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I disagree. I've gone through 3 Apple 23" displays and they all buzz below 100% brightness, as do ALL ACDs of any size at by university. My 2 old LG246wp also buzzed in sRGB mode, as does my friend's Samsung 226bw, though quietly. The Apple displays hum rather than buzz, and it annoys the crap...

no offense, but the screens in your house must be pretty ghastly. And yes, I've used that monitor extensively. And thankfully never again. It's a case if when you've tried better, you can never go back.

I was at Best Buy today, and they had this new LG panel. It's listed as a 25.5" panel in store, model number W2600H-PF. It's DEFINITELY a TN (i.e. unviewable from the sides or underneath). Sorry guys, no cheap IPS panel.

I personally can't recommend the Apple 23" enough. IPS panel, stunning design, quieter (backlight buzz) than any other display I've used, and a phenomenal picture. And I've had a ton of displays...

Silly light? You know you can turn off the power LED in the menu? No more light!

I used quite a few. At this point, the last displays I had used were the LG 246P 24" and the Apple 23". I have yet to own a panel as stunning as the Apple. The input lag on the Dell was worse than any panel I have owned in recent memory.

Excellent review, though two points: 1.) The screen does make a noise, though whether you hear it is quite subjective. 2.) My wife and I found the input lag unbearable. Again, subjective, but the mouse input lag is of epic proportions.

Well I'm glad SOMEONE can admit hearing it. As you said, though, it needs to be a pretty darn quiet room to hear it. It's a shame that my room is like that 90% of the time (the 10% being when my air heating starts running). I went back to my Apple display, because I just find it a better-looking...

This is something I definitely found when I had the Planar (haha, this morning!). I just returned it because of the buzzing sound, and have gone back to the Apple 23", and I definitely prefer the size. I don't need to move my head all around the display with my 23" as I did with the 26". Amazing...

A UPS with power regulating. I also took my display to a friend's house - same problem. I also tested the Apple displays at my university and the 30" and 23"s both had the same issue. It's NOT my power supply. You guys just don't hear it because of ambient noise - either your computer, A/C etc...

Only a "very" slightly different disease. :) I guess the only LCD I'd be happy with is an LED-lit one.

I consider my MacBook Pro a fairly quiet laptop (though not silent). With it on, though, I still hear the buzzing/humming from the Apple 23" or Planar 26" quite easily. My put-your-ear-to-it point is that the sound is there, whether you hear it at normal viewing distance or not. FYI, I sit...

Haha. What I can't fathom is how nobody else has picked up on this sound. If you can't hear it easily, just put your ear to the top of the display. "Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

That Best Buy one may not be IPS. Looks like it's taking the place of their LG246WP model that was recently discontinued. Also, the original post's screen has HDMI, whereas this one has DVI. I'd be surprised (pleasantly) if this Best Buy model is IPS.

No Best Buys have this in stock, as far as I know... Definitely curious about it, though...

The Planar is going back to Dell. Oh well, it was an experiment that failed. You live and learn.

Wow so this really is the Planar display, right down to the joystick and button layout. Sheesh.

I don't have the luxury of having something to drown the noise out. I just received my Planar 26" today, and it buzzes too. I guess no display will work for me, and that Samsung 30" LED display is a little expensive!

That's simply not true, by the way. LED is just a way to LIGHT up the pixels. Doesn't change the way the pixels are "created." LED has just as much chance for dead pixels as CCFL.

What's the panel-type in that XL30?

So my Planar arrives. No real backlight bleeding, no dead pixels, lovely-LOOKING but.... it DOES buzz below 100% brightness. And it's even louder than the Apple display I had. Gosh darnit.... this sucks. But once again, if I weren't in a quiet room with just a laptop, I'd never notice... Ugh....

Wow. The specs of this really changed since its original pictures were posted on sites like Engadget. It's now indeed a 16:10 display. http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/samsungs-xl-30-led-backlit-30-inch-monitor/ vs...

No, it's just that it's where the noise is coming from. It's impossible to hear the noise in a noisy room, so I put my ear to the back of the displays to get an idea of whether I'd be able to hear them in my quiet room at home, and I was disappointed to find that I would. I just find it so very...

So some of you might remember my thread on my two Apple 23" Cinema Displays that emitted a humming sound at anything less than full brightness. I was at my university today and decided to put my ear to the back of three of their 23" displays AND their lone 30" Cinema Dispay. EVERY single one...

Sweet. Screen should be here Friday. Yay! :-)

What is the response time / lag time of the Apple vs the Planar?

Thanks for that update! Quick question: You say that the Planar is better gaming and video? How come? Thanks again.

Woo! Screen shipped from Dell. Come on DHL!

Yep, I've looked a lot on Apple's forum, though interestingly nobody I saw there had any issue with humming from their display (or that noticed it, I should say). Wish my Planar would ship already! :)

Alrighty! I will live and hope mine's as good as you make it out to be. :)

Awesome. Let us know what you think. I still await mine to ship from Dell.

It's not that it's ugly per se. It's that it looks like EVERY other LCD on the market. Boring, black, plastic. Yick. I keep talking about it, but the Apple display is just stunning, and it fits into my Mac world very, very well. It turns on and off INSTANTLY, and the picture was just stunning...

I ordered it from Dell. I liked their return policy the best: 21 days no questions asked, and they'll pay return shipping. Whew.

Bwaha!!! I just bought it. I frickin' bought it. Now the paranoia of excessive bleeding and dead pixels everywhere will haunt me until I set it up. I'm scared as all heck.

Gaaaah! I couldn't do it. I don't know what's wrong with me. I think I was completely spoiled by that bloody Apple display in all its gorgeous bezel....gaaa....gorgeousness! My wife is standing over my shoulder telling me to go buy that 23" Cinema Display again and live with the humming or get a...

Thanks for the replies. Yes, the Apple is wide gamut - at least Apple says so: "Offering accurate, brilliant color performance, the Cinema HD delivers up to 16.7 million colors across a wide gamut allowing you to see subtle nuances between colors from soft pastels to rich jewel tones. A wide...

How is it better than Apple? Give me some real indication rather than what appears to be an opinion. :) Please. :-)

It's not a case of not liking it. It's a case of how good it is compared to the Apple display. :D Just to have a frame of reference, before I spend $1k. Whether I get the money back or not still doesn't negate the fact that I need to spend $1k to even SEE the screen.

I'm so close to buying this display that it's outrageous! I just need some....kind....of.....*gasp* confirmation that I wouldn't be disappointed after coming from a brand new Apple 23" Cinema Display. Someone, make me buy this Planar darnit! :-)

Thank you for the test. So the 23" has a closer pixel grid, you're saying. I hear people wanting larger mm and others wanting less. Doesn't a smaller mm number mean a sharper image? Are you trying to say the Apple is a better/sharper display? Thanks!