HP ZR30w has 30 inches of IPS goodness, 1.07 billion colors, and a price to match

[PraxxtorCruel]

You've seen the affordable end of the IPS scale, now how about something gluttonously extravagant? HP is refreshing its Performance Display line with the new ZR30w, a 30-inch S-IPS panel whose 1.07 billion colors comfortably cover 100 percent of the sRGB and 99 percent of the Adobe RGB color ranges. That makes a compelling argument for those who place color accuracy high on their list of priorities, and there's also a 2,560 x 1,600 resolution to tempt folks tired of 16:9 display ratios. The minimal bezel and brushed aluminum design finish off the appealing package, but there's one hurdle most of us won't be able to overcome: a $1,299 sticker. As if to illustrate the eternal proverb that you get what you pay for, HP is also bringing out a pair of dirt cheap Compaq monitors today, but you'll have to skip past the break to see them and their spec sheets.

 

[HazardO]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3754/a-new-30-contender-hp-zr30w-review

 

[ihatelag]

Still...30" monitors have a long way to go...but this is a good start.

I see no gaming tests on the monitor...I want to see how well a xbox360 /ps3 works on there.

Can someone confirm if there is no HDMI port on this monitor? The specs seem to say it has DVI-D and a few USB ports....lol

 

[HazardO]

The anandtech review pointed out the lack of HDMI, IIRC It has a dual link DVI and a displayport.

 

[Freddie1980]

A bit of an odd choice to leave out HDMI, I know there looking to cut costs to keep it competitive but HDMI is more of an everyday standard then Display-port. Another way of interpreting the choice would be the monitor is aimed solely at graphic designers a lot of whom inexplicably use Macs which come with display port as standard.

 

[drunkenmaster]

1.07 billion colors, and a price to match

1.07billion pounds, for a screen, thats madness.


I hate lag, judging by your name and wondering if its good for gaming, I'd be waiting for more 120hz screens, there seems to be several newer ones, led backlit for lower power, and obviously 120hz is where its at for gaming, responsiveness, not having to use vsync so much.

Hopefully this second batch of 120hz screens have a few things fixed and are better quality than the seemingly rushed first gen ones out now that just aren't good enough. Then in a few years moving to some kind of oled high hz screens will be the next step forward for gaming.

I've yet to find a non TN screen thats responsive enough for gaming without putting strain on my eyes, 120hz should get even better(only seen a couple in real life briefly, not in ideal conditions).

 

[PraxxtorCruel]

1.07billion pounds, for a screen, thats madness.


I hate lag, judging by your name and wondering if its good for gaming, I'd be waiting for more 120hz screens, there seems to be several newer ones, led backlit for lower power, and obviously 120hz is where its at for gaming, responsiveness, not having to use vsync so much.

Hopefully this second batch of 120hz screens have a few things fixed and are better quality than the seemingly rushed first gen ones out now that just aren't good enough. Then in a few years moving to some kind of oled high hz screens will be the next step forward for gaming.

I've yet to find a non TN screen thats responsive enough for gaming without putting strain on my eyes, 120hz should get even better(only seen a couple in real life briefly, not in ideal conditions).

Bloody hell what will OLED screens be priced at? £2000 for a "15?

 

[PCM2]

Bloody hell what will OLED screens be priced at? £2000 for a "15?

Well 15" OLED TVs cost around £1500-£2000 at the moment, but I expect that as the manufacturing process and yields are improved then prices will drop. Costs can also be reduced in the meantime by using white OLED pixels and a colour filter in place of pixels of different colours. This principle isn't a radical departure from current LCD tech. though.

 

[rwm24]

I'll take 3 for eyefinity

On a serious note, that article says it'll be introduced at $1299 (~£888) but I doubt it'll be available in the UK for that amount.

 

[HW91]

anyone know any £700 new or refurb 30" monitors?

 

[3t3P]

if we could convert dollars to UK pounds thats not so expensive for the quality you'd be getting

gonna be £1200 here

 

[mrk]

I think I want this monitor as a replacement for my Hazro 24" and I think I want it sooner rather than later

I say replace but the Hazro will be delegated to portrait orientation monitor only for viewing websites on and editing in portrait mode \m/

 

[Lleot]

The problem of course comes that VERY few applications can even use all those colours (standard 24/32 bit colour maxes out at just over 16 million). I believe you even need a workstation graphics card like the nVidia Quadro. Its also a CCFL backlight so your power bill is gonna be higher and it's gonna change colour in a few years if your using it professionally.

 

[PCM2]

The Radeon 5xxx series also supports such colour depths. 30-bit "deep color" is part of the HDMI 1.3a+ and also the new display port specification. It is not yet widely used and therefore applications do need to play catch up. Where it is particularly useful, for example photo editing, the support is already there.

 

[Robert]

Do want!

 

[nalla]

well if the currency conversion is correct then thats not a bad price, i paid over £1000 for my 30" dell and they still sell for more than that now,

 

[PraxxtorCruel]

I just can't figure out why would anyone buy that ridiculously overpriced Dell Ultra sharp monitor? I'd never spend that much on a monitor.

 

[Mr Krugga]

I just can't figure out why would anyone buy that ridiculously overpriced Dell Ultra sharp monitor? I'd never spend that much on a monitor.

Same here, you can get 3x good quality 24" monitors at the same price.

 

[MR.B]

I just can't figure out why would anyone buy that ridiculously overpriced Dell Ultra sharp monitor? I'd never spend that much on a monitor.

Same here, you can get 3x good quality 24" monitors at the same price.

How is it overpriced? It's more than twice the res, has an IPS panel with superior colours, 117% colour gamut, and way better viewing angles.
You guys obviously dont care about quality.

No 24" monitor compares to the Dell 3008. Nearly all 24" monitors are TN cr*p or PVA / MVA. You dont know what you're missing in terms of image quality and colour reproduction, everything looks so much better on the 3008. I'd choose quality over quantity any day.

 

[Mr Krugga]

I had quite a few TN panels in the past and I do own an eIPS monitor right now and know the difference. Although for my purposes I would stick to 3x HP ZR24w for the same money.

I wasn't saying it's overpriced, but rather something like "I'd never spend that much on a monitor.".