
Review Summary
2009-07-07T21:00:00
The CE240 lives up to everything promised by Eizo's literature and the reviews I read before making my purchase. Set up was easy and connecting to my MacBook Pro was a breeze (thank you, Apple!). I use the CE240 as my main screen and the laptop as an extension. My only disappointment with this monitor is its lack-luster design. The case is black and blocky; not too large or ugly, just not as attractive as the Apple Cinema displays. Initially, I had wanted to get an Apple display, but the Eizo's features, technology and warranty were all superior. After taking a few days to think it over, I stopped lusting after the sexy Apple monitor, and purchased the boring, practical CE240. I'm pretty sure it's outstanding color, contrast, sharpness and brightness will help me get over my disappointment.The five-year warranty is unusual (in my computer hardware purchase experience) and was an additional selling point. This was my first purchase from Adorama. [...]
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ColorEdge monitors are designed to meet the demands of professionals in graphic arts, printing, digital photography, & other fields requiring uncompromising color accuracy. With 10-bit hardware calibration & a wide color gamut, you can enjoy the benefits of soft proofing & on-screen color checking for a more efficient workflow
ColorEdge CE Models: These monitors offer a simple calibration interface with adjustment of brightness, white point, & gamma. They also feature high contrast ratios & fast midtone response times in a widescreen format
The CE240W offers 10-bit hardware calibration for the accurate color control required for CAD, graphic design, printing, & digital photography. The ColorNavigator CE Calibration EIZO-developed software comes bundled with ColorEdge CE models & offers 10-bit hardware calibration when used with a GretagMacbeth, X-Rite, or ColorVision measurement device
The wide screen format with its 16:10 aspect ratio offers more horizontal viewing space than conventional monitors. 2 applications such as a text document & web browser can be viewed side-by-side, or graphics applications can be opened & work palettes displayed simultaneously without any overlap
To ensure that each ColorEdge CE monitor produces the most accurate & consistent color gradations possible, EIZO carefully measures & sets every shade of R, G, & B from 0 - 255 on the production line with the monitor's 10-bit Look-Up Table (LUT), to produce a monitor gamma value of 2.2. Should the user prefer a different value, the LUT can be used to calculate for values ranging from 1.8 (the industry standard) up to 2.6.
EIZO's powerful ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) provides 14-bit color processing capability for smooth, accurate grayscale & color rendering even in darker tones, which are typically difficult for LCD monitors to reproduce accurately
To enhance moving image playback capabilities, an overdrive circuit is included. Used with many LCD TVs, an overdrive circuit vastly improves the LCD panel's response time for changing between midtones or gray levels, which is necessary to display color images without blurring.
The 1000:1 contrast ratio's outstanding contrast performance makes images on dark backgrounds appear more vivid & ensures that colors retain their richness even in brightly lit rooms
Extensive independent 6-color control allows the precise adjustment of even a single color in an image. You can independently adjust hue & saturation for each primary (red,green, blue) & secondary (cyan, magenta, yellow) color
Fine Contrast lets you "fine-tune" the image for the type of application being used. It includes 3 modes: sRGB, Custom (user-defined settings), & CAL (ColorNavigator CE calibration software) which can be selected via a handy button on the front bezel. The USB 2.0 Hub, 1 upstream, 2 downstream hub facilitates high speed (480 MB/s) connections with other USB peripherals.