Flat Panel Monitors
- Thread starter Bootsie
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Check with CompUSA - they have some type of 'converter/transformer' (not sure about the name) in stock as explained to me by Apple sales person working in CompUSA store. Just talk to someone that knows Apple - CompUSA just happened to have a 'demo show' in store of all those cinema displays when I was in. I have to say that quality of those displays is phenomenal!
To use Apple LCD's on a PC, you will need an adapter. These two companies make them:
www.drbott.com (it's called a Deviator)
http://www.gefen.com/products/extendit/new_kvm_usb_extenders_switches/dvi_to_adc/index.html
Look for the DVI ADC for the second link.
Correction to my last post: Matrox Parhelia, will do 2 digital out or 3 analog out. You can't do 3 digital out.
www.drbott.com (it's called a Deviator)
http://www.gefen.com/products/extendit/new_kvm_usb_extenders_switches/dvi_to_adc/index.html
Look for the DVI ADC for the second link.
Correction to my last post: Matrox Parhelia, will do 2 digital out or 3 analog out. You can't do 3 digital out.
appreciate it, re the hardware to adapt that apple monitor.. if you guys ever saw one in person, you'd probably get the same case of "monitor envy" I did 
..check it out ..
i went to have one of those virtual MRI heart scans done and that was the monitor they showed me the results on, I was more interested in the monitor than the health stuff - doc's explaining results and I'm busy peering at the back of the monitor so I could get the model number -lol-
very cool monitor .. (heart's fine, just thought I'd have it checked, since I'm so uptight) .. anyways .. great hardware, now if they drop the price a bit, I'm buying ..
..check it out ..i went to have one of those virtual MRI heart scans done and that was the monitor they showed me the results on, I was more interested in the monitor than the health stuff - doc's explaining results and I'm busy peering at the back of the monitor so I could get the model number -lol-
very cool monitor .. (heart's fine, just thought I'd have it checked, since I'm so uptight) .. anyways .. great hardware, now if they drop the price a bit, I'm buying ..
is at www.massmultiples.com
it's a compact, clean looking intergrated solution...when i bought mine i loked at 9x and the egrotronic models and they where way more or clumsy...this is a simple..attractive and affortable solution to my multi monitor problom and i personally love them...also the prices on the site are actually not the true prices...they have came down since i purchased mine...dell also sells them..so check the dell web site for a better price...it's nice to know dell sells it..cause then it's not some two bit piece of crap if hey appove it
Here's another Apple DVI to ADC adapter from Apple themself.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP.../wo/3mgcu0mNib2BupqhD6/1.3.0.3.34.8.3.12.13.0
You will want to know that the Apple 15 an 17 inch screens are software brightness adjusted. You won't be able to adjust it on a PC. The larger displays are hardware adjusted, but you better check to make sure.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP.../wo/3mgcu0mNib2BupqhD6/1.3.0.3.34.8.3.12.13.0
You will want to know that the Apple 15 an 17 inch screens are software brightness adjusted. You won't be able to adjust it on a PC. The larger displays are hardware adjusted, but you better check to make sure.
Just for fun, a quick comparison between two set-ups, almost equal in the amount of information displayed, but with quite different costs:
2 x 19" CRT @ 1600x1200 = 3.8 Mpixels. Price about $800.
3 x 18" LCD @ 1200x1024 = 3.9 Mpixels. Price about $4000.
After this comparison, I'm thinking more about getting another good 19" CRT (now I run a 19 and a 15 CRT) as I trade only part of my time (living in Europe, I can do my regular job from 8-14 and trade 15:30 and on). Also, I currently concentrate on trading the QQQs, thus I don't need that many charts visible at the same time.
When, and if, I get really good at trading and if I find it more fun and rewarding than my other business, I'll probably go for a more "professional" setup, like 4x18"LCDs, but even then, I can still use my two 19" CRTs.
Any comments about this approach?
2 x 19" CRT @ 1600x1200 = 3.8 Mpixels. Price about $800.
3 x 18" LCD @ 1200x1024 = 3.9 Mpixels. Price about $4000.
After this comparison, I'm thinking more about getting another good 19" CRT (now I run a 19 and a 15 CRT) as I trade only part of my time (living in Europe, I can do my regular job from 8-14 and trade 15:30 and on). Also, I currently concentrate on trading the QQQs, thus I don't need that many charts visible at the same time.
When, and if, I get really good at trading and if I find it more fun and rewarding than my other business, I'll probably go for a more "professional" setup, like 4x18"LCDs, but even then, I can still use my two 19" CRTs.
Any comments about this approach?