Two 30" Apple Cinema Displays

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CRT displays

In the very beginning (throughout the 1970s), Apple did not manufacture or sell displays of any kind, instead recommending users plug-into their television sets or (then) expensive third party monochrome monitors. Apple's history with CRT displays only began in 1980, starting with the Monitor /// that was introduced along side the Apple III business computer. It was a 12" monochrome (green) screen that could display 80x24 text characters and any type of graphics, however suffered from a very slow phosphor refresh that resulted in a "ghosting" video effect. So it could be shared with Apple II computers, a plastic stand was made available to accommodate the larger footprint of the monitor. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... An Apple III with an Apple Monitor ///. The Apple Monitor /// was a CRT-based monochrome monitor manufactured by Apple Computer for the Apple III personal computer, introduced in 1980. ... The Apple III, an early business machine predating the IBM PC The Apple III with an Apple Monitor //. The Apple III, or Apple /// as it was sometimes styled, was the first completely new computer designed by Apple. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...

The Monitor //, a monochrome CRT for the Apple II

Roughly 4 years later came the introduction of the Monitor //, which as the name implies, was more suited in look and style for the Apple II line and at the same time added improvements in features and visual quality. In 1984 a miniature 9" screen, called the Monitor IIc, was introduced for the Apple IIc computer to help complement its compact size. By early 1985 came the first color CRT's, starting with the Monitor 100, a digital RGB display for the Apple III and Apple IIe (with appropriate card), followed shortly by the 14" ColorMonitor IIe (later renamed to AppleColor Composite Monitor IIe) and ColorMonitor IIc (later renamed to AppleColor Composite Monitor IIc), composite video displays for those respective models. Image File history File links Apple_Monitor_II.jpg File links The following pages link to this file: Apple Displays ... Image File history File links Apple_Monitor_II.jpg File links The following pages link to this file: Apple Displays ... An Apple Monitor //. The Apple Monitor // was a CRT-based green monochrome 12-inch monitor manufactured by Apple Computer for the Apple II personal computer family. ... This article is about the year. ... The Apple IIc, the fourth model in the Apple II series of personal computers, was Apple Computers first endeavor to produce a portable computer. ... This article is about the year. ... The Apple IIe was the third model in the Apple II line of personal computers, produced by Apple Computer. ...

The AppleColor RGB, an analog RGB display made for the Apple IIGS.

In 1986 came the introduction of the AppleColor RGB, a 12" analog RGB display designed specifically for the Apple IIGS computer. It supported a resolution of 640x400 interlaced (640x200 non-interlaced) and could be used by the Macintosh II, in a limited fashion, with the Apple High Resolution Display Video Card. Also introduced that year was the Apple Monochrome Monitor, which cosmetically was identical to the former screen but was a black and white composite display suitable in external appearance for the Apple IIGS, Apple IIc or Apple IIc Plus. Image File history File links Applecolor_RGB_Monitor. ... Image File history File links Applecolor_RGB_Monitor. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The Apple IIGS, the fifth model inception of the Apple II, was the most powerful member of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. ... Interlacing is a method of displaying images on a raster-scanned display device, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT). ... Macintosh II was the first personal computer model of the Macintosh II series in the Apple Macintosh line. ... The Apple IIc Plus was the sixth and final model in the Apple II line of personal computers, produced by Apple Computer. ...

The second generation of displays were built into the Apple Macintosh line of computers. Back then the Macintosh had a high resolution 9-inch monochrome monitor that could display 512x342 pixels. All future models of the Classic style Macintosh later featured this exact display. New external Apple Displays were introduced in 1987 with the Macintosh II. The Macintosh II had a PC-style expandable case which required an external monitor, it was also able to run up to six external displays simultaneously using multiple video cards. The desktop spanned multiple monitors and windows could be dragged from monitor to monitor, or even straddle two or more. The Color 12", 16" and 21" displays were introduced with resolutions of 512x384, 832x624 and 1152x870. Also monochrome displays were introduced mainly for the publishing industry, like the Macintosh Two Page Monochrome Monitor which was able to display pages next to each other with identical resolution to the 21" color one. Also the Macintosh Portrait Display was introduced which had a vertical aligment of the screen and was able to display one page. A 12" monochrome version was also introduced at the low end. The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Macintosh II was the first personal computer model of the Macintosh II series in the Apple Macintosh line. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Desktop_environment. ...

