HP Dreamcolor LP2480ZX 24" LED LCD

[seanp789]

I finally bought the HP Dreamcolor monitor since OLED monitors don't seem to be arriving any time soon. The price has dropped from $3500 to below $1900. I just noticed that HP's Part Number has changed along with the price.

OLD
Manuf part# GV546A4#ABA

NEW
Manuf part# GV546A8#ABA

Does anyone know about what typically happens when an LCD goes through revisions and price drops like this?
Are they cutting cost with crappier parts or is it like a new CPU stepping where they are actually improving the product?

It also seems like quite a few vendors have a large supply of refurb units. Maybe the A4s were problematic...

 

[yusux]

no 1 will lay this much on a 24" monitor, even if it is OLED it won't make any sales, especially during a recession

 

[LokutusofBorg]

Originally posted by: yusux
no 1 will lay this much on a 24" monitor, even if it is OLED it won't make any sales, especially during a recession

You missed the part where he said he just bought one, and was wondering what he actually bought cause they changed the model number...

 

[alcoholbob]

The price on that monitor makes no sense, that's 50" TV territory and the TV will be vastly more useful. The $3500 price was nonsense there are 47" LED-backlit TVs at that price.

 

[gorobei]

it's a professional grade monitor for workstation use. 2-4K on a monitor with extra color depth isn't out of the ordinary for commercial use. 3D CG studios pay for this kind of stuff all the time. you should see what they use for professional color grading on feature films.

typically revisions are improvements in parts or firmware, or massive downgrade in components. my dell 2408wfp A01 is a major improvement over the prior version(15-30 ms input lag versus 45-60ms).

 

[LOUISSSSS]

what will the you be using this for op?

 

[hans007]

if you a professional... $2000 is really not that much. if he gets 3 years use out of it and it helps him with his work whatever.

for work stuff its almost alwyas worth the money. i hate companies that are super cheap on equipment when its barely a small fraction of how much an employee costs (they are pretty liberal at my currenct job, they figure what is an extra $1000 for 2-3 20" lcds when a programmer costs $100k a year with benefits)

 

[GrJohnso]

Duplicate post... oops...

 

[GrJohnso]

First, to the OP, I don't know the answer to your question, but I'll look into it. I'm curious as well... I've been in love with this monitor since it was announced over a year ago here, and when it hit the streets last summer.

My gut says it's just improvements and maturation of the build process rather than a move to cheaper parts at a risk to quality. This monitor was the first in a new product line which always costs more when first rolled out. Now that the build process is mature, sales volume is higher with a growing installed customer base, things tend to get more cost affective. However, this is my theory, no proof yet.. Anyway, I'll ask around to see what I can find out... I work with and know a few people on the sales/marketing side, hopefully they know someone more on the technical side who knows what's new or changed with this revision...

For the others commenting on price for this thing and how it's a bad deal, you are out of your element. This is a professional grade monitor for photo and video work where color gamut, calibration and consistency is of the highest priority. It fills a void that was between the $500 basic consumer/business monitors and > $15k studio monitors. Think Pixar, Dreamworks, Lucas Arts, on the movie/animation side, and just about any movie house doing color matching and final production work on digitally mastered content. The average joe user doesn't need it, and more often than not, wouldn't even notice it.

 

[alcoholbob]

Hmm I'm not in graphical design so yes, I don't even know the basics of proper calibration. I've got the NEC LCD2690wuxi and a 47" LG TV and the difference to me seems like primarily in the form of the polarizer. If I sit far back enough the LG face on performs more or less the same for me.

Then again, I suppose NEC screens are on the bottom end of "professional grade" so I guess I shouldn't talk. But I do know electronics suffer from massive dimishing returns, especially when we are talking about the same panels, with 99.9% similarity of electronics. So what I'm saying, I can't really tell THAT much of a difference between my $3,000 berylium Usher Be-718 speakers and say, $10,000 Revel Gem 2s (which are still my dream bookshelfs if I win the lottery). But for some people its a night and day difference and I won't hold anything against them for that...even if I think its a possible case of placebo.

 

[nvwebmaster]

Originally posted by: seanp789
I finally bought the HP Dreamcolor monitor since OLED monitors don't seem to be arriving any time soon. The price has dropped from $3500 to below $1900. I just noticed that HP's Part Number has changed along with the price.

OLD
Manuf part# GV546A4#ABA

NEW
Manuf part# GV546A8#ABA

Does anyone know about what typically happens when an LCD goes through revisions and price drops like this?
Are they cutting cost with crappier parts or is it like a new CPU stepping where they are actually improving the product?

It also seems like quite a few vendors have a large supply of refurb units. Maybe the A4s were problematic...

Do you have a graphics card which can support 10-bit displays? If not, it is kind of pointless to spend this much on this monitor.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
what will the you be using this for op?

Pron, of course.

 

[TidusZ]

Do you know how many prostitutes you could afford for the price of this monitor? Forget porn, and forget this monitor.

ps: it was a rhetorical question, but its a lot!

 

[seanp789]

It's a great monitor, it does everything well or amazing. With a few compromises you can get 80% of the way there with a cheaper high end monitor.