Why I buy this one ?
- 1,680 x 1,050 optimal resolution, 16.7 million colors
- 700:1 contrast ratio, 0.258 mm dot pitch
- 16 ms response time; DVI, Firewire and USB 2.0 connections
- 170-degree viewing angles
- 1-year warranty covers parts, labor and backlight

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What our customer's say!

"Great Mac-like monitor", I have purchased two of these and have not had a single problem from them. It is a beautiful monitor and rock solid in operation. Some of you might think it is expensive (and compared to others currently offered, it probably is), but if you already paid a lot of bucks for a mac you don't want a less than perfect monitor working along with it. You're going to be looking at it all day so you may as well get the coolest one you can find, and in my opinion, this is it. Expensive? Maybe. But in every other way, its about as perfect a product as you will find. ** One note - although it doesn't matter to me, the monitor uses a power brick which makes the power cable a little bulky. I just stuff it all behind the desk so no big deal but it could be to you.

"I would not buy it again", I own two of these. First one for more than three years and another one is one year younger. Apple positions these as pro level monitor with superb tech specks and capable of great color accuracy. While the monitors are esthetically pleasing, the technical capacity is very low, color calibration is very difficult as two monitors exhibit very different color casts and brithness.
Even pro level calibration set could not eliminate it completely and it needs to be recalibrated very often.
The monitors are terribly SLOW with 14 ms times and not even in the league to compete in pro level status with today alternatives as fast as 2-4 ms.
The monitors are horribly overpriced, for the price of one you can buy TWO monitors of better quality and serviceability.
The monitors do not have VESA mount adapter (required for arm or wall mounting) and Apple wants to rob you of additional $30 for plain piece of metal. This mount is a standard feature of any, even cheapest, LCD monitors these days. And it makes the monitor even less attractive and more expensive.
If you were not fortunate to purchase monitor exchange warranty (highly recommended, Compusa, Staples other offer it) and if this thing in one year fails it will be cheaper to buy a new one than fix an old one.
Overall, my point is: it is a fine monitor for general computing and if you are willing to pay extra for its appearance it is fine. However if any color or movement sensitive considerations in the terms of pro-level work flow it is not one would put on my list.
For the money there are MUCH BETTER alternatives.

"Bright and huge!", This display is not only nice to look at but provides excellent picture quality. It provides a sharp picture with bright, rich colors. And it's 20" size is ample for what I do. I found no defects in mine. Though it could be cheaper, it's worth the $600 I spent on it.

"Very Pleased", This monitor is a perfect fit for my new MacPro 2.66GHz Computer.
I cannot find any missing pixels...brightness and color are great.
Only blemish is a small spot on the lower front of the aluminum frame
where the anodizing failed to cover the spot.

"Gorgeous display now at a reduced price", Recently, my wife and I each upgraded our venerable Sony Trinitron CRT displays to widescreen Viewsonic LCD displays. The major reason we bought new displays was their large size and widescreen aspect ratio which provides plenty of desktop space and obviates the need for scrolling when working with wide applications, which are becoming fairly common these days. When we chose our ViewSonic displays we both really wanted this 20" Apple display which had the best picture of all the displays we viewed. We didn't buy this Apple display because, at that time, it was too high priced for our budget. But now Apple has reduced the price of this outstanding display, and it now clearly is the best choice in a 20" widescreen LCD display. Maybe my wife and I should consider selling our very good ViewSonic displays and replacing them with this topnotch Apple model which we bother admire so thoroughly. If you are looking for a widescreen LCD display please check out this gorgeous Apple display whether you use a PC or a Mac.

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"Excellent display! (5 stars if you have Apple computer)", Even though there are some other displays on the market that use the same LCD screen and are sold cheaper, I still really like my Apple display. I've had it for almost a year and it looks very pleasing. The rounded aluminum edges on the top and bottom of the display have a feeling of disappearance, so it sort of blends into the environment. And when you're watching a movie or just typing something (like an amazon review) you just see the screen and not the display itself. Black displays are much more intrusive in my opinion.

Sony and some other companies made these flat displays recently with highly reflective coating on the screen, even more reflective than CRT glass monitors! I honestly have no idea what their problem was but those are very horrible to use. Not only do you see your own reflection in it, but it also reflects all the light from the windows and lamps. This Apple display has very low reflection factor. I have windows on the side and sunlight used to be very annoying (when I had CRT monitor) even with the blinds down I still had to put some drapes over the windows. But now the sun doesn't bother me any more and neither does the lamp behind me.

I won't say much about the colors, brightness and the quality of the LCD display itself, except that it's the best I've seen so far!

