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A New Way of Seeing contrast ratio and much wider color gamut and wider viewing angles than pre- vious models. The unit is 3G-SDI ready, with dual link HD-SDI. JVC’s (http://pro.jvc.com) image estima- tion technology has now been redesigned for digital applications. Able to reproduce image quality faithful to input signals, this new 10-bit 4:4:4 realtime processor delivers a high-quality HD signal resulting in clear, high-resolution images.With motion picture content, processing of original pictures is minimized while IP conversion is optimized to maintain sharp images. The new ultra high resolution waveform JVC’s 24-inch monitor incorporates a 1920x1200 matte LCD panel. The DreamColor display’s internal elec- tronics can adjust the brightness of red, green or blue to any of 1024 levels.This al- lows the internal calibration tables to work their magic without introducing banding ar- tifacts or loss of detail. A full 30-bit pixel is sent from the DreamColor engine to be dis- played on the HP 30-bit LCD panel, with no dithering or frame rate control. Although it’s been on the market since 2008, HP contin- ues to update the monitor with new firmware.The last update, in late April of this year, added a new function button called “Switch Video Input,” which allows users to quickly cycle through the DisplayPort,DVI-1, DVI-2 and HDMI inputs that are currently connected and active. Recently, the DreamColor has garnered the attention of DPs in the field for its ability to perfectly replicate the color space of the 5D Mark II camera.The most vocal of these proponents, Shane Hurlbut,ASC, had this to say about the DreamColor’s performance: “HP is my electronic viewfinder with the HDSLR color space. Never before have I been so impressed with the visual accuracy. The HP DreamColor monitor puts your mind at ease.What you see is what you get.” The HP DreamColor LP2480zx has a 12- month warranty and retails at $2,499. JVC JVC’s latest monitor has a new 24-inch 1920x1200 matte LCD panel offering wide viewing angles of 178°/178° with minimal color change.The panel provides 1:1 moni- toring of 1920x1080 signals while providing metering and status above or below the active picture area.The unit has a 1000:1 30 Post • June 2011 www.postmagazine.com monitor is now much larger, and a vec- torscope has been added. It also has digital closed captioning decoder built in, advanced directional interpolation in eliminating edge artifacts and pixel-based motion adaptive de-interlacing. The JVC DT-V24G11Z is backed by a 12- month warranty and lists at $4,195. NEC photography, retouching, video editing and CAD/CAM, the Ideal for color-critical applications, such as MultiSync PA301W-BK models have a massive 2560x1600 resolu- tion and 10-bit wide color gamut LCD pan- els providing accurate and vibrant colors and 98.2 percent coverage of Adobe RGB. NEC’s own XtraView+, provides wide view- ing angles (up to 178°) with minimal off- angle color shift. It also includes the ability to load ICC pro- files to emulate custom color spaces, as well as offers factory-calibrated digital uniformity correction and five customizable Picture Mode presets.An internal 14-bit program- mable 3D LUT is also included The unit ships with NEC’s MultiProfiler software, exclusive to the MultiSync PA se- ries, giving simple control over several fea- tures via mouse, including PictureMode pre- set, picture in picture (PIP) and picture by picture (PBP) window configuration. Multi- Profiler also allows users to manage the monitor’s USB hub and map the various monitor inputs.The loading of ICC profiles by MultiProfiler helps MultiSync PA301W users create or adjust color modes easily. MultiProfiler is compatible with Apple Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher and Microsoft Windows 2000, XP,Vista and Windows 7. “The addition of the MultiSync PA301W to our professional desktop lineup brings even more connectivity and color perfor- mance to photographers and other graphics users,” says Art Marshall, product manager of professional & medical desktop monitors at NEC Display Solutions (http://necdisplay. com). He adds that the flagship display, with its high four-megapixel resolution, four digital inputs and factory-calibrated color and uni- formity, has been warmly received. With dual DisplayPort, dual DVI-D input connectors and a built-in USB hub, the MultiSync PA series can use two comput- ers at once through DisplaySync Pro.The NEC’s MultiSync PA series can load ICC profiles to emulate custom color spaces. TECHNOLOGY