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Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Color: Carbonite
Display Size: 24
EAN: 0883585765447
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Label: Hewlett Packard
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Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: KD911A8#ABA
Native Resolution: 24
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
Warranty: 3 years warranty
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The super-sized HP LP2475w 24-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor offers premier performance and connectivity features in an elegant 24-inch diagonal wide-aspect screen engineered for power users, designers and workstation users who appreciate expansive widescreen presentation of their graphics, video, and data projects.
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Summary: Updated HP LP 2475W Reviews Needed
Comment: After much research I purchased the HP 2475 monitor. I would like to correct some misinformation I have read in some of the other reviews based on my experience. I have the XFX ATI 5850 video card with the Intel 920 and 12G of ram.
1. There is no pinkish or greenish tint on the all white screen - if there was a problem then evidently HP has corrected it.
2. The text clarity is superb, legible at 5 pt in MS Word. This is by far the clearest text I have ever seen on a monitor. The new Dell 27" monitor may compete but it costs twice as much. I think that people who are having any problems with this are running a cheap low-end video card or they don't know how to adjust their system. I returned a Samsung HD 2570 monitor because the text was not clear.
3. TFT [...] lists calibration settings for this monitor to bring its color to near perfection if you don't have your own calibration tool
4. The Samsung HD 2570 and the HP 2475 both have superb video (and still) pictures - both HD and Standard definition. The HP has better separation of greys and you can see more in low-light and dark scenes. The color is also more accurate on the HP - the Samsung over-saturated some colors didn't separate them as well
5. I have had no problem with over-saturated colors because of the wide color gamut - none. I cannot emphasize this enough. Again I think that people that are having problems don't have an up-to-date system or don't know how to adjust their system.I do run the most current versions of Firefox but that does not explain why no other colors are over-saturated. I think that some reviewers have blown this way out of proportion. The Samsung had far more problems with over-saturation than the HP 2475 ever has.
6. I personally did not have any dead or stuck pixels with my monitor. but that seems to be a problem that all LCD monitors have to some degree
7. It is incredibly important with any HD capable monitor to use either an HDMI or display port connection - you won't get a clear sharp picture with VGA or DVI connections. I think this is the source of many complaints about clarity, picture quality and color quality. Update your video card if you don't have one of these connections. ATI offers video cards below $100.00 in their 5000 series that have both connections. The difference is amazing.
8. While the 2475 does have great blacks, it cannot compare with high-end LED monitors - they will probably replace this monitor in time because they have the advantage of completely turning off to produce a deeper level of black (the technology is not mature yet). There is a low level of light (a sort of very subtle uniform glow) that can be seen when the screen is all black that goes away when the monitor is off. This is NOT blacklight bleed that is so prevalent in cheaper monitors. This monitor has no backlight bleed anywhere on the screen. The Samsung had noticeable backlight bleed at the edges
9. While I am not a photo/art professional the colors seem extremely accurate and faithful. There is not a reddish hue that cannot be adjusted out - I think that was a problem with the early S-IPS HP 2475 monitors that HP updated. Again this may have been a problem that was corrected
10. There was an earlier version of this monitor released that had a much slower response time (for gaming) and was S-IPS that had numerous complaints that I have touched on. HP switched to an H-IPS and professional reviewers have given it rave reviews in both color and response time.
11. I am not a gamer, but I have not seen any problems with the motion handling of this monitor. It handles sports video well - I have a TV Tuner card (Hauppauge 2250) and I watch OTA HDTV on my computer. The picture is superb - it is 60 HZ and so there are some "jaggies" when you watch sports but you would probably have to go to a 120 HZ or 240 HZ HDTV to get rid of this problem. As far as I know most computer monitors are 60 HZ - this may change in the future as computer based TV develops.
12. Any flaws with standard TV or HDTV contained in the video will be faithfully reproduced because this is a very accurate monitor and does process the signal like an HDTV does. This is a plus - you want accuracy in a computer monitor.
I hope that this helps others who are considering this monitor. Please note that HP is coming out with a new 24" H2-IPS monitor this month that is cheaper but does not have the wide color gamut. NEC also is coming out with a new 24" monitor that looks promising but will probably cost twice as much. I don't think there will be significant improvements in monitor performance (over the 2475) until LED technology and higher HZ processing works its way down to the 24" computer monitors. Samsung is pioneering this and is coming out with some new monitors this year. If your not in a hurry you may want to see what they come up with.
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Summary: Good Substitute for the Apple Cinema Display
Comment: I'm a professional photographer and recently had an Apple Cinema Monitor die completely during a very busy week. I ordered this monitor, overnight, from Amazon and have been very pleased. It's, in my opinion, a much better monitor for digital photography. It displays 100% of the AdobeRGB gamut, which is better than the Apple, and offers much easier calibrating (I use an X-rite i1 that works beautifully with this screen). I calibrate it weekly and have noticed only minimal shift the first week or two as it adjusted to being used 8 hours a day.
Positives for this monitor: it's big and sturdy, bright, even, crisp, and has awesome color range. The USB hubs work very well, allowing me to plug in a mouse, keyboard, and printer with no problems. I've taken it on location, and it's held up well in transit. It looks professional.
Negatives: It seems to take a few minutes to warm up to accurate color. When I first start it up in the morning, it looks a little green for a few minutes. Also, it doesn't have the old Apple's on/off control for the computer tower, nor does it respond to the brightness keys on the Apple keyboard. It does, however, sleep when the computer says to and wake up again with the computer... not bad. Also, I strongly recommend Not using this screen for serious graphic work without calibrating it. The difference the first calibration made was very striking....
