The only things that I really perceive as flaws are the flaws inherent to VA displays and the aforementioned slightly wide gamut. Uniformity is good black uniformity looks better than white/color uniformity (I didn't measure either). Aside from the gamut being a little wide, the color is very accurate. I'm using it without a profile, so a meter was basically only needed to set white balance. I don't have any experience with the GW2470H, but I'm extremely pleased with my new EW2750ZL. And if needed/desired, it will allow you to create a profile for better accuracy. The real value of a meter is that it will give you accurate white balance, gamma and color measurements. A decision to keep or return a display based on uniformity is one that can be made with your eyes. But really, I don't think meters have a lot of value for that ability. But if you really want to take uniformity measurements, then you could do that by just moving the meter around and taking manual readings in HCFR. There may be software that has a uniformity walk-through, showing you where to place the meter, collecting the data and then displaying it in a user-friendly way.? I'm not sure I haven't used anything like that. I do not use the X-Rite software that is included with the ColorMunki. If you aren't already familiar with software, this is what I use and recommend (all free): I haven't owned a Spyder, but all meter testing that I've ever seen has indicated that X-Rite meters are more accurate with less variation from meter to meter than Spyder products - including the new Spyder5 ( example). But I suppose that might be a more practical option for people living in the US. I've never bothered to sell mine because of how poor the resale value is people are basically giving them away on eBay, and although it is old, it's not a bad meter. The DTP-94 is worth considering if you want to spend as little as possible. There might be rebadged "Display 3" meters that can be found cheaper, but I'm not sure. Both meters are supported by free software. IIRC, differences are that the ColorMunki takes slower readings, cannot take ambient light measurements (?) and is blocked by commercial software like CalMAN and ChromaPure. The i1Display Pro and ColorMunki Display are essentially the same meter, but some limitations were added to the ColorMunki through firmware or whatever. I use a ColorMunki Display and formerly used a DTP-94. So which would do what I need, check out the monitors as fully as possible without any further hardware? What models support display uniformity testing? If there are any faults with the monitors then I need to find them ASAP so that I can return them. There are some models below these but I doubt that they are worth considering. I have seen some decent, none professional reviews of the Datacolor Spyder5PRO and that costs £101. The monitors cost just above £100 x2 whereas the ColorMunki Display costs £105.00 and X-Rite i1Display Pro costs £133. I have seen the X-Rite ColorMunki Display recommended and also the X-Rite i1Display Pro recommended as a higher end solution which is supposed to offer display uniformity testing but maybe that is just the software and not a limitation of the hardware itself. I have no experience of calibrating monitors or the devices used to do so and therefore would appreciate some recommendations on devices and their benefits/strengths. *********** Here is the important bit ************īefore I order the monitor(s), I would like a calibration device so that I can check out the monitor and adjust it for the best display and return it if there are any display faults. If anyone has any recommendations for a stand then I would appreciate a recommendation. The stands will have to go as they are crap allowing very little adjustment therefore I want a dual desktop stand. Two 1080p VA displays will cost me about half the price of a 1440p VA display. I think that I am going to go for the BenQ GW2470H 24" AMVA panel as it is available at a decent price and I think that I will get 2 of them for dual displays which should allow me more pixels than a 2560x1440p monitor that I wanted for so long.
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