Re: Eizo vs. NEC
Re: Eizo vs. NEC
- Subject: Re: Eizo vs. NEC
- From: Joseph Yates <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:26:05 -1000
- Thread-topic: Eizo vs. NEC
I also forgot to mention - You might also consider NEC's new MultiSync LCD
2490UXi
24.1" view area 1920x1200 max res.
AS-IPS panel (178' View angle)
12-bit Hardware Calibratable LUT
76% Adobe RGB coverage
4 Year Warranty - Street Price ($1040)
Joseph Yates | Pacifica Island Art | Maui, Hawaii
> on 1/2/08 11:33 PM, Joseph Yates wrote:
> If your budget in the $1000 range then the NEC 2190UXi and Eizo CE210W are
> hard to beat right now. Both feature 21" viewing areas - NEC slightly bigger
> at 21.3" and 1600x1200 - versus Eizo's 21.1 and 1680x1050 max. resolution.
>
> Both are hardware calibratable - NEC has a 12-bit LUT - and Eizo with a
> 10-bit LUT
>
> Viewing angles are the same at 178' - NEC uses a Dual S-IPS panel (SA-SFT) -
> Eizo uses a S-PVA panel. While normally S-IPS panels are generally thought
> to be better at color accuracy & view angles then S-PVA panels - Eizo has
> developed highly advanced processors that compensate for and improve on the
> typical S-PVA characteristics.
>
> Display Software - Eizo comes bundled with their Color Navigator - while the
> NEC SpectraView II calibration software is an additional $170 I believe.
> There are of course other less expensive 3rd party hardware calibratable
> display softwares like BasICColor Display or Colorvision.
>
> Warranties - Eizo is 5 years - while NEC is 4 Years.
>
> Street Prices are slightly less for the NEC 2190UXi ($950) vs Eizo CE210W
> ($1110) - when one factors in the SpectraView II software then the price
> differences are small.
>
> The LaCie that Rodger mentions - LaCie 321 - has exactly the same specs as
> the NEC 2190UXi (I believe it is the same panel from NEC) - but is much more
> expensive at $1400.
>
>
> Joseph Yates | Pacifica Island Art | Maui, Hawaii
>
>
>> on 1/2/08 4:47 PM, Roger Breton wrote:
>> Helene,
>>
>> I hope you have some time to spend on this purchasing decision because the
>> best thing you can do is to go out and see for yourself all the LCD monitors
>> you can sample. Eizo's and NEC's are both very good offerings, no doubt.But
>> I'd suggest that, at some point, you'd take a look at Apple's LCDs, the 23"
>> Cinema Display, in particular, as that will provide a good, sort of
>> "independent" reference point into what you can realistically expect from
>> current LCD technology, in the price point you're looking for.
>>
>> Deep shadows isn't as easy to come by as good highlight details. I'd suggest
>> you go to your nearest Apple Store and bring a series of your favorite RGB
>> images on a CD. Load them up and decide if you like what you see. If you can
>> find as good a quality for less money, you might want to consider that (Dell
>> WFP24", come to mind). If that's not good enough for you then you're going
>> to back looking at NEC and Eizo's. Samsung XL series is the new kind on the
>> block, in my opinion, in high-end graphic displays. But you might find their
>> current price tag still too steep for your budget. They do good shadows but
>> you get what you pay for. Have you looked at the LaCIE LCDs? The 326?
>>
>>> I currently use a LaCie CRT but am in the market for a new 21" LCD in the
>>> $1000 range. Research leads me to the Eizo CE210W or the NEC 2190UXi
>>> because
>>> of their color management capabilities. I am a photographer doing both
>>> color
>>> and black-and-white landscape work and am very fussy about color and seeing
>>> deep into shadow and highlight areas. Any opinions about Eizo vs. NEC, or
>>> any
>>> other LCD brand?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Helene
>
>
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