HP 2711x 27-Inch LED Monitor – Black
Let the 2710m monitor be your digital home centerpiece for all your digital life. The seamless, slim, glossy black design with the HP Helium base complements all HP PC desktops, notebooks or netbooks and provides tilt and swivel features for the perfect view. Save space with keyboard parking and cable management, while enjoying the incredible sound quality with the invisible integrated HP Power Sound. And, de-clutter your desktop with the HP Easy Clip accessories. Easily connect to your PC, notebook, and netbook all at the same time. The HDMI audio-video input allows you to enjoy your HD2 content fast, while the VGA and DVI-D (with HDCP) ports let you connect to multiple PCs to display your digital content.
Featured HP 2710m 27-Inch Diagonal HD Ready LCD Monitor – Black
- 27-Inch Diagonal Screen; 16:9 Aspect Ratio; 1920 x 1080 resolution; Full HD
- 2.5 ms On/Off Response Time; 400 nits of Brightness; 60,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- Anti-glare Panel; Pedestal is removable
- Built-in Speakers; VESA 200mm x 100mm mount; 100 X 100 mount will fit into the 200 X 100 holes, but the display will be off center
- 1 HDMI; 1 VGA port; 1 DVI-D (with HDCP) port
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Great monitor if you don’t need wide viewing angles,
I wanted to use a large monitor for my computer and initially purchased a Panasonic TC-L32S1 32 inch IPS lcd tv for this purpose based on recommendations out on the web. That TV was way to large to properly read documents and browse the web, no matter how fun it might have been to use for games. The pixel pitch is very important and sitting at a distance of 3 feet from a 32 inch tv does not work, as the pixels seem way to big. I wanted to find a better option that was a little smaller and this 27 inch monitor seems to be the perfect size. I sit about 2 feet away from it and even though it is considerably smaller than the 32 inch tv, it still feels MUCH larger than the 23 inch samsung monitor I also own.
I’ve been using this monitor for a week now and have noticed the following:
The native resolution is NOT too small for this size of screen. Some people complain that 1920 x 1080 is too little of a resolution for anything over a 23/24 inch monitor. I also use a laptop with a 17 inch screen with a 1920 x 1200 resolution and text on it can seem very small due to the small pixel pitch. After using this 27 inch monitor with a much larger pixel pitch, I can tell you that if you sit at normal distance from this monitor, you will not “notice each pixel” because of their larger size. Text looks large and sharp, but not lacking in detail. Of course, if you get very close to the screen you can see each pixel, but the monitor is meant to sit 2 feet away from you or more. At this distance, the resolution of 1920 x 1080 is more than enough for this size of a monitor.
The glossy screen finish on the monitor makes colors pop a lot, but might bother you if you have windows or lights behind you. I wanted a glossy screen monitor because I have no issue with the reflections of a glossy screen and prefer the pop that glossy screens give to colors. Direct sun light hitting the screen from the side is not much of an issue, as the anti-glare properties work pretty well. However, the screen can still be very reflective of things behind you. The brightness setting on the monitor should be set to half of the default setting, which is blindingly bright out of the box.
Response times on the monitor aren’t the best I’ve experienced (even though listed at 2.5 ms) but are still decent. The low response times can only be achieved by turning on the “Video Overdrive” option, which is turned off by default. I have it on and did notice the motion blur decrease slightly on some motion tests. It is good enough to play games such as first person shooters, but its not the best performer I’ve seen in this department.
The black level produced by the monitor is not very dark, but the perceived contrast caused by the pop of the colors makes it a very pleasing image. The brightness setting on the monitor seems to only change the strength of the backlight instead of the brightness of the picture, so no matter what brightness setting you use, the black level stays pretty consistent.
The dynamic contrast ratio setting works very well compared to other TV’s and monitors I’ve owned. It is very slow and gradual in adjusting the backlight depending on the scene instead of quickly changing like older tv’s do. This makes it a much more seaming-less transition, much like your eye would behave when going from a very bright place to a darker place. I had it turned on for a little while, but decided to leave it off permanently because the monitor goes back to its blindingly bright backlight setting on bright scenes and it hurts the eyes at night time.
Like other monitors, it has pre-exisinting “Text” and “Movie” settings. These seem to just modify the brightness and contrast settings. I decided to leave mine at “Custom” and use the brightness at 50 and the contrast at 80. Setting the constrast any higher will cause white crush (not showing all the details of the brightest range of colors like white).
The color settings allow you to change between 9300k, 6500k, and sRGB. 9300k seemed way to blue, sRGB seemed a little too red and 6500k seemed the most pleasing. I’m unable properly test for the gamma accuracy, but with the Avia calibration tool, there seemed to be very little difference in the gamma/color accuracy of sRGB and 6500k settings.
You can also adjust the Red, Green, and Blue colors individually for better color accuracy. However, like other monitors, there is no Hue or Color Saturation setting to help you do this easierly (with less accuracy).
