23 HD cinema display connectivity

Hi,

Investigating to purchase 23" HD cinema display for its impressive
resolution of 1920 x 1200
But interested in using display only for industrial use in video processing
development for television.
Unfortunately using a MAC computer is no option because of compatibility
with
other development tools ( Mix of Unix and WIN32 console tools and
libraries )
So I want to connect to PC with ATI Radion 9600 graphics card.
Raid 6 SCSI array will stream HD video directly to ATI card.
Optionally processing real time picture improvement by Dual Xeon processors.

Anyone with experience connecting 23" cinema display to a PC through DVI ?

I already know there is a DVI to ADC converter cable available from Apple.
Basically just splitting up ADC into DVI, USB and Power.
And there is my concern. What is communicated through the USB ?
Is this Audio only ? Which is totally irrelevant to me.
Or is there more control ? Which would not be logical since the DVI
standard already supports data communication.

Any information or experience is very welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Perry

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In article <yb7Nb.21$Kg4.624@ns2.gip.net>, Perry Mevissen
<Perry.Mevissen DeleteThis @philips.com> wrote:

 >I already know there is a DVI to ADC converter cable available from Apple.
 >Basically just splitting up ADC into DVI, USB and Power.
 >And there is my concern. What is communicated through the USB ?
 >Is this Audio only ? Which is totally irrelevant to me.
 >Or is there more control ? Which would not be logical since the DVI
 >standard already supports data communication.

I think the USB connection is a convenience hub option allowing you to
plug keyboard, mouse etc into the back of the display where there are
two USB ports. It takes up one USB port on your computer and gives you
two. Such functions as the touch sensitive illuminated power button on
the display may also need the connection but you can easily manage
without them.

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