External Monitor for the MBP?

[B.LI]

due to limit of cash, I do not wish to spend £899 for a thunderbolt display, can anybody help me out here by suggesting me a cheaper/good alternative please? (£600-)

I will be using it for primarily for photo editing and probably watching some movies.

 

[Mojo1]

What's Your Budget?

It will make it easier for folks to offer alternatives. The Thunderbolt display is over-priced IMO, so you are wise to be looking at alternatives...

 

[B.LI]

It will make it easier for folks to offer alternatives. The Thunderbolt display is over-priced IMO, so you are wise to be looking at alternatives...

Thought I have edited the budget in the post before mmm.. but anyway it's there now, I am looking for one with the same 2560x440 as the thunderbolt display

 

[Mojo1]

Hmmm.. The display I was going to recommend doesn't match the resolution: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...0WUXi2_BK_24_Widescreen.html#pr-header-629071. The actual cost is $635 when added to the cart. Of course, prices may be different in your neck of the woods...

Here is a good source for display reviews: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews.htm And the website is located in the UK. Price information is part of each review.

 

[matt94gt]

I know my self and a few others on here bought the Dell UltraSharp. Its IPS and has awesome reviews.

I paid $299 ($100 off) for the 24" its on sale right now.

Go to your dell site!

 

[Demosthenes X]

You won't find a 2560x1440 for much less than the Apple display. It's actually fairly well-priced for a display of that resolution. Dell and HP both make 27" high-res displays, but don't expect substantial savings.

If you can suffer lower resolution, then I'd suggest Dell's 24" Ultrasharp display. Dell makes solid displays, and they're well-priced (and often on sale!). There are also several good 1920x1080 27" displays available. Again, not the same resolution as the Apple display, but good, big displays nonetheless.

 

[Mojo1]

Which Dell UltraSharp are you referring to? There are several on Dell's website and none of them are priced at $299.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...a=177~0~174493&nf=177~0~174493&s=dhs&~ck=anav

 

[tekkietekkie]

they were 299 I think it ended yesterday

I don't think the thunderbolt display is overpriced the dell 27" IPS with similar specs is 899 and for the 100 bucks its well worth the thunderbolt features

 

[nyckylim]

i've recently purchased 2 x Dell U2312HM and found it to be really good other that the fact that apple does not support horizontal spanning.

 

[matt94gt]

Which Dell UltraSharp are you referring to? There are several on Dell's website and none of them are priced at $299.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...a=177~0~174493&nf=177~0~174493&s=dhs&~ck=anav

This is it: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...e_bnrank=1&baynote_irrank=0&~ck=baynoteSearch

It was $100 off until today

For some reason in Canada (where im from) its still on sale for $299
http://accessories.dell.com/sna/pro...e_bnrank=0&baynote_irrank=0&~ck=baynoteSearch

Call them..I bet they will do it still.

 

[Mojo1]

Thanks for the info; it's only $339 so that isn't too much more than $299.

Unfortunately, I just noticed that the display has an LED backlight. I've had some problems adjusting to LED, so I think that I will be sticking with CCFL as long as they are still available...