A few days ago I purchased a NEC 2490WUXi.
Sean Reid's review and this forum were of a considerable help in this decision.
I was wondering how others have found the deep shadow detail/dark tonal separations with their NEC 2490WUXi or NEC wide gamut xx90 series?
After calibrating my NEC using the SpectraView II package I tried the first test described in Andrew Rodney's
"Testing your display profile" article which reveals the accuracy of black and the ability to distinguish the subtle differences deepest tones.
My results were, with target settings of 120 cd/m2 for monitor intensity & a contrast ratio of 300:1, I'm getting around to a value of 5 before I just begin to see separation.
With the default Photo Edit settings (140 cd/m2) I get around to level 4 before I can see separation.
These tests were done at night in a dark room with no lights on. i.e.- the only illumination was from the display so as to reduce the variable of ambient light affecting the results.
Interestingly, according to Andrew's article, with his Sony Artisan, he could go from level 0 to 1 and see separation. I've heard other comments that the Sony Artisan is significantly better than even the best LCD's in showing deep shadow detail.
If any NEC xx90 owner have done this test, what where your results?
Thanks,
-Anthony