- Monitor including detachable monitor stand
- Power Cable
- DVI cable
- DisplayPort cable
- USB cable
- CD with manual and programs
- A few support flyer that nobody reads anyway ;-)
The base of the monitor gives a sophisticated look and is reinforced on the ground with metal inserts that prevent by their weight, the monitor must be moved when you rotate it or changed in its inclination. The base is mounted with a few simple steps and removed just as quickly again because here comes a lock instead of screws used. The monitor is height-adjustable, can be tilted and rotated (Swivel and Pivot). In the lowest position the lower edge of monitor has about 6 cm away from the table. In the highest position, it is again 16 cm. Openings in the foot also allow a certain degree of cable management.
The monitor itself is held in a slightly roughened black matt, which is circulating at the outer edges of a silver deposit and the monitor brings a noble and discreet appearance. At the rear you will find an analog audio output, DisplayPort connector, HDMI port, DVI-D port, USB upstream and two USB ports for the downstream. The latter, there is also also again on the left edge of the monitor us is very convenient to fast times to connect a USB flash drive or a card reader. Last but not least: you may not believe it, but this monitor even offers the rarity of a power button if you want to turn off the monitor completely.
On the front is emblazoned above a small HP logo on the whole fairly narrow frame, the right houses below the 5 plastic buttons for the monitor (OSD). The OSD is also in German available Swimming and leaves a tidy impression. On the image itself, you can take by setting the brightness, contrast and three color channels influence. The other menus deal with things like sleep mode, source selection, imaging, etc. He has consistent way off the little blue LED and an image signal with a smaller resolution (not at all) to determine whether it should be extended to the full image area or justified ; a 1: 1 representation is possible.
The backlighting uses white LEDs. The activation of these LEDs works by means of pulse width modulation (PWM). This method measures the brightness is not regulated by the current, but lightning quick on and off the LEDs. The light pulses, strictly speaking, what the human eye can not normally perceive. However, there are people who have a slight flicker perceive despite the high frequency or get a headache if they work longer hours at the monitor.
The illumination I feel as very evenly. The brightness can be checked by me by colorimeter in the range 34-328 cd / m² set. Who values say anything: The image can be tremendous dark but also extremely bright set. Here the ZR2440w scores over its predecessor, the z. B. at the lowest brightness settings to around 100 cd / m² delivers what simply is too bright at night.
When color fidelity, the monitor performs very well. Even when delivered him the colorimeter certifies a good display quality. If you turn a little at the controls and calibrates the monitor reaches the values that are almost perfect. This is surprising because the built-up panel for image display only works with 6 bits and thus already technically a "handicap" has. Here it seems this does good to have the control electronics in the handle. Nevertheless, there are small Patzer, which can not be so solve. For pure color gradients can be seen a slight banding, meaning it can not constitute the required color for a flawless transition easily arise Implied stairs because the monitor. This should not be overestimated because it usually does not have such Reinstverläufe and the problem is rarely encountered under actual working operations in a rule.
The measured contrast of mine is after calibration at around 1220:. 1 Worth mentioning here is that the contrast thanks to the LED backlight over the entire brightness range remains stable. Whether the monitor is set dark or light has therefore no influence on the contrast.
The viewing angles are very large thanks to the built-IPS panel. Need to provoke serious color distortion extremely oblique look at the monitor you already. From normal sitting position you will have no problems. Only in black and very dark shades of gray, you realize that the picture may brighten somewhat, but this is normal for this panel type.
Of course, the monitor also invites to time to gamble round. Here I can find nothing negative for me personally. A slight streaks is occasionally make out if you consciously focused on what under real conditions is impossible if you really plays. The OSD provides the possibility an overdrive function on or off. Here, the pixels are rotated faster by a selective voltage pulse to prevent blurring. Targeted tests can make a difference, played real I realize, however, also in shooters like Battlefield 3 little difference.
An input lag, ie a delay in image output between graphics card and monitor, of around 20 ms is, according to the review pages and Prad.de TFTcentral.co.uk available but I can not be determined. The monitor responds to my mind immediately to mouse movements and in games I can not constitute a disadvantage.
HP puts on the CD in the HP Display Assistant. A program with which the monitor can be controlled from the PC. The program provides essentially the same functions as the OSD - just beautifully wrapped. The software communicates via DDC (Display Data Channel) on the monitor cable to the monitor. The software I personally like not really know what it is, above all, that it is incredibly slow and offers no real value. What I miss here would hotkeys to change times rapidly keyboard slightly. Also specifications as the lightening or darkening of the monitor can not be adjusted individually. The only highlight of the software is the desktop partition, which is quite nice. The monitor can be divided into different areas. The running programs get the active window a small additional icon appears when you are using the mouse to the upper right corner. Here you can then quickly assign the program a desktop partition.
When power consumption of the monitor is in standby state measured me approved 0.4W and 0.3W in off mode. Pressing the small power switch, of course, no current is drawn. In operation, the consumption of the brightness and the content displayed depends. Here you move between 13.1 and 39,8W. When z. B. 40% brightness it is around 25W with the normal screen.
My conclusion: with the monitor I am very satisfied. Convinced the image display and benefits from the high contrast and excellent color reproduction. Leaves that the brightness in a very spacious area set me very congenial and is always a killer criterion for me. The constant contrast ratio ensures even at low brightness for maximum color fun. While gambling There are no restrictions and negative influences by the PWM control of the backlight I can not make. The monitor is also independent of the set brightness absolutely silently.
On the negative side is the banding problem, which has the monitor, but will play in everyday life usually does not all too great a role. When OSD I would have liked that you can directly adjust the brightness with +/- - so you have only once the menu, which although quite fix goes (2x menu button, brightness adjust, 3x Menu button) if you do a several times made, but you could have solved it differently. The software I think is not sufficiently thought through and secondly they react painfully slow.
