[G4] adc cinema display _known issues?

[stefan moller]

 From time to time I see them at a swedish site called blocket.se. It´s 
like an swedish "ebay.

stef
On Mar 5, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Robert Meadors wrote:

> Actually the ADC is the connector of choice here. I'd like to pick up 
> a larger than my 15" myself. Where are they?
>
> Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stefan moller <stefan.moller at telgecity.com>
> Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:20:40
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> Subject: Re: [G4] adc cinema display _known issues?
>
> I see now and might understand after quick search at the net that there
> are several versions of these flat screens.  There ´s a model in an
> advert called apple cinema display ADC and I´ve found another one
> called Apple Studio Display Lcd TFT. So I´m talkin about all these
> older flatscreens (leaning backwards like a picture of wife and kids at
> the office desktop at work) that I guess were matched for the line of
> g4:s around that time (let´s say around 2001?) .
>
> my qs has an AGP card with both an ADC and a VGA connector.
>
> so I guess I could use the ADC port but it might not be that great
>
> or should I use the VGA with an adaptor and that´s better but not that
> great either.
>
>   according to wikipedia on DVI subject it says:
>
> "The DVI is partially compatible with the HDMI standard in digital mode
> and VGA in analog mode."
>
> so there´s a possibility to connect and ADC screen to the VGA port via
> an DVI adaptor?
>
> Is this correct or am I totally lost?
>
> stefan
> On Mar 4, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Ronnie Day wrote:
>
>> Stefan,
>>
>> Are you talking about the later Cinema Display or the early models
>> that used the ADC connector? The later Cinema Displays are great, and
>> the image quality on the early ones is good, too, but they used the
>> Apple Display Connector (ADC). The ADC is a proprietary connector that
>> Apple used for a couple of years. To use a Cinema Display you must
>> either use a video card with the ADC connector or have the Apple ADC
>> to DVI converter (around $130, IIRC, but probably no longer available
>> new).
>>
>> Apple's idea in designing the ADC was to provide power, video and USB
>> through one cable. A good idea, but it added more power load to an
>> already over stressed power bus structure in the G4s. If the Cinema
>> Displays you're looking at include the adapters and are real cheap it
>> might be worth considering. Otherwise I'd pass.
>>
>> FWIW,
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>> Apple cinema display ADC
>>>
>>> I have found some of these for sale at very good prices.
>>> I´m thinking of maby get me two of these.   '
>>> But at wikipedia it says there were some issues about these that I
>>> don´t
>>> understand.
>>>
>>> Is there anything I should be worried about in this matter?
>>>
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