Wave Field Desktop Monitor

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A monitor for eight hour days. Matte anti-glare, DC dimming all the way down to 20 nits, and a stand that raises 130 mm, tilts, swivels and pivots, because a screen at the wrong height is what ends up hurting. The panel lottery is worse on monitors than on anything else. The same model number ships with panels from two or three suppliers, so one unit is 400 nits and 95 percent DCI-P3 and the next is 250 nits and sRGB only, and the box, the site and the invoice all say the same thing. Around it sit the other three monitor cheats: an up to brightness figure taken on a small white patch, a 1 ms response time that needs an overdrive setting bright enough to leave a visible trail behind moving objects, and a refresh rate quoted without saying which cable will actually carry it. One panel part number per size, for the life of the model. Every figure below is measured full-screen at the centre of a production unit.

• 24 inch: 23.8 inch IPS, 1920 x 1080, 100 Hz, measured 262 nits full-screen white, sRGB 99 percent, DCI-P3 82 percent
• 27 inch: 27.0 inch IPS, 2560 x 1440, 120 Hz, measured 411 nits full-screen white, sRGB 99 percent, DCI-P3 95 percent
• Response 5 ms grey to grey at the middle overdrive setting with no visible overshoot. We do not print a 1 ms figure, because reaching it on this panel needs an overdrive level that leaves a bright trail
• DC dimming from full brightness to 20 nits with percent flicker under 3 percent against IEEE 1789 at every step, so no PWM at any level
• Delta E under 2 after factory calibration, with the report for your own unit in the box
• Bandwidth stated honestly: over USB-C with the hub running at USB 3.2, the display link is two DisplayPort lanes, which carries 2560 x 1440 at 120 Hz in 8-bit but not in 10-bit. For 10-bit at 120 Hz use the DisplayPort input
• Six screws to open. The power board, driver board and stand are separate named parts, so a dead board is a Rs 1,900 repair rather than a new monitor
• Every unit is new. No returned board or panel is fitted into a new monitor
• The honest trade is that the 24 inch panel is 262 nits, not 400. It is a good office panel and it is not a bright-room panel, and the 27 inch is the one to buy if your desk faces a window
• There is no Shuunnya service-centre network. A warranty claim means sending the monitor to us, and no turnaround time is promised