Apple Monitor Glass?

[YoungerDreams]

Hey,

 

A friend of mine has an apple monitor.  Something like this.

 

He paid $800.00 for it (cause apple), and I'm not an apple guy, but something about the glass screen was very appealing.  It looked and felt like real glass (not sure if it was).  Most of the monitors I've used are cheaper and have a plastic, flimsy screen, not the hard glass.  I think that's what causes the smudgy look, and it also just feels cheap.  I also like the fact that the glass part goes over the bezel like a smartphone.  Are there any extremely glassy monitors for a windows desktop?

 

EDIT:  Actually my Windows tablet has the glassy screen that goes over the whole front of the devices.  Still, not seeing any monitors like that. 

 

[Zando_]

Can your PC use thunderbolt? You could get one of the Apple monitors (expensive tho), and use it with Windows. It should work....

[YoungerDreams]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Can your PC use thunderbolt? You could get one of the Apple monitors (expensive tho), and use it with Windows. It should work....

Yea the problem is they're silly overpriced.  Especially with the fact that iMacs now have a built in display so they're getting rid of their monitors in favour of all in ones and I don't think buying a monitor used is a good idea.

[Zando_]

Just now, YoungerDreams said:

Yea the problem is they're silly overpriced.  Especially with the fact that iMacs now have a built in display so they're getting rid of their monitors in favour of all in ones and I don't think buying a monitor used is a good idea.

Yeah. They're pretty much my dream monitors, but they've been discontinued in favour of crazy 5K ones from LG or Dell or whatever, and they were still $1000 when they were new. They're solid monitors though, and AFAIK, should have really nice speakers like iMacs, and have a decent I/O. And I haven't seen any other monitors like that. 

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

expensive tho

That display is old and overpriced, Apple doesn't even sell it anymore lol. 

 

Not to mention the resolution is only 1440p 

 

Hopefully Apple releases a new Thunderbolt display. 

[YoungerDreams]

I don't understand how hard it is for someone like LG to think 'hm, maybe people want monitors without those extruding bezels and bendy plastic screens'

 

I personally don't mind bezels AT ALL if they're in the same plane as the monitor (like a phone or tablet)

 

EDIT:  I found one from Acer, but its nearly $900.00 because it's a touch screen monitor.

[Glenwing]

51 minutes ago, YoungerDreams said:

Hey,

 

A friend of mine has an apple monitor.  Something like this.

 

He paid $800.00 for it (cause apple), and I'm not an apple guy, but something about the glass screen was very appealing.  It looked and felt like real glass (not sure if it was).  Most of the monitors I've used are cheaper and have a plastic, flimsy screen, not the hard glass.  I think that's what causes the smudgy look, and it also just feels cheap.  I also like the fact that the glass part goes over the bezel like a smartphone.  Are there any extremely glassy monitors for a windows desktop?

 

EDIT:  Actually my Windows tablet has the glassy screen that goes over the whole front of the devices.  Still, not seeing any monitors like that. 

 

Most of the Dell S series monitors have glossy screens, like the S2316H.

[Zando_]

34 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

That display is old and overpriced, Apple doesn't even sell it anymore lol. 

 

Not to mention the resolution is only 1440p 

 

Hopefully Apple releases a new Thunderbolt display. 

I only want a 1440p display. But yeah, they are old and expensive. And hopefully they do make a new TB3 display with classic Apple styling. 

 

33 minutes ago, YoungerDreams said:

I personally don't mind bezels AT ALL if they're in the same plane as the monitor (like a phone or tablet)

Same here! I mean, no one hates old iPads, do they? They still look nice today, and they have massive bezels! Same with tons of old devices and laptops. 

[Lucaz97]

I am not sure this is what you are talking about, but I've seen some Dell display with glassy screen, this is an example: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-S2415H-24-Inch-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B00M9B3XZW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498511410&sr=8-1&keywords=