Product Description

The 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display has enough resolution to support high-definition video content with room to spare, and it is ideal for color-critical work. This display delivers superb color in resolutions of up to 1920 by 1200 pixels. You can put it to work designing magazine layouts, editing film, or analyzing the latest protein molecule. Features: Large color gamut for use in color-critical applications Viewing angle of up to 170deg. horizontally and vertically for minimal color shift Fast pixel response for crisp, full-motion digital video playback Two built-in FireWire 400 ports for easy connection to Power Mac Two-port, self-powered USB 2.0 hub for connection of high-bandwidth peripherals Unique hinge design for effortless adjustment Specifications: Screen Size (diagonal viewable image size): 23 inches (viewable) Screen Type: Thin film transistor (TFT) active-matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) Resolutions: 1920 by 1200 pixels (optimum resolution) 1280 by 800 pixels 1024 by 640 pixels Display Colors (maximum): 16.7 million Viewing angle (typical): 170deg. horizontal 170deg. vertical Brightness (typical): 270 cd/m2 Contrast ratio (typical): 400:1 Response time (typical): 16 ms Pixel pitch: 0.258 mm Screen Treatment: Antiglare hardcoat User controls (hardware and software): Display power, system sleep, system wake, brightness and display tilt Cables: DVI (Digital Visual Interface), FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and DC power (24.5 V) Connectors: Two-port, self-powered USB 2.0 hub, two FireWire 400 ports and Kensington security port System Reqirements: One of the following: Power Mac G4 or G5 with NVIDIA graphics card or ATI Radeon 7500 or better graphics card and Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later PowerBook G4 with DVI port and Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later Windows-based PCs with graphics card that supports DVI ports with full single link digital bandwidth and VESA DDC standard for plug and play setup.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126028 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: M9178B/A
• Released on: 2005-06-02
• Platform: Mac OS X
• Dimensions: 17.72" h x 21.10" w x 7.36" l, 15.43 pounds
• Display size: 23

Features

• Flat panel display / TFT active matrix
• USB Hub
• 53.6 cm x 18.7 cm x 45 cm
• 7 kg
• 23"

Manufacturer's Description
The 23-inch Apple Cinema HD delivers enough resolution to support high-definition video content with room to spare, and it's ideal for color-critical work. The Cinema HD delivers superb color in resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 pixels. You can put it to work designing magazine layouts, editing film or analyzing complex molecules.The Cinema HD features an active-matrix liquid crystal display that produces flicker-free images that deliver twice the brightness, twice the sharpness and twice the contrast ratio of a typical CRT display. Unlike other flat panels, it's designed with a pure digital interface to deliver distortion-free images that never need adjusting. With over 2.3 million digital pixels, the display is uniquely suited for scientific and technical applications such as visualizing molecular structures or analyzing geological data.Its widescreen format and high resolution make this a perfect display for creative professionals. With room for viewing two full pages of graphics and text simultaneously, you can forget about wasting time scrolling through a document or toggling between windows. And you'll have plenty of room for tear-off menus, palettes, and toolbars.Offering accurate, brilliant color performance, the Cinema HD delivers up to 16.7 million colors across a wide gamut allowing you to see subtle nuances between colors from soft pastels to rich jewel tones. A wide viewing angle ensures uniform color from edge to edge. Apple's ColorSync technology allows you to create custom profiles to maintain consistent color onscreen and in print. The result: you can confidently use this display in all your color-critical applications.Housed in a new aluminum design, the display has a very thin bezel that enhances visual accuracy. The display features two FireWire 400 ports and two USB 2.0 ports, making attachment of desktop peripherals, such as iSight, iPod, digital and still cameras, hard drives, printers and scanners, even more accessible and convenient. Taking advantage of the much thinner and lighter footprint of an LCD, the new displays support the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) mounting interface standard. Customers with the optional Cinema Display VESA Mount Adapter kit gain the flexibility to mount their display in locations most appropriate for their work environment. The Cinema HD features a single cable design with elegant breakout for the USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and a pure digital connection using the industry standard Digital Video Interface (DVI) interface. The DVI connection allows for a direct pure-digital connection to Apple's latest aluminum Power Mac and PowerBook systems, as well as to Windows-based desktops.

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Customer Reviews

Superb monitor
Link an Apple display to an OS X machine and you get a wonderful working environment for imaging professionals. ColorSync means that what you see is what you get - though slight calibration may be needed at the very outset for the individual monitor, which takes minutes.

The sheer size of these panels is fantastic, and although expensive, well worth the price. The design fits with the G5 well, and the inclusion of the USB2/FireWire hub is a great feature for running keyboards, mice and cameras.

Amazing Display
After using my Sony SDM-HS73 17" monitor for around 4 years, I felt that an upgrade was needed, especially since my 13" macbook only supported a 1024x768 resolution on that screen (blame the mini-DVI-VGA adapter). After a long search for suitable 20+ inch widescreens my choice was narrowed to the Apple 23" HD Cinema Display and the BenQ FP241W 24" display.
The BenQ, despite being a similar price and having more inputs (HDMI support, DVI, VGA etc.) through many of the forum posts I read appeared to cause problems when connecting to any games consoles or freeview boxes, so the apple display won out. The initial problems with this 23" model of this screen (Pinkish hues, uneven backlighting etc.) appear to have been ironed out by the time of writing, as this monitor appears flawless- I cant even see any dead pixels as reported by other users.
The screen itself feels massive, after calibration (only available on a Macintosh computer, PC users will have to use freeware software to make any changes other than brightness) the colours look rich and strong and the view range appears amazing, the only fault with this monitor really being the price. I paid approx £530 on the Apple store with educational discount, a price which is reasonable but could be better. That aside, this is an amazing monitor and something which I shall be treasuring for a long time.
A quick note for anyone connecting a Macbook or any other Apple laptop- the full 1920x1200 can only be achieved by using the computer with the laptop screen off, which can easily be achieved by attaching an external mouse and closing the lid, clicking the mouse to wake the computer up and then opening the laptop. Once again, this display operating under it's full resolution and calibrated is a very beautiful piece of kit and all in all, an amazing display.

DON'T BUY THIS SCREEN!
I've been an Apple user for over 10 years and am disappointed to have to write that this is a very sub-standard product. I bought one two months ago, which had to be replaced because the colour was uneven (yellowish tint at left-hand side) and there was an overall magenta cast over the whole screen.
The magenta cast can be dealt with through calibration, but the yellow dingy area on the left remained. A replacement arrived, and that wasn't as pink but had the same problem with a yellow tint on the left-hand side.
I asked for another replacement, and that had exactly the same problem.
This is probably the kind of fault that only graphics professionals and photographers will really notice, but on a screen this expensive, it is unacceptable.
Apple will tell you that there is no problem, but if you don't believe me, simply type in "Apple+23+cinema+problem(+colour)" into a search engine and take a look at any of the forums that are discussing this issue - I found several.
I hope that this review helps some people to void the problems I had - which, for £1200, you shouldn't have to put up with.