Apple Cinema 30-inch HD Flat-Panel Display |  | Brand: Apple
List Price: $1,799.99
Buy New: $1,696.00
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New (4) Used (4) from $1,299.00
Rating:  51 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Monitor Size: 3000
Native Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Display Size: 30
Shipping Weight (lbs): 27.6
Dimensions (in): 32 x 25.8 x 10.7
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: M9179LL/A
Model: M9179LL/A
UPC: 718908807408
EAN: 0718908807408
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2,560 x 1,600 optimal resolution, 16.7 million colors, Brightness 400cd/m2, Contrast ratio 700:1 | | • | Industry-standard DVI connector | | • | Design complements the latest Power Macs and PowerBooks | | • | 2-port USB 2.0 hub, 2 FireWire 400 ports | | • | Requires NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL Card |
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Product Description
Includes: DVI cable, FireWire 400 cable, USB 2.0 cable, and DC power. Apple 30" LCD Cinema Display - This huge 30" computer monitor is perfect for the prosumer and professional alike. Imagine multi-tasking with multiple full-size windows open simultaneously, or editing video with a super-wide timeline! It has a native resolution of 2560x1600, and a contrast ratio 400:1, for stunning quality on a Mac G5 powered computer. Brightness - 400 cd/m2 Viewing Angle - 170 degrees horizontal / 170 degrees vertical Antiglare Hardcoat Screen Treatment Kensington Security Port User Controls - Display Power, System Sleep, System Wake, Brightness and Display Tilt Connects to a Macintosh via a digital DVI connection Macintosh system requirements - Power Mac G5 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL graphics card (offered as CTO option for new Power Mac G5 customers and as a kit for current Power Mac G5 customers (M9593G/A) PC capable only if Windows PC is equipped with a dual-link DVI graphics card (some resolution adjustments may be required)
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 51
 Live Pixels from new - And Apple don't and won't repair them when the CCFL die June 30, 2010
Quinton Mar (Australia)
5 stars for the days when it's working - 1 Star when the CCFL back light tubes break down out-of-warranty ; so 3 stars overall - OK, Like some of the other reviews of the Apple Cinema 30" display I had 2 x live pixels from the start. :( Apples policy is up to 8 live or dead pixels is OK. Now after 3 years one of the 8 CCFL back light tubes tubes has died so I rang Apple support; they put me onto their authorised repair centre Nextbyte ; Technician told me that Apple don't do repairs on the 30" display, only replacements so that's $1950 ( anew one in AU is $2400). It's interesting that this is still a current apple product and too-bad when it need repairs. Judging by the size of the dark spot in my screen, there are two rows of 4 or 5 CCFL tubes (So 8 or 10 tubes) worth about $11 each from LCDPartdotNet. So I will try to repair it myself. Be warned that when your Apple 30" breakdown and needs repairs due to faults in the backlight CCFL it's all bad news and zero support form apple. Apple has changed it's product repair system - If it breaks under warranty they just replace it - If it breaks down after that - you are out in the cold. My advice is don't buy apple products and expect them to last past their warranty.
 Brilliant and beautiful June 1, 2010
Philip Thomas (San Antonio, TX United States)
After returning two NEC 30" 3090 monitors due to seriously bad color uniformity issues, I decided to try my luck with a Apple monitor. Due to some mixed reviews, but mostly favorable, and of-course the fact that this monitor has been out for over five years, I was rather hesitate in plunking down $2K for this vs $2500 for the NEC's built with newer technology.
However, the screen is gorgeous and very uniform across the screen-crucial for my work flow. The matt screen is something that I really have missed and without it I wouldn't of purchased. The 24" displays are nice, but the colors are too punchy and the gloss screen gives me a headache. The extra screen real estate is wonderful.
I'm a photographer who works mostly with a sRGB color profile so this monitor fits right in with my production workflow. Be very careful with wide gamut color monitors. As lovely as they are, they are especially useful when working with color profiles that are using Adobe 98 or ProPhoto RGB and do not fit in well with what almost everyone else see and prints with- a sRGB profile. So, unless, you're printing everything yourself or a in house production suite of some sort, stick with the monitors like Apple who use just sRGB.
This screen is used solely for editing etc, so I do not miss the camera or built in speakers. There's enough reviews about these missing things so I digress.
Beautifully built, I've had the screen for a few weeks now. I have the screen brightness most of the way down. It's too bright otherwise and great on the eyes. I even had to buy an app which reduced the brightness even more when working at night.
Buy one. This is the lowest price they'll go before the new 30" screens arrive and we've been waiting a few years already for Apple to do that:-)
 Lemon after 3 Years April 19, 2010
Inspired Reader
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This display worked great for 3 years then suddenly the brightness controls stopped working. I am reduced to using Shades to control the brightness or pay $490 for an off-site Apple Store repair.
I wouldn't purchase another Apple display even with AppleCare.
Gorgeous Display With Some Problems March 22, 2010
Raul G. (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I use the Apple Cinema 30-inch display at work along with two 24" NEC Multisync 2490WUXi displays. Our systems are beefy HP workstations running Nvidia Quadro FX4800 cards. We use our Apple monitors as essentially a 3rd display for extended desktop space. In that use the Apple's seem to perform well with a few notable exceptions.
Mainly these monitors have 2 reoccurring and annoying problems. The first is the well documented "dancing pixels". Randomly the displays will do just what the name implies - pixels will appear to be moving. This mainly happens along the edges of things like images. We've gone through various troubleshooting techniques initially thinking it was actually the graphics cards in our systems - it's not. The problem can usually be resolved by unplugging the monitor for 10-15 minutes or resetting the display settings.
The other problem is that periodically the monitor will display vertical lines from top to bottom. The lines don't move or anything but again require the monitor to be unplugged and allowed to cool for a period of time.
I think that on based on aesthetics alone this is a fantastic monitor. It's huge and the display is quite nice. However, functionally it leaves something to be desired. One possible problem is that this monitor has absolutely no ventilation. That could possibly explain a lot of the issues and why unplugging the monitor seems to fix these problems temporarily.
Considering the sticker price I expect more. Granted having the Apple logo is probably worth and extra 25% to the purchase price... at least in Steve Jobs mind.
Since I use this display for work I haven't had a chance to test any games on it but given the issues displaying static images I can't imagine this monitor performing very well.
Great display but ages poorly January 24, 2010
R. Fields
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've owned the Apple Cinema 30" display for several years now and I kept Applecare on it until the warranty ran out. The display is beautiful and provides a ton of real estate on a single display.
However this display did not age well. It now has a problem refreshing the screen quickly enough so there is a bit of ghosting that goes on. I've also noted some variation of brightness along the edges. If you get one of these and plan to keep it awhile get Applecare. After that it's probably time to buy a new one. Considering the cost for the display and the warranty this amounts to paying over 600.00 a year to have the display. You decide if it's worth that.
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