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17" Cinema Display LCD ADC

Posted by: MinerAl on 2013-02-17 19:38:50 Went to my local recycling/resale joint and saw this over in a corner with no price sticker. So I asked the tech guy if it works and how much. "Yeah it works but you have to have the right video card for it. You can have it for $5. I'm tired of looking at it." Heh.

Posted by: RickNel on 2013-02-17 21:40:19 ... and you don't even have to have the right video card if you are prepared to make a VGA adapter. I found myself with a G3 PowerMac with VGA, plus a 17" Studio ADC. I decided to build an adapter to go inside the PowerMac. Here's my blog on the project Rick

Posted by: antony701 on 2013-02-17 22:35:31 $5 is a very good deal, actually.

Posted by: MinerAl on 2013-02-18 05:35:59 It happens I do have an MDD with ADC. So this will serve the actual purpose of ADC and reduce some cord clutter and replace an old scratched 17" Viewsonic monitor too. If it works, I'm very happy with my $5 investment. If not, I guess I'm out one coffee at Starbucks.

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-02-18 07:36:29 Nice, did you get the right color? I've lucked into one for the G-4/QS'02, but I don't use it . I need to take off the coating as it's damaged and the LCD is dim. I've been thinking about sticking the non-pivot HP17 in there.

Posted by: CC_333 on 2013-02-18 08:46:35 did you get the right color? As far as I know, the ADC Studio displays only came in one color: graphite, with white-ish and chrome accents over lay-ed on a mostly clear easel like enclosure. I think I got the description right?? Anyway, you may have been thinking of the older Studio displays which came in blueberry/teal AND graphite (there was also an ADB/DA-15 version which is compatible (without adapters) with the beige G3). c

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-02-18 09:24:57 Depending on the vintage, the LCD ADC displays came with graphite Apple logos instead of chrome.

Posted by: TheMacGuy on 2013-02-18 13:50:47 Aren't those only the 20" and bigger models with the chrome logo? I believe the chrome's had DVI right? Or ADC? I forget.

Posted by: MinerAl on 2013-02-18 14:12:48 This 17" is graphite. The LCD's a bit dim, but it's usable for sure!

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-02-18 15:29:17 I have a couple of 17" Studios with chrome Apple logos. They changed about the time that the iMac G4 came out, IIRC (MDD era).

Posted by: CC_333 on 2013-02-18 15:32:51 Hi, Do you have pictures, mcdermd? c

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-02-18 15:44:11 Here's the box image: Here is the back of the monitor: The copyright dates are ©2003

Posted by: TheMacGuy on 2013-02-18 16:09:49 Ah, so the later 17" have the chrome. Is it ADC or DVI mcdermd?

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-02-18 16:34:30 The only acrylic Studio/Cinema displays that are DVI are the original 22" Cinema Display from 1999. All the rest of the acrylics were ADC. There was a DVI, graphite-colored, 15" plastic Studio Display similar to the preceding 15" ADB and VGA displays. All matte, Aluminum models are DVI until the aluminum and glass mini displayport displays.

Posted by: TheMacGuy on 2013-02-18 16:41:19 Ah, ok. Good to know.

Posted by: MinerAl on 2013-02-19 07:42:24 Oops. I've been calling it a Cinema Display. It's a Studio Display. Sorry. This one says Copyright Apple 2001 on the back. No wonder it's a little dim.

Posted by: TheMacGuy on 2013-02-19 09:40:31 I have the 15" version of that display. I have it sitting next to my Cube, since I bought it for it. But it matches my Sawtooth (although needs the DVI to ADC adapter to work).

Posted by: macman142 on 2013-02-19 18:21:34 Looks like a Quicksilver one to me, not Graphite. Graphite has the blueish grey logo (like the original G4). Usually they were 15" ones. Quicksilver has the silver grey logo (like the Quicksilver G4) - were available in 17" and 22" And the mirror logo models - 17" and 20"

Posted by: RickNel on 2013-02-19 20:15:52 Correction to my earlier post (too late to edit). Of course my adapter is DVI+USB+Power to ADC, not VGA. One hazard with the Studio Displays, as they age, is that the control chips inside the display unit can start to dement. Often the extended USB ports and the remote power switch fail, and also the ability to control brightness etc via the ADC data path. All these functions use a single data channel on ADC, so perhaps it was a bit of over-design. You can have a good quality visual display but reduced control over it, and without the ability to daisy-chain the keyboard/mouse through it. This is a pity , since the design intention was to deliver a clean desktop with only a single ADC cable to the tower under the desk. If you've got one with all those functions working for $5, you've really cracked the jackpot. Rick

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