Michael,
I can’t answer your question
directly but this observation may be helpful to you.
The new NEC LCD2180WG-LED is supposed to
have a gamut larger than Adobe RGB. It can be ordered with NEC’s
calibrator hardware which is a co-branded EyeOne Display colorimeter.
According to NEC, their device is not the same as the EyeOne unit you would buy
elsewhere since they had to adjust it to be able to support the full gamut of
the monitor. The NEC guy I spoke with would, of course, not reveal what
they had done to the co-branded unit. Anyway, at least that much tracks
with what Eizo is saying to you about the EyeOne Display and the DTP94.
However, according to NEC, the EyeOne Pro
spectrophotometer should produce just as good results as their special
colorimeter. So, they differ in their opinion from Eizo on that point.
Regarding the actual results of profiling
the new NEC, I can’t say yet. It was only recently released and
I’m still trying to find a dealer that has one.
Final observation. I had a heck of a
time trying to figure out why the ColorNavigator software wouldn’t talk
to my CG210 on my Windows XP machine. The Eizo US guys were very
responsive but not very well trained in the detailed internals. As soon
as they sent the problem to Japan, they got an immediate response with specific
test instructions that isolated the problem. Perhaps if there’s a
way to get your issue escalated to the engineers in Japan, you may get a more
complete explanation of what’s going on.
Michael
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I’ve been trying to determine if the results I’m
getting on the CG220 are the norm, and after comparing results with a few other
CG220 users, it appears that we’re all getting the same results.
I’m seeing that when attempting to emulate AdobeRGB, the gamut volume is
about 10-12% smaller and the color space appears skewed when viewed against
AdobeRGB in Monaco GamutWorks. Of course, comparing Adobe RGB to the sample
CG220 ICC profile downloaded from Eizo shows a slightly larger gamut volume and
an identical gamut shape to aRGB.
Eizo’s explanation thus far has been that the
calibrator used (i1pro, i1 display and DTP94 on my part) cannot measure the
chromaticities as preceisly and that the variation is acceptable. They note
that the Minolta CS-1000A spectroradiometer yields measured chromaticities
closest to real aRGB. This may be true I suppose, but who uses a CS-1000A for
monitor calibration? The ColorNavigator software apparently doesn’t even
support this device.
So, I’ll pose the question again…is anyone out
there able to emulate aRGB on a CG220, yielding a non-skewed gamut area and
volume that comes closer than 10% of aRGB? Am I expecting too much?
Michael Eddington