HP reveals 22-inch w2207h / 24-inch w2408h LCD monitors

HP just dropped in deets on a pair of swank new LCD monitors, so we'll get right to it. First up is the 22-inch w2207h (pictured above), which rocks a 1,680 x 1,050 resolution BrightView panel, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 300 nits of brightness, a five-millisecond response time, VESA mount support, HDMI (HDCP-compliant) / VGA inputs, a double-hinged base and My Display technology which enables "one-touch OSD adjustment for brightness, color and contrast." Next in line is the 24-inch w2408h (shown after the jump), which ups the ante with a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution, 400 cd/m2 brightness, an ambient light sensor, and an integrated four-port USB hub. Catch 'em both next month for $349 and $499, respectively.

[Nicholas S. @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:08AM]

I'm sorry, but when I first saw this, I thought it was the iMac w/o the chin. Pretty sweet looking if you ask me.

[imacmatt09 @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:14AM]

I agree completely with your comment. It does sorta look like an iMac. It does look pretty cool. +1 HP design team.

[nidx @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:18AM]

umm the 2408 may be new but the w2007 is old .... unless the h means anything

[A_M @ Jan 3rd 2008 8:36AM]

I'm actually currently typing this on a w2207h, which I received for christmas.

It's been in stores in the UK for a month or so.

I do love it though. Best 22" TN around

[Bobs @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:28AM]

That is a pretty cool monitor, It might be my next decision away from my vx74 that came with my hp a735w 4 years ago. that background shipped with my hp by default 4 years ago. ive had a CRT for my entire life, it works, and it works well, but i think its time to update.

[Kolby @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:22AM]

so pretty much the same as the previous model but they added hdmi... thats the only addition i see? am i missing something?

[chai guy @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:25AM]

USB ports on a monitor? Why is this useful? (legit question, no sarcasm).

[chris @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:40AM]

"usb ports on a monitor"

so you can have your cpu under the desk and plus your keyboard in to the back of the monitor, or other usb devices, without having to crawl under your desk. apple monitors have had this for a while.

[helio9000 @ Jan 3rd 2008 8:01AM]

Many monitors have had this for a very long while.

[Wwhat @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:21AM]

Years before apple in fact.

[moe @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:31AM]

yet more tn crap

[marek @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:53AM]

You can sing about TNs all you want, but I judge a monitor like I judge speakers and headphones. If it looks good to me, that's enough -- and these glossy screens look great. I'm not sure about the 22" model, but I think they bumped the 24" down by $100. That's pretty impressive.

[frozenrubber @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:57AM]

Anyone know where I could get that specific wallpaper?

[Bobs @ Jan 3rd 2008 5:11AM]

You need to buy an HP computer, but the walpaper is missing the letters HP in bold white in the corner. but interfacelift has some of the best free walpapers for almost every resoulution.
www.interfacelift.com

[czo79 @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:22AM]

TN's? TN crap? Anyone care to enlighten me?
thanks

[Mobius_1 @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:15AM]

It's like a type of LCD panel that is not as good image-wise as the S-PVA panels but TNs also cost significantly less (btw many 30 inch displays use S-IPS panels which are apparently very high quality)

My 2 cents

[David @ Jan 3rd 2008 8:52AM]

"TN's? TN crap? Anyone care to enlighten me?"

TN panels are the cheapest to make and have a fast response time (good for gaming), but suffer both from fewer colors (typically 6-bit/channel with dithering and its associated artifacts used to create 8-bit/channel) and from relatively small viewing angle (especially vertical viewing angle).

The various VA options improve on viewing angle, color bit depth (8-bit/channel)and have excellent contrast ratio. They trade off on cost and speed compared with TN, however and also can suffer from a shift in gamma (how tones progress from dark to light) with viewing angle. This can give rise to 'black crush' in which deepest shadows darken or lighten at even small angles from direct-on. Can be a problem for critical photo editing of low-key (lots of shadow) images.

