Eizo 24″ LED Backlit w/ speakers, same specs as Apple? MATTE screen!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/lcd-monitor-led-backlight-mercury-free-power-savings.php

http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/ev2411w/index.asp

Hi Kevin,

Apple’s Cinema display is really expensive but there is good reason for the high price. First of all the display uses an IPS panel which means you can view it at 180 degrees without any significant color shifting. Of course no one views their monitor like this but TN and MVA panels are not as good even head on. All professional monitors use IPS panels that should tell you something.

I haven’t seen a 24 inch IPS monitor for less than $500, add in the fact that it uses an LED backlight and you can see the price sky rocketing. I haven’t seen a single other 24 inch panel with LED backlighting either so I can’t compare pricing there. When I was looking at monitors it was about 3 months ago, but when you said your panel was LED backlight I knew you were mistaken. LED backlighting isn’t that cheap where you can get a monitor for anywhere near $300. Throw in the fact that the monitor is beautiful with its glass and aluminum construction whereas other monitors go simply with plastic and the price keeps climbing.

If we are talking bang for buck then yes $900 for a 24 inch monitor loses miserably. Most people won’t be bothered by the slight color shifting seen in monitors with TN panels or with a slightly uneven backlighting from ccfl. Most people won’t care all that much how stylish the monitor looks either.

So while their is some justification for Apple’s high price for their 24 inch monitor I don’t think spending 2-3x as much means you’ll be 2-3x as happy with it. As you noticed the backlighting on your Samsung monitor is pretty good!

@nomo: Excellent research. Thanks!

@Kevin: Thanks for the information. Sometimes, I forget that we could be replying from anywhere this day and age. Have a safe trip!

As mentioned, I am in the same boat James is. However, I really cannot seem to find anything comparable to the Apple 24″ LED Cinema Display. After borrowing a 24″ iMac recently, I am going to have a tough time going back to a matte display. While many on the Internet swear by the matte display, I really enjoyed the sharpness of the glossy 24″ display on the iMac. Seeing that the new display is LED backlit, it could only be better.

Anyway, I still plan on waiting until MacWorld. Looking forward to see what James decides to do. Take care.

I still say the apple one is a good value and the convenience it adds is priceless. And I mean, honestly, its the sexiest display ever.

But you could always go with a dell. My 3008 30 incher has been working great, and Im glad I got it over the apple 30 inch because of all the extra ports and card readers.

Go with Dell or Samsung, James. The model you choose may even have better specs (where it counts) than the 24″ Apple LCD.

I have a 19″ Samsung that’s served me well. I do have to change the color profile in the OS X preferences, but works great when I use it. Just wish it were 21″ or 22″.

http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/06/little-umpc-mee.html

Lance, I’m away for the weekend, but a little web searching told me I was wrong about the backlighting (assuming I’m correctly remembering which LCD model I have). If I recall, I bought a Samsung SyncMaster 24BW. Apparently, it’s CCFL backlit, based on some specs I just saw. Hard to believe by using it, but I’ll have to assume that the web sources I checked were correct. I’ll double-check when I get home. It’s still an excellent monitor for my daily use and I though it was a steal at just over $300 refurbed.

ps. the Dell model has a displayport

What about the Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP?, I have never heard anything but great things with this monitor, and using live cashback or waiting for slickdeals, you could probably find it for a pretty decent deal.

the page for the monitor-http://tinyurl.com/yq4wo4

@Kevin: Would you mind looking at the back of the monitor to see what model you do have? At $300 for a 24″ LED display, I would certainly be interested to know. Thanks!

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=computersperipherals&type=monitors&subtype=lcd&model_cd=LS24CMKKFV/ZA&fullspec=F

I ended up doing the same thing. I placed an order for the Apple 24″ LED Cinema Display only to cancel it when it was placed on backorder. I just cannot justify spending money on anything Apple until I see what happens at MacWorld. With it so close, I hate not to wait. Who knows, maybe I will just get me a new iMac and use Teleport.

http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/

My new MacBook works great with the 24″ Samsung monitor I bought early in the year. It’s 1920×1200, LED backlit and Energy Star rated. I forget the actual model, but it was a refurb for $300. Worth every penny.

Can I suggest the Dell 2408WFP? It’s about $600 if you catch it on sale and features four digital inputs (2xDVI, 1xHDMI, 1xDisplayPort), component video, VGA, composite, and s-video. It’s a S-PVA panel, but you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between this panel and an IPS panel. I certainly can’t! The broad range of inputs is a huge advantage to this display as DVI KVMs are quite expensive.

I am guessing that part of the problem people have with DVI adapters is with non-HDCP compliant displays. The Dell monitor is HDCP compliant, and when someone finally makes a mini-DisplayPort to full size adapter, you’ll be able to use that too.

This is actually a good question to ask, since there seems to be a software bug from 10.5.5 that kills DVI output from the mini-DVI and mini-Displayport Macbooks.

Personally, my new Late 2008 Macbook Pro won’t work with my 20″ Viewsonic. Here’s some information on the problem from MacFixIt.

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20081020231611468

(I just did a Google search for “apple discussion macbook viewsonic” and found this article, I didn’t realize MacFixIt had picked up my Apple Discussion post until searching for a link to share here… I swear this isn’t blog spam. ;-) )