Profiling Wide-Gamut Monitors
June 23, 2009
Now that many top-of-the range TFT monitors from Eizo and NEC achieve or exceed the Adobe RGB colour space, one of the questions we frequently get asked is whether the calibrators we sell are still up to the job?
Our own testing shows that both the Eye-One series (Eye-One Display LT, Eye-One Display 2 and Eye-One Pro) along with the Spyder3 (Spyder3PRO and Spyder3Elite) will work just fine, although there are some issues with the X-Rite DTP 94 (aka Monaco Optix XR).
The DTP94 was officially discontinued by X-Rite a few years ago, just after their merger with GretagMacbeth, however it has still been available as an OEM product from some sources, although X-Rite themselves have no longer been officially providing software upgrades (which has led to some issues with new operating systems such as Windows Vista).
Despite the fact that the DTP94 is still regarded by some as one of the best devices of it’s kind, it can struggle with TFT displays that exceed 100% Adobe RGB gamut, such as the latest version of the NEC SpectraView Reference 2690. There is a work-around or ‘fudge’ as it’s technically called – get in contact if you want to know more.
For more information on our testing results with calibrators, check out this article here.
For more information or to buy an Eye-One Display, click here. For Spyder3 information, click here.
