Apple 30inch LCD?

[MacRumors]

MacWhispers claims that Apple is working on a 30-inch Cinema Display with a resolution of 2400x1500.

This echoes an anonymous report that appeared on MacRumors' Rumor Reject list in late 2002, as well as a recent unconfirmed report.

Two other "Rumor Reject" items turned out to be based in reality -- with early talk of an Apple Branded Presentation Software, which turned out to be Keynote, as well as early talk of an Apple Music service, which appears more likely with recent rumors.

 

[vanillamike]

30" that would be amazing!!!

Mike

1st post!!! sweet

 

[mymemory]

Well...

They say that everything comes from a dissatisfaction with you penins size. Tharefore some people would like things biger and biger and biger...

Sorry about the spelling.

 

[ianimate3d]

Wow, I can't imagine a 30" display.. the 23" is amazing.. this would be so cool if true. Only time will tell.

 

[trilogic]

my dreams would come true

 

[synthetickittie]

ya all I gotta say is DAMMMM if this is true

 

[mangoman]

When it hits 40", I'll buy, and make it my DVD screen in my bedroom.

 

[jimjiminyjim]

We'll need bluetooth keyboards to get far enough away from the screen! Sweet!

 

[iloveMac]

I want one !!!

 

[applemacdude]

It's gonna happen. I've have confirmed it from a friend of a friend that works @ apple.

 

[jch200]

We'll need bluetooth keyboards to get far enough away from the screen! Sweet!

Ha! that's hilarious.

 

[timbloom]

I privately heard about this rumor a couple of months ago, and I did not believe it, but I did now hear it from a rumor site and told nobody, so now hearing it here in conjunction with what I had heard before, increases the chance of it being true 10-fold. Well, I don't see what somebody would need with a 30" exept maybe some self-help dealing with personal insecurities.

 

[Codemonkey]

Missing TeeVee from the DigitalHub?

Could it be that this will be more than a 30" "monitor"? It seems to me (and a few other editorial writers lately seem to agree) that the TV is an integral part of our lifestyle these days... offering a 30" flat panel doesn't seem too useful as a traditional 'monitor', but does fit in the trendy Apple user's loft apartment as a boobtube replacement.

Coax cable-in, recordable TV ability, DVD and other entertainment all on the livingroom "tube" seems like the logical next step...

Plus you could sit the whole unit in a slightly modified iMac base, and the base would act as the stand.

My 2 coppers...

 

[MacManiac1224]

I remember seeing this on MacOSrumors a couple of months ago, I dismissed it becasue it was MOSR, but maybe it could be true, looks like Apple wants to compete with SGI.

 

[Mudbug]

wow, that's really big

But I fear the cost...
I'd love that setup but $3000 for a computer, then another $4000 (or whatever - who knows...) for the monitor, and then add software, etc.

That's pretty staggering.
But what the hay - that's why I've got credit cards, right?

How about adding in a digital HD tuner and making it a viable TV option as well?

 

[PyroTurtle]

the audio community will love it!
and i hope it can replace my TV make it HDTV compatible! or have phillips make that part, make bluetooth extreme and have it stream tv wirelessly! ::insert evil laughter here::
or maybe firewire extreme or something that's just plain fun like that....
oh the possiblities...'
so i say...
BRING IT ON!

 

[FCPnewbie]

You stole my thunder man. I was thinking about the cost too. But what do I know? I'm a poor college kid. Still... I'd hate to know how much.

 

[mk_in_mke]

That looks promising!

I use the 22" Flat screen and I have to say that it is really cool... Now - and if this rumors is based on SOLID elements - this new screen would open the door to serious presentations in companies (design capabilities:11x17 for instance)...

Whoever suggested that this is the missing link in the DIgital hub is not wrong at all and making a very good point when you know that a cable box could be attached to a screen via an USB...

My only question is : this is a HIgh End device and as such I am expecting the price to be... High...

I would definitely put this rumor in the VERY PROBABLE ones...

My 2 cents,

Have a great weekend guys!

Mk

 

[esome]

I think that being able to afford a 30"monitor would make me happier than actually owning one but the cool factor is obviously through the roof here.

My question though, is there an industry that actually needs moniters that large? Like I know that lots of folks in the pre-press and design industries need to be able to hold adjacent page displays on their monitor simultaneously. Would a 30 incher satisfy some particular industry need or niche, or is this just for wealthy geeks and the like?

 

[moosecat]

If Apple really wants to turn its computers into digital hubs, eventually they will have to be used like TVs. That's the value of a 30" LCD to me -- it makes it feasible to truly use your computer as a "hub" on which you will watch movies and television, as well as listen to music, etc.

Granted, the price will be prohibitive, but couple the big screen with the right software, you'll get a few early adopters on board and pave the way for the rest of us.

 

[jayscheuerle]

too big for regular use

At 30", you'd be turning your head, not just your eyes and the sides of the screen would not be perpendicular to your line of sight (unless you were sitting back a distance, but then what's the point. A slightly concave screen would be a neat idea, with a focal point about 2' away. Yes, I have to turn my head to see the rightmost of my second monitor, but it's at least turned towards me.

But it would be the biggest one out there and that's probably what Apple would be hoping to claim, not a usefulness advantage...

 

[Xerov]

music service

has anyone heard anything on the radio about apple's music service!? I do believe that I heard something about it on a local station....but I was slightly incoherent to say the least. Has anyone else heard anything on the radio?

 

[skunk]

I'm gonna have to get me a new desk

 

[jayscheuerle]

Originally posted by moosecat
If Apple really wants to turn its computers into digital hubs, eventually they will have to be used like TVs. That's the value of a 30" LCD to me -- it makes it feasible to truly use your computer as a "hub" on which you will watch movies and television, as well as listen to music, etc.

Bad idea. Keep the computer as the digital hub and s-video (or signal) out to a regular TV or HDTV. Nobody want's to sit around the computer station to watch a 30" movie, not when you have a TV in your living room.

 

[tjwett]

i hope to god it will be able to be hung on a wall like a plasma tv. i like the design of the current displays, i have one, but something like this needs to be more than just desktop monitor. this would become my main screen for the whole house, tv, computer, video games, etc. maybe we will start to see the Apple/Phillips connection start to materialize with more home entertainment based products. perhaps the new music service will tie in to some sort of rendesvous-equipped digital a/v receiver from Phillips/Apple. i'd love to have a rack full of Apple equipment controlling all my home theater doings.