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Eizo Flexscan SX3031W (30 inch LCD monitor)


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I've been looking into 30 inch LCD monitors and just read about this recently announced monitor from Eizo: EIZO FlexScan SX3031W.

 

Anyone have any firsthand experience using Eizo monitors? Trying to decide if it's worth the 100% price premium. Looks interesting though: 100% NTSC color gamut!

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Anyone have any firsthand experience using Eizo monitors? Trying to decide if it's worth the 100% price premium

 

Look, you're a Leica owner and you're asking this? :D I say this in jest but only because the Eizo is the Leica of monitors in my opinion. Great quality and highly regarded, best in breed.

 

I have owned Eizo for a while and my only regret is why I took so long to get one. I did a lot of research and found this brand to be quite exceptional. You get what you pay for (sound familiar?)

 

By the way, in engineering we had our own definition of NTSC - it meant never twice the same color, but we used to say that before we encountered this wonderful Japanese monitor. In summary, can't recommend Eizo highly enough based on my own experience with the brand.

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I have an Eizo CG21 since about two years.

 

Overall, it works well incl. the DDC automatic calibration (using my EyeOne Pro spectrophotometer).

 

I had two problems, though:

 

1) Uniformness of black levels: I had light leaking through from the backlights. Display a pure black image (RGB 0/0/0, file in monitor profile as color working space) and check how uniform blackness is. On my unit, the "brightest" areas of blackness reached RGB values of (8/8/8), while most of the area stayed at 0/0/0. The monitor went for repair to the New Jersey service center and came back more or less unchanged - "within manufacturing specs".

 

2) The included calibration software produced a very light pink cast on highlights instead of neutral grey. I switched to the "Coloreyes" calibration software and the cast went away.

 

For my next monitor, I will check out Eizo again, but will test blackness uniformity.

 

Peter

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Eizo builds great monitors for sure, but their new model releases have not always hit the market "bug free." My advice would be to wait 3 or 4 months after this new model actually hits the streets to decide; IOW make sure reports on stability, color accuracy, drift, etc are all credible before jumping in at almost 2x the price of the Apple Cinema.

 

That said, I just this week bought an Apple 30". Not that I think it is a better choice than the Eizo, but I needed a new monitor now and wanted a 30"...

 

Cheers,

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Eizo builds great monitors for sure, but their new model releases have not always hit the market "bug free." My advice would be to wait 3 or 4 months after this new model actually hits the streets to decide; IOW make sure reports on stability, color accuracy, drift, etc are all credible before jumping in at almost 2x the price of the Apple Cinema.

 

That said, I just this week bought an Apple 30". Not that I think it is a better choice than the Eizo, but I needed a new monitor now and wanted a 30"...

 

Cheers,

Thanks for the opinions. Eizo does have a reputation for great monitors, but like anything else, I'm sure there are faults. I do want to make sure those faults don't outweigh the benefits. I'm not even certain those benefits are all that worth it. Will I notice the 100% NTSC gamut? I doubt it. At the same time, I can get two Dell 30 inchers for the price of 1 Eizo, and probably have a little change leftover too.

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>I have 2 Sony Artisans CRT's

 

The greatest CRT monitor ever made this side of a $20,000 BARCO.

 

 

The death of the CRT is a huge problem for many people performing high-end color work.

 

I have yet to see a LCD monitor (at any price) that can match a Artisan CRT.

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Hmm...so it looks like only the ColorEdge series has the far superior color? Or do the 3 star monitors on that website also outdo all the other 'regular' monitors (Dell, Samsung, Apple, etc). If I can get a Dell and using calibration hardware, get 95% of the color quality of an Eizo ColorEdge, I'd be satisfied. I don't think Eizo's outdo other monitors with respect to any spec other than color, does it? After all, from what I've read, Eizo gets their panels from the same suppliers as anyone else (I believe it's Samsung?) - they just add in a little extra engineering to improve color.

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I bought three years ago an Eizo FlexScan S2410W (SlimEdge) to replace my old Apple monitor, so far it has served me well.

 

But it has a weak point. I checked and found immediately after connecting to my computer upon delivery that the luminosity on the screen was not uniform: the left side was always brighter. The distributor said it was normal since FlexScan was not the high end products of Eizo and his explanation was justified by Eizo documents I found on the webs.

 

The weakness of my FlexScan leads me from time to time to make a wrong vusual judgment and incorrect light balance adjustment when working with Photoshop.

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