My very first post says:

Sorry, I missed that post.

So do you now want to retract your statement in this thread that said:

No.  I mentioned Airport Express Video, which I don’t think Apple will release but I think they should.  Again, Airport Express Video != Frontrow on your TV necessarily.

Secondly, FrontRow is a Mac only thing.  In fact, it’s just on one particular line of Macs.  Airport Express is cross-platform and works with a much larger range of computers.  Frontrow, being that it is only a front end for several Apple applications, would not be suitable for many situations if used over Airport Express.  It make much more sense to just make Airport Express Video control itunes directly with an itunes or ipod like interface.

Thirdly, Frontrow is already capable of being output to TV.

Fourth, They could have already released Airport Express Video if they really wanted to and releasing it now would be dumb as the busiest shopping days of the year have already passed.  Apparently, Apple wants you to use your iPod for getting video to your TV.

Fifth, it makes so much more sense to make an LCDTV with streaming capablity built in.  a Fairly cheap LCDTV with a TV tuner (no recording ability) would could do well and boost Apple’s LCD sales that they’ve been losing to Dell and HP.  I believe this was rumored as well.
I doubt Airport Express devices sell well.

4. They have a new Airport Express that has a video GUI and remote control (which is a rumored product). The video GUI, no doubt, would be Front Row.
5. They have a completely new device that has the AV form factor with Front Row.

Why does it have to be Frontrow?  The iPod doesn’t use Frontrow.  Also, look at your link. It says the Airport Express product is quite possibly an addon to the iPod.  A Wifi/Bluetooth iPod for the 6th generation might make a lot of people upgrade.

I think Front Row will appear on a TV-dedicated device, be it a new Airport Express, a new Mac, a new device.

Re: Dell LCD monitors—I bought one of the 24” LCDs from them because they had a coupon that brought it down to $780. What a steal! I returned it because the viewing angle is crap. Seriously, it’s really, really bad. I spent $300 more and got a 23” Cinema Display and it’s superior. You get what you pay for, I guess. It’s anecdotal, I suppose, but I’ve run across two other Mac users who bought the same monitor and had the same low opinion of the viewing angle.

“Video iPod rumors have been floating for the last 2 years or so.”

It was inevitable, though I have been saying it on xvsxp and here that Apple will basically do what everyone was doing and come out with a video iPod.

No one believed me (and these people was the same people complaining how the PSP was way too small to watch videos).

I can tell you now that if Apple shipped the Mac Mini with any sort of TV connection built in then they would be limiting themselves in the UK. Not only would someone have to buy the Mac Mini but unless they already had one they’d have to get a TV licence as well. Granted that most families have one but a student wouldn’t so they wouldn’t be able to get one, whether they used it with the TV or not.

As far as getting the content on your machine, we forgot .Mac’s iDisk.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php? t=164929

Re: Dell LCD monitors—I bought one of the 24� LCDs from them because they had a coupon that brought it down to $780. What a steal! I returned it because the viewing angle is crap. Seriously, it’s really, really bad. I spent $300 more and got a 23� Cinema Display and it’s superior. You get what you pay for, I guess. It’s anecdotal, I suppose, but I’ve run across two other Mac users who bought the same monitor and had the same low opinion of the viewing angle.

I don’t actually think I’ve ever heard anyone say the Apple display was actually better in terms of picture quality.  It’s always been the other way around or people say they are about even.

http://www.macintouch.com/cinemadisplays10. html#aug10
http://www.hdforindies.com/2005/05/mikes-fi rst-side-by-side-testing-of
http://www.macintouch.com/cinemadisplays10. html#aug10

There does seem to be a small configuration issue with Dell monitors when being used on a Mac though.  The Dell works best at 2.2 Gamma and Macs, by default, are set to 1.8 Gamma.  You can read about this on the Macintouch page or from Mike Curtis’ review.

“Re: Dell LCD monitors—I bought one of the 24â€? LCDs from them because they had a coupon that brought it down to $780. What a steal! I returned it because the viewing angle is crap. Seriously, it’s really, really bad. I spent $300 more and got a 23â€? Cinema Display and it’s superior. You get what you pay for, I guess. It’s anecdotal, I suppose, but I’ve run across two other Mac users who bought the same monitor and had the same low opinion of the viewing angle.”

What a load of crap.  You never bought it.

<BIG ROLL EYES>
Take a holiday please.
</BIG ROLL EYES>

From your third link:

Also the 170 degree viewing angle is a joke. Certainly it’s good for an LCD, but I don’t think 170 is accurate.
Right now I’m typing in a terminal window that has a purpleish solid background with white text. At the bottom of the screen, it’s a considerably lighter purple than it is at the top of the screen. It seems that the screen has uneven brightness.

Yep, the viewing angle isn’t that great on that Dell monitor.

I am getting happier with the monitor though. It is imperative to sit back from the monitor an appropriate distance, at least 2 feet probably. This noticeably increases my enjoyment of viewing the LCD. Any closer and you’ll notice the pixelation way too much, and your viewing angle is decreased (well, the angle in which you have to view it is decreased, but the viewing angle in which the monitor’s colors look correct is decreased),

That’s because it’s got a bad viewing angle. I had to sit further back than normally when using the Dell monitor too, because of the viewing angle.

What a load of crap.  You never bought it.

Yes, I did. I purchased it with the coupon code from this site:
http://www.barefeats.com/lcd.html
The review from that sites says:

The Dell’s viewing angle, however, is only 88 degrees compared to the Apple 23” Cinema’s 170 degrees. This difference is noticeable when you are looking at the screen from an angle. You can still read the Dell screen but the colors appear washed out.