IPS monitors offer outstanding viewing angle, also offer 8-bit/channel color and don't exhibit the gamma changes/black crush of VA panels. However, they are more costly, their blacks aren't quite as black as on VA panels (lower contrast ratio) and they are slower (not as good for gaming, although the newest ones are acceptable). They can also take on a purplish cast in the black tones at extreme viewing angles, although this is remedied on H-IPS panels such as in the NEC 2490/2690 monitors and the newest 24" iMac. IPS panels are typically used in quality-critical applications such as photo editing.

[Wwhat @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:24AM]

They don't use dithering anymore, it's superseded by better tricks that work pretty much flawlessly.

[Wwhat @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:40AM]

Worst issue with TN panels is viewing angle, sure you can see thing from the side but the color (including white) slightly shifts with even a small movement of your head relative to the display, which some might not really notice and drives others mad.
And then there's the blacklevels of course.. always a bit lacking in most any kind of LCD.

[czo79 @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:21PM]

so, if I'm planning on purchasing a 24" widescreen monitor to use as both my PC monitor and as a television, does anyone have a suggestion of which type of panel I should go with? Or specific models to suggest, I'd like HDCP just in case the bastards start to use it at some point...

[Fraser Smith @ Jan 3rd 2008 5:07AM]

I just got the w2408 about a month ago! It has a DVI connection on the back anyway so is that not technically a HDMI port as well? DVI can produce both analog and digital signals.

Anyone know what the 'h' means?

[Phil @ Jan 3rd 2008 7:45AM]

The 2207h monitor isnt new... I got one from pc world about 3 weeks ago! It has a HDMI and vga port on the back.

[agrajag @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:40AM]

I'd like to get some info on the "H" as well. I've been looking at 22" vs. 24" monitors for a bit now. I'm on a 19" 4:3 at the moment and going to a 22" widescreen would result in a slightly less-tall monitor which I really don't want to do. A 24" would be bigger in both directions.

I also have a budget of about $400 for the choice. Thus it looks like TN is my only choice either way. The thing I don't get is that Amazon has a non-"H" model online right now but it shows as $599 but the cost is down to $439. I'm thinking if the new one drops to $499 retail then heck, I can surely get that one for $400 or less and I've found my new monitor.

I'm a gamer so the biggest issues I've been dealing with are vertical refresh rate and refresh speed. The 24's and above almost all seem to go backwards in refresh. I'm currently on a Viewsonice VP191b that's an 8ms refresh and it has too much ghosting at that speed. Going down to 5ms would be great.

[gn!uz @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:46AM]

The PQ is very good on these.. More so when compared to the 24" iMac screens which seem to have issues. One thing I don't like about these screens is the fact that they are total dust-collectors. If the LCD screen would make a perfect fit to the bezel it would be much more easy to just wipe the screen to remove the dust. Right now it's almost impossible to remove the dust (it grows by the minute especially in the corners).. HP can learn from the current iMac line...

[FuNiOnZ @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:57PM]

Biggest problem with most of the HP monitors is the fact that you can see the lightbars behind the picture. Other than that they are impressive.

[Donnaly @ Jan 31st 2008 9:21PM]

Just purchased the hp w2408h. Love the design, but I am having a problem with viewing text. Text is often blurry and has a green or purple tinge/highlight. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I updated my graphics driver and I have tried tweaking all the different settings.
Thx.

[Nettlea @ Feb 2nd 2008 3:54PM]

Donnaly:

Make sure your graphics card is set to output the same resolution as your monitor (in your case 1920x1200). If you are running a loser resolution, the monitor will have to scale the image to fit, resulting in the sort of blurred text you are seeing when the source and monitor resulutions are not equal or a multiple of each other.

[Paisley @ Feb 4th 2008 7:19PM]

I have the same resolution setting on the graphics card but the text is still slightly blurry, and I am already using a DVI connection. Only thing is that I'm connecting via a docking port, not sure if that is the culprit.