Apple LED Displays shipping soon

I've been assuming that an LED display would have one (or more) LED(s) per pixel, but some of the descriptions I've read recently speak of "LED backlighting with an LCD screen". Could someone explain this for those of us behind the power curve? Thanks for your help.

As bleak as this may sound I still prefer the design on the previous generation of display and MacBook Pro. The whole trying to phase out building plastic laptops is understandable and admirable but the design... and glossy screen!? Come on, how am I supposed to work with Aperture and Photoshop on a screen like that. Working in any lighting condition will become a nightmare. :(

Expect an Apple DVI-to-DisplayPort adapter to be available for sale the same day these monitors start shipping.

Apple knows even non-Mac users will buy these monitors, let along users with Mac hardware that lacks DisplayPort.

You know the refreshed Mac Minis will use DisplayPort, here's guessing that a 9400-based Mini comes out that, when paired with a new Cinema display becomes a "separable" iMac

Honestly. The only people really interested in this would be graphics pros, and Apple scared them off with the glossy screen. And I really don't know who would buy this as a monitor for a desktop computer, with the high price, but who knows. Cut the price by a few benjies and you might sell a few.

I would love to buy one, but I own a early 2008 MacBook Pro with DVI and as a result of this cannot run the display. I hope for new Cinema Displays at MWSF.

I have both a firewire equipped mini and macbook with the firewire equipped 20in Apple display. Sitting next to my set are a couple of firewire connected Lacie quads and a couple of firewire DVD burners. I'm not likely to switch to lose firewire and gain mini-displayport and LED. I'll also wait for performance reviews.

I just built a PC desktop and connected an Eizo. Apple has competition.

glossy ? gimmie a break apple...i really hope thats a phase apple is going through...
and can someone tell me why should i buy a 900$ monitor when i can buy three 24" samsung monitors with 900$?

Ohhh yea, because it got the apple logo on it and because its made for the new macbooks...
BS!

(im not an apple hater,im a huge fun, but also im not getting so excited with everything)

peace.

Three words:

Too. Fracking. Expensive. When the Apple tax is 100% of the price of the monitor, you gotta draw the line. Plus, unless I ge a new-gen Macbook I'd have nothing to connect the monitor to.

Waaaay to expensive.

Ship time has reverted to "November".