Apple’s New 24-inch LED-Backlit Widescreen Cinema Display

Along with the new line of Mac notebooks launched recently, Apple unveiled its new LED Cinema Display with its 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display. It comes with a built-in iSight video camera, mic and speakers. The encasement is thin, an elegant aluminum and glass structure. It will be available in November.

The display is designed for the new MacBook family, and includes a MagSafe charger, three USB 2.0 ports and the new Mini DisplayPort, which makes it easier for MacBook users to connect and power their notebooks quickly, even while using their peripherals.

“The new LED Cinema Display is the most advanced display that Apple has ever made,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, in the press release. “It is a perfect fit for our sleek new line of aluminum MacBooks with its 24-inch LED-backlit screen, aluminum and glass enclosure, integrated camera, mic and speakers, MagSafe charger, three USB ports and Mini DisplayPort.”

The new display has a 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution which uses LED-backlit technology in the 24-inch glossy widescreen. The aluminum stand provides an adjustable hinge, and the built-in iSight video camera mic and speakers make it perfect for video conferencing with iChat. Of course it also provides a perfect delivery for listening to music or watching a film.

Environmentalists will be happy to know that this new LED Cinema Display is the greenest display Apple has made to date. It is made with mercury-free LED technology, arsenic-free glass and highly recyclable materials. The LED Cinema Display also meets the stringent Energy Star 4.0 requirements, and achieves EPEAT Gold status. There are no brominated flame retardants, and all internal cables and components are PVC-free. Even its foam packaging has been reduced by 44%.

This new Mini DisplayPort is part of the next-generation DisplayPort industry standard, and delivers a pure digital signal which can drive up to a 30-inch widescreen display. The Mini DisplayPort is only 10% the size of a full DVI connector, which is perfect for the elegant, thinner design of the entire new Macbook line. There are available adapters for using the MacBook’s Mini DisplayPort with any older generation VGA, DVI/HDMI and Dual-Link DVI displays as well.

The LED Cinema Display requires a MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro with a new Mini Display Port.