NEC MultiSync EA244UHD 24-Inch 4K Monitor Review
Calibration and Controls
NEC opted for touch sensitive controls. We typically prefer physical buttons, which are usually more responsive and easier to find in the dark, though as implemented here, the touch sensitive controls worked fine during our time with the monitor. We didn't experience any extended lag or find ourselves having to repeatedly tap the bezel because it didn't register the first time, so kudos to NEC there.
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It didn't take long for DisplayMate to expose some flaws with the EA244UHD's out-of-box performance, such as black level performance. Stock blacks trended towards being a tad bright, though the good news here is that it's an easy fix -- there's a black level option in the monitor's OSD controls. Reducing it a few notches made a world of difference and looked darn near perfect to our eyes. It's always refreshing when a visual quality weakness ends up being a setting issue rather than a shortcoming of the actual panel.
We noticed the same need for tweaking to optimize gray level performance, which is a matter of adjusting the contrast. Out of the box, the EA244UHD let brightness and whites dominate the more subtle gray level tones, but once again, a quick adjustment in the OSD controls transformed the output from good to excellent.
As would be expected, fine print is a bit tough on the eyes, though only because it appears so small on a 4K panel. Otherwise, the EA244UHD began to show off about midway through our DisplayMate run. One of the harder tests to ace is the video bandwidth index, and while scores of 100 are supposed to be extremely hard to achieve, that's what we came up when evaluating this panel. A rare sight in our experience, and a well deserved kudos to NEC.
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