General Usage & Testing
I connected the display up to one of our test machines and the first thing I noticed was that the stand was a bit wobbly. Not enough to say fall over if I bumped into the desk, but the stand isn’t that sturdy. The display itself has a nice large resolution of 1920 x 1080, which is full HD resolution and allows for a lot of screen space.
You can access the on screen menu by pressing the menu button on the front of the display. The menu is pretty simple, you have all the necessary settings and it is pretty easy to navigate. There are no profile settings, which I have seen a lot of in newer displays.
Our first test with this display was the brightness and contrast test. The basic rule of thumb is you don’t want the display to be too dull, too bright is ok because you can always turn that down. When I first turned the display on it was a bit dull so I turned the brightness up to 90 and the contrast up to 80 and things started to look very good. This is one of the only displays that I’ve actually had to turn the brightness up on, that worries me.
Color reproduction on this display is great, as it is on most new displays these days. The all black test is a good way to see how much backlighting will bleed through when say you are watching a movie or playing a game with dark scenes. The all black test showed a lot of light coming from the bottom of the display and noticeable light coming from both sides. This is a sign of bad backlighting.
Since this display was connected to one of our test machines I loaded up a few games. All games played very well and the 5ms response time is very adequate for gaming. I also played a few HD movies and they all played perfectly. There were no skipped frames or “noise” in the picture.
This is the first time I've heard of a de-branded monitor. HP makes pretty good monitors, sorta confused why they would want to de-brand it; a lot of people will pay more for the name alone.
HDMI cable missing?
well I can't necessarily consider that a minus. It's simple math. For HP to include that cable means let's say if the cable were to cost 15$, 15x 1 mil units = 15 mil usd.
I worked in a store for 3 years and I saw no TV, no DVD player nor LCD Monitor that has HDMI connectivity to actually have a HDMI cable included. There are many to consider here. Maybe for some people HDMI is not so important as they don't have anything to connect to it(I don't for ex) or some want longer cable..or better quality one..and so on…
Awesome!..
It's about time they made a de branded monitor. I have been singing this song for a while now at my site flat computer monitors . Great site, keep it up !
Yes they are a great unit but a little overpriced for now I think, be careful what you get in to. This is def worth a read Flat Computer Monitors
You say that colour reproduction on this monitor is “great” and this is the case for most monitors these days. Colour reproduction is actually a weakness in the majority of panels these days, especially TN panels. Whilst colours may be satisfying to the undiscerning eye, colour accuracy and hence reproduction is very rarely “great”. Accurate colours are the main reason some people will pay extra for an IPS panel which can be 3 or more times the price of an equivilent TN panel. Contrast on brightness on the other hand is a strength of many monitors these days, especially those with LED backlights. My the sounds of things this monitor is decent for the price, but you can get so much more for just a little extra spend.
Good! but price is not affordable. except price everything is ok Computer gadgets
Very good features and specifications. This is good to use on games, editing photos and animation, and movies.
Hmm. . . Seems like just yesterday I was opening a Bluray player with HDMI and component out and it came packaged only with a composite cable. . .
Hmm. . . Seems like just yesterday I was opening a Bluray player with HDMI and component out and it came packaged only with a composite cable. . .
The review is really good but the price is too high in my point of view.
Thanks for your sharing.
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