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Re: [Digital BW] Display brightness

2015-03-04 by Nick Payne

I'm not a Mac owner, but I think you might find that your iMac only supports 4k at 30Hz. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202856, which indicates that only late 2014 iMacs provide 60Hz support. And there is a long thread (300+ replies) at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6080897?tstart=0 regarding display problems on Macs with 4k monitors.

I'm using the monitor on Windows, initially with an nVidia GTX 650 Ti Boost card and now with an nVidia Quadro k2200 card.

On 04/03/2015 01:04, Jacques Caron jacques.caron@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] wrote:
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Hey Nick


Thanks! Since i'm looking for a new monitor, I'll check that model for sure.

I can't figure where I can get the information about the version of Display Port but since my iMac 27" is quite new (1 1/2 years) it should go smoothly.

Thanks again

Jacques
Le 2015-03-02 \ufffd 23:32, Nick Payne njhp94@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> a \ufffdcrit :

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I've been pretty impressed and have had zero problems with an Eizo EV3237 I bought a few months ago. It's an 80cm 4k monitor that covers the full sRGB gamut. However, you'll need a video card with a DisplayPort 1.2 connector to get 4k resolution at 60Hz - you can get full resolution over HDMI or DVI, but only at 30Hz, which I find rather tiring on the eyes.

Nick

On 03/03/2015 15:09, Jacques Caron jacques.caron@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] wrote:
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Hi Mr.Brubaker


That's what I thought; actually the "full range" must come when you use the dreaded Color Sync profiling done just looking at the screen and evaluate with your eyes what's best!?!

Since I always worked with two displays, I'll look for a second monitor coming from Eizo; at least I'll have some controls to play with.

Apple has no monitors able to compete with high end ones; actually the only offer they have, aside iMacs, is a 27" screen similar to the 27" iMac.

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