NEC MultiSync 3090W-BK-SV 30" Widescreen LCD Display with Color Calibrator

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I am a professional photographer. I spend a lot of time in front of a screen editing images. I love this screen. The sharpness is amazing -- it's almost like looking at a high quality print. The large size has reduced my editing time significantly.

Comments about NEC MultiSync 3090W-BK-SV 30" Widescreen LCD Display with Color Calibrator:

This is my sole monitor now, after ten years using various double-screen configurations. Set up was straightforward and calibration was very simple with the provided puck and software. The colors are vibrant and the screen has both a nice, rich black and very good shadow detail. The only negative that I see is the placement of the adjustment buttons on the lower right corner of the bezel, but the lockout setting solves the problem of inadvertently knocking the color out of adjustment.

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I use the monitor with Photoshop
It has very high resolution and is a great value at the price.

What I don't like is it's non reflective service. I believe it cuts down sharpness and contrast.

Comments about NEC MultiSync 3090W-BK-SV 30" Widescreen LCD Display with Color Calibrator:

Pro graphic designers. Large, heavy, and does throw off a lot of heat front and back - at least when compared to 23 & 24" monitors previously in use - yes, to be expected, perhaps. There is no provision for additional usb or Firewire throughput, but this is common to third party monitors, so expect that. Very, very good edge to edge uniformity when on that specific setting - recommend product specific hood which makes the luminence reduction when set for uniform coverage actually easier on the eyes for long periods of use (such as 10-16 hour marathon sessions common here). Non-glare aspect and pro level calibrations blow-away Apple monitors especially the new 27" LED LCD. There is no particular speckle problem from the surface of the screen as reported elsewhere that we are able to discern. Getting the right cabling needed for full resolution using existing monitor (24" Apple) for multiple set-up is NOT well spelled out in the directions, and chat support was less than was needed to be directly helpful. Their referral to a cable supplier was finally able to direct me correctly for a multiple monitor set-up, but it could have been pricey if I'd done it their way. Instead, a bit of cable reconfiguration and an Apple DVI-D (?) to mini display port connector was all that was needed;)Deciding on this monitor versus the few other pro-level 30" monitors available was not an easy one as there is really very little reliable broad based information to rely upon so there is a nagging bit of lingering doubt that this was absolutely the best choice for the money. [...]

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This is, hands-down, the most beautiful computer display I've had the pleasure to use. My 2.5 year old 30" Apple Cinema Display had horrible uniformity and color issues. I'm not sure if it was ever perfect even out of the box. While the NEC isn't cheap, it's well worth the expense and the color calibrator does everything on it's own which is really cool.

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perfect size and beautiful matte screen, easy on eyes and perfect color using Spectraview (purchased separately)

Comments about NEC MultiSync 3090W-BK-SV 30" Widescreen LCD Display with Color Calibrator:

After using the SpectraViewII Color Calibtation NEC 2690, when I upgraded my computer I chose the 30" 3090W.
This color calibrated monitor system is just fantastic!
As a pro photographer and rely on perfect color images, this NEC does the job!
CONS: Pricey but worth it!

Comments about NEC MultiSync 3090W-BK-SV 30" Widescreen LCD Display with Color Calibrator:

If you are extremely color critical this is your monitor.
I have been using a critical color workflow for the past decade and have never found a monitor/ calibration workflow as accurate and easy as this unit.
Since my images tend to massive scale and densely packed detail the extra real estate of a 30" monitor has saved me hours when editing. Color accuracy permits a true WYSIWYG workflow; camera to monitor to printer.

