Not the price cuts I was hoping for. I wanted steeper...but it will do. 30 inch. Come to me...

I've always wondered why laptop display densities are on the rise, but these desktop monitors maintain the same density?

Density = pixels per unit length.

Be extra careful on that 30" display.

There's a bad production run with some serious problems
caused by some faulty component that is rapidly becoming a known
issue on the 30"

I was really surprised to hear about this on Macrumors where
a member had to return 2 of them recently before he found a good one.

I knew the 23"s were having problems, but this was the first I had heard of bad 30"s.

What is the latest on the 23" display? When they first came out the pink cast was a real problem, all I had to do was go into an Apple store and look around to be convinced. I haven't gone in a store for some time but may be inclined to purchase a display in the next few months. I would love to hear from people with recent experience.

I just picked up one of the 23s for $1099 on the refurbished store. I finally felt like it was a decent enough price point to get in on one. ALthough, I was a little worried when I found out that Displays are not eligible for Applecare.

I'll be sure to post with any negative experiences.

What problems? I haven't heard about any problems with the 30" display.

It's some defective component in the last production run that's causing
uneven shading and bright pixels all over the screen.

Sorry I can't remember exactly what they said it was, a switch I think.

Edit: found it

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost...0&postcount=16

How are the cinema displays in terms of games. I'm a bit perplexed with the ACD's tech spec's of 16ms response time on Apple's website.

Anyone having any issues with ghosting?

Does the picture quality look decent when playing games on lower resolutions? Even the newer Nvidia PCIe cards will have a hell of a time playing games at the native resolutions.

With the recent price cuts, I have seriously been looking at purchasing an ACD. recently been deciding between the 23" ACD or Dell's 2405fpw (ack!).

Mostly I will be doing motion graphics, 3D animation/modeling and would like to play some FPS games once in a while (ie UT2004 and RTCW).

Just looking for best of both worlds and most bang for the buck.

Got one 2405fpw here, and a friend has another. They work perfectly. Before buying I went around and saw two or three 23" ACD's on display at stores and all had the famous color problem. Open and shut case. The 23" is a really substandard display while the others by Apple are good.
What are you waiting for then?

Oh, and Dells are famous for good scaling (see 2001fp/2005fpw/2405fpw reviews by gaming sites). Basically they have to be because of the assortment of inputs. I play WoW regularly at 1024x768 (from iBook... I can't seem to get the graphics card to output low res widescreens ) and it doesn't really suffer in scaling. Regular PS2 games (PS2 hooked up to component input) naturally look pretty ugly no matter how good the scaler, because you are upscaling NTSC/PAL to HD, but 480P mode, when supported in e.g. SC2 scales great.

thanks. A shame though. The ACD looks more elegant than the Dell. Really don't want to go Dell, but their LCD's are very good.