Hi I have been using 27in iMac for years now and upgrading my setup to a MacBook Pro and 2 external monitors for when I’m in the office. Doe anyone have any suggestions on a decent (doesn’t have to be top of the range) monitor for prepress colour accuracy - from what I can gather it needs to support Adobe RGB for best colour comparison?
I have been looking at:
ASUS ProArt Display PA279CRV 27inch 4K UHD IPS
or
Philips Evnia 27M2N3200S 27inch 180Hz FHD Fast IPS
For “prepress colour accuracy” you need a display panel with near 100% coverage of the ISO coated v2 color space which fits inside of the bigger Adobe RGB space if it covers that near 100%. Adobe RGB also can show a small part of Pantone colors outside iSO-coated.
Before printing you might want to edit native photos which often come in Adobe RGB or DCI-P3.
So “supporting” Adobe RGB is a question of how much. What the Asus supports is a preinstalled setting for it, but it also has a good enough panel for near 100% ISOcoated coverage.
The Asus is OK (but you should hardware calibrate it to cover CMYK sRGB and DCI-P3 better)
The Philips is NOT (doesn’t cover ISOcoated or Adobe RGB enough DCI-P3:95 %, sRGB 128 %, AdobeRGB 90 %*) and is probably not compatible for hardware calibration.
Maybe you don’t need color accuracy on both displays depending on your workflow (I use only one Benq SW271c in the center and on the left and right two smaller cheaper displays for tools)
Today I would decide for one of these EIZO COLOREDGE models depending on the budget
CS2731 CS2740 CG2700 CG2700X
