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The only LCD monitors with glass fronts and LED back-lighting I can find are the ones by Apple. And they only sell a 24" one at 2.4x the price of any other 24" monitor at 1920x1200, and a 30" one, which honestly I can't put on my desk. Oh, and the 24" one uses a mini-display port plug only. So I'd be out of luck until there's display side adapter available.

I am generally looking for a 16:10 or 4:3 rather than 16:9 monitor.

It would be awesome if someone could find another, cheaper, monitor that isn't fronted by a plastic film, but rather with glass.

It would be double awesome if said monitor was also 120hz so that I can use nVidia's 3D goggles.

Update: One month and 16 days later I seem to not be the only one that can't find another glass based computer lcd monitor. LED backlighting is available though.

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You sir, have classy taste. +1 – Aiden Bell Jul 18 '09 at 19:52
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The Dell G2410 is a 24-inch monitor with an LED backlight, but I'm not sure about the glass front, for about $200.

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Thank you. It's a strong contender on the 3 Dells for the price of 1 Apple metric. I am looking for a 16x10 ratio though. Which means I wanted 1920x1200. Also it doesn't have a glass front, but I'd probably overlook it if the resolution matched. – dlamblin Jul 22 '09 at 19:13
Wait, is it 4 Dells for the price of 1 Apple? – dlamblin Jul 22 '09 at 19:13
@dlamblin -- sorry, I forgot that the Dell panel is just 1920x1080. If that Apple monitor wasn't so crazy expensive, I'd have one now. – Jason Sundram Jul 23 '09 at 0:24
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How about something like this?

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Thanks, it's nice. Not yet available though, and the 1080p native res leads me to believe it is not 1920x1200. Also, I'm almost certain it's not glass. – dlamblin Jul 22 '09 at 19:09
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It was the closest thing I could find, though. You may simply have to shell out for the Apple monitor. – Stefan Thyberg Jul 23 '09 at 6:24
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Why do you want LED backlights? Apple only uses it because Greenpeace does not like Quicksilver in CCFL tubes, and because Apple has a "Twiggy" fettish to thinner and thinner. Go watch a CCFL wide gamut IPS panel from HP, DELL or NEC, and Apple colours even look greyish! So for colour spectrum, LED is adding nothing (unless it is the 3 times more expensive RGB LED backlighting).

The reason the Apple display looks great is mostly because it's a H-IPS panel.

So if you want glass, just buy a display with glass, and let go the LED demand. Big chance you end up finding only TN options, but panel type is (very weird) not on your wishlist. Or the other option, buy a matte screen, buy a sheet off glass and glue it on top.

I really wonder why you want glass BTW. The matte screens look way better.

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Find more displays with glass then. Glass is easier to keep clean and clear. With LEDs you get a more even lighting then CCFL, and compact florescents vary in color as much as light emitting diodes so some might look off and some look great or better. LEDs are more dependable in maintaining their color for life and living long. – dlamblin Oct 30 '09 at 19:38
White LED's depend as much on phosphors as CCFL, so the colour over lifetime is equally bad. RGB led is less prone to this problem, but hey, find a screen with RGB led! – bert Oct 30 '09 at 20:06
Maybe one day we'll all use quantum dot white LEDs or some other non-phosphor type. – dlamblin Dec 4 '09 at 7:29
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I share your despair... I do have a Xerox XA7, but as usual, everything Xerox does is far above the market and they cannot sustain it.. it's been discontinued. http://www.xerox-displays.com/XA7series.html?product=WCP35&page=modl http://www.xerox-displays.com/Download/PDFs/Xerox-LCDs-ALL.pdf Regards

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