HP W2408H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
The HP W2408H Monitor rotates to allow landscape and portrait views, height adjustment, swivel, and tilt function. Dual inputs support true digital (HDMI) and traditional analog (VGA) signals. Connect your DVD player or gaming console with a single HDMI cable directly to your monitor. BrightView Technology provides brilliant picture quality. 160 degrees horizontal and vertical viewing angle Display resolution - 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz Horizontal scan rates - 48 to 85 Hz vertical, 24 to 94 KHz horizontal Faceplate treatment - HP BrightView Technology User controls - Switch Video Input, Brightness, Contrast, Image Control, Color, Quick View, Language, Management, Information, Factory Reset, and Exit Dimensions - Width 586 x Depth 289 x Height 500 mm with stand Weight - 9.8 kg
HP W2408H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor Accessories
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HP W2408H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor Reviews
I hear the image is much better with a DVI-HDMI cable (or straight HDMI). 2- The mounting and pivot mechanics are marginal at best. Felix Unger would probably wipe off the black by the third day of ownership. I'm a little concerned with how many 'refurbished' units are flooding E-Bay and Amazon. ALL THIS SAID, for a home user or cash-tight small business, it's a lot of screen for a very reasonable price - and the pivot is a great feature, especially if you do large spreadsheets. but, I'm using VGA since my cable was back-ordered.
Even if you are right in the center, both color cast and brightness throughout the screen are uneven. 5- The speakers are so bad, I think they should have used the production $ to add a DVI connector and a matte finish. (I've never seen so many rebuilds of one brand or model).
And, it is not exactly a fluid, quality movement. 1- Off-axis viewing is not very good.
Great value for the money, but I would look at competing products if you want this for a business/production environment. You will have to tilt and finagle the monitor as you pivot if you don't want to bump the table/stand with the corner of the monitor.
:-). 3- Make sure you buy a third-party cable unless you have an HDMI output on your video card (few computers do).
Amazon sells a few. You won't want to do it throughout the day unless you buy a separate, wall-mount pivot.
we'll have to see about reliability. 4- The piano black bezel may look good in the showroom, but it quickly gets fingerprinted-up.
This is my favorite feature of the monitor, although I wasn't aware of it prior to purchase. My old CRT monitor was prone to glare issues which I haven't seen with this monitor, even though they were in the same location. Adjustable stand. With vga, hdmi, power, usb, and audio cords attached, this comes in very handy. Mainly, the one that allows the monitor to be rotated 90 degrees.
Some of these may be worked out either by myself or hp in the future. Hopefully, this one will be resolved by hp in the future. It's also possible to mount the monitor on a wall. Finally, the included hp software "My Display" seems somewhat useless to configure the monitor, but perhaps I'll find it more useful in the future with a little more time spent on it. My old computer had a 17" CRT monitor, so to say this was a step up is quite the understatement. I was pleased that right out of the box the monitor worked with both hdmi and vga connections with no configuration required. First of all, I liked the fact that the monitor had built in speakers.
Ambient light sensor. For general office suite use, online use, and even photo hobbyists, I wholeheartedly recommend this monitor. I have had no problems with eye fatigue at this proximity. A concern that I had was with the size of this monitor.
Someday, I'll hook up a ps3 to the monitor and see how that works out. My purchase of this particular monitor was based mainly on the ratings from other customers and a few of the features this model offers. However, it is an issue. Color w/photoshop.
I can't think of a use for this, but it's an interesting aspect. I bought this monitor to complement a new hp computer (m9252p) after hanging on to my previous one for 8 years. Part of the reason that I haven't had problems is from hp's Ambient light sensor, which adjusts the brightness of the screen in relation to the lighting conditions of the room. The stand has a pretty good range of height adjustability, which I find nice when working long hours. Size. While I am very pleased with my selection of this monitor, I have found a few negative/unresolved issues. One issue is with the color. Having two cats in the house that jump around a lot, I was concerned that a flat panel monitor would be likely to easily tip over.
Let me say that while I'm fairly capable with computers, I'm certainly no monitor expert. Cons:. Another issue is that MS Vista keeps finding a new driver for this monitor which it then can't install. There are some other features of this monitor. hp driver update. Oh yeah, the built in usb ports are very nice as well.
My initial thought was to buy a 22" model, but I talked myself into this one even though I am seated only about 2.5 feet from it in my workspace. That's not a concern with this monitor. Glare (lack of it). I can't really say how this would work out as a gaming monitor as I am completely unfamiliar with those aspects of computing.
Pros:. Cord management. For the home though, I think they're fairly useless for most applications. I also like the fact that the stand has cord management built into it.
