NEC Unveils 24-Inch PA243W Professional Monitor

NEC is launching the PA243W, a new 24-inch AH-IPS monitor aimed at professionals. The 10-bit display boasts a 1920 x 1200 resolution, 10:10 aspect ratio, and wide gamut W-LED backlighting. In fact, the latter provides image output of 1.07 billion out of 4.3 trillion colours. In addition, the PA243W can produce 99.6% of the Adobe RGB colour space, 97% of the NTSC colour space, and 96.9% of DCI-P3. The monitor features a USB 3.1 hub with DisplaySync Pro™ KVM switch, DisplayPort, DVI-D, VGA, and HDMI.

NEC PA243W Specifications

• Panel Technology: AH-IPS
• Viewable Image Size: 24.1″
• Aspect Ratio: 16:10
• Native Resolution: 1920 x 1200
• Pixel Pitch: 0.27mm
• Pixels Per Inch: 93@ native resolution
• Backlight Type: White Gamut W-LED
  • PWM Frequency: 20kHz
• Brightness (typical): 350cd/m2
• Contrast Ratio (typical): 1000:1
• Viewing Angle (typical): 178° Vert., 178° Hor. (89U/89D/89L/89R) @ CR>10
• ResponseTime (Response Improve = ON): 8ms
• Color Gamut:
  • Adobe RGB Coverage/Size: 112.4% / 99.6%
  • NTSC Coverage/Size: 107.4% / 97.1%
  • sRGB and Rec. 709 Coverage / Size: 151.6% / 100.0%
  • DCI P3 Size/Coverage: 111.7% / 96.9%
  • Rec. 2020 Size/Coverage: 80.2% / 80.1%
  • SMPTE: 163.7% / 100.0%
  • ISO Coated V2 Size/Coverage       163.7% / 100.0%
• Lookup Table: 14-bit (3D)
• Displayable Colors: 1.07 billion out of 4.3 trillion (10 bit DisplayPort or HDMI) / 16.7 million out of 1.05 billion (8-bit)

Synchronization Range

• Horizontal (Analog/Digital): 31.5 – 118.4 KHz / 31.5 – 118.4 KHz
• Vertical: 50 – 85 Hz

Input Signal

• Video: Analog RGB 0.7 Vp-p/75 Ohms
• Sync:
  • Separate sync: TTL Level (Positive/Negative)
  • Composite sync: TTL Level (Positive/Negative)
  • Composite sync on green: (0.3Vp-p negative 0.7Vp-p positive)

NEC Says

Art Marshall, Senior Product Manager for Desktop Displays at NEC Display Solutions, said:

“The MultiSync PA243W updates the PA242W, one of our most popular professional wide color gamut desktop displays. New cutting-edge features have been added to provide improved color coverage to meet the color-critical needs of the print production, digital photography, photo editing, and video production markets, among others.”

Price and Availability

The NEC PA243W is out early-November, priced $950.