Apple WWDC 2004 Keynote - The first aluminum Apple Cinema Displays introduction 

Steve was so good at presenting, he was so passionate about the products in a way that didn’t seem fake. They were truly his life’s work.

I got 2 free high quality dual link DVi cables from my school's Apple store because they didn't know what they were for... about 10 years ago

I forgot the iMacs now looked much like the displays then lol

Oh yes... the beautiful stand... wait.

The language from jobs is just so friendly compared to the new robot like keynotes

8 million pixels is more or less 4K Ultra HD.

Ladies, notice how there were many claps for the 30" display, for men, screen size does matter, this is why we need a 60" TV screen.

1:00

And you know they charged $150 for an adapter so you could use it on a PC?? G..T..F...O..

look at that, shit coming up through the floor. Apple keynotes are so boring these days.

1:20 I would like to buy that drop-dead aluminum stand, how much? It comes WITH the display, you saying??? Are you guys CRAZY?! Leaving so much revenue on the table!!

I missed Apple back when they used to push their tech and provide crazy solutions to the pro market. Yes, they acknowledged that there was a pro market.

I still use the cinema 30 today, and its the best monitor I have ever used.

2013 and almost 10 years later, still the proud owner of two 30" cinema displays - my favorite displays ever.

I miss the Apple that would push their pro products to the very extreme, to such an extent that it was just ridiculous. It was a fun time to be a pro user with money, and no one could complain that Apple wasn’t doing enough. They didn’t just keep up with the rest of the market, they blew it out of the water.

Apple in 2019: $1000 USD for a monitor stand.

Still using the 23" to this day with a M1 Mac Mini. I purchased it in a yard sale for 50 bucks a couple years ago. It still had its shrink wrap around. Truly an Amazing screen.

I saw the resolutions and said “Well that’s a bit expensive” And then I remembered that this keynote was in 2004, I don’t even know where you could’ve found the power to drive such a big resolution even for today standards

I think it’s funny that the monitor is more expensive than the computer itself.

Standard 4K is 8.2 million pixels, so to see this kind of resolution back when HD games were running at 1024x768 is incredible.

Extremely impressive for 2004! I don't they've made a better looking enclosure yet, very classic, timeless design.

Steve Jobs was one of the greatest comedians ever! 😂

Watching this in 2016. There are still no iMacs with a 30" display and no 30" Apple monitors.

Back when the display included the stand haha

Man, he could sell you anything... Go buy those 2 30" ACD at $3299 a pop

I am watching the introduction of the ACD 30 on an ACD 30. Still works perfectly.

Honestly, everyone talking about how the new Pro Display costs $5000, but adjusted for inflation the 30" model would be around $4500 today. Obviously crazy high prices either way but the pricing isnt that inconsistent from what they did in the past.

Thats insane that the new Imac they released is smaller than that screen and its the whole computer!

I just bought a 23 inch acrylic model for 1 cent and 22 dollar shipping on ebay.

Back when Apple products were worth it... Damn, I'm still using my 2008 Mac Pro and it's almost better than the new low-end MacBook Pros

5:45 so cool to see how he’s enjoying the moment to say what is even cooler. He was unique…

Still shit hot displays today, better than most Acer, LG standard HD monitors...

2023, nearly 20 years later, and I have three 30" Cinema Displays. One of which has been in use for 10 hours a day every day since I bought it brand new in 2004. Jobs-era quality is unbelievably good, and these displays still look amazing!

I'm just waiting Apple Tbt3 Display 2019

Still use my 30 to this day. Works like new and still relevant in every way.

You can now buy one for $50....with a bad power supply.

This guy was an absolute genius I was riveted to his keynote presentations , hung on to his every word mesmerised by his magnetism and still use 2 of these 30 inch monsters today ,a daily reminder when the Apple keynote produce one more thing that was usually magical , R.I.P. SJ.

