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.
