NEC PA301w: The Baddest 30-inch Display Around

Color 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.