Inquiry on apple lcd displays

anybody know the amount of time between each new model of diplay apple has put out...also when was the 30" display released, im trying to get a general idea of when apple might update the 30" display

Hi Thomas,
On the off chance that you believe Apple's previous announcements and timing bear some relation to future ones, which is by no means a surety, MacOS Rumors mains a page showing how long each product line has been since a refresh - http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

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I've been talking about this on another forum too, and I made some pictures in photoshop to describe the problem. Here is what I posted on the other forum:
Yes, "brightness uniformity" definitely seems to be the best description of my issue.
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Original Image:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3045/td1ja9.jpg
Then imagine turning the car around a bend, and then it looks like this:
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/959/td2hq7.jpg
It's those lines in the clouds. If you can tab between the two images, you can see the difference easily. Imagine seeing those lines appear, every single time you move in a game. (I haven't tested this in movies yet, but I am assuming it's the same).
It isn't very clear on a static image. But when the image moves, the darker areas stay in the same place and it draws your eyes towards them. It isn't terrible, but it is annoying, especially consider how much this screen cost.
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