HP w2408h
£330.00
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The HP W2408h is fitted with a pivot system so you can rotate the screen into the portrait orientation, but in bright conditions it can become a little awkward to view the screen owing to reflections caused by its glossy finish.
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The HP w2408h features a pivot adjustment for rotating the screen into a portrait position, which can be really handy for working on vertical panoramas or when viewing web pages. It also includes inputs for VGA, HDMI, USB, but not for DVI. The exterior of the frame and stand are mainly plastic, with a high-gloss and silver trim finish, and although the front tilt action is smooth, both the swivel and pivot adjustments of the stand feel fragile and wobbly.
In bright conditions, during Digital Photo’s October 2008 test, we found the screen tricky to view owing to reflections caused by the glossy finish, and though the colours were vivid, the general colour balance was on the cool side. Detail in the brightest and darkest parts of our test images became lost, and although this might be improved by using the included HDMI lead, to do this requires a card with HDMI, or one with a DVI socket and an adapter cable.
SpecificationPrice: £330
Screen Size: 24in
Native Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Number of Colours: 16.7 Million
Brightness: 400 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
Pixel Pitch: 0.282mm
Response Time: 5ms
Input Connections: VGA , HDMI, USB x 2
Dimensions (HxWxD): 414 x 586 x 289mm
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I have been using the HPw2408h monitor for about three months now.
I use it in “photograph” mode, (highest resolution) the set up guide in the manual is simple and straight forward and took about 10 minutes to do. I calibrate it weekly with a Colour Vision Spyder 2 and run it in XP giving me prints as they appear on screen with Photo shop managing the colour profile for the (Canon) printer and paper. The display lets me view my images at A4 size as default with the tool bars above and on both sides in CS2. The definition is excellent as is colour rendition, really my only two niggles are the on / off switch at the top, as it is of the push type and is very long and thin and as it barely protrudes above the casing, this means I have to press quite firmly and on one side (the right) to turn it on and off or it wont function, and the black shiny surround of the monitor reflects everything behind you. It would have been much better in matt black.
That said, I am very satisfied with it and it is a vast improvement over my last two monitors, I give it 4*
Black Adder. Aka Charles Abbott. LLC
(Written by: Blackadder)
25 October 2008 11:40