Reviews for Apple LED Cinema Display (27" flat panel)

Will only work with older Mac Pro if you upgrade the graphics card to something like the Radeon 5770 -- this was the only way I could use this monitor with my 2007 era Mac Pro 2,1

I am a pro wedding photographer and don't really see anything wrong with the glossy screen. I work in ambient light with the windows of the room facing the back of the screen and at night I work with lights off so I don't see any reflections. Great display however where the heck is the power button?! I render and or run actions with Photoshop and Lightroom and would like to walk away with the screen off while they are running.

I can forgive the glossy displays on the portable products where you can easily relocate yourself, tilt the screen, or block the reflection. It's a terrible hassle though when it's your main display in a semi-permanent location. Having a display this glossy seems so counter to how a display should be designed and causes an almost daily headache for me.

I upgraded from a Windows laptop connected to an external HP 24" display to a late 2010 MacBook Air with an Apple 27" Cinema Display. The MacBook Air and 27" Cinema Display make a beautiful, elegant, practical, and fast pair. The Apple 27" Cinema Display is more expensive than other monitors on the market, however, it is of superlative quality. This monitor itself is gorgeous and the image quality is stunning! My eyes are ecstatic! Some reviewers have lamented about the monitor's reflective glass, however that didn't bother me. Overall this is a great monitor that I highly recommend. If you like high quality products, you will not be disappointed.

The do-or-die remarks constantly pouring in from people who claim how unusable this display is for "designers" at large is misleading. Many designers are fine with and prefer this finish. The gloss has made the color range wider, blacks darker, and the details sharper. Not sure why you'd give up the better display quality for a blurry matte finish just because your light bulbs point in the wrong direction, because those matte displays give you a visual which is of much lower quality than this one in my opinion.

The display is beautiful - if your a troglodyte living in an underground cave with zero light.

This is not a professional display.

The glare renders it useless if you have any ambient or indirect light source in the room.

It's pretty much a $1000 mirror.

When I read some of the negative reviews of this monitor I find it hard to believe we're talking about the same product. I have been a professional photographer and videographer for more than 30 years and I have found this monitor to be one of the best I have ever used, including some that cost considerably more.

The main complaint seems to focus on the glossy monitor face. It's interesting that some of the so-called "pros" here admitted that they do their critical editing at their kitchen table or in a brightly lit office. This is nutsI. Everyone I know whose livelihood depends on critically accurate, repeatable color has a work room with subdued lighting. In fact, that's a requirement for most monitor calibrators. The glossy surface presents a saturated, sharp image that is beautiful to behold with no reflection problem whatsoever in a room with subdued lighting.

I employ a total color-managed workflow from camera to printing press, and this was one of the easiest monitors to professionally calibrate. It was not overly saturated or too bright (as many other monitors are) and the difference between before and after calibration was slight

What about more casual users in brighter rooms? Here I think the room configuration and personal taste will be most important. When I'm not doing critical work and open the windows shades that are to the immediate right of the monitor, the reflections don't bother me even though I'm now fairly brightly lit. When I open the shades behind me I can see the window reflection, but, it's no worse that my beloved iPad. Usually tilting the monitor (practical because of the great viewing angle) solves the problem. But, obviously, some can tune out reflections better than others.

My only complaint: the short 4' cords. I understand why Apple made the cords short (to eliminate desktop clutter for MacBook users) but they should have included an extension for the many MacPro users like me who find it about 2 feet too short.

This monitor isn't for everybody, but, for me it's been the perfect balance of quality, usability, and price.

Great functioning monitor. The only "Cons" I see are the GLARED screen and the camera could be higher resolution for the price.

We are a structural biology lab who have been with Apple from day one. Out hardware guy got smart and bought up several 30" monitors before they disappeared. I had seen the Apple glossy flat panels down the hall, and realized they are unusable for doing critical grey scale work in a lighted lab. We also upgrade the 17" MacBook Pros that everyone uses as soon the higher speed models emerge. Please, please Apple continue to offer the flat screens for the 17" MBP in the new upgrades next year! And consider offering a flat screen option at the high end of monitor line to connect with our MBPs, and please your old friends! tr...

After buying this display, changing the volume up and down is very slow instead of instant, audio from display will not work. Recently purchased October 2010. No resolution or update yet from Apple. On message-boards others experiencing the same issue. Please help us Apple!