Apple Cinema HD Display vs other monitor

[VillasManzanill]

Apple Cinema HD Display 23 inch Resolucion : 1920 x 1200
puntos por pulgada : 98.94
Numero de Modelo : A1082
Respuesta : 14ms
Conector : DVI-D

they sell it to me for $270 usd is it worht it or should i buy a pc monitor that is brand new and perhaps its got better specs than this on?
i wanna have usb ports on the monitor but also to look nice like the apple cinema display

what are your thoughts?

 

[thekev]

Monitors are not stable devices. They look better on day 1 than day 1000. I'm not sure what these typically go for, but for that price I would look at new ones.

 

[bax2003]

The biggest problem of that monitor is that is old. Apple stopped selling those on November 2008 and it can be 2-3 years older than that. Other than that, those are great monitors.

 

[MPL]

I would check Dell's offerings, particularly the Ultrasharp U2312HM. I believe it fits your needs, apart from the look that is.

 

[ColdCase]

Apple Cinema HD Display 23 inch Resolucion : 1920 x 1200
puntos por pulgada : 98.94
Numero de Modelo : A1082
Respuesta : 14ms
Conector : DVI-D

they sell it to me for $270 usd is it worht it or should i buy a pc monitor that is brand new and perhaps its got better specs than this on?
i wanna have usb ports on the monitor but also to look nice like the apple cinema display

what are your thoughts?

USB ports on monitors usually do not handle hard drives well. Printers, keyboards, mice are OK.

An Apple monitor displays text better than a third party monitor because of the better font smoothing built into the Mac (for Apple displays only). If you are a graphics user, not a big deal. A primary text user may be disappointed.

There are a few name brand 27 inch monitors being sold for less than $300 new in the USA. I have an LG that works well. There are others.

 

[Moriarty]

An Apple monitor displays text better than a third party monitor because of the better font smoothing built into the Mac (for Apple displays only).

Uhh... what?

I do prefer Apple's font rendering to Microsoft's, but that's an operating system feature. It has absolutely nothing to do with what monitor you use.

I'd advise against an ancient over-priced Apple display. Dell's IPS Ultrasharp screens are consistently excellent. Dell regularly have 20% to 30% sales on monitors, you'll usually find the one you want on sale within a couple of months if you keep an eye out.

 

[bax2003]

USB ports on monitors usually do not handle hard drives well. Printers, keyboards, mice are OK.

Never had any problems with USB hubs on monitors, and reason for that is they are powered hubs, and because of that there is no reason for power hungry devices not to work.

 

[derbothaus]

Monitors are not stable devices. They look better on day 1 than day 1000. I'm not sure what these typically go for, but for that price I would look at new ones.

Yup. CCFL backlight could have little contrast left in it. That is the first thing to go. Little by little Start at 800:1 and in 3 years you get 500:1. That and burn in on some older IPS stuff.

 

[thekev]

Yup. CCFL backlight could have little contrast left in it. That is the first thing to go. Little by little Start at 800:1 and in 3 years you get 500:1. That and burn in on some older IPS stuff.

I don't like to get too hung up on contrast ratio. Some of the older eizos had low calibrated contrast ratios, yet they didn't change very quickly assuming non - defective unit. The older Apple displays seemed to ship with a ridiculous bright backlight to compensate for dimming over the longer term. I've also seen way more problems with burn in and purple edges on the older ones than I have with newer units. I still think being concerned with the aesthetics of the display rather than what it displays is backwards. I blame marketing people who think white papers are there to wipe their asses.