NEC EA244UHD Review
by Chris Heinonen on August 7, 2014 2:30 PM ESTAdobeRGB Test Bench
Pre-calibration the NEC AdobeRGB preset is still good but not great. Unlike sRGB the grayscale has a blue-tint instead of a red one. The gamma has the same roll-off in it, and I expect we will see this a lot going forward. Color Checker and Saturations are both very good pre-calibration with most of the issues at the lower light output levels due to some gamma issues. The color points also seem to indicate that we have the full AdobeRGB gamut here.
| Pre-Calibration |
Post-Calibration, 200 cd/m2 |
Post-Calibration, 80 cd/m2 |
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| White Level ( cd/m2) | 200.35 | 200 | 78.5 |
| Black Level ( cd/m2) | 0.292 | 0.2966 | 0.1152 |
| Contrast Ratio | 686:01:00 | 674:01:00 | 681:01:00 |
| Gamma (Average) | 2.05 | 2.23 | 2.6 |
| Color Temperature | 6750K | 6687K | 6451K |
| Grayscale dE2000 | 2.8 | 0.79 | 1.44 |
| Color Checker dE2000 | 1.53 | 0.64 | 1.09 |
| Saturations dE2000 | 2.01 | 0.77 | 1.43 |
Post-calibration at 200 cd/m2 the grayscale moves to being almost perfect. The gamma is very flat and virtually every grayscale point has a dE2000 below 2.0. The color checker average has fallen to 0.644 and the saturations dE2000 has fallen to 0.77 on average. Again the post-calibration numbers for 200 cd/m2 are just about perfect.
Calibrating to 80 cd/m2 the results are just like sRGB: very good but not as good as 200 cd/m2. Everything is improved, from grayscale to colors, and it measures very well. There isn’t too much to say when there aren’t any large performance issues to be found.
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DanNeely - Thursday, August 7, 2014 - link
Does NEC still use much larger than normal boxes? My 3090's box was several inches larger in every dimension than the box that a friends 30" Dell monitor came in.cheinonen - Thursday, August 7, 2014 - link
Yes, because they ship them with the stand attached where the Dell ones need to be attached (a 10 second process). The Dell box is certainly smaller, and Dell also uses good packaging (all cardboard, easy to recycle but still sturdy). They are really the two best at packaging monitors by far.NECDisplaySolutions - Friday, August 8, 2014 - link
The NEC Display Solutions box size is 25.7in. (W) x 19.6 in. (H) x 10.5 in. (D).Death666Angel - Thursday, August 7, 2014 - link
The wrong monitors seems to be highlighted in the power draw chart. :)Good review otherwise, out of my price range though and I like 1440 with 110Hz IPS and near zero input lag just fine for my needs. :D
cheinonen - Thursday, August 7, 2014 - link
Thanks, fixed the graph!boblozano - Thursday, August 7, 2014 - link
Have the dell 24 driven from a mac pro, using "best for display" scaled resolution in 10.10. Did a quick calibration, and this just works. Best monitor I've ever used on a stationary computer, hard not to keep smiling. At this point I think (multiple) 4k 24s are the sweet spot, at least if the os and apps handle scaling well.nevertell - Friday, August 8, 2014 - link
But what could handle a set of three 4K monitors ?B3an - Thursday, August 7, 2014 - link
I'm so sick of these 4k monitors that are not even 30".A 30 - 36" 4k monitor would be perfect.
DanNeely - Thursday, August 7, 2014 - link
in the 30 inch class I'd really rather have a 5k monitor. As long as legacy apps are in frequent use 2:1 scaling options will have major advantages; and a 24" 2k monitor does 2:1 perfectly as an upgrade from 1080p.nevertell - Friday, August 8, 2014 - link
A 2k monitor as in 3820x2160 ? Or 2560x1440 ? Because the latter won't do 2:1 scaling. To scale something 2:1 on a monitor, you've got to have 4 times as many pixels.