The CinemaView LCD displays from Collins America come in three sizes. First a 19-inch at 1440×900 pixels, then a 20.1-inch at 1650×1050 pixels, and lastly a 24-inch at 1920×1080 pixels. They also include include a powered three-port USB hub, a push-button on/off switch, and one 3.5mm stereo audio jack. They’re expected to be priced at $299, $399, and $499, respectively, and to be available sometime before September.
These displays are deliberatly built to closely resemble Apple’s new 24-inch Cinema Display, to incorperate into the current look of the Mac lineup. Connectivity has also been thought out. The displays come with a 1.2 meter long cable, with the final 200mm of splits into three separate connectors. One, for the Mini Displayport jack, another for plugging into a USB jack, and the third plugs into the 3.5mm stereo headphone jack.
Collins did go on to say that it won’t be making the displays available through major retailors surch as Apple, Best Buy, Fry’s, because these companies “demand an extremely high profit margin from manufacturers, which forces the retail price to be artificially raised to the consumer.”
Perfect. I’m picky, and don’t like cobbling together a system with a mishmash of parts. Say, for instance I bought a Mac Pro, I wouldn’t like having a Dell monitor with it. It’s just not uniform enough for me. This fills that gap for me and people like me. These displays fit the Mac look and feel and are a fraction of the cost of Apple’s displays.
That brings me to another point. Apple’s displays are top notch, but if there ever was an argument for the “Apple Tax” that’s it. Apple’s displays, in my oppinion are overpriced.














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