![]() ![]() As I mentioned earlier though, for the price I’d much rather spend the money and get a PA271W-BK and a PA241W-BK which results in a lot more space and two outstanding monitors that are a brilliant together in a color managed photography workflow. Once the display got to operating temperature it performed well and was wonderful for proofing large landscape prints. Overall I enjoyed this display and it was nice to have the extra space. It worked fine with my MacBook Pro and Windows 7 64-bit systems using DisplayPort connections. I was able to successfully view 10-bit per channel color on it (Windows only) and calibrate it with both a ColorMunki and i1XTreme using NEC’s SpectraView II software (required). PerformanceĪside from the aforementioned warm-up time, and a nasty color shift at startup, this display performed very well. Here’s how it breaks down: DisplayĪs you can see, you only are getting an extra row that’s 160px tall (or 7 more cells in Excel), but for those pixel peepers out there that is an extra 409,600 pixels. ![]() Instead you just lose a little height which can easily be compensated for by using my favorite configuration – a PA241W in portrait orientation to the right of the PA271W. For a photographer that means that you can calibrate your display at operating temperature and work at a later time 50% faster because you aren’t waiting for the display colors to normalize.ĭon’t feel insecure by going three inches shorter with the PA271W because you don’t lose any width as the graphic above demonstrates. Those extra 3 inches aren’t worth $1000 to me, and the time it takes to get the 27” up to operating temperature is about 50% less. I’m sending it back because for $1149.95 (at the time of this writing) I can get the PA271W-BK which I feel performs better than paying $2169 (6/23/11 B&H) for the PA-301W-BK. It’s with regret that I’m choosing to send it back, but not because it isn’t a blast having such a huge monitor. I’m pleased to say that I’ve had the luxury of using the PA301W since March and NEC had to remind me to pony up the money to buy it or send it back. My Desktop Configuration with a GTI Lightbox, PA301W and PA241W in Portrait Mode I explained that I had heard that they weren’t as good as the 24 or 27 inch displays, but that I hadn’t actually used one myself. Of course for some of you asked me “what about the big 30” display”, to which I had little to say. I got lots of questions and lots of emails from those who bought the PA241W-BK or PA271W-BK who said they loved them. When I wrote about the NEC PA Series earlier this year the response was overwhelming. NEC MultiProfiler - A Must for NEC Displays!.NEC SpectraSensor Pro (powered by X-Rite).Here’s an index of my NEC reviews not covered by this article: NOTE: This model is being discontinued and has been replaced by the PA302W.
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