NEC Ships 25.5-inch Professional LCD

Rob Williams · 11-22-2006, 12:21 AM

NEC is now shipping its latest professional LCD 2690WUXi display. The rather oddball 25.5-inch panel is targeted strictly at professionals, though the most hardcore of gamers may also be interested in its 7ms response time (that’s gray-to-gray, mind you, it’ll be 13ms with 7 white/black, 6 black/white). Other specs include an 800:1 contrast ratio, 400 cd/m², resolution of 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz, and DVI-I+DVI-D+VGA.

What sets this LCD apart from the rest of the mainstream is its 12-bit gamma lookup table (LUT), which allows the monitor to display 16.7 million colors out of a palette of 68.5 billion, giving it the ability to cover 92% of Adobe RGB space. This makes it quite attractive for color sensitive applications, such as photography, CAD, medicine and scientific research.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5016

Yes, this is one damn sweet looking monitor, especially since I'd like to get more into Photoshop and dealing with RAW photos. But ouch, the $2000 kind of kills that ambition.

Stretch · 06-11-2007, 07:24 PM

Hey, I have to admit, it looks cool. I especially like the thin black bezel, sort of an NEC trademark. The price tag reminds me of the good old days, circa 2000-2003, when the only options for PC widescreen, without going into the 3k range or above, was to purchase an Apple Cinema Display. At the time the acrylic, or what I like to call 'classic' cinema display was selling for around 2,500 dollars as well.

Have prices on this monitor come down since its release? I'd also be curious to find out what type of panel it uses.

11-22-2006, 12:21 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	NEC Ships 25.5-inch Professional LCD NEC is now shipping its latest professional LCD 2690WUXi display. The rather oddball 25.5-inch panel is targeted strictly at professionals, though the most hardcore of gamers may also be interested in its 7ms response time (that’s gray-to-gray, mind you, it’ll be 13ms with 7 white/black, 6 black/white). Other specs include an 800:1 contrast ratio, 400 cd/m², resolution of 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz, and DVI-I+DVI-D+VGA. What sets this LCD apart from the rest of the mainstream is its 12-bit gamma lookup table (LUT), which allows the monitor to display 16.7 million colors out of a palette of 68.5 billion, giving it the ability to cover 92% of Adobe RGB space. This makes it quite attractive for color sensitive applications, such as photography, CAD, medicine and scientific research. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5016 Yes, this is one damn sweet looking monitor, especially since I'd like to get more into Photoshop and dealing with RAW photos. But ouch, the $2000 kind of kills that ambition. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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06-11-2007, 07:24 PM	#2
Stretch Obliviot Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5	Hey, I have to admit, it looks cool. I especially like the thin black bezel, sort of an NEC trademark. The price tag reminds me of the good old days, circa 2000-2003, when the only options for PC widescreen, without going into the 3k range or above, was to purchase an Apple Cinema Display. At the time the acrylic, or what I like to call 'classic' cinema display was selling for around 2,500 dollars as well. Have prices on this monitor come down since its release? I'd also be curious to find out what type of panel it uses.