New toy! Not what you might expect

[greedy123]

Here we have a good quality photo of the two monitors now calibrated.


(Click for high res - if I've linked it correctly!)

The difference in colour between the two is noticable. It may be hard to tell without seeing them in person. A photo of a monitor showing a photo doesn't give the best impression! The new monitor (left) displays a much wider gamut than the other. The cheaper one (right) looks a little washed out by comparison.

With black and white images, there is almost no banding on the blacks with the new monitor, something I've hugely impressed with. It produces a very realistic, natural gradation, something I haven't seen achieved on any other monitor.

 

[greedy123]

There was a heart wrenching moment when I was unpacking and setting up the monitor.

Notice anything missing?

PLUG! There was no UK plug. I genuinely yelled "NOOOOOOOO!!!!".





Luckily though...
Hiding in the bottom of the box on its own under all the polystyrene packing:

Good job I checked, I was about to phone overclockers in tears.

 

[Raymond Lin]

That looks like a bog standard lead. I have like 3 of those.

Plus you can always use a travel adaptor.

 

[greedy123]

That looks like a bog standard lead. I have like 3 of those.

Plus you can always use a travel adaptor.

Very true, though at the time none of the above popped into my head.

 

[asim18]

That looks like a bog standard lead. I have like 3 of those.

I have 4. Sue me

 

[An Exception]

I'm glad this was posted in the photography forum tbh.
Thanks

 

[Addicted]

What a boring and disappointing thread.

 

[Ksanti]

Very nice, I may pick one up to replace my Iiyama. It's nice, but colours are off to the extent that I just use my laptop at the moment.

 

[Columbo]

What a boring and disappointing thread.

And you contributed to this thread why?



Looks a great bit of kit greedy though probably not enough of a gap for me to part with my IPS.

How much did it lighten your wallet by anyway?

 

[greedy123]

I'm glad this was posted in the photography forum tbh.
Thanks

Looks a great bit of kit greedy though probably not enough of a gap for me to part with my IPS.

How much did it lighten your wallet by anyway?

Agreed, I doubt many with IPS monitors would get the benefit given the price-tag (£800 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-187-SA ). I was upgrading from a 5 year old 2493HM which died last month (was an amazing monitor while it lasted) so the jump in quality was certainly a big enough gap for me to take the plunge.

 

[ajf]

Hmm. Nice.
How do you think this would compare to the Dell 27" ones?
Probably my next upgrade would be a bigger screen.

 

[mrk]

The Match software is not as accurate as Lacie's Blue Eye Pro software that makes full use of your probe. PM me for more details but Lacie sent me the link and I ask for updates every year to get the latest version

I have the same probe btw and it works perfect on LED backlit panels.

It calibrates my Dell U2412M to black 0.2cd/m2 (120 luminance, 6500k).