Finally collected all 3 OG LCD Studio Displays

[mectojic]

I finally own all three Apple Studio Displays, first form factor. I'm not going to say how much I paid for these...

They all work, though unfortunately the first one has the common issue where the pneumatic stand has broken, preventing adjustment. It also has a slight off-tilt, and the internal board is making a buzzing sound (anyone know why?)

Still, super cool to see them all together. The 3 OG 15" LCD Apple Studio Displays.

There is already enough information about these online, so just a few observations that haven’t been well documented online.
I’ll call them Rev A, B, C for convenience:

	Rev A (Azul / Manta) M4551	Rev B (Blue and White) M4551	Rev C (Graphite) M7613
Announcement/ Release Date	March 17 1998/ available May	Jan 5 1999	Aug 31 1999 / availability planned for September, postponed to December
Price at launch / after (USD)	$1,999 / cut to $1,299 mid-August	$1,099	$1,099
Power Supply	Grey opaque	Grey opaque	Translucent black
Turning on	Starts red, slowly warms up like a CRT	Lights up from black in ~3 seconds, no discolouration	Instant and crisp, as it’s a digital display.
Connector	DB-15	VGA	DVI
Extra ports	2x ADB (in base)	2x ADB (in base)	2x USB (behind monitor door)
	S-Video, RCA, audio	S-Video, RCA, audio	-
Controls	Image adjustments + brightness	Image adjustments + brightness	Brightness only

The Rev B is basically a reskin of the Rev A, but the power on process does indicate some optimisations.

I believe they all use the same display panel (brightness 200 cd/m2). Some sites erroneously claim the brightness improved over time, but Apple documentation contradicts that.

 

[joevt]

Do they have EDID or DDC? Run AllRez (Mac OS X) to find out.
https://github.com/joevt/AllRez

 

[mectojic]

Do they have EDID or DDC? Run AllRez (Mac OS X) to find out.
https://github.com/joevt/AllRez

I ran it, but not sure what I'm looking for, there's a lot of information.
Maybe this line?
"EDID UUID" = "0610F401-0000-0000-2D08-0101A01F1796";
Can't see anything DDC.

 

[joevt]

I ran it, but not sure what I'm looking for, there's a lot of information.
Maybe this line?
"EDID UUID" = "0610F401-0000-0000-2D08-0101A01F1796";
Can't see anything DDC.

Can you post the results? Which macOS did you use to run AllRez?

EDID is a bunch of hex that begins 00ffffffffffff00

DDC stuff ("Timing Report" and "VCP Capabilities") would be in the "I2C Interfaces" section for each display in the AllRez output.

 

[AphoticD]

I finally own all three Apple Studio Displays, first form factor. I'm not going to say how much I paid for these...

Love the collection! Yes, I can't imagine how much that could have cost to acquire. Where did you locate these? I'm in Australia too and finding PowerPC era Mac gear has become far more scarce in general, and mostly overpriced.

 

[mectojic]

Love the collection! Yes, I can't imagine how much that could have cost to acquire. Where did you locate these? I'm in Australia too and finding PowerPC era Mac gear has become far more scarce in general, and mostly overpriced.

Got them all on EBay from international sellers. Yes, they were all 'overpriced', but given the rarity and where we're located, they might actually have been fair value.
And I actually wanted to have them, rather than wait 10-20 years for a deal.