[X4U] Display Port Without the Apple Tax?

[Gene Steinberg]

Maybe, but the ones I saw at a third the price didn't have the higher resolution, LED backlight or any of the other extras Apple offers.

Maybe the better choice is to look at what other display makers are building, since Samsung sources many of the panels.

I found an equivalent at Dell: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=224-8284

But it's $999 after discount, same as Apple without a discount.

Peace,
Gene


On Aug 2, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:

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> On Aug 2, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:
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>> A couple of months ago, I got an Apple 24" display on loan from Apple (for some stuff I'm writing). I'm amazed at how much better it is. While I couldn't justify the price of their 30", I'm going to order the new 27" as soon as it's available.
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> It is a not very well kept secret that Samsung makes all of Apple's stand-alone monitors for them.  If you do some research (I like PCWorld's Top Ten Monitors ratings) it is fairly easy to find monitors in Samsung's own lineup that are more or less equivalent to Apple's monitors...usually for a fraction of the price that Apple is asking for.
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