NEC Updates its 26 inch Display

NEC has a new version of its NEC LCD2690WUXi-BK called the NEC LCD2690WUXi2-BK, the "2" meaning it's new. A quick perusal of the specs show that the color gamut has increased, and NEC has refined the way they describe the gamut of the display.

For the new display, gamut is reported separately for "Coverage" and "Size."

"Coverage" is the amount the gamut of the display overlaps a specified colorspace. The new display overlaps 97.8% of AdobeRGB.

"Size" measures the amount of colors relative to a given colorspace, and for the NEC LCD2690WUXi2-BK, its size is 108% of AdobeRGB, meaning it has 8% more colors, but not necessarily the same colors.

Both of these concepts are best shown on the graphic pulled from the brochure for this product.

You can clearly see the NEC LCD2690WUXi2-BK and AdobeRGB cover almost exactly the same colors, but the size of the gamut for the display is slightly larger.

And while larger gamut displays are a welcome innovation, even this display does not cover all of the colors in wider gamut spaces like Ektaspace and ProPhoto, which I find invaluable in fine art printmaking. Certain reds and oranges just don't reproduce in AdobeRGB, so I avoid it, as well as sRBG whenever possible.