Are ANY pro editors using Apple Display?

[Walter Biscardi]

[William Carr] “Is there any advantage at all to an Apple display? “

It has the absolute sharpest display I’ve seen of any monitor so that makes it very easy on the eyes. It’s definitely THE best monitor I’ve seen, but it’s the price that holds most of us back.

The Dells are just very very good and priced so much lower than the Apple that they make better business sense for most of us. I would rather spend that extra money towards something like the FSI monitors for playback or more storage, etc….

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[Alan Okey]

[William Carr] ” Is there any advantage at all to an Apple display? “

Some clients might think they look sexier.

They’re made of easily recycled materials (aluminum, glass).

They are mercury and arsenic free.

Apart from that? No, no real reason to buy an Apple display as a GUI monitor for editing unless you think they are attractive enough to pay the price premium.

It’s a pretty hard sell to convince me that a single Apple LED display with a 3′ cable, a single signal input and an exotic (read: annoyingly uncommon and inflexible) connector type is worth the price of two 23″ 1920×1080 Dell displays.

[Shane Ross]

They are cheaper, clearer, NOT glossy, connect via regular DVI, not that new Apple-only proprietary monitor connection (No adapters needed when you replace the stock card with a better one). And they are black, not silver. That is better for the edit bay.

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[William Carr]

Thanks all for great responses.

To complicate matters, my Apple biz guy told me just now their 30-inch does NOT have a glossy screen and can use the standard DVI port to avoid the short-cable problem. It’s 1,800 bucks (less Applecare), that’s the price of 2 good quality 24-inch monitors from other mfgrs.

Now giving a single 30-inch setup some thought, vs. 2x 24-inch monitors.

[Bob Zelin]

I just put in two HP 3065 30″ LCD displays on two new FCP systems.
The HP’s are several hundred dollars less than Apple. The quality is fantastic. They give you THREE DVI-D input ports, and removable cables. And it’s HP – so if the monitor fails, they say “oh, bring it into the shopping mall, where a genius will look at it”. HP treats their customers very well.

But the bottom line is this (besides cost) – the # 1 thing that fails on anything is the cable, and on all other monitors (except Appple), you can disconnect your bad cable, and plug in a new cable. NOT WITH APPLE – bad DVI cable on your Cinema display after 1 year – oh well, buy a new one (as opposed to a Dell or HP, or other brand) – buy a new DVI cable, and you are done.

Bob Zelin

[Philip Owens]

Don’t do it – there’s no advantage to one big monitor, no matter how big, and huge advantages to two – even if they’re much smaller. What you want is your editing interface entirely filling one monitor, and the browser on another. It’s a long-established monitoring solution for a reason – it works very well. (A third can also be useful, for a permanent fullframe display, but that’s usually best done as an external monitor anyway).

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Bob,
Any thoughts on the “HP LP2475w”?
I was about to order two DELL, but I’ve read of this HP model. They may be easier to get here than the DELL.
Cheers,
rafael

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[David Roth weiss]

[Alan Okey] “t’s a pretty hard sell to convince me that a single Apple LED display with a 3′ cable, a single signal input and an exotic (read: annoyingly uncommon and inflexible) connector type is worth the price of two 23” 1920×1080 Dell displays. “

Alan,

$1800 would get you three 24″ Dell monitors. The DELL ULTRASHARP 2408WFP monitors most of us use are just $549.00.

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[Alan Okey]

[David Roth Weiss] “$1800 would get you three 24″ Dell monitors.”

David, I was referring to the Apple LED display, not the 30″. I was also referring to a cheaper Dell display, but the point still stands. For video editing, there’s little incentive to go with an Apple display. Prepress might be a different story.

[Brad Bussé]

I’ve been running 2 aluminum 24″ ACDs for almost 4 years. They have a very nice sharp image. However, at the 3 year mark they developed bad burn-in after being run for a couple of hours. It’s not too noticeable with Final Cut since the UI is lighter, but with a darker UI like Shake, I get real sick of seeing my emails and Finder windows still visible after switching back into the app (it lasts for a minute or two before disappearing). You’d think the aluminum case would help preserve the image longer, but I guess not.