I strongly considered much more pricy monitors from LaCie, Eizo, etc... But decided to give this one a shot. I was prepared to return it if it didn't live up to my very high expectations. I will be keeping it and am very pleased.
Highly recommended!
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Summary: Excellent LCD - Great color for visual work and great for gaming.
Comment: Basically I'll make this short. I'm a professional graphic design / illustrator and this was my first LCD ever (I upgraded from an old Samsung 17 inch SyncMaster). As you may find obvious, the change was incredible. The 1920x1200 resolution is inmense, and very good with details. Being an IPS panel, the viewing angles are fabulous, and the color quality is top notch. Since I didn't have a hardware color callibrator, I had to do some searching on the internet from pre-existent users to find good settings for the monitor (lcd menu settings: Brightness 5%, Contrast 70%, CUSTOM COLOR: R 251, G 235, B 242), as well as a good color profile to use in Windows. The results gave me clear and neutral colors overall, with bright colors being bright when they have too, and good overall saturation & contrast. Some people say the REDS in this LCD are kind of too bright, but I didn't notice it, they seem fine for me. As an illustrator/designer, maybe I'm not as color picky as photographers are, but for me it's perfect. The only complaint is that blacks aren't purely black as your eyes would see, but for a 600$ monitor is a reasonable exchange for all the rest this monitor does well. If you really were picky about the colors and blacks, you would go for the better quality NECs out there (like the 2490WuXi, which also retails for about 1500$). The screen also does NOT have a glossy reflection, which some people say is critical for visual work - I have to agree on it. I have tried using glossys and the reflection is too distracting and confusing. I work on this 12 or more hours each day, and it really is a pleasure. In comparison to the old CRT I had, my eyes have thanked me for the less eyestrain. The LCD is also sleek and quite minimal and design, and also has a variety of input connections (about 6 USB ports) and other stuff that frankly I don't use, but some of you may have to. It also has the ability to be put in a vertical position, if you ever need to do that. On regards to gaming, simply put, it's incredible - paired with a good graphic card (like the ATI 4870x2), UT3, CRYSIS, MASS EFFECT, DAWN OF WAR 2 run at NATIVE res with excellent frame rates, and the visuals just look spectacular, and no frames are skipped whatsoever. It's perfect for gaming really, any type of game - this IPS really turns the tide against the notion that TN panels are better for gaming. Trust me, you have to see it to believe it. I read somewhere that HP has stopped production of this model (hopefully they'll be making a better replacement), so buy before it dissappears from the stores!
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Summary: Excellent after calibration
Comment: What beautiful, true-to-nature photography I can display now! I purchased this monitor with the main objective of better, more accurate photo editing. I'm a serious amateur photographer specializing in Alaska landscapes. Long story short, I now view my high resolution photographs of tundra, mountains, rivers, glaciers, forests, and wildlife seeing detail, contrast, light shading, and color gradations that I've only seen before when witnessing the views with my own eyes. Example - I have some shots of snow-capped peaks, partially enveloped by clouds. The details of swirling and vapor blowing in the wind is now as clear as if looking at the peaks with a high quality long lense. I hate to seem melodramitic, but I am thrilled with this monitor. Perhaps I am over-enthusiastic, as this is my first IPS monitor, but I can assure you it is worth every cent of its price. Comparing my photographs displayed on the LP2475W to real life on a scale of 10: contrast 10, color faithfulness 9, color gradient 9, grayscale 9.5, screen uniformity 10. (Pardon my lack of more precise and empirical measurements, but I don't pretend to be a professional.)
Hardware: nice, good quality bundled cables; one of the most stable, well designed stands I've seen on a monitor; non-reflective, minimalist bezel. The on-screen-display (OSD) is user-friendly and logically ordered.
Calibration. It is my recommendation that a serious user not purchase this monitor without a color calibrator. In my case, at least, I don't think it would be possible to find the perfect compromise of brightness, color saturation and intensity, and contrast for precise photo editing. Out of the box, the monitor's preset include way too much color saturation and contrast that seems artificial. I did not lower the review score for this, as I believe the purchase of a wide color gamut monitor - any model - should probably include a calibrator. This is not mass market, commodity type purchase.
Office applications: beautiful, clear, crisp, black text and precision geometry. Even with my middle-aged, near sighted eyes, I could easily use this monitor all day, every day. Brightness adjustment through the OSD is graduated on a linear scale and has a completely even effect across the entire display.
Gaming and movies: don't game, don't care (wish I could be more helpful on these two categories)
Note: I did not at any time, before or after calibration, see a "red hue" problem as others have documented with this monitor. Perhaps HP has changed the factory presets or tuned the factory firmware.
Color calibration: I used a Pantone Huey Pro, which I purchased from Amazon at the same time as the monitor purchase. (I reviewed it also. Perhaps it might be informative for you.)
All in all, I am very, very pleased.
One more thing: Amazon's price was very competitive, shipping was fast, and the monitor arrived in perfect condition. Amazon, thanks for the very reasonable shipping prices. Trust me, up here in Alaska we pay CLOSE attention to shipping rates. Your two-day shipping charge was less than one-half a major competitor of yours!
I hope this review was helpful to you serious amateur photographers looking to escape from TN-panel monitor dreariness.
Leonardo
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Summary: great pictures, flawed text
Comment: The images on this monitor are superb, but the lack of contrast and a "thinness" to typeface when viewing text led me to return the unit. This may be what some critics are calling the "sparkle" on reading text, and it comes from the anti-glare coating. A shame, since the unit excels in many areas, but reading text became fatiguing after just a short amount of time.
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