Other reviews:
http://www.macintouch.com/cinemadisplays12.html

Peter C.
About 2 weeks ago, I wrote about adding myself to the group of happy Dell display users; time to update my situation.
After ordering the Dell 2005 FPW, I was pleasantly surprised at its quality; being very similar to the 20” ACD, which I also have. I went on to order the 24” Dell as an alternative to the 23” ACD based on the quality to price ratio of the 20” Dell.
After a full week of use, I will be returning the Dell 2405 FPW. Using it in a commercial photo studio as a display for digital captures, it was intended to allow myself and clients to view composition, lighting, etc. of the set.
I found the Dell to be very poor viewed at angles left or right of center. Clients and stylists would regularly comment on the “washed out” look until I directed them to stand directly in front of the display, at which point it they’d say “ looks great”. Even after calibration with the Coloreyes system and it showing a very respectable delta E, there were several saturated color items that were not displayed anywhere near the “real” color.
Based on my own use and expectations, I would not recommend the Dell 2405 FPW to anyone working in a demanding visual content based environment. BUT the Dell 2005FPW I would continue to recommend with the only suggestion that it be calibrated before use by visual professionals.

Elliot Nicholson
I recently purchased a Dell 2405FPW monitor to hook up to a new 2.3 GHz G5. I’m a photographer, and I planned to use the monitor for Photoshop work.
First thing to note is that none of the new G5s support monitor rotation. The swivel feature of the Dell is redundant.
Second - brightness. The screen is certainly bright - and even turned down to it’s minimum it is too bright for Photoshop work (at zero brightness it reads at about 160cd/m2). That said, good calibration software (e.g. ColorEyes) will adjust the brightness down to your target luminosity. For some reason the Gretag sofware doesn’t do this. Having said that, I found that the ColorEyes software didn’t interact with the Dell smoothly - you need to switch off the default ‘DDC’ setting, and select a gamma of 2.2, not L*.
Third - viewing angle. This is the deal-breaker. The 24” Dell has a very narrow viewing angle, and this makes it entirely unsuitable for graphics/photographic work. You only need to move your head a couple of inches to the left or right and the tonalities of the image change completely. This can be seen especially in the shadow areas - look at an angle, and the shadows open up to clearly reveal details that should be barely visible.
I couldn’t live with this, so I replaced the 24” Dell with a 20” Apple Cinema Display. The Cinema Display is much easier to calibrate and exhibits NONE of the Dell’s viewing angle problems.
If you want to watch TV, play a game, and check your email - and possibly all at the same time - then the 24” Dell might work well for you.
But if you’re a creative professional working with images, then please consider other monitors.
(I’m posting here, because prior to buying the Dell I did exhaustive Internet research, and nowhere did I find mention of these viewing angle issues.)

There are many more who have the same opinion as me on the viewing angle of the Dell 2405FPW.

http://www.jaded-gamer.com/content.php?review.55

Overall I love this monitor, but it does have one fairly serious flaw in my opinion. The viewing angle is listed at 90+- degrees, but I find that some colours start to lose their vibrance (wash out) with as little as 20 degrees of deflection. Generally this is not a problem, but with the sheer size of this screen coupled with its aspect ratio means you can see items in the extremities (like the Start button or system tray clock) exhibiting this issue. The wheels on my office chair have helped me conclude that the minimum viewing distance needed to negate this issue is around 1.3 meters, a fact that may be worth considering if you have a small seating area or tendency to sit close to your screen.

Yes, I did. I purchased it with the coupon code from this site:
http://www.barefeats.com/lcd.html
The review from that sites says:

The numbers on barefeats for the Dell are gathered from the results of a test so they are accurate but the numbers for the Apple monitor are the listed specs so they are not accurate.  Go ahead and look at PC World’s review of the Cinema screens to see that they don’t actually measure up to those specs (no LCD monitors do).

For instance:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,173830 0,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,480702 ,00.asp

FYI, the HP monitor uses the same panel as the Apple branded ones.  Those screens are slower and more designed for image viewing as opposed to gaming though.

The numbers on barefeats for the Dell are gathered from the results of a test so they are accurate but the numbers for the Apple monitor are the listed specs so they are not accurate

I don’t think I mentioned anything about the specs. I’m just talking about my own personal experience with the thing, as are the other people I quoted and a good friend of mine.

The Dell monitor has very cool features and is very bright (too bright) and has great contrast. The deal-breaker for me was the poor viewing angle.

But if you can get it for $780, I fully recommend the Dell 24” LCD and give it a try for yourself. For that price, it’s definitely worth a shot. Not everyone has a problem with the viewing angle.

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A what the hell now?

Whoops, I screwed that up.  Perhaps I should actually utilize the “Preview” function sometime…

As someone who has been searching high and low for an LCD widescreen monitor, I went with the Dell than the Apple.

Better price (we all know this).

Better features (supports memory cards).

Better connectibility (play your Xbox/PS/DVD etc).

Better screen for gaming (and any other rapid displaying visuals).

The ACD looked so washed out, you can tell it was designed for viewing wallpapers.

The ACD looked so washed out, you can tell it was designed for viewing wallpapers.

I’ve never known them to look “washed out”.  They look perfectly fine to me.

Thats because you either haven’t seen it running by default (the brightness needs to be kicked to max) or next to a Dell (king of brightness).

Or maybe I should change “washed out” to “soft”.

Customers and staff at my job drool at both the Dell and Apple displays. Mmm.

You have the Dell 2405FPW?

From what I’ve read, Dell’s 20” LCD is a very good monitor.