Comments about NEC MultiSync 3090W-BK-SV 30" Widescreen LCD Display with Color Calibrator:

First the good.The NEC 3090W yields a very high resolution, sharp and accurate image with qualities perfect for serious photographers, photo retouchers, and, to a slightly lesser extent, video editors and other multimedia users. The pixel pitch, screen size and resolution work together to yield excellent readability for text, while affording large and sharp image scaling for easier viewing of photos and other graphics at higher viewing "percentages" than lesser screens.The monitor's wide-gamut color seems, to my eye, to truly almost match Adobe RGB. The extra screen territory afforded by its 30 inch size makes life just a little easier when doing everyday image editing. The set-up is easy and straightforward, and the screen adjusts its position in every direction nearly effortlessly.The Spectraview software does an excellent job of profiling the monitor, is easy to use - yet is very controllable for advanced users - and the included tweaked Xrite colorometer seems very accurate as well. The color ramps are very smooth with no visible banding and, when looking at gray step-wedges, the results seem commendably neutral, with one reservation (see later). The monitor's ability to reproduce differentiated highlights and midtones is about as good as it gets, the blacks are excellent for an LCD, and its ability to show separation between the deepest shadows and 0-0-0 black is almost equally good. Between 20-20-20 and 0-0-0, my monitor had a little trouble showing more than one extra discernable step. Two steps would take a little "imagination." This is a wonderful performance for an LCD, especially one with its contrast levels being limited by the brightness settings being turned down to the lower levels necessary to allow for accurate color matching for inkjet and press print reproduction.There seemed to be no white or other-colored "glows" at edges or anyplace else. The on-screen controls are logically ordered and placed, easy and intuitive to use, and quite extensive. Finally, I could detect no dead pixels in my sample.Now for the negatives.From my point of view, remarkably, there are only two negatives, one a matter of "taste" and the other a more serious issue that I hope will soon be resolved by a replacement monitor,[...]The matter of taste is this: if you're very picky, especially if you're coming to this monitor from a CRT, you may find that the texture of the screen cover, a remedy for cutting down on-screen reflections, comes with a price. That price is that, when very carefully viewing large uniform areas of lighter than midtone density at 100% or larger, you may sometimes notice the texture of the screen as much as the underlying texture of the image itself. This can, of course, be remedied by just moving the image a little to see which texture is which, but it is slightly tedious. However, better this than dealing with environmental reflections.The other problem I had was most likely just a sample error [...] would only be noticed by someone like me who does very color-sensitive professional retouching. When looking at a whole screen image in Photoshop, or any other program, displaying a large uniform gray midtone, one can easily discern a slight horizontal color ramp across the screen, from left to right, going from cyan to red. Otherwise, illumination seems quite even over the entire screen, with only a small and very acceptable amount of corner "shading," but the color shift should not be there in a monitor of this high calibre.[...]Overall, an exceptional monitor at a fairly reasonable, but certainly not bargain, price. In its class, this monitor is probably the best value/quality proposition available to serious users. This is also a good replacement for those who have long yearned for the LCD equivalent of a top-end, color-retouching-capable CRT monitor.

