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Trainee/Videomasterz, don't have a CRT so I can't help you there. I'm old and I only have old games so the best I can say is I have played Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 and I can't tell any difference between the 3090 and my Dell ultrasharp 1905. Well, except that fact that playing them full screen on 30" is awesome. Still waiting for my Alienware computer to try out Crysis.
Thanks a lot for the data. Isn't it too bright for office work (when writing or reading on white background) at these settings?
Do I understand by the few comments that there's not much to complain about this monitor?
Do I understand by the few comments that there's not much to complain about this monitor?
For those looking to get one, I ordered mine for $1712 shipped from B&H.
For those looking to get one, I ordered mine for $1712 shipped from B&H. This deal is only good through tomorrow I believe (it's a show special):
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...lSearch=yes&O=RootPage.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t
You'll probably have to call them and tell them that you want to backorder it over the phone (give the NAB08GEOP0 stock number when ordering). I just backordered a few days ago and it still shipped today, so that was pretty quick...
I figured it was the best for photo work, which is what I'm mostly interested in. The Dell, with the same panel and more inputs, still cost more than I paid and doesn't have near the features for color management...
As far as the H-IPS sparkle, hopefully it doesn't annoy me too much. I'm pretty sure I've seen it in the past on a 30" HP and it didn't bother me...
My friend, you are playing with principally important definitions so easily!!Most 30" panels are S-IPS or H-IPS
There is nothing related to the monitor manufacturer or the panel technology here.the text issue is mildly annoying. My very old Dell 1900FP has considerably clearer text, which is kind of disappointing.
Hi albovin,...
There is nothing related to the monitor manufacturer or the panel technology here.
This is what you should expect from 30" - text is not readable at native resolution due to small dot pitch. The smaller the text the more interference with matt coating is present - for any monitor.
IMO - I am not planning to do any text-related activity (other than Word/Excel) at native resolution, I would go to 1920x1200 for net surfing immediately.
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I have a 3007-HC and I am pretty sure it is H-IPS as well. It has no violet color off angle on darks screens. None at all. But it has white glow which I believe is symptomatic of H-IPS variants.
So the important question. Is does it have the additional A-TW polarizer to rid it of this white glow? White glow on a panel this big is annoying. I see it in one corner on any darker background just using the screen normally.
The only thing I might dislike about the monitor is it seems it takes a few minutes for the monitor to warm up, for the whites to be as white as they'll be after hours of use...etc. Certainly no big deal, but I usually let the monitor warm up for a minute or two before I start editing my work.
Be sure to turn on the auto luminance, which is only visible in the advanced menu. It activates a backlight sensor that seems to compensate rather well...
Do you mean auto luminance or auto brightness?
This is ToastyX photo of comparison monitors with and without "glow".
I would never call this IPS glow as *VA panels have worse glow.
So is the concensus for this monitor pretty good?
I've been eyeing up this monitor for a few months now...
Owners, are you happy with your purchase?
100% happy
so nice to be on a giant, color accurate, seemingly perfect display when working on my photography. Knowing that your editing/post processing is truly color accurate makes all edits feel more final/secure.
Nice, do you have any experience with games, HD movies, etc.?
A little more updated info now that I have some more time on this monitor...Gaming is awesome at 2560 and looks as good as other non-TN LCDs for response time. It isn't any better, but it isn't worse either. I didn't notice any lag, but I didn't do any official testing for it either. As I mentioned before, the scaler is phenominal - I currently have it on an old computer that can only do 1680x1050 and it looks great. I even did some gaming at that res and it looked sharp.
If you are going to make the investment for the monitor, make sure to get Spectraview II and the i1 sensor. It really makes calibration easy and allows you to flip between calibrated profiles easily (rewrites the LUT too). I have two profiles set that are essentially the same, except for brightness (one at 140 for photo work, and the other at 230 for everything else). I did some testing and found that 230 is as low as the backlight can actually go. Anything lower and it's just electronically dimming the display through the panel itself, and anything higher and it starts cranking up the backlight, so 230 is the "sweet spot" for max brightness with max monitor longevity.
My impression remains that I can't say enough good things about this display...