Eizo CE240W 24" Widescreen

[EricStaudenmaier]

Does anyone have this monitor?

http://www.eizo.com/products/graphics/ce240w/index.asp


I have been very happy with My Eizo CG19 (it really blows away the 4 Apple 23" cinema displays I've had to work with). For $1650.00 this new Eizo CE240W looks like a great way to get 24 inches of widescreen LCD. The specs look very similar to the CG series of monitors. I can't tell the difference between the CE240W for $1650.00 and the CG21 for $2800.00.

-Eric

[paulschefz]

just bought one...looks great, it was between the lacie 321 and this one...and you are right, the specs are the same as the older CG, the newer ones are better...but after going back and forth for a while i decided that i can live with not being at the absolute top and saving some cash...i am a working pro and these monitors are visibly better than apple,...but the jump to the next level seems a bit like splitting hair to me...one more thing: i asked eizo about being able to rotate this screen (on a desk-arm) and they said no...well it does rotate, no problem...i actually think that the 21" is an absolute steal at $1100...but the wideformat does come in handy...

[Charleson_Preston]

Yea the new Eizo CE240W is great, does anybody know if it's HDCP compatible? I hate to buy a brand new high-end monitor now only to find out less than a year from now it won't work with Windows Vista.

Also, has any professional done some serious calibration and printing off this monitor? It looks like a winner compared to the Dell, HP, Apple, and Samsung offering.

[MikeHemberger]

The Eizo CE240W was a technical nightmare. I am presently packing it up and returning it. Yes it is wide, and big and has wow factor... But check out the illumination across the screen namely the left to right side. My screen had about a 1/4 stop difference between sides and a serious color shift. The left side was lighter and desaturated while the right side was darker and more saturated. I spoke to eizo tech support and they acknowledged the problem. I must have received a really bad one but was told they all suffer from this backlighting issue in varying degrees. I have attached a low res jpg of the actual screen shot taken with a digital camera-hence the moire pattern. This is the same image put on both sides of the monitor and photographed. Now the good news:I have since purchased the eizo CG210 and love this thing!! It is the best lcd I have ever seen (also $2500.00 bucks) and is very accurate and comes with wonderful color navigator software. It is better than my lacie crt and I couldn't be happier. Contact Rosie @ Color Mall for the best price and service.

[Wesley_Law]

wow, that's amazing that i can even see the difference in such a little jpg.

i've heard Eizo's are the way to go in terms of color but can anyone tell me why the CE240W is cheaper than the CG220 even though it has mostly the same specs but is 2" bigger than the CG220? is it because one is a Color Edge monitor and the other is just a plain jane LCD monitor? has anyone done a comparison of their monitors?

[MikeA]

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wow, that's amazing that i can even see the difference in such a little jpg.

i've heard Eizo's are the way to go in terms of color but can anyone tell me why the CE240W is cheaper than the CG220 even though it has mostly the same specs but is 2" bigger than the CG220? is it because one is a Color Edge monitor and the other is just a plain jane LCD monitor? has anyone done a comparison of their monitors?

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Eizo CE240W (widescreen) har et 24 tommer 8 ms (g2g) S-PVA (Samsung LTM240M2) panel.
Eizo CG220 har et 22 tommer 37 ms S-IPS (Mitsubishi AA222ZA01) panel.

(from http://www.flatpanels.dk/panels.php )

Like most manufacturers except those that make their own panels, Eizo has to choose between available panels for their monitors, and in this case, they have chosen a panel from a different manufacturer that uses a different panel technology. (S-PVA vs S-IPS)

By way of comparison, Apple monitors seem to be all S-IPS:

Apple M9177 (Widescreen) har et 20 tommer 16 ms S-IPS (LG.Philips LM201W01) panel.
Apple M9178 (Widescreen) har et 23 tommer 16 ms S-IPS (LG.Philips LM230W02) panel.
Apple M9179 (Widescreen) har et 30 tommer 16 ms S-IPS (LG.Philips LM300W01) panel.

I'm sure there is more to it than this, I have heard of instances where Dell uses the same panel as in an Apple monitor, but can be difficult, if not impossible to calibrate due to extreme brightness. So the monitor needs a good panel AND a good implementation. Perhaps a good monitor manufacturer can drag a less-than-ideal panel up to acceptable perfomance by a good implementation?

Mike.

[Nigel_Johnson]

The CG220 is a wide gamut display offering the full AdobeRGB gamut, whereas the CE240W is a standard gamut display offering a gamut slightly greater than sRGB. The only other display currently on the market offering the full Adobe RGB gamut is the NEC SpectraView Reference 21 which is even more expensive.

Example UK prices are:

Eizo ColorEdge CE240 - £1,095 + 17.5% tax ****
Eizo ColorEdge CG210 - £1,225 + 17.5% tax *****
Eizo ColorEdge CG220 - £2,375 + 17.5% tax *****+
NEC SpectraView Reference 21 - £2,975 + 17.5% tax *****+

The prices and star ratings are from the Colour Confidence - Monitor Showroom a UK dealer who has rated a large number of graphics monitors.