wow HP 21.5" displayport monitor $85 shipped NEW

[hans007]

http://1saleaday.com/wireless/

its an MVA Panel, but it only has displayport and no other ports.

 

[Roland00Address]

sigh do not need...

 

[bamaland101]

16ms response...

 

[Auric]

Neither adjustment nor standard mount. Also DP-only... and wonder if included cable is right-angle or annoyingly sticks out the side.

 

[Zap]

Interesting. Looks as if it came out 1½ years ago with an MSRP of $300, and typical street pricing of $250. Tiger Direct is the cheapest price right now at $130 in-stock. Just found it on PC Connection in-stock for $120. It is discontinued at most places.

What I've been searching for is what voltage does the monitor take (power brick). It would be very cool if it took +12v, because then you can just route some power out of your desktop computer to power the thing without using the power brick.

I might pick one up. $85 shipped is pretty good for a 1080p monitor of this size, let alone a non-TN. Might use it as a 3rd monitor on my rig. I see DP on my motherboard output so I can run it from there for non-gaming use.

A few things I wish...
1) HDMI input. Would make this monitor SOOOOOO much more useful
2) Speakers built into the huge bottom bezel, to go with the HDMI.
3) Ports located somewhere else other than the side, to be able to hide cables.
4) VESA mount.

If the stand could have been redesigned to integrate the VESA mount along with the ports so that the cables are hidden...

Alright, I bought one. Maybe I'll use it at LAN parties? I already have a carrying strap for monitors and this one is super light weight. I used to use my Soyo Topaz S with MVA panel for gaming and never had a problem with ghosting, so maybe this will be okay?

 

[Rvenger]

I actually bit on this for the same reason as Zap. It would also be great to finally upgrade from my 19" 1280x1024 display for my other rig.

 

[1nf1d3l]

16ms response...

Yeah, wow. Was going to bite, but this is a deal killer.

 

[Auric]

Please follow up with your hands-on, err, eyes-on impressions. There are cheap HDMI to DP adapters. Could prolly velcro it to stand/arm, if not remove the back and drill for nuts 'n' bolts.

 

[Roland00Address]

Please follow up with your hands-on, err, eyes-on impressions. There are cheap HDMI to DP adapters. Could prolly velcro it to stand/arm, if not remove the back and drill for nuts 'n' bolts.

Those cheap hdmi to dp adapters will not work for those adapters are passive adapters. This monitor is a special monitor that lacks the ramdacs that most monitors have. This is why it is displayport only for dvi, hdmi, and vga require signaling equipment to be built into the monitor. HP purposefully tried to make this monitor as thin as possibly and thus does not include the signal mechanism built in, only having displayport to run the monitor and thus having the video card drive all the video processing.

This is the same reason you need active displayport to dvi adapters with eyefinity.

 

[jmagelitz]

Good deal! i love 1saleaday.

 

[Auric]

Those cheap hdmi to dp adapters will not work for those adapters are passive adapters.

Ah so, passed on it then 'cause famiry member's PC I was considering it for only has DVI and HDMI.

 

[Zap]

Anyone else buy one of these? Mine doesn't seem to have shipped yet.

 

[Rvenger]

Anyone else buy one of these? Mine doesn't seem to have shipped yet.

Mine hasn't shipped either and I emailed them and this is what I got:


NOV 09, 2012 | 08:45PM EST
Whitney replied:

Thank you for contacting 1saleaday.

As indicated in your email confirmation, orders are generally shipped within 7-10 business days. Once your order has processed for shipping and has left the warehouse, your tracking information will be uploaded in your order history. You can find your tracking information by logging in to your account and checking the order history. You will also receive an email with the tracking information for your records.

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Whitney





So today would mark day 11 for me.

 

[Auric]

Maybe they never had any and bought them after ordered.

 

[Zap]

Maybe they never had any and bought them after ordered.

That wouldn't be advisable for them because I think these are discontinued by HP.

Maybe the company needed a free short term loan?

 

[Rvenger]

Mine just shipped.. check your email Zap.


Hi Robert,

Your order for 1 HP Elite 21.5" LED on 10/26/2012 has been recently shipped via UPS

 

[wirednuts]

how is displayport anyway? just wondering how stable it is and how fast the image pops up when connected and stuff... does behavior change with lower end panels like this one?

 

[hans007]

how is displayport anyway? just wondering how stable it is and how fast the image pops up when connected and stuff... does behavior change with lower end panels like this one?

i've had displayport with another monitor nec EA231w-bk. and it works fine, exactly like say hdmi or anything else.

 

[wirednuts]

what does that mean?

component and composite both connect instantly, and dvi works fairly fast too.. but hdmi takes seconds to show an image and it can be a pain when switching between sources. i know its partly an hdcp handshake thing, thats why i ask if displayport does it any better.

 

[Zap]

Mine just shipped.. check your email Zap.

Indeed. Got email last night, but tracking wasn't active yet. Maybe it will go out today. UNFORTUNATELY I will be out of town most of next week.

what does that mean?

I think the actual picture signal for DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort are pretty much the same, as in you can (in theory) passively adapt from one to another. What the monitor does with it, however... For instance some HDTVs always try to scale the picture coming in on certain inputs such as HDMI. That can cause display input lag.

 

[Rvenger]

I received mine today and I have to say I am impressed even though I didn't even turn it on yet. This thing is razor thin and high quality. I think the back is made of aluminum.

 

[IlllI]

anyone else try theirs out yet? i think it is back on sale today

 

[Zap]

I finally did last night. From my few minutes checking it out, picture looks really nice. Bit of color fade when viewed from above. Not quite as bad as a TN panel, but not quite as good as my other monitors (variety of IPS and MVA?). The picture was on the "cool" side temperature-wise, sitting side-by-side with my IPS NEC.

It came with a DisplayPort cable that plugged nicely into my GTX 670 graphics card, which had a native DisplayPort... port. I forgot about the clip on the cable - gotta make sure it is pushed in until it clicks.

I think it is a good value. I plan to make a cable that goes from my computer to the power input, since it takes +12v (3A/36W power brick).

 

[IlllI]

saw it listed for $89 on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Elite%20L2201x ends today though

 

[wirednuts]

Indeed. Got email last night, but tracking wasn't active yet. Maybe it will go out today. UNFORTUNATELY I will be out of town most of next week.



I think the actual picture signal for DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort are pretty much the same, as in you can (in theory) passively adapt from one to another. What the monitor does with it, however... For instance some HDTVs always try to scale the picture coming in on certain inputs such as HDMI. That can cause display input lag.

no, not at all. displayport is entirely different then anything we have seen in video cables before. everything prior to displayport has been timing based signals. displayport is packet based data streams that the monitor decodes and makes a picture out of. its like the difference between a vga signal and a youtube internet stream.

thats why i ask how long the dhcp handshaking takes. in theory, displayport should be able to do it instantly... but the whole reason we havent had packet based video yet is because of cost. it takes a lot of real time processing power. the chips required to do it are cheap now, thats why you see displayport taking hold.... but who know how they perform until you try them.