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Tuan Nguyen (Blog) - April 4, 2007 3:32 PM

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Apple's competition still delivers better value for your dollar

Big flat wide-screen displays are all the rage these days, and today Apple announces a significant price cut to its flagship 30-inch Cinema Display as well as its smaller units.

The 30-inch Apple Cinema Display has been reduced to $1,799.00 from $1,999.00, giving users a $200 savings. The 20-inch and 23-inch Cinema Displays have both been reduced by $100, to new prices of $599.00 and $899.00 respectively. I remember purchasing the 23-inch Cinema Display HD when it first came out several years ago for a whopping $3,400.00. Apple also recently updated the specifications to its entire line of Cinema Displays.

Along with the display price cuts, Apple this week also started shipping Mac Pro configurations with dual quad-core Clovertown Xeon processors. The new Mac Pros have been long in waiting by enthusiasts and the new processor upgrade gives quite a significant performance increase overall.

On the competition side, Dell has its 30-inch 3007WFP-HC shipping at a low price of $1,499.00 which is still significantly lower than Apple's 30-incher. Plus, the 3007WFP-HC comes equipped to read various memory cards and can pan, tilt and is height adjustable. Dell's 24-inch 2407WFP is selling for $629.00 compared to Apple's $899.00 23-inch display.

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Strange..

By Cunthor666 on 4/4/2007 9:37:47 PM , Rating: 2

I find it strange that apple's 30" cinema is marketed as professional, but lacks all the conectivity and most importantly height adjustments. Dell is much cheaper plus its black, it minimizes reflections on display.

RE: Strange..

By Hyperlite on 4/5/2007 1:27:45 AM , Rating: 3

i do believe if ever there was an example of a typical underfeatured and overpriced apple product, this (these) would be it.

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RE: Strange..

By Moishe on 4/5/2007 1:25:28 PM , Rating: 2

Dell's 30" is fairly under featured as well. The Apple 30" is a good display, but it's overpriced.

If you buy one of the nice smaller widescreen Dells they come with multiple inputs, USB hub, card reader, etc. The 30" has one input (dual-link DVI) and none of the other features. However, it is far more reasonably priced than the Apple.

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RE: Strange..

By carage on 4/6/2007 3:42:05 AM , Rating: 2

The HP 30" looks like an even better choice now.

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RE: Strange..

By aliasfox on 4/7/2007 9:51:45 PM , Rating: 2

Well, in a professional setting, you'd always opt to connect your monitor via the Dual Link DVI connection. Adding other (lower resolution) options would not particularly appeal to that market. Adding S-Video or Component inputs for an xBox 360 is less than a professional use.

A second Dual DVI input would be nice though.

As for card readers, I'm sure many professionals have their prefered card format and reader and many would ignore the built in set and choose to plug their readers into the USB2 or Firewire ports included on this monitor.

Lastly, all of Apple's displays are IPS displays, same as the Dell 30". The Dell 20" and 24" are PVA displays, as is the 20" iMac. I've heard that IPS displays are more color stable and have broader viewing angles than PVA displays, but I've also heard that most people don't see the difference between the two technologies.

Not saying I'd buy one of these - but there are certain market and marketing conditions that suggest that this is a monitor oriented at professonals.

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One more thing...

By carage on 4/6/2007 3:41:12 AM , Rating: 2

It still lacks HDCP...

RE: One more thing...

By BikeDude on 4/6/2007 5:23:21 AM , Rating: 1

I thought Apple was still refusing to comment on the HDCP issue -- i.e. it could already be there, but they refuse to tell anyone about it.

(or maybe I should replace "thought" with "hoped" in the above sentence)

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