After some reading, I came across the NEC PA271W-BK-SV monitor, which sounds pretty good. Does anyone here have any experience with it and/or its calibration system? (BTW: My alternate calibration method, absent SpectraView, would be to use an EyeOne Pro with some TBD software. Running OS X 10.6.8 on an older Mac Pro tower.) Thank you, Armand
On Sep 23, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Armand Rosenberg wrote:
After some reading, I came across the NEC PA271W-BK-SV monitor, which sounds pretty good. Does anyone here have any experience with it and/or its calibration system?
Got one, works great with the SpectraView II software and supported instrument. Or you can use Multiprofiler. Andrew Rodney http://www.digitaldog.net/ p
On Sep 23, 2011 at 02:33 PM -0400, Armand Rosenberg wrote:
After some reading, I came across the NEC PA271W-BK-SV monitor, which sounds pretty good. Does anyone here have any experience with it and/or its calibration system?
I have the PA241 with the NEC calibration system. Works great. It was a good deal cheaper when I bought mine at the beginning of the year to purchase the monitor separately from the puck and Spectraview, at least from B&H Photo. The hood was free (by mail) after the purchase. I can only imagine the 271 is great as well. One advantage to the NEC calibration system is that it communicates with the monitors hardware LUT as opposed to setting a LUT on the video card. Also, it's nice to be able to switch back to sRGB relatively easily when you want to view stuff that's not properly color managed.
Tim, I have a 271 bought at Vistek that I'm using very successfully with the NEC bespoke colorimeter and BasicColor 4. It too calibrates the monitor LUT and makes fine profiles that test well using PatchTool as an independent means of verification. Cheers, Mark ________________________________ From: Tim Gray <tgray@protozoic.com> To: colorsync-users@lists.apple.com Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 9:51:36 AM Subject: Re: NEC PA271W-BK-SV On Sep 23, 2011 at 02:33 PM -0400, Armand Rosenberg wrote:
After some reading, I came across the NEC PA271W-BK-SV monitor, which sounds pretty good. Does anyone here have any experience with it and/or its calibration system?
I have the PA241 with the NEC calibration system. Works great. It was a good deal cheaper when I bought mine at the beginning of the year to purchase the monitor separately from the puck and Spectraview, at least from B&H Photo. The hood was free (by mail) after the purchase. I can only imagine the 271 is great as well. One advantage to the NEC calibration system is that it communicates with the monitors hardware LUT as opposed to setting a LUT on the video card. Also, it's nice to be able to switch back to sRGB relatively easily when you want to view stuff that's not properly color managed. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Colorsync-users mailing list (Colorsync-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/colorsync-users/mgsegal%40rogers.com This email sent to mgsegal@rogers.com
On Sep 26, 2011 at 08:47 AM -0700, MARK SEGAL wrote:
I have a 271 bought at Vistek that I'm using very successfully with the NEC bespoke colorimeter and BasicColor 4. It too calibrates the monitor LUT and makes fine profiles that test well using PatchTool as an independent means of verification.
Yes, I have heard that BasicColor 4 also interacts with the hardware LUT. But since I was starting from scratch with no software or hardware, I figured I'd just go the all NEC route.
On Sep 26, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Tim Gray wrote:
But since I was starting from scratch with no software or hardware, I figured I'd just go the all NEC route.
That will save you a lot money with the NEC bundle with their colorimeter. Andrew Rodney http://www.digitaldog.net/
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