I did a search for "w19b" and didn't turn up a single thing. Same thing for google. I guess the monitor is too new.
Anyway, I picked one up at my local CompUSA for $208 + $8 CA waste disposal + $13 for the 2yr replacement plan. Total with CA tax was $245.60. Not bad at all IMO.
Here is the link to the monitor on HP's site:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopp...gory=&subcat1=&catLevel=#defaultAnchor
I was looking for a widescreen LCD that had the glare coating like most of the notebook screens have. Some people love it, some hate it, whatever,I had to have it. I also wanted widescreen for Vista (I was using a 17" CRT) and watching DVD widescreen movies. I also wanted HDCP and a true 16x9 aspect ratio BUT I had a budget of only $350. So I settled on 1440x900 for a 16x10 and no HDCP. It had the coating that I REALLY wanted and was widescreen, plus the price was uber cheap IMO. I had been considering the new 22" DELL but it did not have the coating I wanted.
I usually steer clear of HP LCD's because they are look like total crap IMO and have for years. However I believe this is the same screen used in the 19" notebooks that are around, I'm not sure who the LCD maker is, Samsung, etc. who knows without opening it but either way, it looks WAAAAAY better than any other HP LCD I've ever seen. Pixel shape/size, dot pitch, visual differences, etc. it's every bit as good if not better than the new DELL LCD's we have at work and the Samsung's we used at my old place of work. Maybe it's the coating making it seem that way. The brightness needed to be turned down to 75 and the contrast messed with among other things but after you get it all dialed in and used it it, it's awesome for the price. No burned out pixels anywhere, very consistant backlighting. you can however on a totally black background see the backlight is brighter in the center at the very top and bottom of the screen but I think this is fairly common and with the brightness turned down to 75, you would NEVER notice on a colored background. My only gripe is that the blacks aren't very black until the brightness is turned down to like 20 which of course at that point the whites aren't white. 70 was a good compramise for this though. I'm not using the speakers that are built-in so I can't give feedback on those. Also the very thin silver border is really nice. If it did't have the speakers it would be like having an Apple LCD. Another thing to note is that the LCD does NOT come with a DVI cable so I had to grab one from work but i've yet to even plug it in DVI! I'm hoping the picture will get even better.
I'm using it under XP pro until some audio drivers are fixed for running Vista. when I plugged it in and booted the machine, XP actually knew right off the model of the LCD in the display properties. However after a few mintues it showed default monitor for some reason? I downloaded the XP driver off HP's site and manually installed it and now all is good. I can't wait to install the DVI cable.
As you can see from the specs on HP's site it's decent for the price. The stand not going up or down I can deal with considering.
Anyway, I picked one up at my local CompUSA for $208 + $8 CA waste disposal + $13 for the 2yr replacement plan. Total with CA tax was $245.60. Not bad at all IMO.
Here is the link to the monitor on HP's site:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopp...gory=&subcat1=&catLevel=#defaultAnchor
I was looking for a widescreen LCD that had the glare coating like most of the notebook screens have. Some people love it, some hate it, whatever,I had to have it. I also wanted widescreen for Vista (I was using a 17" CRT) and watching DVD widescreen movies. I also wanted HDCP and a true 16x9 aspect ratio BUT I had a budget of only $350. So I settled on 1440x900 for a 16x10 and no HDCP. It had the coating that I REALLY wanted and was widescreen, plus the price was uber cheap IMO. I had been considering the new 22" DELL but it did not have the coating I wanted.
I usually steer clear of HP LCD's because they are look like total crap IMO and have for years. However I believe this is the same screen used in the 19" notebooks that are around, I'm not sure who the LCD maker is, Samsung, etc. who knows without opening it but either way, it looks WAAAAAY better than any other HP LCD I've ever seen. Pixel shape/size, dot pitch, visual differences, etc. it's every bit as good if not better than the new DELL LCD's we have at work and the Samsung's we used at my old place of work. Maybe it's the coating making it seem that way. The brightness needed to be turned down to 75 and the contrast messed with among other things but after you get it all dialed in and used it it, it's awesome for the price. No burned out pixels anywhere, very consistant backlighting. you can however on a totally black background see the backlight is brighter in the center at the very top and bottom of the screen but I think this is fairly common and with the brightness turned down to 75, you would NEVER notice on a colored background. My only gripe is that the blacks aren't very black until the brightness is turned down to like 20 which of course at that point the whites aren't white. 70 was a good compramise for this though. I'm not using the speakers that are built-in so I can't give feedback on those. Also the very thin silver border is really nice. If it did't have the speakers it would be like having an Apple LCD. Another thing to note is that the LCD does NOT come with a DVI cable so I had to grab one from work but i've yet to even plug it in DVI! I'm hoping the picture will get even better.
I'm using it under XP pro until some audio drivers are fixed for running Vista. when I plugged it in and booted the machine, XP actually knew right off the model of the LCD in the display properties. However after a few mintues it showed default monitor for some reason? I downloaded the XP driver off HP's site and manually installed it and now all is good. I can't wait to install the DVI cable.
As you can see from the specs on HP's site it's decent for the price. The stand not going up or down I can deal with considering.
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