Well technically you could put 4 of those cards in and drive up to 8 of the displays which has the same amount of pixels as driving 2 5K displays! I just bought one of the 30in displays finally for $110 and I'm waiting for it to come and it actually comes with the power supply which is so freaking expensive and go for at least $70. It's a shame they didn't update the model number to reflect the updated specs of the very quiet refresh when they took these 3 displays in 2006 and increased the brightness and contrast on all of them. The brightness on the 30in is even better than that of the 27in LED cinema display and what's even cooler is that the thing is fully backlit even if it does use CCFL tubes instead of LEDs because the LED models only had a strip on the bottom that shined up through the sheets and got diffused but with the evenly laid out horizontal backlight lamps, it makes it look so nice! The only downside to CCFL is that over time they go dimmer and the ends become darker than towards the middle so the light distribution isn't as nice.

Watching this on my 30" ACD!

Back in the day I had 2 of the 30 inch models and a top of the line powermac g5. It was one of the best setups I've ever had but my bank called me because they thought it was fraudulent.

GEE APPLE were groundbreaking back then , lead by a mercurial pied piper figure , the other tech companies must have cried in their beer when they watched these amazing keynotes reveal such futuristic products as the groundbreaking 30inch ACD , sadly since the passing of their captain SB , its Apple trying to keep pace with its competitors , and mostly falling short , the hardware now seems samey and uninspiring , the keynotes reflecting this are now unconvincing lacking passion and leadership , in the 50th anniversary of the moon landing isn't it time to revisit the past glories and bring them back to life ?

The design is still pretty much the same today, but man the display is SO thick by today's standards.

People in the comments are making fun of the prices but do you remember how much flat panel displays were back then? $3299 is absolutely nothing for a 30 inch display with that resolution at the time. 2560x1600?? I remember in 2002, Sharp's 22 inch LCD TV with a resolution of just 854x480 was over $2500. Samsung's 15 inch LCD TV in 2002 was $1200. For a non-HD tv. Of course these prices dropped rapidly over the next 3-4 years but still. How soon we forget...

My school had a whole lab full of 30 inch cinemas hooked up to Mac pros and it was so fun working on them in High school, making music and doing video work.

Apple 2004: "$1299 for the 20" (cinema display)" Apple 2019: "The stand will be $999" Any one else come here after "Dub Dub"DC?

Lol, Apple was making those 30" displays for $210 and selling them for $3299... no wonder Apple became a $2 trillion dollar company. People blindly paid anything to be "first"

The new iMac hinge is very reminiscent of this cinema display hinge

Is funny that APPLE make the same things again and again. 1-5K display are 77% larger then 4K display. Both iMac and LG 2-Duel link also, Apple TB 3 does build-in duel Display bolt 1.2.

Some of the women in the public really liked the 30inch idea

So basically the powermac g5 was pushing UHD resolution. That's impressive.

Listen to that applause after he announces the $3300 price tag... lol. I love Apple, but damn that price tag is ridiculous! Especially for a monitor.

5:44 deja vu wallpaper :D steve jobs predicted macos sierra

Man, it's easy to forget you weren't always able to get a 1080p panel for less than 200 dollars. I got a 1440p monitor for the first time THIS YEAR (2018), having one in 2004 would've been incredible. Even if there was barely any content to actually take in on it.

2k 30 inch displays, in 2004. Think about that, most people had CRTs at that point. 32" 2k monitors became somewhat popular 2 or 3 years ago at a more affordable price. Could you even use any kind of 3D Application at that resolution with the hardware back then?

2024 and I have the 20 inch

Who would of thought Steve Jobs will be gone in 6-7 years after this keynote. Apple sucks, without Steve.

3:49 Is that Francis Ford Coppola?

I still have that 23-inch display and I still think it’s gorgeous.

My life is now complete. I have 2 x 30 Cinema displays on the newest mac pro. 5870 and 5770 video cards.

it was funny when he announced the price for the 30" like noone applauded because it was over $3000

Watching this on my 30" Cinema Display and I had NO IDEA there were 2 Firewire and 2 USB ports...

Director Francis Ford Coppola in attendance at 3:49

And it came with the stand.

I just got this monitor my grandfather used to use, the 30 inch version as my secondary and I love it. Its a nice as some modern monitors and looks and feels better then alot of the new ones. Plus its great for me streaming on twitch makes things easy to read with people chatting.

