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What is comparable to 24'' A Cinema Display?

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I normally go to dealmac.com to checkout good deals. A Dell or other brands can be had for less. Go check them out. The Cinema Display is nice though.
 
Dells seem to get good reviews, and I love my Samsung televisions (and BD players). I wanted to get a 24" Samsung monitor a few months ago, but the iffy reviews on the $399-ish models -- and getting a house -- led me to keeping my 20" ViewSonic and getting a new 32" HDTV -- for totally unrelated use to the computer.

You'll probably have a hard time finding glossy displays. I can't remember seeing one in a store that wasn't the ACD or a CRT.
 
Well the Apple Display is H-IPS right? So I'm guessing any monitors with H-IPS panels would be comparable but usually it'll be hard to find led backlighting for cheap.

I like my two Dell 2408wfps, they are matte screens so it might not have that "pop" you are use to with your Apple Display. The panels are Dell's are S-PVA.
 
Definitely a HP LP2475w.

Same panel as Apple 24" LED.

Matte screen, loads of inputs and usb ports.

Aesthetically the Apple looks better for sure, but the HP wins in functionality and price.

Oh, the HP one is easily found refurbished-cheapER.
 
eron said:
Definitely a HP LP2475w.

Same panel as Apple 24" LED.

Matte screen, loads of inputs and usb ports.

Aesthetically the Apple looks better for sure, but the HP wins in functionality and price.

Oh, the HP one is easily found refurbished-cheapER.
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+1 I have this monitor and it works great with my Mac Pro. Lots of inputs.
 
I also have the HP LP2475W hooked up to my new Mac Pro. Very pleased with the monitor. Obviously, you need to adjust it from it's factory settings, but once adjusted, it's very good.
 
seadragon said:
I also have the HP LP2475W hooked up to my new Mac Pro. Very pleased with the monitor. Obviously, you need to adjust it from it's factory settings, but once adjusted, it's very good.
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http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm

I used the ICC profile and settings from this link and it works great.

Do you find after a restart you need to hit the "scan" button on the monitor for it to sync up correctly with the Mac Pro? I do.
 
Weaselboy said:
Do you find after a restart you need to hit the "scan" button on the monitor for it to sync up correctly with the Mac Pro? I do.
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Go into the monitor OSD options, under Video Input Control, select the correct input under Default Video Input and also disable Auto-Detect Input. That should solve the problem.
 
Weaselboy said:
Do you find after a restart you need to hit the "scan" button on the monitor for it to sync up correctly with the Mac Pro? I do.
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Mine does not do this. It defaults to DVI-1 and stays there. The only weird thing it does is I sometimes get a "static" screen when the computer wakes up from sleep. It lasts about 2 seconds then goes back to normal. This has more to do with the Mac Pro than the monitor since I've read of this happening with other monitors, even Apple's own displays.
 
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