24" Cinema Display - Thoughts?

al0513 said:

Thinking about adding a 24" Cinema Display for my home setup. I was browsing and found this -

http://www.gamestop.com/mac/electronics/apple-r-led-cinema-display-24-inch/100590

Is that a good price? Should I pull the trigger?

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Depends what you want out of a monitor, Apple monitors are "ok", but depending on what you're going to do with it there are monitors which provide better performance.

They die rather quickly. Backlights go out and bad circuitry. Only the 24" for some reason. 27" has no issues to speak of. FYI.

Had mine singed it was released. No issues even until now. Wouldn't mind a 27 inch though...

derbothaus said:

They die rather quickly. Backlights go out and bad circuitry. Only the 24" for some reason. 27" has no issues to speak of. FYI.

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I'm using a "23 and "20 for my setup. 6 years plus and no problems so far.

al0513 said:

Well I have made up my mind to get one of these - now do you all think this is a good price? I've looked online and everywhere is $600-$700.

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For a 24"? The 24" sucks. As mentioned they die quickly. Now this doesn't mean it happens to 100% of them, but the failure rate is not so good. You could get a newer 24" from another brand with a warranty for less money. Considering a thunderbolt display is $850 in the refurbished store, $600-700 for the old 24" is ridiculous. They're asking too much because it's Apple.

cmykvsrgb said:

I'm using a "23 and "20 for my setup. 6 years plus and no problems so far.

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Those are not the 24" LED of which I speak. Those are previous gen and I have those still working without a hitch as well.