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cadlabsreview HP LP3065 Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard (HP) 800.752.0900 offers a broad range of www.hp.com flat-panel monitors for Price: $1,500 a wide range of applications and budgets. This review is Cadalyst’s first opportunity to check out the 30” display. The HP LP3065 offers a 30” diagonal screen with a 92% color gamut, providing a large, high-quality display that is suitable for a broad range of applications. These applications include CAD and DCC, presentations, and visualization. The HP LP3065 features a 1,000:1 contrast ratio display with a brightness rating of 300 cd/m2, combined with a fine dot pitch of 0.25 mm. The native resolution of the panel is 2,560 x 1,600 and, when combined with the fine dot pitch, produces text that is readable at 9 pixels (6.8 points) in size. LaCie 526 Monitor has exceptional color gamut and display quality unlike any other. By Ron LaFon riginally, Cadalyst planned to do a stand-alone review of the LaCie 526 monitor, but delays in shipping — and one getting lost in transit on its way — delayed the process, so I opted to include it as a sidebar to the LCD flat-panel monitor roundup. The LaCie 526 is a 25.5” 16:10 wide-aspect ratio display that offers a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 and a 0.287mm dot pitch. Brightness for the LaCie 526 is rated at 400 LaCie 526 cd/m2 and contrast at 800:1. LaCie Response time is 16 ms (typi503.844.4500 cal rise and fall) and 8 ms www.lacie.com gray-to-gray. One look at the Price: $2,099.99 display, however, and you’ll see that the LaCie 526 goes well beyond these basic specifications. Designed for use with digital photography, prepress, CAD, and video-editing applications, the LaCie 526 offers an extremely wide color gamut and a display quality unlike any other LCD panel I’ve ever seen. The LaCie 526 monitor handles approximately 98.5% of ISO coated and 95% of Adobe RGB color gamuts, which are well beyond the range typically handled by LCD monitors. Users get a very close match between captured, displayed, and printed colors, and each panel is individually corrected at the factory to ensure uniform brightness and chromaticity across the screen. To keep the display accuracy, the LaCie 526 has an embedded ColorKeeper sensor that analyzes the brightness and chromaticity of its backlight in real time and continuously adjusts the backlight and panel behavior for stable brightness and color. What users get from this function is superbly good color fidelity and a remarkably accurate onscreen image. As one might expect from such a display, it has a removable cowl (LaCie calls it the easyHood) for blocking unwanted light O The LaCie 526 monitor handles approximately 98.5% of ISO coated and 95% of Adobe RGB color gamuts, a capability well beyond the typical LCD monitor. and an optional colorimeter for highly accurate color matching. The colorimeter puck attaches to your system via a USB port and uses LaCie’s blue eye pro software for hardware calibration. An extensive set of tools is available for advanced users who want more precise control of the displayed image. In operation, the LaCie 526 offers little to distract from the onscreen image. Physical controls are dark control buttons at the bottom right and side of the matte black bezel. Touch any button, and an indicator appears on the screen next to all the buttons that indicate their function. The OSM offers great depth and is easy to use and navigate. The stand is stable and easily adjusted, and the entire assembly is well considered and well engineered. Reflecting its special-purpose nature, the LaCie 526 is somewhat more expensive than a normal desktop LCD display — priced at $2,099.99 for the monitor only and $2,419.99 with the colorimeter. Pricing includes a three-year limited warranty. If you need a high-quality LCD display and if accurate color rendition and matching are essential, the LaCie 526 is a superb instrument that produces visually arresting displays that are not only stunning, but accurate as well. 22 September 2007 | cadalyst | www.cadalyst.com http://www.hp.com http://www.lacie.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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Contents Editor's Window Techtrends: Resurrecting an Unforgettable Second Living Large UGS Solid Edge v20 Adobe Acrobat 3D v8 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended CAD Manager: Managing 2D and 3D in the Same Office MCAD Modeling: Where is MCAD Going? AEC in Focus: Automated Estimating and Scheduling Using BIM CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes CADfidential

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