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NEC LCD2180WG-LED

Technical Background and Feature Overview

NEC Display Solutions

Summary of Contents for LCD2180WG-LED-BK - MultiSync - 21" LCD Monitor

Page 1: ...NEC LCD2180WG LED Technical Background and Feature Overview NEC Display Solutions ...

Page 2: ...le increases to the output color gamut as well as to the fidelity to which screen colors can be adjusted This increase in displayable color gamut opens up an entirely new era of color workflow in which the display screen can be trusted to accurately rep resent the colors that were captured edited and will be output be it on print film or other media Recent advances in digital image capturing devic...

Page 3: ...of light that is transmitted through the filter This means that the overall screen luminance is reduced or must be compensated for by using more CCFL backlights The LCD2180WG LED avoids the need for narrower spectrum color filters by fundamentally changing the spectrum of the backlight source By using red green and blue power LEDs which output a very narrow spectrum of light a huge gain in display...

Page 4: ...lay to be used where traditionally a darkened room was neces sary Also where direct side by side comparisons with print samples in a light box were previously difficult due to the difference in luminance the increased intensity of the display makes direct comparisons a reality Display Lifetime Commercial LEDs have been around since the early 1960s however it is only within the last 10 years that b...

Page 5: ...light and LUT adjustment with a typical LCD display Gamut Mapping Emulation While the native color gamut of the display exceeds that of even AdobeRGB it is sometimes necessary to preview images as they would be seen on a display with a smaller colorspace The LCD2180WG LED has presets for emulating displays with both sRGB and AdobeRGB gamuts by using internal color gamut mapping These presets can b...

Page 6: ...compensation allows the display to achieve an unparalleled level of color stability even as it warms up to full operat ing temperature This means that the display can then be used for color critical work within a couple of minutes of turning on compared to up to 30 60 minutes for conventional displays Mura Compensation All display monitors have some form of screen uniformity errors or mura across ...

Page 7: ... the video graph ics adapter and display monitor that uses the standard video signal cable No extra cables are necessary All adjustments to monitor settings are performed automatically using this commu nications link The LCD2180WG LED features three internal 10 bit LUTs one for each color that are programmed directly by SpectraViewII via DDC CI These tables allow very precise adjustments to be mad...

Page 8: ...r example with being able to see colors on the screen that were never before possible to display it is now easy to see problem areas in other parts of the color workflow such as deficiencies in printer or separation profiles The issue of having to continue to use some legacy standard color gamut displays and un tagged source images in a color workflow is another challenge Also it now becomes essen...

Page 9: ... White light is filtered back into Red Green and Blue sub pixels The modified blue filter further enhances blue spectrum Resulting spectrums are very pure which gives a very wide color gamut LED Backlight Typical CCFL Backlight Resulting spectrums contain unwanted colors such as yellow cyan and orange which reduces the color gamut Comparison of LED and CCFL Backlight Color Gamuts White light from ...

Page 10: ...d Response ISO 13406 2 No 100 240V 50 60 Hz 100W 7W 18 6 x 18 2 x 8 3 in 473 x 461 7 x 211 9mm 18 6 x 14 6 x 4 9 in 473 x 370 4 x 124 5mm 40 3 lbs 18 3 kg 31 1 lbs 14 1 kg 100 x 100mm 5 35 C 41 95 F 30 80 3658m 12 001 ft 10 60 C 14 140 F 10 85 12 192m 40 000 ft UL C UL or CSA FCC Class B Canadian DOC TUV GS TUV Ergonomie CE Yes SpectraViewII Color Calibration Kit custom cali brated colorimeter and...

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