I have an European 2690wuxi with the sv feature so now i'm using spectraview profiler but when i bought it , i didn't know about the hidden tab so i used it with SVII software and i was able to hardware calibrate it.
For the oversaturation in the other programs: check in CS3 color settings if you have selected "desaturate color monitors by". Maybe images in photoshop are desaturated by this control.
interested in what? You have an EIZO and you don't have any intention to buy this NEC.
You are not interested in comparison.....so?
Maybe interested in argument with Tamlin?
Another review of 2690 from Japan:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmiyahan.com%2Fme%2Freport%2Fcomputer%2F070125_WUXGA_LCD%2FLCD2690WUXi_5.html
Eizo warranty:
The product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of five (5) years, but subject to the usage time being 30,000 hours or less from the date of purchase.
The warranty period for the LCD panel and backlight is limited to three (3) years from the...
Today i saw in the manual that Auto Brightness mode has 2 options, and i'm interested in the second one. From the manual: "Adjusts the brightness automatically for the best BRIGHTNESS setting based on the white display area."
Could it be some kind of dynamic contrast?
What do you think of the review of Dell 2707 at Behardware:http://www.behardware.com/articles/658-8/lcd-tests-the-acer-and-dell-26-and-27.html
They made more accurate review of color rendition, video capabilities, panel uniformity and at the end got five stars.