My original response was to address a query re the necessity of having iSight on the LED Cinema Display (CD).
Seems odd that the thread is 7 months old and you felt the need to bring it back for this fairly minor point though as well as make the childish remark that my opinion in this matter somehow relates in any way to my ability to help keep the forum in check.
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Originally Posted by Abster2core
In order for the video conversation to be as normal as possible, the speaker would look directly into the other persons eyes. So, I would suggest that we place the viewer up at the top of the monitor and as close to the working camera as possible. Certainly not placing the viewer on an external monitor and using the iSight camera on the laptop.
That's assuming the laptop is sitting to the side of the screen. If you move it in front of the main screen then the camera would sit about the right height to get better eye contact, which I also find quite important for these kind of things. When people are looking down at an image, it detracts from the conversation.
Either way, I don't really care that much about its inclusion, the camera will be of use to Mini and Mac Pro owners when they eventually get updated and will likely have mini-dp outputs on them. That is assuming of course those people buy this display, which I would imagine most won't. The Mini is a budget computer so the display will be too expensive and the Pro is for doing serious work and the need for a matte version far outweighs the need for a camera.
Now if what they'd done was add a camera to refreshed matte Cinema displays and released mini-dp enabled Mac Pros and Minis and marketed the display for machines that don't already have one along with a more affordable £300-400 20" model, I'd say that would be fine.
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My original response was to address a query re the necessity of having iSight on the LED Cinema Display (CD).
Seems odd that the thread is 7 months old and you felt the need to bring it back for this fairly minor point though as well as make the childish remark that my opinion in this matter somehow relates in any way to my ability to help keep the forum in check.
In order for the video conversation to be as normal as possible, the speaker would look directly into the other persons eyes. So, I would suggest that we place the viewer up at the top of the monitor and as close to the working camera as possible. Certainly not placing the viewer on an external monitor and using the iSight camera on the laptop.
That's assuming the laptop is sitting to the side of the screen. If you move it in front of the main screen then the camera would sit about the right height to get better eye contact, which I also find quite important for these kind of things. When people are looking down at an image, it detracts from the conversation.
Either way, I don't really care that much about its inclusion, the camera will be of use to Mini and Mac Pro owners when they eventually get updated and will likely have mini-dp outputs on them. That is assuming of course those people buy this display, which I would imagine most won't. The Mini is a budget computer so the display will be too expensive and the Pro is for doing serious work and the need for a matte version far outweighs the need for a camera.
Now if what they'd done was add a camera to refreshed matte Cinema displays and released mini-dp enabled Mac Pros and Minis and marketed the display for machines that don't already have one along with a more affordable £300-400 20" model, I'd say that would be fine.