Where the hell can I buy an new "old" Apple Cinema Display?
December 30, 2008 9:06 AM Subscribe
Where online can I purchase the "old" DVI-based 23" Apple Cinema HD Displays?
I'm rushing to spend some of my company's end-of-year budget to upgrade one of my video editing suites, and I need to know of a guaranteed source where I can buy 2 of the 23" Apple Cinema HD displays (DVI connections) for use with my Mac Pro tower.
My normal VAR is totally out of stock of the 23"s, and I've tried to place orders at 3 different online vendors whose websites claimed to have them in stock, but every single one of them came cancelled my order because they really didn't have them in stock.
Does anyone have specific knowledge of a vendor that truly has these displays in stock (however dwindling that stock may be), and can accept my order before the end of the year?
Just to head off some possible comments:
• The displays must be new in box, or at the very least, lightly used demo/display units. In other words, eBay or Craigslist are out of the question.
• "Waiting until Macworld" to see what Apple has to offer in terms of Mac Pro compatibility with the newer DisplayPort Cinema Displays is not an option. These displays must be put into a working production pipeline as soon as possible, and for tax purposes, must be purchased before the end of the year (errr...tomorrow :P)
• Please no suggestions to buy Dell (or other) monitors. I have 6 of them in our facility and most of them are great, but I find them inconsistent and difficult to calibrate. And besides, the video hardware I'm using is specifically targeted to the color profile and characteristics of the Cinema Displays. The quality of the ACD's are known to us first hand, so we don't want to buy an alternative display unless we can see it first with our own eyes.
• Must be the 23" displays. The 30"s are way too big for the purposes I'm using them for.
• The older, clear plastic bezel Cinema Displays are also not acceptable, because...well...they're old.
I'm looking for concrete pointers to vendors that actually have them in stock. Trust, me I've tried almost every obvious to semi-obvious vendor that "may" stock this item, but every single one came up short. If you don't know know for certain that a vendor has them in stock, please do not suggest them.
Time is of the essence here--no thanks to the last vendor I tried, who took a full 11 days to tell me that they really dont have them in stock after all. Any pointers would be mega-appreciated!
I'm rushing to spend some of my company's end-of-year budget to upgrade one of my video editing suites, and I need to know of a guaranteed source where I can buy 2 of the 23" Apple Cinema HD displays (DVI connections) for use with my Mac Pro tower.
My normal VAR is totally out of stock of the 23"s, and I've tried to place orders at 3 different online vendors whose websites claimed to have them in stock, but every single one of them came cancelled my order because they really didn't have them in stock.
Does anyone have specific knowledge of a vendor that truly has these displays in stock (however dwindling that stock may be), and can accept my order before the end of the year?
Just to head off some possible comments:
• The displays must be new in box, or at the very least, lightly used demo/display units. In other words, eBay or Craigslist are out of the question.
• "Waiting until Macworld" to see what Apple has to offer in terms of Mac Pro compatibility with the newer DisplayPort Cinema Displays is not an option. These displays must be put into a working production pipeline as soon as possible, and for tax purposes, must be purchased before the end of the year (errr...tomorrow :P)
• Please no suggestions to buy Dell (or other) monitors. I have 6 of them in our facility and most of them are great, but I find them inconsistent and difficult to calibrate. And besides, the video hardware I'm using is specifically targeted to the color profile and characteristics of the Cinema Displays. The quality of the ACD's are known to us first hand, so we don't want to buy an alternative display unless we can see it first with our own eyes.
• Must be the 23" displays. The 30"s are way too big for the purposes I'm using them for.
• The older, clear plastic bezel Cinema Displays are also not acceptable, because...well...they're old.
I'm looking for concrete pointers to vendors that actually have them in stock. Trust, me I've tried almost every obvious to semi-obvious vendor that "may" stock this item, but every single one came up short. If you don't know know for certain that a vendor has them in stock, please do not suggest them.
Time is of the essence here--no thanks to the last vendor I tried, who took a full 11 days to tell me that they really dont have them in stock after all. Any pointers would be mega-appreciated!
MegaMacs may carry something like that from time to time.
posted by kuppajava at 9:35 AM on December 30, 2008
posted by kuppajava at 9:35 AM on December 30, 2008
Response by poster: Is there a reason you can't use the new DisplayPort model and an adapter?
Yes. Because no such adapter exists.
The only adapter available allows you to drive a DVI monitor from a Displayport computer, not the other way around. There is no way currently for a Mac Pro to connect to the new Cinema Displays.
posted by melorama at 10:52 AM on December 30, 2008
Yes. Because no such adapter exists.
The only adapter available allows you to drive a DVI monitor from a Displayport computer, not the other way around. There is no way currently for a Mac Pro to connect to the new Cinema Displays.
posted by melorama at 10:52 AM on December 30, 2008
I am also looking for a new 23” Apple Cinema Display, primarily because it has an anti-glare screen. Did you find it online? And, at what price? If this is no longer of interest to the group, please contact me at larry_sobel@yahoo.com
Thanks, Larry
posted by lsobel at 7:20 PM on January 21, 2009
Thanks, Larry
posted by lsobel at 7:20 PM on January 21, 2009
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posted by veggieboy at 9:32 AM on December 30, 2008