Percentage Adobe RGB

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Percentage Adobe RGB

Im looking for a new monitor - I have a 17in MacBook Pro and an 8way Mac pro. I do color critical work (photography)

This all looks really nice, but does anyone know anything about the % of the Adobe RGB colorspace that this supports? Anything about calibration/self calibration options?

I am looking at this vs the NEC2490 or even the Eizo. Like the price, but not if it is not competitive in Adobe RGB support...

G4powerbook, intel mac pro, MacBook Pro (three computers), Mac OS X (10.5.6), powerbook on 10.5.2, intel mac pro on 10.4.9

Posted on Mar 25, 2009 5:49 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 26, 2009 8:01 AM in response to ChrisSpurrell

The Apple 24 will not be as colour-accurate as an NEC Spectraview or Eizo. The prices alone speak for themselves.

RGB values in Apple's ColourSync Utility shows following:
Red X: 0.452, Y: 0.232, Z: 0.007
Green X: 0.361, Y: 0.701, Z: 0.079
Blue X: 0.152, Y: 0.067, Z: 0.739

Compare these to other monitors to get an idea of RGB coverage.

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Answer 2

necronym

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Mar 28, 2009 5:53 AM in response to ChrisSpurrell

I got a 24" LED display as a second monitor.

I have an Eizo CG220 as my main monitor. Side by side, the Eizo has richer and deeper colours, generally more rounded, but that's what you get in a £3500.00 monitor. The 24" LED colours are very good but not as 'full' if you know what I mean.

The 24" LED display is apparently an 8-bit display capable of 16.7 million colours, the Eizo CG221 (newer updated model) is a 16-bit display capable of trillions of colours.

As I said I bought one as a second monitor which it is fine for, but for colour critical work, the Eizo is hard to beat

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Answer 3

Mar 26, 2009 6:40 PM in response to Craig Roberts1

Actually the price here on a NEC MultiSnc 2690 is 1199.99 from the NEC website. So I would absolutely expect the RGB coverage to at least be close. Within a percentage point or two of the claimed 97.8%. This compares to a claimed 76% on the NEC 2490 at 1099.99.

So I don't consider pricing to be an accurate guide here at all.

The other problem is that you are giving me RGB output values which although helpful don't necessarily relate to the data available from other brands, that express this parameter in %colourspace coverage terms.

I really like Apple stuff (I have 3 computers), and I really like the way this unit is designed, but I dont want to buy it if the coverage is way off.

I can accept not AS accurate if we are talking 95% vs 97.8%, but not if that difference is 75% to 97.8%

Thanks for the input

Chris

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Answer 4

Mar 28, 2009 9:05 AM in response to necronym

Thankyou for your response

I believe I will go with the NEC or the Eizo - the prices are coming down here- seems like it is worth the expenditure

Thanks!

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Answer 5

Shaluda

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Mar 28, 2009 9:53 AM in response to ChrisSpurrell

What about the HP Dreamcolor LP2480zx?

Has anybody have experience or matched this against the other monitors mentioned here?

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