NEC MultiSync PA271W-BK-SV 27-Inch LCD Monitor

Test conditions: Snow Leopard 10.6.6 in 64 bit mode on a Mac Pro with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics card using DVI cable, second computer is a Power Mac G4 tower with ADC to DVI connector

Conflict of interest: NEC provided the display for the purpose of the review and then offered to the reviewer at a significant discount from the retail price.

Few photographers or videographers have physical darkrooms these days. Instead, their darkroom exists largely in their computer. This virtual darkroom has two points of visual access: the display and some output mechanism such as a printer or TV screen. But all of the creative work is done through the display, making it the single most important part of the process. It is much more important that having the fastest CPU. With this in mind three years ago, I purchased a NEC announced the LCD2690UWXi, a 25.5" display that was available with its own calibration software (SpectraView II) and a specially calibrated...Read more

I have only used the monitor for a short time, but so far, it works perfectly and looks stunning. I did have some trouble hooking it up to my MacBook Pro (NEC's setup instructions are not particular clear), but after a call to their technical help center, I was referred to the correct adapter and where to order it. The Apple store had sold me an adapter which would not work.