If your friend is willing to post a review of his findings, I will gladly heed to his almighty, until then it is just hearsay.
In terms of the NEC LED, he did (at PPE year before last) with Chris Murphy.
WHEN he can get that damn Dream Color to actually WORK, maybe he'll either publish or present the results in the future. In the meantime, only someone with money to burn (and time) should even consider this unit! Check this cross post from another well respected color geek (Neil) and his impressions of this display you're so in love with:
http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....showtopic=30608You want to send me yours for evaluation for a week, or better, buy me one, no problem, I'll test it. But there's no way, based on my conversation with actual knowledgeable people who've paid for one there's any way I'm paying to play at this time!