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30 Inch Displays Now Shipping
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I received my 30-inch cinema display earlier this week and have been very happy with it. This is by far the best Apple product that I have owned to date and I am in awe of its design and quality. I can honestly say that it was well worth the wait (I ordered in mid August).
Although my dual 2.5 has been putting out a lot of heat, I have not noticed any heat problems with this display. As others on this thread have mentioned, it is very bright, something that I have not seen in the LCD displays that I have used in the past. Below are a few snapshots that I have taken of it (the one with the three displays has a 23 inch cinema display in the front, a 15 inch Ti Powerbook behind it, and the 30 inch cinema display behind that). Ignore the mess of wires beneath the desk, they are left over from my previous setup 🙂.
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Although my dual 2.5 has been putting out a lot of heat, I have not noticed any heat problems with this display. As others on this thread have mentioned, it is very bright, something that I have not seen in the LCD displays that I have used in the past. Below are a few snapshots that I have taken of it (the one with the three displays has a 23 inch cinema display in the front, a 15 inch Ti Powerbook behind it, and the 30 inch cinema display behind that). Ignore the mess of wires beneath the desk, they are left over from my previous setup 🙂.
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Daimyo Asano said:
Wow... the PowerBook display looks ridiculously tiny in front of the 30" CD. As the PowerBook display in front of me right now does not look tiny at all, I can't begin to imagine how huge the 30" CD would look on my desk. I absolutely need to check 'em out "in person".
My 30" Experience So Far
Hi all,
I ordered the 30" Cinema and graphics card at the WWDC in June, originally slated for Aug 15th, and it finally shipped on Oct 14th. FedEx inexplicably lost track of the package for a few days, (including a claimed delivery, with a bogus signature on the online tracking page), but it was eventually delivered, without consistent explanation, on the 20th. (Weird.)
I assumed that the setup would be plug & play, so I naively plugged and played. Kernel panic!! Restart, Kernel panic. The graphics card came with a CD, which I hoped might be bootable with the drivers on it. No such luck. Finally had to take out the new graphics card, put in the old one, restart (at half-res on the 30"), install the fan firmware update, restart, install the NVidia drivers, restart, shut down, replace the graphics card with the new one, then finally restart. Success.
First impression: WOW!! Overwhelming. (I'm moving up from one of the original 22" DVI Cinema Displays, which after four years has aged to a parchment-like sepia-tone.) Test for dead pixels: None!! Test for stuck pixels: One, marginally, blue-green, in the lower right corner. Not bad, not bad at all!
But after a few minutes of use, I noticed that I kept subconsciously dragging all the windows to the right half of the screen. Huh? So I set the screen all white, and took a step back. WHOA! The display is about 50% brighter on the right half than the left half!! Setting the screen to pure white, I took a photo from several feet away to verify the non-uniformity. Open these links in sequence, and you can use the browser forward and back buttons to flip between them. The first is the original photo, and the second is the same photo flipped horizontally:
Original Photo
Flipped Photo
As you can see, the non-uniformity is quite extreme, and I have no choice but to return the display for this reason. (There's also a slight pinkish cast relative to my other displays, though this is very minor.) I'll post again when I get a replacement display; hopefully sooner than later. Has anyone else experienced this non-uniformity, or tested for it?
-Ben
Hi all,
I ordered the 30" Cinema and graphics card at the WWDC in June, originally slated for Aug 15th, and it finally shipped on Oct 14th. FedEx inexplicably lost track of the package for a few days, (including a claimed delivery, with a bogus signature on the online tracking page), but it was eventually delivered, without consistent explanation, on the 20th. (Weird.)
I assumed that the setup would be plug & play, so I naively plugged and played. Kernel panic!! Restart, Kernel panic. The graphics card came with a CD, which I hoped might be bootable with the drivers on it. No such luck. Finally had to take out the new graphics card, put in the old one, restart (at half-res on the 30"), install the fan firmware update, restart, install the NVidia drivers, restart, shut down, replace the graphics card with the new one, then finally restart. Success.
First impression: WOW!! Overwhelming. (I'm moving up from one of the original 22" DVI Cinema Displays, which after four years has aged to a parchment-like sepia-tone.) Test for dead pixels: None!! Test for stuck pixels: One, marginally, blue-green, in the lower right corner. Not bad, not bad at all!
But after a few minutes of use, I noticed that I kept subconsciously dragging all the windows to the right half of the screen. Huh? So I set the screen all white, and took a step back. WHOA! The display is about 50% brighter on the right half than the left half!! Setting the screen to pure white, I took a photo from several feet away to verify the non-uniformity. Open these links in sequence, and you can use the browser forward and back buttons to flip between them. The first is the original photo, and the second is the same photo flipped horizontally:
Original Photo
Flipped Photo
As you can see, the non-uniformity is quite extreme, and I have no choice but to return the display for this reason. (There's also a slight pinkish cast relative to my other displays, though this is very minor.) I'll post again when I get a replacement display; hopefully sooner than later. Has anyone else experienced this non-uniformity, or tested for it?
-Ben
Motion FPS test: 30 inch verses 23
Daimyo,
Any chance you can run a quick motion templete to test the fps and compare the difference between running a higer res (2560 x 1600) on the 30 and the somwhat lower resolution (1920 x 1200( of the 23 inch display. It seems the 30 inch display should slow down the graphic card with all the extra pixels to push; My question is how much... I would love the larger screen but realtime speed is most important; if the difference is close though then I'll get the 30
thanks,
richard
Daimyo,
Any chance you can run a quick motion templete to test the fps and compare the difference between running a higer res (2560 x 1600) on the 30 and the somwhat lower resolution (1920 x 1200( of the 23 inch display. It seems the 30 inch display should slow down the graphic card with all the extra pixels to push; My question is how much... I would love the larger screen but realtime speed is most important; if the difference is close though then I'll get the 30
thanks,
richard
too bad I didn't win the lottery. 🙁
Does anyone know if it's possible to display more than one page in a text-editing program (Word or Final Draft) on the larger lcds? For instance to see two pages side-by-side.
Does anyone know if it's possible to display more than one page in a text-editing program (Word or Final Draft) on the larger lcds? For instance to see two pages side-by-side.
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~Shard~ said:
Unfortunately for you, I work from home and pratically a hermit 🙂
I do plan on a trip to the Apple store later though to check out the new iPod.
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TV on 30"
Someone asked a couple of pages ago, thought I'd take another shot - has anyone tried using one of these as a television using Eye TV or another product? I'm building a new house with an office in it, and trying to decide whether or not I can skip figuring out a way to install a TV.
Thanks!
Someone asked a couple of pages ago, thought I'd take another shot - has anyone tried using one of these as a television using Eye TV or another product? I'm building a new house with an office in it, and trying to decide whether or not I can skip figuring out a way to install a TV.
Thanks!
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I was at my local Apple Store today, and what to my surprise was a 30" Cinema Display. It was the only one that they had. One one of staff checked in back and they were all gone. It felt warm around the edges, but nothing like my wife's PowerBook. No heat that I could feel emanating from the unit itself. I watched "The Incredibles" via QuickTime on full screen. It was awesome. My wife was very impressed, "You wouldn't need an HDTV with this." The size just blows you away.
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~Shard~ said:
Are you aware of Apple Shift 4? It allows you to draw around a specific area. Apple shift 4 spacebar will put a little camera on the screen. Just move it to the window you want to capture and then click.
I saw the 30" display the other day at the Apple store. May need to trade in my 23" for a 30". I love the new iPod photo too.
nfocus design said:
There are a few apps that do that
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15496
And this one does it but only full screen in the dvd player
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16324