The viewing angles for the monitor are limited just like any other TN panel. If you sit in front of the monitor, you won’t have an issue with the viewing angles. If you plan to have people using it to watch it from steep angles, you should get a different monitor, as the colors will change a lot if viewed from anywhere besides the center position.
In summary:
Great for:
-Great Pop…
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|Excellent color, great contrast, and great response time, but has severe Sharpness issue,
This monitor has very high brightness, excellent static contrast, good black levels and low bleed (once you turn down the backlight), and excellent color rendition and saturation, thanks in part to the glossy display (less transmission loss and light scattering versus a textured/matte display). Luckily, not one dead, hot, or stuck pixel on this enormous display. HP claims a 92% NTSC gamut, and it really shows – not many other consumer LCD’s in this price range can claim the same. Viewing angles are surprisingly good for a TN panel, and response time is fast even with OverDrive disabled (which it is by default, and for good reason – see below). Monitor looks brilliant, incorporating a relatively thin glossy black bezel and a minimalistic matte silver stand. While the stand may look small, it is quite robust and holds the monitor steady, and also provides tilt and pivot adjustments. Has an ambient light sensor as well, but I leave it disabled. Also has high dynamic contrast, but I don’t care much for that “feature.”
It should be noted that this monitor needs serious calibration out of the box. HP claims a 92% NTSC color gamut (which is quite large– even larger than AdobeRGB, which is itself much larger than sRGB), but you’ll need to do a bit of work to take advantage of that. Additionally, the backlight takes a while to warm up – not just in brightness, but in color, as well (it starts off with a horrendous green tinge, and slowly warms up over the next 10 minutes or so). The pixel overdrive function is off by default, and I recommend keeping it that way. It does make a difference while on, albeit slight (I could only notice its benefits within calibration tests), but the overshoot is too extreme for everyday use (e.g., closing a window in Vista/7 triggers a fade-out effect; OverDrive will overcompensate and you’ll see a “negative” of that window flash for a very brief period [i.e., overshoot] towards the end of the transition). Text readability very much depends on your Sharpness setting, but it won’t be perfect considering the relatively low PPI, and an even more pressing issue, a major quirk with this display:
There is no option to DISABLE sharpness enhancement! With any digital input (DVI/HDMI), you will get perfect 1:1 pixel mapping. Any adjustment to “sharpness” will only degrade the image. This monitor offers a sharpness adjustment scale of 1 to 5; 1 and 2 are useless (bordering on blurry), as is 5 (artificial eye-straining sharpness). The ideal setting is between 3 and 4, where 3 is visibly too soft, and 4 being slightly too sharp (display calibration patterns, such as those on lagom.nl, will prove this). This is a significant issue that I hope HP addresses, as none of my other displays (ranging from cheap laptop displays to high end desktop displays) have this problem – when sharpness is disabled, everything should look clear and naturally sharp (assuming a DVI/HDMI connection), and the calibration tests pass with flying colors; unfortunately, the same cannot be said for this HP display. It will become a matter of personal preference whether you choose setting 3 or 4, but keep in mind neither is “correct”.
In regards to calibrating this monitor, allow the backlight to warm up for at least 1 hour before initially calibrating, then re-calibrate a week later after the backlight has had more time to burn in. Use tools like lagom.nl, in conjunction with your video card display software, to adjust the individual RGB gamma channels (they are all set far too low, especially the Red channel, out of box), and your monitor controls to adjust white point (under Custom Color) and Contrast. My display began clipping shadows and highlights at Contrast 70; yours could be more or less depending on your video card (again- use calibration patterns!). By default, backlight is set to 90 – this is hideously bright, so adjust to taste. For the sake of the life of the backlight, and your retinas, don’t set it to 100. Note that set too low, you begin sacrificing contrast and saturation.
All in all, best bang for the buck, this monitor. Despite the minor niggle re: sharpness, I’m not at all disappointed with the purchase and would recommend the display to others. The mindblowing color and contrast far outweigh its shortcomings, and you will eventually get used to the weird sharpness (I left it at 4).
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|All in the Details,
I just bought this monitor yesterday and I have to say I am very pleased. It is replacing my Samsung T260HD 26″ LCD Monitor. This monitor produces such rich colors and is so bright. HP is one of the few Company’s to use the Bezel lamp in its monitors to give it the glossed over look, which as a gamer, I love. This monitor is perfect. This monitor is by far the best on the market. It is a match for my t260hd. The hdmi is great for anything on line, reading, graphics, and cad. The only improvement I can see is only one hdmi. It really needs two. But I knew that before I purchased it. However, an hdmi switcher took care of that ‘problem’. And nflix is even better to watch regardless of a compressed signal and 720p. If anyone complains about this unit, they’re full of malarkey. Get it!!! Great picture quality. Comes with all the necessary cables. Running the monitor longer than 14 hours a day and no problems to report. Excellent Product.
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