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I am an advanced photographer shooting the Canon 5D and doing all my work in Lightroom 2.5 and Photoshop CS4. I became tired of my two Samsung 19" side by side monitors because of their annoying head position luminance variance, especially vertically.I had taken home some larger monitors in the 24" range from my local photo store but returned them because of green/magenta variance which I am very sensitive to. I had toyed with the idea of getting the Apple Cinema display 30" but had many people tell me about problems. So I held off for an extended time. I then started reading about this monitor but was not able to see it in the flesh and made my decision completely off Internet reviews. What struck me though was that all the reviews were glowing and that is somewhat unusual.Sooooo, I ordered it from B&H. [...] Set up was easy and plug and play. The brightness of this monitor out if the box is blinding! But it has all kinds of great controls and turning down the brightness was easy. I bought the calibration puck (colorimeter) and Spectraview II software to replace my Monaco OptixXR system and I must say it is way more sophisticated. Does it do a better job? Don't know, but what I DO like is the ability to calibrate to a certain screen brightness in "candles" and get good analytical readouts to see how the calibration went.One thing that I was confused about at first was my misunderstanding that if you install the Spectraview software, you plug the puck into the computer NOT the monitor like the advertising touts. You use the monitor USB connector only if you are running the more simplified in monitor software for direct calibration WITHOUT Spectraview. Had to call support on that one and they were great in explaining it to me instantly.I did several tests on the monitor once it was calibrated. I could see a visible difference from black level 0 once I got to level 3. This is great performance especially when set to 100 "candles" as I have it. I checked luminance variance and it was very good and DID improve with "uniformity" switched on and so I have kept it there. Lastly, making a grayscale gradient in photoshop showed me no green/magenta variance which really surprised me since I have had so much trouble with that in the past. And one more point. There was not one stuck or dead pixel which frankly amazes me. I love things that are perfect in this regard and so I am very pleased.Now what I had not experienced before was using a 30" monitor. At first it was very disconcerting and I wanted to back up. But I quickly realized that since the resolution is so high an the fonts smaller, one can sit just as close as before with no strain. What you get is an immersion experience into the viewing environment and I am hooked on it. I wear large frame computer only viewing glasses and I can see the whole screen without moving my head at all. This is fantastic. The spread of images now in Lightroom is really great with the side panels hidden. You can make the thumbnails really big and STILL see lots of them. Very satisfying and so much less scrolling around. For photoshop I now run my panels at the side instead of on a separate monitor but there is so much space that it makes no impact on my viewing area. Actually a full screen image is too big to see comfortably on a screen this size, so now it is really nice to have a few images or versions open and spread around on the canvas. Much better working environment for multiple images. BUT when you want to see your finished image full print size, even 13x19, there it is. Great way to see if an image will be effective at large size without printing it. Just amazing. I have not used the portrait orientation swivel.So that is it. Seems to be exceptional quality, powerful and easy calibration, whopping amount of usable real estate which I really like better than two monitors. I am completely pleased with this purchase and am a bit baffled that I have nothing to say that is negative (I usually do).Lastly I read some confusing things on the net about this monitor. There is very little heat coming off the front or top, but I am running it at 100 candles (any brighter would be uncomfortable at this working distance). Also the monitor makes absolutely no noise in standby mode. The stand is big so the monitor will sit forward slightly on you desk so take that into account. And just for fun I am running one of my old 19" monitors as a second monitor to use for my music listening library software and it works perfectly. OK, I'm pooped by the review.Bottom line: totally pleased.

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I use this with Adobe Master Suite 4. Have had for two weeks and it is excellent. This replaced a Compaq 21" CRT. The extra real estate has been really outstanding.

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I use the monitor for photo-editing and general usage with an early 2009 MacPro. After calibration with the included i1Display 2 (SV version) the color consistency and gamut are a dramatic improvement over my apple cinema display. The color gamut pretty much covers the Adobe RGB color space. The colors are absolutely consistent across the screen as is brightness.

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I bought this monitor to replace my aging Dell, and was blown away by the difference. Beyond the obvious advantages of the huge screen, the colors are highly accurate, color and brightness are very even across the screen, there is a wide range of usable viewing angles, and the included calibration software/hardware package worked like a charm.

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This is the best monitor calibration I have experienced. SpectraView software with access to the internal monitor LUTs and the matched colorimeter is a very effective combination.
SpectraView is quite flexible allowing setting of specific contrast ratios (50:1 to 500:1), several ways of establishing gamma including L* and custom curves, several ways of establishing white point including measuring ambient lighting, visual match, black body, CIE coordinates, and RGB.
I did some tests using my DTP-94 colorimeter with SpectraView but the calibration was not as good as with the included specially tuned iOne colorimeter.
Be sure to turn on Eco-Mode to 50% (or less) backlight power for several reasons: save power, extend the life of the display, reduce the heat output, which otherwise is significant. Even at 50% backlight power I am using less than half the output for 120 ft candles/m2. I will probably do the calibration again at 25-30% backlight power and expect to have plenty of headroom.
Try to avoid turning on luminance leveling because it reduces the sharpness, and turning up the sharpness setting creates other problems. If luminance is uneven call NEC to have the unit replaced.
This is also a large gamut display. Not as large as the RGB LED units, but they claim 97% of aRGB and it seems to be so.