The third generation of displays were introduced in the form of the Macintosh Color Display in 1992 and was the first Apple display to feature a Trinitron, or aperture grille, CRT. The first display to include built-in speakers was introduced in 1994 as the AudioVision 14". Monitors were divided into two groups. There were the cheaper Multiple Scan monitors with standard shadow mask CRTs with fewer colors and lower resolution. There was also the AppleVision series of displays which were positioned to the professional market and included more expensive Trinitron CRTs. Many models didn't include built-in speakers because they were considered toys by some in the publishing industry. The AppleVision line of displays were later renamed as ColorSync displays when Steve Jobs returned to Apple and consolidated the product lines. Only 17" and 20" models were left in the product line. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Picture of a Dell-branded Sony Trinitron, still bearing the Trinitron logo. ... Aperture grille in close-up An aperture grille (tension mask) is one of two major technologies used to manufacture cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions and computer displays; the other is shadow mask. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ...

The fourth generation of displays were introduced simultaneously with the Blue & White Power Macintosh G3 which included the translucent plastics (initially white and blue, then white and grey upon the introduction of the Power Mac G4) of the iMac. The displays were also designed with same translucent look. The Apple Studio Display series of CRT displays were available in 17" and 21" models, both using Diamondtron CRTs driven by an LG-Manufactured chassis. These displays were notorious for faulty flybacks. The last Apple CRT was introduced in 2000 along with the Power Mac G4 Cube. It featured clear plastics to match the Cube and LCD Studio Displays, a flat screened Diamondtron CRT, and the new Apple Display Connector, which provided power, USB, and video signals to the monitor through a single cable. An open Power Macintosh G3 case, showing the logic board placement on the hinged door. ... The original Bondi Blue iMac G3 was introduced in 1998. ... Trinitron is Sonys brand name for its line of aperture grille cathode ray tube televisions and computer monitors. ... LG can refer to a number of things: LG Group, a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate. ... A flyback transformer or line output transformer (LOPT) is a type of transformer used to generate the high voltage needed for driving a cathode ray tube or picture tube. It converts the input voltage, usually mains voltage in the range 120 to 240 volts, to an output voltage in the... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Power Mac G4 Cube (sometimes erroneously referred to as the Power Macintosh G4 Cube) was a quiet, fanless, compact Macintosh personal computer from Apple Computer (now Apple Inc. ... Aperture grille in close-up An aperture grille (tension mask) is one of two major technologies used to manufacture cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions and computer displays; the other is shadow mask. ... The Apple Display Connector (ADC) is a proprietary connector Apple used for their flat panel LCDs and their last CRT display. ...

LCD displays

The Apple Flat Panel Display for the Apple IIc. A very early LCD display

The history of Apple LCD displays started back in 1984 when the Apple Flat Panel Display was introduced for the Apple IIc computer. This monochrome display had an odd aspect ratio (making images look vertically squished) and required a very strong external light source, such as a desk lamp or direct sunlight to be used. Even then it had a very poor contrast overall and was quite expensive, contributing to its poor sales and consequently it dropping from the market not long after its introduction. An estimated 10,000 IIc LCD monitors were produced. Image File history File links Apple_IIc_Flat_Panel_Display. ... Image File history File links Apple_IIc_Flat_Panel_Display. ... LCD redirects here. ... This article is about the year. ...

