Colour Gamut of Cinema Displays

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Colour Gamut of Cinema Displays

Hi everyone. I'm about to order a MacPro but am having trouble deciding on a monitor.

I'm a photographer so need a decent display but was wondering about all the fuss made on verious forums about wide colour gamut displays. Looking at Eizo coloredge and NEC spectraview displays they seem to have a 96% Adobe RGB gamut but Apple don't quote their figures.

How do ACD's compare to the Eizo and NEC. For the same money I could have a 30 ACD but don't want to scimp on quality.

How noticable a difference is there if any at all?

Thanks.

Imac 17", Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jun 18, 2008 3:52 PM

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Jun 19, 2008 8:29 AM in response to Gazwas

The Eizo displays blow everything else away. But, unfortunately, they are also way more expensive. The NEC, Samsung, Apple ACD, HP and Dell displays are all in a much lower price range. Of these, I would buy the Samsung or the NEC. The Apple display is obviously the "coolest" looking design and "matches" the Apple computers. But when it comes to color accuracy, they are really not "all that" and never have been. If you want "the best", the Eizo is it.

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Jun 20, 2008 7:22 PM in response to Gazwas

There are some issues with using wide-gamut displays. Here's an article. Actually, according to the article, it's more accurate to say that Mac OS X has some color management issues with wide-gamut monitors...nothing wrong with the monitors themselves.

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Jun 21, 2008 9:01 AM in response to Network 23

Thanks for the link to the article.

The Mac Pro will not be used to surf the net as I have an iMac for that kind of stuff. It's sole use is photography and as all the applications I use are colour managed I don't think I'll have any of the mentioned problems.

Is my understanding correct that problems with wide gamut displays are an internet thing?

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Network 23

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Jun 21, 2008 10:45 AM in response to Gazwas

Well, I've been thinking along the same lines as you. IF I could afford one of those monitors, I would probably get one, because I feel I have color management under control on my own system. As long as soft-proofing in Photoshop works I'm happy.

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