NEC LCD2690WUXI: Dot pitch

Reviewing the new NEC LCD2690WUXI-bk-sv monitor I see that it has a dot pitch of .287. Doesn't that

seem like a rather large dot pitch for a high end monitor. The Eizo Cg221 has a dot pitch of .249 and the

Apple Cinema displays are an equal .250. Does the increase in size have a negative affect on sharpness

and detail of photographs? Seems odd to me that such a high end monitor would have such a large dot

pitch.

The dot pitch of the LCD2690WUXI has not been objectionable/noticable for me. What I do notice is the larger color gamut.

Very small dot pitch would force you to sit closer to the monitor,

which is presumably not very good for your vision. Someone on this

forum spoke about small dot pitch as a desirable characteristic of a

monitor, but in reality dot pitch is quite an irrelevant parameter

compared to others (ranked by me in order of importance: 1) tone

reproduction and native gamma, 2) blackpoint level, 3) native color

temperature, 4) resolution, 5) backlight

uniformity, 6) color gamut, and at last 7) dot pitch).

FYI, by "resolution" above I meant total number of pixels that can

be displayed by the monitor, not dot pitch.

The "someone on this forum" was probably me... .249/.25 in my experience are better for the eyes of the person in front of the display. The .287 is a fairly poor value indeed. U might as well stick a .29 on it. The finer or lower the dot pitch, the better for viewing detail. Why anyone would have to move closer to a screen when definition is improved goes beyond my poor set of eyes. Of course all these specs are fairly relative when one considers screen size. I'd consider .25 on a 20" screen as rather excellent. Most good 24" screens have a dp of .27... If a screen of that size has a slightly higher number but performs very well in other dept's, then one has not much to complain about. If U're young, say below 35, and U have excellent eyes, U may not need nor notice a better resolution. As a photographer of a certain age, who spends hours & hours shooting, then more hours & hours in front of a computer's monitor, I need every little help I can get.

Jay ... As a 2690 owner have you had any problems with color on the monitor. I recently purchased a Dell 2407 HC wide gamut monitor. But, after calibrating the monitor with my GretagMacBeth Eye-One Pro and Match3 software (Eye-One Photo SG system) the colors were just to saturated (especially reds and oranges). My average DeltaE was .9. But, images were just to saturated with the monitors profile. In Photoshop using soft proofing on a Windows monitor profile (probably straight sRGB) everything looked closer to where it should have been. When you use your 2690 to review other photographers work on the internet are the colors just plain off because of saturation?

I just received an NEC LCD2690WUXI, and the first thing I noticed was the grainier text compared to the 21.3 inch screen I had sitting next to it. I imagine I could get used to the graininess. Not sure.

Joe:

 

 

Seeing that you have owned the LCD2690WUXi for more than 2 months now, can you share with us how you like the monitor so far? Is the graininess still bothering you? Do you see much real world benefit in having a wide color gamut?