HP W2408H 24-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Lowest New Price: USD 368.00
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 299.99
- Panel type: 24 in Diagonal Widescreen Thin Film Transistor LCD Active Matrix
- Rotates / Height Adjustment / Swivel and Tilt Function
- 1920x1200 Resolution and 1000:1 Contrast Ratio
- 5 ms response time
Original Language: English
Excellent monitor for professionals
This monitor is absolutely effective for any professional applications such as engineering and cad work........no dead pixels to be found, superb light distribution, no ghosting to speak of, all at a very reasonable price. After many hours of serious research on monitors, I was very pleased with my HP 2408 H. HP supports this monitor with their 24 hour help line, as long as you don't mind a few extra minutes on the phone.
Noisy fan and erratic sleep mode
Not sure if others have this issue, but 2 issues caused me to send this otherwise very good display back:
- the fan inside the monitor developed an irritating drone
- when the computer goes to sleep, instead of going to sleep this monitor alternated between bright white, magenta and green displays forever.
Beats everything in the market
I was tired with the Dell monitors in my workspace. I wanted something different. I wanted an iMac like monitor; but couldn't find one for that price. Instead I got this HP 2048h LCD widescreen monitor. It certainly rocks!! Absolutely satisfied with the product. The automatic contrast feature is awesome! It perfect for watching movies and TV. I recommened the product to those who are willing to spend a little more for the extra benefits. And oh...I forgot to mention the vertical swivel feature which helps you to get a landscape view of the display. It really helps when writing codes or reading long list of emails. 5/5 stars.
more screen?
This LCD works great on my new HP pc joining an additional monitor of the same model. Great clarity and now twice as much screen to use. What more could you ask for? It was more expensive than many other monitors but since it was the same model as the one that came w/ my pc I thought it the best one for me. Had I not started with an existing 24" I'd have have looked harder at lower priced monitors but this one seems reliable and Im happy with my choice.
Possibly okay as a TV, but horrible as a monitor
Professional software engineer and digital artist here, so I'm ridiculously picky about my monitors.
Did a lot of research before deciding on this monitor, and was sorely disappointed. Size is impressive, and the coated screen (glossy) is gorgeous and makes the colors pop, but that's where the good news ends.
Downright inexcusably poor light distribution, bad light leakage from bottom and sides, dead pixels and embarrassingly bad ghosting of dark text on white (yes, using a digital connection).
The HDMI connection is nice, incidentally, but the absence of a DVI input is bizarre and inconvenient (add about to your cost for the converter cable you'll need).
Probably an acceptable unit for use as a TV or gaming monitor, but utterly unacceptable for any serious computer work.
