NEC Variations

[bkkstudios]

<p>The NEC home page isn't one of the best.</p>

<p>For the LCD3090W, there are 2 variations, QXi-BK and BK-SV. I think BK-SV is identical to QXi-BK except that it includes a SpectaViewII Color Calibration System? The specs are near identical except the BK says 97.8% of Adobe, the BK-SV says 97% (although it has the name 'Professional' vs the BK which is 'Business').</p>

<p>Which is recommended for photo nerds like us?</p>

<p>Thx!</p>

[patricklavoie]

<p>i think it is just the calibration kit that is the difference.</p>

<p>best thing will be to contact them to make sure.</p>

[colin_mattson1]

<p>You (and Patrick) are correct. The "SV" denotes it's a SpectraView kit. There's no other difference between the two.</p>

<p><br /> If you're planning on using SpectraView, grab the -SV version; it works out to be quite a bit cheaper than buying the calibration package separately.</p>

[chas_frady]

<p>The NECs are sold with or without the Spectraview II kit for an obvious reason... What if you are buying an additional NEC monitor and already have the Spectraview II kit?</p>

[bkkstudios]

<p>But with this particular monitor, is it advised to use SpectraView or will i1D2 will do fine?</p>

<p>[ Bizarre the difference in gamut and 'business' vs 'professional' notations ]</p>

 

[patricklavoie]

<p>the spectraview is a software that calibrate the monitor itself, not the video card. so yes you want it. Now, if you already a i1d2, you can buy the regular one, and get spectraview via web download for 99$ or so.</p>

<p>If i remember correctly, the NEC 30inch have a in frame calibration device?.. dont have time to go on the web site to read it, but i think i remember that.. maybe Andrew Rodney can comfirm this, he have one.</p>

[howard_m]

<p>if you dont have an i1D2, then get the NEC branded version which has a correction matrix/filter for the NEC display (otherwise there will be some error). What's not clear is if you can use the NEC branded i1D2 on *other* displays w/ high accuracy (I'm not talking about the Spectra s/w here). I've heard that the NEC i1D2 has removed the 'CRT' filter and replaced it w/ the NEC. That would mean you could use it for both, vanilla LCDs and an NEC wide-gamut.</p>

<p>I solved the problem by using a Colormunki (which as a spectrometer doesn't have the same issues as a colorimeter) and BasicColor4 s/w which does the same hardware calibration of the NEC panel as the Spectraview s/w</p>

[chas_frady]

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<p>But with this particular monitor, is it advised to use SpectraView or will i1D2 will do fine?</p>

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<p>It's advisable to use the NEC branded puck included with the full Spectraview II kit as it is specifically tuned to calibrate NEC's wide gamut monitors. The standard X-Rite iOne Display v2 puck will also work, but I've read that the white point may be off.</p>