Buying a imac 24" alu, wait a bit?

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Use a Blu-ray with one of the newer 1080p sets and the difference is HUGE.

It is a huge difference, but it's also not a fair comparison to make. Unless you have a decent up-converter / single adjuster - a standard definition DVD (or any other content) tend to look WORSE on many HD sets. (then the same content would look on a similar sized standard set)

A good example is hooking up my PS2 to my Dell LCD - games looked like trash - in spite of my LCD being 720P. Hook up a PS3 to the same LCD - and a PS1 and PS2 game looks WORSE then they would on an analogue CRT monitor or TV. (a lot worse, actually) But the second you enter the realm of 720 - it goes polar opposite and looks great. But only for content intended for 720.

I agree that HD 1080p content on an 24" LCD looks great (obviously smaller size makes image discrimination rapidly diminish over distance) But again, feed it a lower definition source - and that source is "prejudiced" against by the newer format. It's like having a nice VW thats in great condition, and then parking it in a Lamborghini dealership parking lot. Yeah, it looks like a cheap POS - but only because of outside influence.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Leon - Thanks for that info. Much easier looking for something once you know the name of it.

Glad to be of help. You might find some LVDS app notes and HOWTOs on the web sites
of embedded computer hardware manufacturers who supply PC-104 and PCI form-factor
single board computers for point-of-sale terminals, kiosks, industrial controllers, etc.
Try Advantech.com and Ampro.com for starters -- or just google "embedded computers."

Many PCI and PC-104 form-factor embedded computer boards have LVDS interfaces for
driving LCD panels. I've used the boards at work -- but never had occasion to use LVDS.

...happy hunting,

LK

 

[justperry]

People just don't seem to remember or read!

hahahaha, i think its funny that this has turned into an arguement over hddvd and bluray, when i was a little more concerned over processors, cores and graphics cards, but after thinking about it a hdmi port would be awesome as im a poor uni student and almost all my savings are going into this computer and my xb360 it'd be great if my imac also functioned as a tv (but this isn't the be all and end all). i dont care about blu-ray and hd-dvd so much, as i work at a blockbuster store and will be able to rip all the dvd's and store them on a harddrive (quality doesnt bother me), but wouldn't complain if one does come on the next update, and after thinking about it a little if mac was to pickup either one of the new formats it could be the clincher in the war. thanks for all your comments

I wanted to post exactly the same questions as Isaack but did we get a whole lot wiser?
Not to offend anybody but it seems to me that nobody gave any good answer to his(and mine)questions.
It's all about Bluray-HD which You all rattle about.
I myself think Apple won't even consider,its only used for movies,for copying Data there's much better and cheaper medium's now like 2.5" hard disk's.
I never really liked cd-like medium,they scratch,get dirty and so on.
I like to find out the same as Isaack,can we ecpect Itel's new chip,upgraded video cards,and or other hardware related upgrades next time.
If yes,when??
I live in Indonesia for a while and right now I live in a rented house which has little power available which brings me to the next question.
The 20" consumes 200 Watts and the 24" consumes 280 Watts,that could be a problem for me.
Now,those value's are maximum I guess so how much would they use when they are idle with screen,sleep and how much average?
Also,I know that now there are MacbookPro's with led backlight,when will they be available on an iMac?
If the next iMac would have such a display I would be willing to wait just a bit more since power is an issue here.
Cheers Perry

 

[digitalretouch]

The worst may be over - it's a gamble, but looking good for newer ones

I have a STILL freezing aluminum 20", but I have a friend and a bandmate who bought 24" ones recently, and no problems at all. I think those of us who bought early (and won the bad luck lotto on the quality control at Radeon) were the beta testers. It really seems like the newer ones are a little more consistent. My freezer was bought in September...