsung displays are the best for the money.

ninjamini · Senior Member Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 465

How about the LG stuff. BB has a 17" LG onsale for $299 after rebates.

aquaman · Veteran Member Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 808

I think LG makes Dell's panels.

greg · Veteran Member Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 613

I think the panel manufacturers for the Dells varies. I have a Dell 1905fp which is a Samsung panel. Its an excellent display for Mini, especially since it comes with a built-in 2-port USB hub.

bani · Member Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 86

the apple display might be better but i don't think it is 200% better. most of the price difference would appear to go to pay for the fruity logo on the bezel.

blazer · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:04 pm Post subject:

Do you own anything from Apple? You seem very negative towards the company! Confused

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bani · Member Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 86

well, you tell me why the apple lcd is worth that much extra money? what exactly justifies it?


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