NEC PA301w: The Baddest 30-inch Display Around
by Brian Klug on March 1, 2011 8:00 AM ESTColor Consistency
Now for color consistency, we take our best calibration profile from the very center at 200 nits and test color accuracy at 9 different places around the LCD display in an evenly distributed grid. We’ve shown before that calibration is actually very localized across the display, partly due to the brightness not being uniform, partly due to the discrete nature of the LCD panel itself.
If you go back and compare to the other 30-inchers, you'll discover that the PA301w is narrowly edges out the HP ZR30w and has a clear advantage over the Dell U3011. Interestingly enough, the PA301w has a uniformity setting inside the OSD which defaults to 5 (maximum) and seems to definitely improve overall brightness uniformity and Delta-E consistency. Whatever secret sauce NEC has apparently works.
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Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
Imagine gaming with 3 of these. wowee wowee wowee.Now imagine having to work for weeks on end to be able to pay for them. lol
ImSpartacus - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
I'm definitely not educated on the subject, but wouldn't the response time be detrimental to most gaming?But from a purely size and resolution standpoint, it would be pretty neat.
DanNeely - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
If it's the same 2 frames as the 3090 had it's only really going to be an issue in FPSes at higher skill levels and on a low latency connection. For anything else it's fine.softdrinkviking - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
I have the 24" version of this. (it's available where I live) and it's fine for gaming. There is some acceleration hardware inside that seems to work well. It's fine for sports or movies to me.Perhaps you are more sensitive than I, but I think it looks fantastic.
Interesting note though. The contrast ratio on the NEC PA series monitors that I've seen is 800:1, whereas the other series they make, the LCD2409, 2609, ect, are H-IPS, and list a higher contrast ratio of 1000:1.
I noticed this when shopping, printed on all the little spec cards at the store.
I wonder if this is a trade-off for the better color depth of the S-IPS panels?
I understand that the contrast numbers given can vary in actual meaning, but I'm assuming NEC uses the same criteria for contrast across its professional line.
Stas - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - link
Because size matters...thereaderrabbit - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
The kilowatt is equal to one thousand (10^3) watts. I think this is what you mean by Kill-A-Watt.LukeDK - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
A Kill-A-Watt is a device used for measuring power consumption (or voltage, current, frequency, etc) at the plug.LTG - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
So nice to see someone point out a correction without insult or condescencion.MobiusStrip - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - link
He must be new to the Internet.Stas - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - link
What a wuss