It's not "hot" to touch by any means, but seems to radiate quite a bit of heat. While the screen looks amazing, when using Photoshop to create prints (from Wal-Mart's photo shop) my on-screen images look much brighter than the photos that were produced. heat . After a little online research, I found that this is a common issue. This could be an issue with the monitor, my minimal experience with monitor adjustment, or Wal-Mart's photo processing.
The biggest surprise that I had, perhaps from my inexperience with LCD screens, was that this monitor puts off a lot of heat. Stability. I have since purchased a decent 2.1 system, but I could see how the monitor speakers could be useful in a work environment where only low volume levels are required. Another reason I chose this model was for the stability of the monitor stand.
I've been very pleased with the HP W2408H over the last couple of weeks, but it does need calibration. I uninstalled the monitor's software, dragged out my venerable $100 Pantone ColorVision ColorPlus (the consumer colorimeter sensor for monitors) and it gave me a nice, clean image in minutes. You definitely need external speakers. If you are a gamer or general user, you will love the brilliant picture straight out of the box. Five stars. With the exception of the crummy speakers and the iffy calibration software, the monitor is excellent.
The image is smooth, even and neutral with calibration. For photographers and editors, the colors are too bright and saturated, too "juicy" for critical use. I'm a photojournalist and bought this monitor after my old 21" CRT died. It also uses less power and produces less heat than a CRT, a nice plus these days. A worthwhile investment for anyone. Like any LCD, though, you do need to view the screen "on axis.". The monitor's wide-screen real estate makes editing hundreds of photos quite a bit easier than with the old square CRT.
Just to verify what others have said, the built-in speakers are total garbage: weak, tinny, and pointed out the rear so you cannot hear what little sound they do produce.
Joel in Massachusetts . And occasional You-Tube or news videos have crappy sound anyway. free shipping on a 24in monitor more than paid for the annual fees). Don't buy this monitor if you also want a great sound from integrated speakers, as those two terms (great sound, integrated speakers), really don't go together in any setting (unless you're buying a home entertainment system for >$2K). THis display is nice and colors have good saturation, but most of all. Now I'm very happy, and co-workers are quite envious as they stare at their dim, puny 15" or 17" LCDs. 18 months ago, you couldn't touch a 24in monitor for less than a G, now under $500, that's deflation in a time of $4 gas.
Plus at least HP is a US company (of course not made in US, but what consumer electronics are these days), so some $$ stay here in the US of A. I'm sure an expert side-by-side comparison of this with a much more expensive monitor would show how the colors bleed in some text, but the black is very black, the colors are strong and bright, and for $450, I'm extremely pleased. If I'd wanted great sound, I'd have kept my big speakers (but they take up too much space). Set-up was simple and a no brainer plug-in, reset the resolution on video properties, you're done.
lots of real estate to keep all my figures and plots on-screen. The speakers of course are "tin"-ey sounding, but I didn't buy it to listen to music, I keep the volume down low on it, just enough to hear the "new email" bing-bong wave who needs Hi-Fi for that. When not stuck in a biocontainment hood or separating DNA or RNA from cells, I pretty much spend my work days in front of computers analyzing and graphing data, building plots, writing papers, checking emails, or loading my iPod. I decided to use only my new Thinkpad for all my work and get the desktop computer off my work area, but the 14inch screen just is too small for having lots of programs and figures and email, and plots up all at once. Background: I work in a large academic bioresearch lab with co-researchers coming in and out all day.
So I looked around, found this on Amazon (since I'm Amazon-prime. Amazon prime, one-click buying, and free 2nd day delivery right to my desk made this as easy as it gets. okay, those who do RAW images and are Photoshop snobs for perfect colors and hues, go spend some serious money (>$1K) on a professional, photo worthy monitor; those who want a great picture on a BIG screen for less than $500, then this one fits the bill. All-in-all, I'm really am happy with the value here.
It turned out that HP's cable was not compatible with the video port on my Dell computer. The manual of course does not tell you how to switch between VGA and DVI, if it did, I would not have called HP in the first place. I could have done that in 2 minutes without any help from her. She kept me on the phone for an hour and would not let me talk to her supervisor. She had me doing all kinds of stuff and would not say what she was up to, finally after an hour I realized she wanted me to read the manual that came on a disc. I gave up on HP support with a headache from trying to understand her English. I have to close everything I'm working on in order to not lose anything each time I go into DOS.
I have not bothered to call HP about this because when I first got the monitor I called them with a question about how you switch from VGA to DVI and I got a girl in the Phillipines who could barely understand English, and she did not even know what VGA and DVI were. I had to get an adapter to put between the two. This monitor goes to sleep and won't wake up about half the time when I go into DOS to use a frequently accessed program. Other times I have to shut the computer down and restart. Sometimes I can get the screen to wake up by typing everything necessary to exit DOS, but this is hard to do with a completely black screen.
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