Dell U2713H Monitor
Sep 3, 2014 22:06:47 #
macquesta
Loc: North Carolina
Lundberg02 wrote:
Amazon has it for 815. It is Adobe RGB 1998 capable. The ergonomics are great. It is heavier than usual. It has USB ports. Don't drive it from an HDMI output.
Curious. Why not drive monitor from HDMI output?
Sep 4, 2014 00:14:40 #
Sep 4, 2014 02:02:35 #
macquesta wrote:
Curious. Why not drive monitor from HDMI output?
You can drive your monitor with HDMI. Fortunately the U2713H supports HDMI, DVI, VGA, and DisplayPort. If your card supports it, I would use the DisplayPort based on the higher bandwidth and fps. It is a little better than HDMI until the 2.0 standards is more widely supported or a firmware patch is offered for the old standard. DVI is good too. The only one I would avoid is VGA.
If you are a gamer, then you might find that DVI is a little better than HDMI because it supports 60fps, while HDMI (old version) only supports 30fps.
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Sep 4, 2014 06:24:04 #
macquesta
Loc: North Carolina
mdorn wrote:
You can drive your monitor with HDMI. Fortunately ... (show quote)
Thanks. Am using DVI. Will I get Adobe RGB with DVI?
Sep 4, 2014 10:10:11 #
macquesta wrote:
Thanks. Am using DVI. Will I get Adobe RGB with DVI?
If you are using DVI, then you are confined to the sRGB color space---as DVI only supports 8-bit color. This monitor supports the higher bit depth, but you need to be using the HDMI (version 1.3 or above) or DisplayPort for this.
My question is WHY would you want to use Adobe RGB? I'm not an authority on this color space, but most of the world uses sRGB, and if you use Adobe RGB and you don't know what you are doing, then problems will ensue. Here's a YouTube video by Gary Fong that can it explain it better:
http://youtu.be/Xn9u1ZFriFU
Sep 4, 2014 16:26:31 #
macquesta
Loc: North Carolina
mdorn wrote:
If you are using DVI, then you are confined to the... (show quote)
It is my understanding that Adobe RGB has a much richer color space. I use Adobe RGB with Photoshop and Lightroom, but, per your indication, I am only seeing sRGB on my monitor. So, I would like to see what Adobe RGB looks like on my monitor (Dell U2713H) and how that compares to what I print. I use Color Munki to calibrate the monitor. Will try HDMI. I think my video card has HDMI. Is DisplayPort for Mac, only?
Sep 4, 2014 18:42:19 #
macquesta wrote:
Is DisplayPort for Mac, only?
No. DisplayPort is an open industry standard. Sorry, I can't comment anymore on the Adobe RGB color space. I don't use it, so you are better off asking this question by starting a new topic. Good luck.
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