So why did I give 4 stars instead of 5? For the following 2 reasons! (if you have Apple computer this won't apply to you)

1) This monitor is labeled for Apple and Windows systems but there are no drivers supplied for windows (I have XP). When I hooked it up to my computer I couldn't set the maximum resolution (the option for 1680 x 1050 was just not there). But then I updated my Video Card (Radeon 9600) drivers to the latest ones, the 1680 x 1050 became an option, and I set it. BUT! To fund out about this took some searching, could've been easily avoidable if monitor drivers were provided!

2) Even after you update your Video Card drivers, the monitor still shows up as "generic" under windows. Some say that this doesn't really cause a problem that's not true however. First of all, the monitor has USB and Firewire ports on the back and although USB ports do seem to work (I didn't test firewire) they show up as "?" in Device Manager and this can't be too good so you might get a problem with certain USB/Firewire devices later on. Now that's a "possible" problem, but a real problem I had was with monitor shutdown. When you shut down your computer the monitor has to also shut down, what would happen quite frequently was that after PC shut down monitor would still be on. And even the power button on the side of the monitor would not turn it off! To shut it down, you had to crawl under my desk and unplug it from the power outlet and plug it back in. This sequence would reset something and now the power button on the monitor could work again to shut it down. Now I began to think that this must be a hardware problem and called Apple customer support which also thought so and recommended me to take the monitor to the repair center. I didn't really want to do that, so I gave searching another shot.. I thought that maybe it's the problem with the drivers. I didn't really find anyone mentioning this particular problem but this time I did find that some one recently released the drivers for this monitor! I say some one because it's not released by Apple. Some nice person wrote it for FREE. Yeah, really puts Apple to shame! After charging so much for this monitor they couldn't spend a little money for some drivers... Ok now that I got that off my chest, the little utility is called WinACD. After installing it, the monitor is recognized by Windows as Cinema Display and when you click properties you can even see some options. Also the ports and Monitor are recognized in Device Manager. The problem with my monitor not shutting down has also gone away.

You can download the latest version of this free driver here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/winacd

Overall I'm very pleased with this monitor, though a little angry at Apple for somewhat ripping me off on the service and price.

"Beautiful! A Vision!... an APPLE!", I have to say, this is a beautiful monitor. I already own a 23" Apple Flat Panel as well--and have never had any issues with it--I use it on my Dual 2.5 G5 PowerMac.

But what I needed was a good monitor for my stupid Sony VAIO PC that my company forces me to use. My company is very solid about not wanting to purchase any Apple products, but I asked for (and got) this 20" Apple Monitor to replace my existing so-called 17" Sony Monitor--it's really only a 15" with two extra inches of casing around the screen (at least it seems that way).

What a joy! This monitor totally kills the Sony display... and tears up ANY Dell monitor I have ever used. This, for the money, is well worth purchasing.

This clinches it... I WILL NEVER ENDORSE, CONDONE THE USE OF, or SELL ANYONE on PC hardware. Buy APPLE, you will love yourself for it!

"Great display, but look out for Amazon's shipping", This is a great display, if you own one you will love it. BUT, Amazon doesn't seem to have a box that it will fit in securely for shipping. I received my original order, the box was completely destroyed and the screen was damaged due to being thrown around in shipping. The second display I received had been treated even more brutally, and I had to return it as well. I ended up getting a refund, because I don't want to keep dealing with this. Don't let this review stop you from buying an excellent display, but be careful how you ship it. I recommend you choose overnight shipping so it doesn't get tossed around for 4 days in the shipping process. Sure it might be 30 dollars more, but you are already spending 700+ on a monitor so the 30 dollars to ensure it gets to you safely won't hurt too bad.

"A solid display that compliments any computer", I've been slowly making my way to the Mac side after nearly 15 years of unadulterated Windows/DOS use. The process has been slow mainly because of the price and availability of Apple products: High and Scarce.

The best thing about Apple is that their customer forums are full of people like you and me, and if you have a problem, someone else has most likely had it, too. Those forums helped in my decision to purchase this monitor.

I had been looking closely at the 23" monitor. When I read about a majority of the displays getting a pink tint after only a few hours of use, I realized I would either wait until Apple re-engineered the monitor, or look at other options.

With the 20" Aluminum, I didn't have to look far. I wanted a monitor that would compliment my G4 laptop (Powerbook), but I didn't want to break the bank, either. The answer was turning to ebay. $600 out the door. Mint condition. Saved over $150, and the monitor works and looks great!

The 20" and 30" models have had no problems. If you can buy them new, go for it. If you can buy new, but would rather spend that extra money on something else, check out the ebay auctions.

"Gorgeous Display!", I've had my 20" Apple Cinema Display for 8 months now.

This monitor is everything one could hope for. Very highest quality. Eye appeal plus!

Looks way bigger on your desk than it does in the store. I almost went for the 23" unit. Glad I didn't.

This great display teamed with the PowerMac Dual G5 2 Ghz delights me every time I sit down to it! I don't see what improvement anyone could want .....