Apple 27" LED Cinema Display

After playing with this baby I wanted to get up some screenshots of a really good screen , maybe it aint got 120 hz going for it , but it sure got plenty of detail at 2560 x 1440
" notes : if you have a tn these shots probably wont look as good to you when viewed "
you will see a lamp behind me , which i realized , and moved after photos ,becuase man i love glossy , but damn Apple you took it to a mirror level , so wonder matte people talk . . glossy with polarizers don't reflect like this at all but now is all good place lamp in front of desk . screen back to greatness , took all with a high quality Sony Camera


my rig setup to push this resolution hungry bastard . . .






Desktop HQ wallpapers







Game Shots at 2560 x 1440 HQ

Awesome setup man! Did you have any problems setting it up? I mean was it just hook up to display port and you were good to go? And you can control the brightness and enter the bios and see the boot screen as well?

Originally Posted by zod96

Awesome setup man! Did you have any problems setting it up? I mean was it just hook up to display port and you were good to go? And you can control the brightness and enter the bios and see the boot screen as well?

Thanks Man , I like it alot , well actually setting up was a bit of learning experience , yes its plug and play , but brightness work in two stages , one is the backlight which works separate from your color controls in your video card and use apple control panel with some fixes , setting of the backlight comes at 50 percent from factory , you need it to be at least up to 60 65 percent to get a gamma of 2.2 and get 6500k on the dot , I made a apple color profile with my Eye-One Display 2 . . . there is no osd , you can use you video card color property but man the screen is so off at beginning i highly recommend a color-meter or you can get a copy of my profile . . . you see the boot screen perfect, works like a normal screen in that aspect

Yeah I may just go for the U2711 instead....

Originally Posted by zod96

Yeah I may just go for the U2711 instead....

just keep in mind the AG and 30ms game lag cause of the scaling on that screen is very harsh , I would recommend a dell u2312 , got the best of everything , actually i would say it beats the apple cause of price vs performance is minus 4 inches worth 700 on your pocket , im already looking for my apple receipt lol

How is the input lag on the Apple? I use Vysnc when I game

Originally Posted by zod96

How is the input lag on the Apple? I use Vysnc when I game

Well it actually same screen as Hazro HZ27WC , which also doesn't use a scalling osd
I put a diagram here of lag time , the one on the bottom with apple is incorrect tft central copied it from anandtech , and it wasn't lag time it was response time . . so your looking at 8ms which is not bad at all

I may try it then. But the other problem is my setup does not have a display port only DVI. So I would have to get another card. And when you say you need the apple control panel to change your settings what is that exactly? BTW thanks for all the help...

Originally Posted by zod96

I may try it then. But the other problem is my setup does not have a display port only DVI. So I would have to get another card. And when you say you need the apple control panel to change your settings what is that exactly? BTW thanks for all the help...

1.yea you have to get a atlona adapter , or just change up you video card for a updated card with mini display port , with this screen you'll need a bit of power i would say a 7950 would do great
2. apple control panel is a software for apple computer but there a file here somewhere that works on windows , just take a little work around , but after that your ready to go

no problem man , trust me it is a great screen , get the apple refurb , i got mine 85o brand new not one pixel missing and uniformity like no ips ive never seen , feel like im on a plasma ,

I've just gotten this Apple in and I can safely say it is the best LCD display I've ever used. And I've used just about all of them.

Just sent back a Samsung 27" 850D PLS screen which I feel is inferior.

So basically if I do the following:

1. Buy a video card with Display Port
2. Download the Control Panel Applet

I will be good to go without a problem? Yeah I was looking at getting a 7970 or 7950 but of course they are sold out everywhere...

Ya, I've got the brightness application working within a few minutes following the instructions previously posted.

Where did you get that info?

Originally Posted by zod96

Where did you get that info?

I think this will do it:

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=688

Can you use the new thunderbolt 27 inch or does it have to be the old version?

Originally Posted by zod96

Can you use the new thunderbolt 27 inch or does it have to be the old version?

Thunderbolt 27 only accepts thunderbolt input. It's a one way compatibility street.

Yes thunderbolt does not work with mini-DP. Apple still sells the 27" cinema display with the exact same panel for this reason.

I'll probably buy one this weekend at Frys....

Brightness thing again

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=710

I just hope this applet thing is easy to do :-)