New Eizo widescreen monitors with proprietary technology for clearer, sharper, moving picture playback now in Australia.
Eizo have introduced two new widescreen LCD monitors to Australia the 21 inch FlexScan S2111W and the 24 inch FlexScan S2411W. Both models incorporate in-house technology developed for EIZOs premium television range, to produce clearer and sharper moving images. This moving video playback ability combined with the HDCP enabled DVI inputs and wide format screen size make these models ideal for video editing, DTP, 3D-CAD and watching DVDs.
The wide format provides a 16:10 aspect ratio (1680x1050 and 1920x1200 native resolutions for the S2111W and S2411W respectively) for significantly more horizontal space than the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio. Brightness is a very high 450 cd/m² and viewing angles are a wide 178° for viewing both horizontally and vertically.
These models offer several new features for improved motion picture playback. The first two features ContrastEnhancer and OutlineEnhancer are from an ASIC (application specific integration circuit), originally developed for EIZO TVs (currently only available in Japan). In dark images, the ContrastEnhancer decreases luminance of the backlight to eliminate oversaturated whites and then raises gain levels to restore brightness; while in bright images it corrects the gamma levels by decreasing luminance in low greyscale tones. It raises the LCD panels contrast ratio from 1000:1 to 3000:1 to provide deeper blacks and more lifelike images. The OutlineEnhancer is a filter to sharpen blurred areas of images and comes with seven levels of user-controlled adjustments. Since sharpening is done by the monitor instead of by software on the PC side it works on not just still but also moving images.
Midtone response times of 8ms for the FlexScan S2111W and 6ms for the FlexScan S2411W also help to ensure smooth moving picture playback by eliminating ghosting and lag. The S2411W also supports 1080p high definition digital signal so it can display a resolution of 1920x1080 (16:9 aspect ratio) without stretching the pixels horizontally. (Black borders are displayed at the top and bottom of the screen.)
Both models offer 14-bit colour processing for accurate greyscale rendering, especially in the dark areas and shadows of an image. The OSD menu includes adjustment of gamma, saturation, hue, gain and colour temperature. For fine-tuning of even a single colour, the hue and saturation settings for red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow can be adjusted independently.
Users looking for appropriate settings for all types of content can choose from one of five imaging modes Text, Picture, Movie, Custom, sRGB. Toggling from one mode to another is done by touching a single switch on the front panel. For further convenience, any mode can be assigned to any application with the bundled ScreenManager Pro for LCD utility software. When the application is opened, the screen automatically adjusts to its assigned mode.
The design incorporates several features for convenience and ease of use. EIZOs ArcSwing 2 stand offers an arc-shaped range of movement to allow the screen to be positioned up height near eye level or lowered at an angle akin to reading a book for a more natural viewing posture. The base swivels 344º so the screen can be shown to anyone sitting nearby.
Connectivity ports include dual HDCP compatible DVI-I inputs which support both digital and analogue signals from PCs, and a high speed USB 2.0 hub. The USB hub includes two downstream ports located on the left side of the panel for quick connection to peripherals.
Choosing colour schemes that can be recognised by people with different types of colour vision, or Colour Universal Design, is of growing importance to designers. The FlexScan S2411W can simulate two types of colour vision deficiency - protanopia and deuteranopia allowing designers to check how their colours appear to those with colour blindness. With the S2411W, all simulation is done in real time for both still and moving images, making it a fast and therefore practical alternative to software-based tools. Toggling between normal viewing mode and colour vision deficiency simulation modes is done with the bundled UniColor Pro software (supported by Windows XP/2000 only).
Additional Features
Compliance with TCO03 (both models) and TCO06 (S2111W only).
Approved as a Colour Universal Design product by the Colour Universal Design Organisation of Tokyo, Japan (FlexScan S2411W only). /over
Both models come with an industry-leading five year warranty 4.
Availability
The FlexScan S2111W and S2411W will begin shipping in March. Please contact your local EIZO dealer for date of availability.
Eizo Australia Pty Ltd
www.eizo.com.au
