14 DAY TRIAL // As far as monitors go, expensive ones usually require payments in the realm of hundreds of dollars or Euro, but some really high-end ones sometimes come out like, in this case, NEC's MultiSync PA272W.
This display has a price of $1,704 / €1,255, at least in its most advanced form, bundled with a color calibration software. Even without that software, however, it has a price of $1,429 / €1,052.
The main reason for the price is the display resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. On a 27-inch panel, it's nothing to scoff at.
The display supports 109 ppi and has a brightness of 350 cd/m2, higher than average. Not colossal but, then again, it's not like this is a TV.
Instead, the LED-backlit panel is the sort of thing you'd expect to find in the office of a graphics, movie or game designer, or video editor.
NEC has even used GB-R LED technology, for a wider color gamut than usual, and extra control over color hues. The contrast ratio is of 1000:1.
Furthermore, the company has implemented an internal 14-bit programmable 3-D lookup table, plus DisplayPort, HDMI, and DVI-D inputs.
The new monitor can even load ICC profiles, emulating custom color spaces or matching prints. Picture-in-picture and picture by picture window configurations are just the icing on the cake.
Add to that the wide viewing angles inherent in the AH-IPS technology and you have a winning formula. Too bad it takes so much money to use the results of said formula.
Then again, anyone working on design and video editing probably has enough money to spare the sum necessary for this newcomer, with or without the calibration software. The price covers the integrated USB hub (two upstream ports and three down) and adjustable stand (150 mm of height adjustment, tilt, swivel, and pivot).