Eizo Monitors – Client Experience

Eric Gordon runs a high-end product photography and art reproduction shop, aptly named The Product Photography Studio, near Santa Barbara, California. We recently sold him a fleet of Eizo monitors to replace his NEC PA Spectraview monitors. We thought we’d share his thoughts:

“They say these things are expensive but I disagree. What costs a fortune is man hours (i.e.:payroll) color correcting hundreds of images that were false color processed because of a badly calibrated or dying monitor […] The NEC PA Spectraviews were great but they did not have built in spectros and LUT calibration. So after a few weeks we would get busy and start forgetting to run the calibrations with the i1 Display Pro puck… and eventually weeks turned to months….These new EIZO’s have 16bit DAC, even edge to edge and corner to corner, constant self calibrating white point and even a built-in spectro that pops automatically from the bezel every day to keep it profiled and accurate on a set schedule.”

We agree! There are many “pretty good” monitors out there, but Eizo is the brand we choose when you need a monitor that will be consistently and reliably great. The built-in calibrator seems like a minor feature on paper – after all, how hard is it to hold a puck up to a screen for a few minutes every couple weeks – but in reality the fact that it kicks in automatically, overnight, without the computer being on, ensures that it always happens, no matter how busy you get. That, along with the five year warranty means that when you purchase an Eizo you can check “monitor calibration” off your to do list for a long time. If color is critical – go with Eizo.

We carry all Eizo monitors, even the ones we don’t list in our online store. Have a question? Want to arrange an evaluation? Contact us!