Performance bump to 30-inch Cinema Display

ByMike Moffit

With zero fanfare, the 30-inch Cinema display went from these specs:

Brightness (typical) 270 cd/m2
Contrast ratio (typical) 400:1

To this:

Brightness (typical) 400 cd/m2
Contrast ratio (typical) 700:1

I guess that Apple just wants us to absorb this information telepathically, which by the way is how I got this info.

(OK, I lied. I telepathically read it on Engadget.)

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