PRESS RELEASE
21 March 2002
Apple Unveils Cinema HD 23-inch Flat Panel Display
All-Digital Display Supports 1920 x 1200 High Definition Resolution
MACWORLD EXPO, TOKYO - March 21st, 2002
Apple today unveiled the Apple Cinema HD Display, a stunning all-digital 23-inch flat-panel display with 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution — enough to view High Definition Television (HDTV) content with room to spare. The new Cinema HD Display enables cutting-edge creative professionals using Apple's Final Cut Pro video editing software to author HDTV content in its native resolution.
“The Cinema HD Display is simply the best computer display on the planet”, said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “By offering beyond-HD resolution along with superior brightness, sharpness and colour purity, the Cinema HD Display is an amazing breakthrough for creative professionals in every field”.
Apple's Cinema HD Display features an active-matrix, liquid crystal display (LCD) that incorporates a pure digital interface to deliver superior image quality. Unlike many other flat-panels using an analogue interface, theCinema HD Display delivers distortion-free images from edge-to-edge thatnever need adjusting. At less than two inches thick, the wide format designof the Cinema HD Display (16:10 aspect ratio) allows users to easily view a full 11-inch by 17-inch two-page spread or a complex illustration, making it the ultimate display for the creative or technical professional.
The Cinema HD Display delivers brilliant colour performance with support for16.7 million colours and offers a 160-degree viewing angle for great colouruniformity edge-to-edge. The Cinema HD Display is well integrated withColorSync, Apple's industry-standard software for managing colour oncomputer displays, scanners and printers. ColorSync automatically generatesa profile for the Cinema HD Display that allows it to be used in demandingcolour applications.
The Cinema HD Display joins Apple's award-winning line of all-digital flat-panels, including the 15-, 17- and 22-inch displays, in complementing thePower Mac G4 system. The Cinema HD Display offers the innovative AppleDisplay Connector (ADC) that carries the digital video signal, USB data andpower over a single cable to simplify setup and minimise cable clutter onthe desktop. The Cinema HD Display also provides a self-powered, two-portUSB hub for easy connections to peripherals.
Pricing & Availability:
The new Apple Cinema HD Display will be available in April through the Apple Store and Apple Authorised Resellers for a suggested selling price of £2,599 (ex. VAT). The Cinema HD Display requires a Power Mac G4 with ADC connector.
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