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Featured HP ZR22w 21.5-inch S-IPS LCD Monitor
- The 21.5-inch H-IPS panel is by LG Display (model number: LM215WF2) and sports a 1920 x 1080 pixel format, 8ms GTG response time
- The H-IPS panel was designed to improve energy efficiency
- The ZR22w is part of HP’s Performance Monitors
- Input signal: DisplayPort; DVI-D; VGA
- I/O Ports: 5 USB 2.0
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IPS Professional HD Display – under $260?,
Fantastic product.
An IPS HD Display for under $260 – if I were in charge of a Graphic-related company & on tight budget would buy these monitors in high volume. Upto Summer2010, IPS monitor would rack up close to $1000, those from Eizo cost several $THOUSANDS. However, I am writing this in Summer2010 so if reading much later. consider that progress never stops & things I say today may become obsolete in half-year.
People with professional background in Engineering, CAD/CAM, Photography, or other Graphic Art/Design need no further explanation.
For those who have no professional knowledge – here’s a brief intro:
Majority of cheap monitors today are still TN-type (Twisted Nematic), they’ve fast response times (dynamics) suitable for gaming, but not for serious Graphic work b/c they’re destroying colors, have awful backlight artifacts and if you look from a side (at over 170* degrees) it can be seen as awful white blemishes, color bleeding/blending, etc. – unsuitable for professional work, but since they’re very cheap consumers think they’re “OK”.
But this Monitor is one of the few, early crops of IPS (not TN) displays that emerged in the year 2010 at reasonable prices. Looks like IPS-panel manufacturers have finally reduced costs. This HP monitor is not really HP, and many others are not what the label/box says, read this fact:
Despite myriad of LCD Display manufacturers, there’re only a HANDFUL of actual LCD panel manufacturers, they just get repackaged/distributed under other names. Most of the panels come from Japanese-rooted co’s, and manufactured in Korea, increasingly in China, some high-end in Japan and (USA – for really high end, medical & military use).
So this HP is not really HP – the panel is “LG Electronics”. It is a great panel under $300, we’re talking ISP (not TN) type!.
However do NOT use this monitor for very fast, video intensive Gaming if your demands are extreme, it’s OK for gaming, don’t get me wrong; response time is under 8ms so it’s OK, but you have to understand that IPS is meant for professional Graphic work, and while improvement in response time in IPS within past several years has been amazing, some TN panels are still faster.
I still recommend this Monitor for EVERYTHING, including heavy gaming – I just proved it at home, and read other people’s reviews in terms of gaming. I bought it however for other work (CAD Design & Photography).
Of course Eizo or other highend IPS are still out of reach for this monitor, but look – $300. An Eizo can set your wallet off by $1500 at least!
AND OTHER POINT – HP HAD FORESIGHT TO INCLUDE “DISPLAY PORT”!
For those who don’t know what it means, it’s the successor of HDMI, it’s the newest/hottest port for professional Monitors, HDMI will probably remain default choice for entertainment/TV’s for awhile, but DisplayPort is superior and is taking computer industry by storm, and slowly encroaching into TV’s also, DisplayPort allows multiple monitors hooked to the same serial chain, unlike HDMI’s obsolete interface, DisplayPort has better bandwidth, etc. – you can educate yourself.
Don’t complain too much, b/c this Monitor also offers other ports – DVI-D is one example, I know some will complain on lack of HDMI, but me – I don’t miss obsolete HDMI, my nVidia card has DisplayPort and if your doesn’t – just use DVI-D, if your computer only offers HDMI, then HDMI-to-DVID adapter is less than $10, at least that s whjat I paid on Ebay for an older monitor which has no DisplayPort.
of course there’s also the venerable SVGA port, but avoid it.
BACKLIGHT IS CFL, NOT LED! Ohh please don’t be shocked! Rage about LED displays is directed at clueless customers who only consider Brightness, low cost & thin profile; I know you’re reading this & are getting shocked. CFL backlight in a “professional display”? Here’s a clue for nonprofessionals:
LED’s are unable to be flicker-free at brightness below 100%, because they cannot be dimmed by simply reducing voltage – they must drop certain voltage across junction, it’s a more or less fixed value. The way dimming is achieved is by PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). I don’t have time to explain, this is not an Engineering forum. Just take my word for it – LED backlight displays, although being the staple/default choice for currently produced laptop & thin models, are bad for professional’s eyes, and so is CFL of low quality, This HP is using high-quality CFL (I saw somewhere, they use 50Khour bulb?), you can Google/AltaVista for yourself and discover what other people are discovering recently – there’s a group of people whose eyes & heads develop severe fatigue from LED bright lit monitors that industry is pushing down our throats, b/c it’s costs them less to produce & recycle, and consumes little energy in laptops/netbooks. This display is CFL and believe me you will like it.
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|hp zr22w,
The monitor is easy to set up, and in my opinion looks better than the picture indicates (probably because from a normal sitting height, the cable hole isn’t visible). The plastics could be of higher quality, but the build quality is still okay. The tilt and rotate on the display feel smooth, and not overly easy or difficult. I can’t really comment on how image quality compares to other IPS panels, but as compared to the Samsung 223BW (TN), it has less backlight bleed (YMMV as this tends to vary between samples), and much greater viewing angles.
The monitor comes with 1 DVI cable, 1 Display Port cable, 1 VGA cable, 1 power cable, and 1 mini-USB to USB cable (it has 2 USB ports centered on the left edge of the monitor)
My calibration settings are
35 brightness
80 contrast
6500K sRGB
everything else default
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|May Be Best Monitor Under 24″ On Market,
After researching 22″ to 24″ monitors on the market, the HP ZR22W may very well be the best monitor under 24″. First, it is an IPS monitor which means it does not have the color shift problems and limited viewing angle of TN monitors. While there are other 22″ & 23″ IPS monitors on the market with “HD” resolution. None has the wide range of color gamut as the ZR22W. The ZR22W has a color gamut of 96% while the Dell U2211H, U2311H & 2209WA all top out at 82%. This means the ZR22W can produce colors that may be in photographs, videos & movies that the other monitors just are not capable of. You have go up to a 24″ panel to get a comparable color gamut. But, you loose in sharpness as 24″ panels have a 1920 x 1200 resolution & 0.27mm dot pitch whereas the ZR22W has a 1920 x 1080 resolution & 0.247mm dot pitch. All this makes the ZR22W perfect for professional users as well as the average user. Hard as it may be to believe. With hundreds of monitors from dozens of manufacturers, the HP ZR22W is the only monitor that boasts these specs under 24″ and under $400.
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