When releasing its Apple Cinema Display LED 24" 8 month agao, Apple was among the first to adopt such ecological back lighting technology in its display offer. Today, several models are available, and while the premium price asked by Apple could be justified at that time, it is not anymore today.
LG just launched its 24" LED display in Japan:
It offers a dynamic contrast of 2,000,000:1, while the static contrast is 1,000:1. It features 1920x1200 pixel resolution, two HDMI, one DVI-D and one D-Sub inputs.
The most impressive parameter is its price: around 30,000 Yen, so 220 Euro, in other words 25% of the price asked by Apple. Of course it does not have the same slick design, it does not offer mini-DisplayPort (but is it a problem), nor integrated speaker or USB hub, but it could be the perfect companion for a mac mini or a MacBook...