The next flat-panel was introduced on March 17, 1998 with the 15" Apple Studio Display which had a resolution of 1024x768. After the eMate, it was one of the first Apple products to feature translucent plastics, two months before the unveiling of the iMac. It had a DA-15 input as well as S-video, composite video, ADB and audio connectors, though no onboard speakers. In January 1999 the coloring was changed to match the blue and white of the new Power Macintosh G3s, and the connector changed to VGA. is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Newton was one of the worlds first personal digital assistants (PDA). ... The original Bondi Blue iMac G3 was introduced in 1998. ... It has been suggested that DE-9 be merged into this article or section. ... S-Video (also known as Y/C) is a baseband analog video format offering a higher quality signal than composite video, but a lower quality than RGB and component video. ... Composite video, also called CVBS (Composite Video Blanking and Sync), is the format of an analog television (picture only) signal before it is combined with a sound signal and modulated onto an RF carrier. ... This article is about the year. ... Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a computer display standard first marketed in 1987 by IBM. VGA belongs to a family of earlier IBM video standards and largely remains backward compatible with them. ...

The 22" widescreen Apple Cinema Display was introduced in August 1999, simultaneously with the Power Mac G4 and in the beginning was sold only as an option to the Power Mac G4, selling for US$3,999. It had a native resolution of 1600x1024 and used a DVI connector. The display had a striped look on the bezel, similar to previous Studio Displays and iMacs. In December, the colors of the 15" display were changed to match the new Power Mac G4s, and the input was changed from VGA to DVI, the audio and video features dropped, and the ADB functionality replaced by a two-port USB hub. Dual 30 Apple Cinema HD Displays Previous-generation Apple Studio Display (the Studio Display in an aspect ratio of 4:3 instead of 16:10) The Apple Cinema Display is a product line of widescreen flat panel monitors made by Apple Inc. ... The Power Mac G4 (sometimes erroneously referred to as the Power Macintosh G4) was a series of personal computers made by Apple. ... For other meanings of DVI, please see DVI (disambiguation). ...

In 2000 the 22" Cinema Displays switched to the ADC interface, and the 15" Studio Display was remodeled to match the Cinema Display's easel-like form factor and also featured the Apple Display Connector. In 2001 an LCD-based 17" Studio Display was introduced, with a resolution of 1280x1024. In 2002 Apple introduced the Cinema Display HD which had a 23" widescreen display with a resolution of 1920x1200. In 2003 Apple introduced the 20" Cinema Display to replace the now discontinued 22" display and it had a resolution of 1680x1050. The Apple Display Connector (ADC) is a proprietary connector Apple used for their flat panel LCDs and their last CRT display. ...

In 2004 a new line was introduced, utilizing the same 20" and 23" panels alongside a new 30" model, for $3,299. The displays had a sleek aluminum enclosure with a much narrower bezel than their predecessors. The 20" model has a 1680x1050 resolution, the 23" has 1920x1200, and the 30" has 2560x1600. The 30" version requires a dual-link interface, because a single-link DVI connection (the most common type) doesn't have enough bandwidth to provide a picture to a display of this resolution. Apple sold the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 as an option to the Power Mac G5. The card included two dual-link DVI connectors which allowed a Power Mac G5 to run two 30" Cinema Displays simultaneously with the total number of pixels working out at 8.2 million. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) (pronounced IPA: ) is a U.S. corporation specializing in the manufacture of graphics processors (graphics processing units, GPUs) technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and handhelds. ... What is Quadro? Quadro is a new robust mid-level programming language created by three computer scientists; Dr Darren Davies, MA Jamie Cameron, MA Simon Garner. ... The Power Mac G5 is Apples marketing name for models of the Power Macintosh which contain the PowerPC 970 CPU. The professional-grade computer was the most powerful in Apples lineup when it was introduced, and was touted by Apple as the fastest personal computer ever built. ...

In 2006 along with the introduction of the Mac Pro, Apple lowered the price of the 30" Cinema Display to US$1999. The Mac Pro features an NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT as the graphics card in its base model which is capable of running a 30" Cinema Display and another 23" Display simultaneously. The Mac Pro is also available with both the ATI Radeon X1900XT card and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 as Build-To-Order options. Each of these cards are is capable of driving two 30" Cinema Displays. The Mac Pro is a workstation computer manufactured by Apple Inc. ... NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) (pronounced IPA: ) is a U.S. corporation specializing in the manufacture of graphics processors (graphics processing units, GPUs) technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and handhelds. ... The GeForce 7 Series is the seventh generation of NVIDIAs GeForce graphics cards. ... ATI may stand for: ATI Technologies Inc. ... ATIs R520 core (codenamed Fudo) is the foundation for a line of DirectX 9. ... NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) (pronounced IPA: ) is a U.S. corporation specializing in the manufacture of graphics processors (graphics processing units, GPUs) technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and handhelds. ... What is Quadro? Quadro is a new robust mid-level programming language created by three computer scientists; Dr Darren Davies, MA Jamie Cameron, MA Simon Garner. ...