Watching in 2020 on 3x of these 23 inch displays. Still looking good. I seriously had to debate whether I should edit photos I took today on these displays or my 27 inch lg 4k displays. I chose the 16yo apple cinema displays cause I just trust the colors more.

Coming back to old keynotes, it’s amazing to see the features that became the foundation for so many things we use every day. Camera APIs? Share sheets? Tap to focus? Huge!

When The Display Itself Is Expensive but The Stand Is Inluded

In 2004 I used 17-inch CRT and computer running Windows 98...

Its fun that displays have not evolved since Apple invented the 30 inch display in mid 2004! 2012 will finally be the year that its technically possible to have a higher resolution display with minimum 60Hz thanks to Thunderbolt and/or AMDs fast HDMI.

Back when Apple was the one who experimented on the newest technologies and not Samsung.

Watching this on my Cinema Display HD 23". Still a great display!

Watching in 2019 on 1 of my 3 x 30" Cinema Displays :)

I would pay big money for an Apple 4k cinema display from an iMac to use as a monitor. the LG models are TRASH

4:04 And 14 years later that same resolution on the 30" Cinema Display now fits into a 13.3" display (on a MacBook Pro)

I'm not an apple user, but whatever was created when Jobs there is still on. Nothing new besides watch and buds... Sadly, but this feels like the company isn't what it was before...

LOL listen to that weak clapping when he announced the price of the 30"

The 30” has fewer pixels than the current 14” MacBook Pros lol

4:23 and yet I’m seeing that full image on my phone! Amazing! ...

Alle 8 Megapixel on2x Display IBM T220 Note than 8 Mpixel on 1x Display.

Anyone have the introduction of the Cinema HD Display in 2002?

Overpriced as always... only the sheep paid that much for a display.

Got one of these 23'' guys a few days ago and all I can say is, good displays stay good.

the sony sdm-p234 has the same specs as this monitor. its from 2004 and has 1920x1200 pixels and costs 2000$ ast same as this monitor and its 80 watts of power! and the weigh is 21lbs so its 10kg

Watching from my 2 x 30" cinema displays in 2018

Now in Tim's Era, they are all dead and become a page of history.

Jesus is the only way out of the path to hell 🔥🔥🔥🔥

watching 30 presentation on 30 in 2021

i don't think so. i guess the audience laughed because jobs said "new chip". there were a lot of rumors that apple might switch to intel processors. well, it took a year longer ;-) look up wwdc 2005 keynote.

With stand...

I still using the 30” one today

Or on craigslist for $600. I now own 2 :)

As I have never seen these and my comparison would be the 27" iMacs (from late 2009 upwards), would anyone care to make a succint one versus the other list? How does the iMac compare with these (especially the 30")? Obviously the size differs and also these are matte, were the iMac is not. But what about color, resolution, viewing angles. The iMacs have IPS panels, so theoretically I expect a big difference, but who knows?

That's what time is doing with prices, yesterday I bought an HD30 "in excellent condition and with a native working power supply for $ 174 !!! Now I have 2 such monitors. I bought the first HD30" 10 years ago for $ 1100. I'm from Ukraine.

The thing I don't like about this monitor was the cable management that sucked on all Apple Cinema Displays and that there was no built in stereo speaker system like what the iMac has. Not the 30 inch abvioulsy, but the smaller ones could at least have a VGA as well as most computers did not have DVI in 2004 but VGA. Only PC gamers and pro desktop users used DVI, but the smallest one would be ideal for a casual or basic consumer. It was not just for Pro users.

0:54 So that's the introduction of the current iMac design, which we've had for almost 15 years.

He copy China every jears.

Dude for 2004 these were like some alien tech. The 30 inch display was probably some dude's imagination at best. Apple really used to be an icon of innovation till 2016 with iPhone X. From then on it turned into a recycling dump.

Steve wasn’t kidding; 19 years old and these are still fantastic monitors. Personally own a 23” model and holy hell, the only model which beats it is the 27” Thunderbolt model also from Apple.

Are the audience paid to clap and laugh inappropriately? It's so annoying to hear them clap or laugh when Steve Jobs hadn't finished talking.

A bit too much bragging.