{"id":455,"date":"2021-10-30T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=455"},"modified":"2021-10-30T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:55:32","slug":"nec-ea244uhd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=455","title":{"rendered":"NEC EA244UHD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Pros<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Exceptional colour accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Incredibly sharp 4k resolution<\/li>\n<li>Compact yet feature-packed<\/li>\n<li>Has every feature a pro could want<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Cons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Input lag a little high for gaming<\/li>\n<li>Colour and brightness uniformity could be better<\/li>\n<li>High resolution not that useful for desktop work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"review-key-specifications\">Key Specifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Review Price: \u00a3835.00<\/li>\n<li>3840 x 2160, 4K resolution<\/li>\n<li>Ambient light sensor <\/li>\n<li>24in AH-IPS LCD panel<\/li>\n<li>1.07billion colour reproduction<\/li>\n<li>146.4% sRGB and 99.3% Adobe RGB coverage<\/li>\n<li>2 x HDMi, 2 x DisplayPort, 2 x DVI<\/li>\n<li>3 port USB 3.0 hub<\/li>\n<li>Audio passthrough and in-built speakers<\/li>\n<li>Fully adjustable stand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-the-nec-multisync-ea244uhd\">What is the NEC Multisync EA244UHD?<\/h2>\n<p>The NEC EA244UHD is a high-end professional monitor that packs a whopping 4K resolution into a modest 24in screen size. It\u2019s ideal for imaging professionals looking to get maximum screen real estate but in a more compact form, whether you\u2019re working in sRGB or Adobe RGB. <\/p>\n<p>It also comes packed to the gills with all the extras you\u2019d expect for its premium price including a wealth of connectivity, a USB hub, in-built speakers, full ergonomic adjustment and a motion sensor for automatically powering down the display when the user is away, which helps to save power. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nec-multisync-ea244uhd\">NEC Multisync EA244UHD \u2013 Design and Features<\/h2>\n<p>Monitors at this end of the image quality spectrum are professional tools and they tend to look it too. Sure enough the EA244UHD is not a particularly sleek, slim and stylish unit. That said, it\u2019s certainly no bruiser with a relatively small stand combining with the modest 24in screen size and a slender bezel to make for a display that\u2019s utilitarian looking but not domineering. <\/p>\n<p><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Build quality is excellent. The whole thing is finished in a simple matt black plastic that looks fairly plain but will undoubtedly be hard-wearing. Meanwhile all the mechanisms for twisting and adjusting the stand are wonderfully smooth and balanced. We also particularly welcome that the stand can rotate through nearly 360 degrees \u2013 useful for swinging the display round to show off your work. <\/p>\n<p>A full set of ergonomic adjustments are available so joining the rotating stand is height adjustment that ranges the top edge of the monitor from 38cm to 51cm from the desktop. There\u2019s also a pivot function for flipping the screen to portrait mode. The screen can also be tilted, though there\u2019s only a relatively small range of motion \u2013 it won\u2019t go anywhere near parallel with the desk. For greater ergonomic freedom you can remove the stand and attach a monitor arm to the 100mm VESA mounting point. <\/p>\n<p>The plentiful selection of connections is mostly kept to the underside where there\u2019s the USB 3.0 input for the USB hub, two USB 3.0 sockets, two dual-link DVI, two HDMI, two DisplayPort and a 3.5mm jack audio input. On the right there\u2019s also one more USB socket and the audio output. The second HDMI input also support MHL so can be connected straight to MHL-compatible mobile phones. <\/p>\n<p><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Audio can be routed straight through via the analogue connections and the monitor will also interpret the audio signals from HDMI and DisplayPort sources so you can, for instance, connect up a couple of games consoles to the HDMI ports with no extra cabling required. <\/p>\n<p>The audio is muted when headphones are plugged in, otherwise the built-in speakers are used. You can also pick which audio source to use independent of the video source. This is particularly useful for working in conjunction with the spilt screen modes that allow you to show the images from multiple inputs at once. <\/p>\n<p>Down the back of the stand are a couple of semi-flexible flaps for gathering cables behind to keep things vaguely tidy. <\/p>\n<p>The final key extra that this monitor includes is a motion sensor that\u2019s situated in the bezel just below the screen. This is used to detect whether the user is present and thus whether to keep the monitor powered up or not. It can also measure the light level of the room to automatically adjust the monitor brightness to compensate. <\/p>\n<p><\/img><\/p>\n<p>The meat of this monitor, though, is its display performance and its spec-sheet is quite impressive. In a 24in panel it packs 3840 x 2160 pixels, making for a pin-sharp pixel pitch of 185ppi. With a 6ms response rate the AH-IPS panel is clearly not one for the gamers but then it\u2019s capable of displaying 1.07billion colours.<\/p>\n<p>NEC also claims 146.4% sRGB colour coverage as well as 99.3% Adobe RGB coverage. This is joined by a 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350nits maximum brightness and 178degree viewing angle. In other words this is a truly pro-level monitor that\u2019s able to display the very finest of colour gradations. <\/p>\n<p>As with most modern displays the backlight is LED so power consumption isn\u2019t modest at a rated 79W and the inclusion of a host of eco modes, as well as the motion detected switch off system, means that power consumption-conscious businesses will be able to keep costs to a minimum. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nec-multisync-ea244uhd1\">NEC Multisync EA244UHD \u2013 Setup<\/h2>\n<p>The EA244UHD comes straight out the box in one piece so there\u2019s no faffing around having to put the stand together, and this is despite having a relatively small box. Connecting up cable is also a cinch thanks to the pivoting display. <\/p>\n<p>However, once fired up traversing the on screen display (OSD) to get the settings you like is a slightly cumbersome task. The touch buttons which are arranged round the bottom right corner are logically labelled and laid out but the menu itself is not the most logical, with meaningless symbols used to denote the top level items and the arrangement of some items being less than obvious.<\/p>\n<p><\/img><\/p>\n<p>We also had very little time for the whole section devoted to calculating your power savings and showing your carbon footprint. <\/p>\n<p>We also found it perplexing that you couldn\u2019t adjust the colour temperature in any but the Full preset. For sRGB, Adobe RGB and DICOM SIM modes these were locked out, leaving you having to really on software calibration to adjust for colour temperature. <\/p>\n<p>Those unfamiliar with the workings of wide colour gamut monitors may also be perplexed by the overly saturated looking colours produced in, most notably, the Full preset. That\u2019s because this monitor can display far more than the standard sRGB colour space. As such you\u2019ll only ever want to work in sRGB mode unless your workflow is fully setup to recognise wider gamut modes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pros Exceptional colour accuracy Incredibly sharp 4k resolution Compact yet feature-packed Has every feature a pro could want Cons Input lag a little high for gaming Colour and brightness uniformity could be better High resolution not that useful for desktop work Key Specifications Review Price: \u00a3835.00 3840 x 2160, 4K resolution Ambient light sensor 24in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,14,15,16,12,637],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}