Connectors

Apple has employed a large number of display connector designs over the years:

• Original DA-15 (commonly but incorrectly known as a DB-15) used on all desktop Macs without a built in monitor up until the 1999 Blue and White Power Macintosh G3.
• A 13W3 connector (as on Sun Microsystems machines) used on the Macintosh Portrait Display
• A non-standard "mini-15" connector used on early PowerBooks which allowed an Apple monitor to be attached via a short adaptor cable.
• Apple MultiMedia Display connector (HDI-45) used on some "AV" model Centris, Quadra and the first-generation (NuBus) Power Macintosh machines.
• Standard 15-pin high-density DE-15 VGA connector, first included on some Power Macintosh 9600 models and available on all current Macintoshes either directly or via a short adaptor cable.
• Standard DVI connector, which can also provide VGA via a short adaptor cable, and composite and S-Video in the Power Mac G5 and Mac mini.
• Apple Display Connector, which carries DVI, VGA, USB and power in one connector.
• A mini-VGA connector, which can provide VGA via a short adaptor cable. It appears on the white iBook, eMac, iMac G4 and G5, and first generation 12-inch PowerBook G4. Later models also support a composite and S-video adapter attached to this port.
• A mini-DVI connector used on the 12" PowerBook G4 (except first generation,) Intel based iMacs, and MacBooks.
• A DVI connector is available for Intel based MacBook Pros.

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• S-video via standard 4-pin mini-DIN connector
• Composite video, via:
  • S-video port and use of short adaptor cable (PowerBooks)
  • Standard phono connector (AV Macs)
  • Phono connector video out on the Apple II, II+, IIe, IIc, IIc+, IIGS, III, and III+. While not technically NTSC or PAL compatible, a suitable image would display on NTSC/PAL television monitors
  • A non-standard 3.5 mm jack that functions as either a headphone jack, or stereo audio and composite video out via an adaptor cable (FireWire Special Edition Clamshell iBooks and early "Dual USB" iBooks with external reset button)
• S-video, Composite, or VGA, via:
  • Mini-VGA when using an Apple Video Output Adapter (S-video & Composite or VGA)

• The Apple Video Adapter was specially designed to allow users to connect to S-video or composite video devices. The video adapter cable plugs into the video output port (Mini-VGA) built into the back of certain Macintosh computers. The video output port supports VGA, S-Video and Composite video out. The Apple Video Adapter is for S-Video or Composite video output only, use a separate Apple VGA Adapter for VGA video output options. With the Apple Video Adapter you can connect to your TV, VCR, or overhead projector via S-Video or Composite cables.

Compatible with: iBook without an external reset button, 12-inch PowerBook G4, Mac Mini, eMac, iMac G5, or 17-inch iMac (1 GHz) with Mini-VGA port.

• The Apple VGA Display Adapter was specially designed to allow users to connect certain Macintosh computers to an extra VGA monitor or external projector (equipped with VGA) for 24-bit video-mirroring. The VGA cable from your external monitor or projector cable plugs into the Mini-VGA video port built into your Macintosh via the Apple VGA Display Adapter.

Compatible with: eMac, iMac G5, iMac G4 flat-panel, 12-inch PowerBook G4, or iBooks having a Mini-VGA port. Most Macintosh computers with the Mini-VGA port can also use the Apple Video Adapter for S-video & Composite output options.

• 12-inch PowerBook G4 (first generation) models supported video-mirroring and extended video desktop modes through a mini-VGA port. All 15 and 17 inch PowerBook G4 models have a DVI port as well as an S-Video out port. The mini-VGA port on the 12-inch PowerBook was replaced by a mini-DVI port starting with the second revision of the machine.

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