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Icebreaker

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I would like to know if it would be much better to get a monitor that has 92% of the Adobe RGB gamut rather than a monitor that has 72% of the gamut? The monitors with more gamut are more expensive and I don´t know if they are better in all regards? I also find it confusing why the wide gamut monitors have not more colors than others, i.e. 16.7M?

I shoot mainly in aRGB and I just enhance my pics a bit, but I don´t Photoshop them to death. My wife is a fine art painter and she is going to shoot some artistic photos and edit them and we are trying to decide what kind of a monitor we need. All I know is that S-IPS panels are best for photo editing.


All advice is appreciated!
 
If you're thinking about that Samsung that claims to have 92% color gamut, its a TN panel. Claiming 92% when you're using dithering is a joke.

16.2M = around 500,000 true colors with dithering
16.7M = used to mean true 16.7 million, but manufacturers have been lying about this too

You'll definately want an IPS variant (S-IPS, AS-IPS), they can due true 16.7 million and do not have viewing angle problems. S-PVA/P-MVA can also do 16.7 million, but they have viewing angle problems.

There are some new NEC's coming out, and the 26" one will have real 92% color gamut. 92% color gamut is more like CRT color capabilities, only professionals really notice. 92% allows you to see a lot more shades of green.

Dell 2007WFP (American version) is an S-IPS that can be had for around $300 with coupons
NEC 20WMGX2 is a higher-quality AS-IPS with a glossy screen. Its around $600.
Dell's 30" is an S-IPS for around $1250 with coupons.
 
Thanks Scyles for your reply.

I was mainly thinking of this new 26" NEC vs other S-IPS panels. I live in France and Dell prices are much higher here than in the US. The cheapest S-IPS panels here are the NEC 20WGX2, HP 2065 and Philips 200p7, all around 500 euros. I´m thinking if there would be any real benefit of spending more?

I´m trying to understand what is real advantage and what is just a pure marketing trix. I understand that the 12bit LUT on the NEC monitors won´t bring any advantage unless the Spectraview software is used. That software can be bought seperately for around $160 in the US, while in Europe you have to buy the Spectraview monitors and they cost at least 500 euros more than than the Multisync versions.
 
Icebreaker said:
Thanks Scyles for your reply.

I was mainly thinking of this new 26" NEC vs other S-IPS panels. I live in France and Dell prices are much higher here than in the US. The cheapest S-IPS panels here are the NEC 20WGX2, HP 2065 and Philips 200p7, all around 500 euros. I´m thinking if there would be any real benefit of spending more?

I´m trying to understand what is real advantage and what is just a pure marketing trix. I understand that the 12bit LUT on the NEC monitors won´t bring any advantage unless the Spectraview software is used. That software can be bought seperately for around $160 in the US, while in Europe you have to buy the Spectraview monitors and they cost at least 500 euros more than than the Multisync versions.
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There are quite a few other features that the 90 series NEC's have beyond the 12 bit LUT.

Colorcomp
Luminance Stabalizer
4 year warranty
Latest S-IPS panels
Overdrive
Ambibright
Thinner bezels
Extended height adjustment
Ambix 3 (allows toggling between 3 comps. VGA, DVI-I, DVI-D)
Auto black level adjustment
Height, swivel, tilt, pivot stand w/ quick release ability.
 
NEC provides 3yr warranty in Europe (just like the competitors) and other companies also offer the latest S-IPS panels. So, I´m not sure a NEC at a higher price than the competition offer a better value to customers that haven´t got money to burn.
 
Just a slight sidetrack - you mentioned the philips 200p7 (eb?) - has anyone seen any reviews of it?
 
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