NEC PA301w: The Baddest 30-inch Display Around
by Brian Klug on March 1, 2011 8:00 AM ESTColor Consistency
Now for color consistency, we take our best calibration profile from the very center at 200 nits and test color accuracy at 9 different places around the LCD display in an evenly distributed grid. We’ve shown before that calibration is actually very localized across the display, partly due to the brightness not being uniform, partly due to the discrete nature of the LCD panel itself.
If you go back and compare to the other 30-inchers, you'll discover that the PA301w is narrowly edges out the HP ZR30w and has a clear advantage over the Dell U3011. Interestingly enough, the PA301w has a uniformity setting inside the OSD which defaults to 5 (maximum) and seems to definitely improve overall brightness uniformity and Delta-E consistency. Whatever secret sauce NEC has apparently works.
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Lazlo Panaflex - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
"It's seriously the Ron Jeremy of monitors if there were such a thing."Nah, more like John Holmes....
2 x this beast + AMD 6990 + Crysis2 = boner-rific
MeanBruce - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
Done with the slow funk, so done with Dell out the f'in door end of the driveway pickup! Welcome those beautiful 30inches! ;)softdrinkviking - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
Ryan,In there documentation, NEC claims that their calibrator is factory-tailored to NECs monitors, which seems to suggest that it is more than a "rebranding."
Of course, this could all just be marketing, and they could be the same thing.
Do you know for sure one way or the other?
softdrinkviking - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
Oops. Brian. Not Ryan! Sorry... :)Ryan Smith - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - link
It's okay. It happens all the time. ;-)Brian Klug - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
From what I've seen, it really does look like a rebranded X-Rite i1D2. It's possible they've done some internal calibration as well (I know a few vendors do things like calibrate the colorimeter). It'd also make sense it's just rebranded since the i1D2 is the only thing that will work with internal monitor calibration.-Brian
eaw999 - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - link
it's an i1d2 puck, but modified to allow proper calibration of wide gamut monitors.NEC_Art - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - link
Yes, the NEC calibrator is tuned by X-Rite to more correctly read our MultiSync PA Series wide gamut displays. It is not the same as a retail i1 Display2.Art Marshall
Product Manager, NEC Display Solutions of America
peegeenyc - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
can anyone find this for sale at a major discount retailer?It seems only NEC sell it at full price from my search results.
Azethoth - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
"Apr 12, 2010 2:22 PM in response to: Zeno BokorRe: Photoshop 10bit support
Actually, the 10 bit/channel display path is working quite well in CS5 - on cards and displays that support it.
Again, we've been working with the manufacturers for a while to get it working..."
-Chris Cox (Photoshop lead)
I would be surprised if its the only software that handles 30bit