- standard gamut CCFL (cold cathode florescent lighting) - which offers a colour space approximately equal to the sRGB reference space. this also equates to about 72% of the NTSC colour space reference
- wide gamut CCFL - which has an extended colour space covering commonly 92 - 102% of the NTSC colour space. this is obviously more than the sRGB reference but also covers the other commonly used reference space, Adobe RGB (mostly)
- White LED - this is becomign very common now due to its environmentally friendly status, lower power consumption etc. This backlighting only covers the sRGB space as well and commonly about 68 - 72% of the NTSC space.
- RGB LED backlighting - very rare and expensive but can cover >114% of the NTSC colour space. again much more than sRGB and also more than Adobe RGB
if you use the sRGB emulation mode on the U2711 then yes, you would be restricting the active colour space and not using the wider colour space. does the content you are working with need to be in wider gamut or is it just sRGB colour space content?
Hi Paul
Sorry...
Anyway, I didn't think that many applications had full support of wide-gamut (might be getting confused here) so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Also, as it has a switch, you could just test both out and see which you prefer? You're going to want a Dell for that kind of money anyway, and seeing as the U2711 is the only fit, it's really that or nothing?
photos from canon 5D mkii in lightroom (still looking into if these are high gamut or not)
thanks marvin, what you saying sorry for ? ?
well my need is for high resolution so that is why the Dell is in my short list.. The other is the hazro 27" screens also with the same res
You said 'Hi gamut', as opposed to 'High gamut', which led to a hilarious greeting-based joke...