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Sorry Apple Cinema Display, Your New Cousin Is a Cheaper Date





Q. Are these just copies of Apple’s displays?



12 Responses to “Sorry Apple Cinema Display, Your New Cousin Is a Cheaper Date”

  1. Sea of plenty

    I’m all for alternatives. It just so happens I dont understand companies which do not try to improve anything (except price perhaps). By the way my previous post the word thief was supposed to spell “thier”, but when I read it, the latter seemed more correct.

  2. I love the idea even if i don’t entirely trust it. You think the cinema displays are expensive in the states, try 1500 bucks for one in Australia. I know that there is an exchange rate difference but even so, it is still a hell of a mark-up.

  3. Unless Apple has changed their suppliers, their Cinema Displays use IPS panels. From reading the specs. on the CinemaView models, it does not appear that these monitors are using IPS panels. If you are doing color-critical work, IPS panels are highly sought after, so I do not believe this is an apples to apples comparison, if you’ll pardon the pun. You can say what you want about style and design, but for my needs, its all about the panel. And for the record, I use an NEC monitor with and IPS panel.


  4. Frankly, the marketing stuff is ridiculous to me:

    – Why say they’re not a copy of Apple’s displays when it’s OBVIOUS they are?
    – Why call your competitors “crap” right there in your FAQ?
    – Why claim a “rebellious, against-the-grain move toward wider, black bezels”? Apple did the black bezel thing, do you think making it a bit wider is somehow innovative?
    – Whenever a company claims they can’t sell in retail stores for whatever reason, it’s frequently just hiding the fact that they couldn’t get in.
    – Why bang the high-quality drum when you’re not using an in-plane switching (IPS) monitor in the 24″ model like Apple does?

    In fact, why right a FAQ that treats your potential customer like an idiot? I guess that’s what bothers me most. Doesn’t mean it might not be a decent product, but we won’t know that for six months so all we have now is their marketing fluff, and it’s kind of silly.

  5. The price isn’t too bad but I wonder about the screen quality. The Dell’s may be plastic but some of them are pretty decent quality wise and the ones with multiple inputs are nice.

  6. Richard Lomas


    Umm, are you serious?

    Big Box retailers are notorious for major stipulations to bring in products. That part of the company’s story I completely believe.

    Why is everyone so overly concerned? Once they’re released, they’ll get reviewed and we’ll see. The pricing seems quite fair actually. Apple is the one who’s charging absolutely as much as they possibly can. Just because there might end up being a less expensive alternative doesn’t mean it’s automatically no good.

    Kudos to Apple for being able to charge what they want, but I’m certainly interested in some alternatives that might be a bit more fairly priced, yet still attractive and functional.

  7. Sea of plenty

    With all the cool designers in the world, they had to pick..well …none!
    What a waste. At least thief goal was right, and im sure they will sell some, but face it, its a bad copy.

  8. Gemma Campbell

    Also there is prob a very good reason why you can’t get hold of these in any normal well known store – eg apple/bestbuy etc – and I doubt it is for the reasons he gives (that it would increase the cost)

  9. Gemma Campbell

    I would be very cautious about buying this. Have heard that they are made by someone who was not only in jail before for fraud but also has a bad history of selling dodgy products (see appleinsider forums)…