HP 2207 22" Monitor?

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Has anyone used the HP 2207? I was thinking of buying it, as I can get it for £180. Which I thought was cheap, seeing as the cost £229 nearly everywhere else. I like the look of this and the Samsung 226BW, but I dont really want the panel lottery that Samsung seems to be running.
 
There's a thread on here about it somewhere it does look good
but any better than the lg or samsung i have no idea but that's a great
price wish i knew where could get for £180.
 
There a lot of features on the HP panel (pivot, hub etc) and its drop dead gorgeous in the flesh, moderate to good reviews £180 is a bargain.
 
Thanks for the replies. :) I just wish the search function was working, as I want to find out what its like for games? I have googled a few reviews, and most seem to dislike the gloss screen.
 
If im right there the same panels as on the HP pavillion laptop's , which im on right now.

The glossy/reflectiveness can be very annoying ,if your opposite a window theres no chance of seeing a thing unless its night time.

Colours look nice imo though,and its better than most laptop screens for watching films on as its got pretty good viewing angles.

Seems ok for games, but then its not a great spec laptop so i couldnt really give a fair comparison on performance.
 
http://www.behardware.com/articles/...ested-with-reaction-times-from-2-to-5-ms.html

No better or no worse than any other one year old 22" TN monitor. Note it gets the same review as the Fujitsu-siemens except the HP has a glossy screen. Take your choice as to whether you like that/think it's worth the extra money.

The Asus MW221u and Sumsung 225BW come out better.

The Asus has a 2ms response time compared to the HP's 5ms and it has a glossy screen if that is what floats your boat.

However, saying all of the above I would be surprised if you can find an Asus for £180 so if you want glossy, get the HP. If glossy screen not important get the Fujitsu (can be had cheaper than £180) and same quality/results.
 
Heretic1322 said:
I just noticed the HP2207 looks a lot different than the HP22 in the 6 monitor review above... Has anyone got the HP 2207 and if so is it any good?

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Hey sorry, you are right. It appears to be an update of the HP22.

http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-monitors/hp-w2207-lcd-monitor/4505-3174_7-32391039.html?tag=b_readfull

Looking it appears to still be a 5ms TN monitor but with vastly improved brightness and contrast.

Therefore games/ghosting ought to be the same as the old screen (which isn't bad - only the likes of the Asus, Samsung and LG 2ms screens do better)

Overall it rates well so bearing in mind the £180 price tag I would say it's great value for money. Buy it!




And let me know how it is as I might buy one too then. :p
 
Yan816 said:
Has anyone used the HP 2207? I was thinking of buying it, as I can get it for £180. Which I thought was cheap, seeing as the cost £229 nearly everywhere else. I like the look of this and the Samsung 226BW, but I dont really want the panel lottery that Samsung seems to be running.
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Send me an email as to where from please. I might be tempted to get one myself at that price.

AT the normal £235 ish price i'd go with the samsung
 
Greebo said:
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AT the normal £235 ish price i'd go with the samsung
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Yes but the samsung stands is a lot less adjsutable, no usb hub and it does not have a pivot mode. Nice to have things but not essential for most people (The samsungs probaly to be superceded so its should get cheaper)
 
I got one of these a few weeks back and am still absolutely loving it. I wanted a decent widescreen monitor to replace the (well regarded in its day) Viewsonic VX912 I had before, and plumped for this over the Samsung because I wanted to be able to rotate the monitor to portrait orientation. (NB. If anyone buys this, install the pivot software from HP's web site and not from the disk that comes with the monitor. Once that's installed the pivoting works automatically.)

(Talking of the pivot, the stand is magnificent, but it is a bit of a fiddle rotating the screen - you have to push panel up and back quite a way before it will rotate with catching on the underside. I'm tending to do it in the morning before I work, and I leave it there until the evening in case there's time to play some games...! And you notice that the backlight isn't absolutely even left-to-right in portrait mode, but it's not too bad, and everything is fine in landscape mode.)

I can't compare this to the SM-226BW (though I think I found a comparative review online and, though both were considered excellent, the reviewer eventually settled on the HP), but here's what I wrote after a few days of use:

"It's huge.

OK, drawbacks first - the screen is VERY reflective. It helps make photos and video footage, etc., incredibly vibrant (I'm noticing details in games that I swear were never there before), but it makes positioning important for mundane office work (though the white background of Word, say, is fine). And it's so big that I've abandoned my initial idea of using it in portrait format for work. [[see above - I persisted!]] It's huge.

However, can't fault it in any other way - it's huge, it's immersive, detailed, consistently well-lit... I could go on. The stand is incredibly stable and flexible, and it feels like it's hewn from granite. I've owned a huge array of award-winning monitors - from Sony-based CRTs to the best of the previous generation of ViewSonic TFTs - and this beats 'em all.

And did I say, it's huge...?!

Online reviews have been largely positive and mine had no dead pixels. Setting it up was about as difficult as taking a bath.

If you can find one, buy one."

So, as I say, I can't offer a detailed side-by-side comparison, but I can commend it utterly.

(If there's anything else I can contribute to this discussion, let me know.)
 
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