MacBook display's video response time?

Anyone know the MacBook's video response time?

Apple doesn't publish response time, but generically speaking modern TN displays are right around 8 msec today. That would be my best guess for the MB display.

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12ms response time... is this rather slow for a high cost display?

I was waiting to buy the new 27" display but now that it has been arrived at a cost of £899 in the UK I am looking at cheaper alternatives, accepting that cheaper will probably mean lower spec. I am surprised to find that many much lower priced displays from manufacturers such as LG, HP, and Samsung appear to have faster response times, for instance 2ms or 5ms, whereas the Apple display's response time is listed as being 12ms. I think I am correct in thinking that a lower response time means that fast action video looks better on screen, but this doesn't seem to make sense that such an expensive and high quality display as Apple's would be slower, so am I misunderstanding something here?
What are the most important figures to take account of when looking at the spec of a good display?

You can look at other manufactures. Their price is usually lower. I have a HP 24" with a IPS LCD screen. Apple doesn't have an exclusive on IPS screens.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3946/apple-27inch-led-cinema-display-review
I see you are in the UK.
This site is better.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews.htm

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Hi,
am in the market for a 20-22" LCD monitor for our G4 machine. Sometime we'll upgrade the machine to a faster intel-mac. I have been hunting around for good deals on LCD's and while most other vendors seem to list their response times, I did not see them for the Apple displays. Any notes on where to find them?
Also am looking at Dell and their response times seem quite slow (15-16 ms) for the 2007WFP or just the FP displays. While Samsung and a host of others are typically below 8ms. I do understand there are "tricky" ways of measuring these number, but 15-16ms seems pretty slow to me, and since my teen agers play a lot of games on the machine, seems like I should go for faster #'s.
That said, any recommendations on other brands? Apple's are very pricey, but nice looking too.
thx
'mark

m_ahienius,
14 ms.
See http://www.apple.com/displays/specs.html
If you can afford a 23-inch display, go for it. I have owned both the 20-inch Apple LCD and the 23-inch. Bigger is better.
The real question is "why do you care about response time?". It is only meaningful for watching movies and playing games. Not for "ordinary" work.
,dave

I'm attempting to migrate files from iMac to new MacBook air. The estimated time shown on the display is over ten hours. Is that correct? Is there a way to do it quicker?

I'm attempting to migrate files from iMac to new MacBook air. The estimated time shown on the display is over ten hours. Is that correct? Is there a way to do it quicker?

It's quite possible, since you are using an MBA without Firewire, that it could take that long.
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Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
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>MacBook Air- Migration Tips and Tricks;
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>In your /Home/Library/ folder:
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>For Entourage users:
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When entering the Time widget to display the current/left video duration time, Adobe Captivate is closed with the following error:
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VDOSurger
Back in the days of Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 BadDrivers.txt file took on a life of its own after I started the following thread on that display card error.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3177024
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I own a black macbook (early 2008 model) and for the past few months the display has occasionally (although recently more often) failed to turn on when booting. This only happens every one in four times after a full shut down. When I turn on the computer, I hear the hard drive boot and the fans start going, I also get a response in the white light indicator. When this occurs, I then have to press the on/off button to shut the macbook down, then press the button to turn it on again. Sometimes this works on the second try, but other times it takes 3 to 4 times turning it on or turning it off. Initially I thought it was a hard drive issue (and planned to purchase a new hard drive), but after connecting the laptop to an external screen, the desktop shows up (macbook display remains off despite unplugging or replugging external display). Is this a firmware issue? Or potentially a display cable issue? I'm leaning towards firmware since it only happens every 1 in 4 times. All parts in the macbook are original to 2008 and I've never really had any problems before.
I've tried resetting by taking out the battery/pressing the on button.
I also did a clean 7 pass wipe and reinstalled Mac OSX.
Used TechTool Deluxe - found no issues.
Booted computer and pressed D to perform a Mac hardware test - no problems found.
Not sure what to do now...
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Carl...

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