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Goodbye, 20″ Cinema Display. No Hello, 20″ LED Cinema Display?

Written on February 20, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 9 people have commented

Another one bites the dust. Another in Apple’s line of Cinema Displays, that is.
Apple pulled the 20″ entry-level model of their popular professional caliber display line Thursday, leaving behind only the legacy 30″ model and the 24″ newly updated LED Cinema Display with DisplayPort that was introduced alongside the new unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros [...]

Mini DisplayPort Could Become Standard

Written on January 15, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

DisplayPort got a big boost as a video connection standard when Apple decided to use it across its entire notebook line.
Of course, being Apple, they couldn’t use it as is, and instead introduced the Mini DisplayPort version, which was more compact, and, sadly, would also require special adapters to be purchased by MacBook owners. Now [...]

Apple Providing Free DisplayPort Licenses

Written on December 02, 2008 by David Appleyard and 7 people have commented

Ars Technica are reporting that Apple has taken the decision to offer no-fee licenses to companies that develop products utilizing the DisplayPort connection, with the aim of accelerating the port’s ascension to a ‘de facto’ standard. Having recently announced that they will be transitioning their entire hardware lineup to DisplayPort, Apple is firmly backing the [...]

Mini DisplayPort to Dual-DVI Delayed Until December 23

Written on November 20, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

As if it wasn’t aggravating enough that new MacBook owners had to go out and replace all of their video adapters since Mini-DVI has been phased out and Mini DisplayPort introduced, today those lucky enough to have a 30-inch external monitor are now out of luck…again.
In an email to customers who’d purchased the Apple Mini [...]

Apple Taking Orders for the 24″ Cinema Display

Written on November 18, 2008 by David Appleyard and No one has commented

Apple has today started to take orders for their new 24″ LED Cinema Display. Shipping is stated to start sometime in November, and the screen is priced at $899. We have previously covered the announcement of the new displays and detailed their features.
This new device is the first display designed to make use of [...]