By chance I ended up at the HP ZR24w then what is an entirely new model of HP's business series and knew how to please due to the beautiful simple design, the IPS panels and mainly because of the price to me at once. The monitor is in 16:10 format and offers a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 pixels. After a moment's thought I ordered the monitor so on Amazon. The device is delivered in a pretty large box. Inside, everything is sorted nicely clear packed, the monitor itself by thick Styrofoam panels protected. The base is processed fairly functional, but solid and provides the monitor optimum grip. I had this but, since the monitor was directly only briefly in use on the wall. Back there is a standard VESA 100mm bore. You have to solve only the 4 screws for stand mounting, this decreases and then screwed the wall mount directly to the rear of your monitor. An accessory monitor is the way all at what you need: A USB cable (the monitor offers each 2xUSB below and to the side), DVI cable, DisplayPort cable, and VGA and power cable and a Quick Start Guide, including driver CD.
The design is simple and elegant in matte black, on the side of the frame is centered largely in fine brushed aluminum look (though plastic and not real aluminum, you should not expect for the price) held. The build quality is impeccable, all clearances fit. Also knarzen or flimsy materials not found in this device. Also I noticed that the monitor is relatively light, lighter than my smaller (!) Dell 2209WA.
At terminals everything is there that you need, especially the future-proof DisplayPort connection is definitely a plus point. Operate the device but I do not (yet) via DVI to an ATI HD4850.
After switching point sporadically in my enthusiasm a. The image is sharp, at least illuminated my device perfectly and no pixel errors. Also you can hear whatever the brightness setting anything on the monitor. No power supply or whimpering so hum. The monitor is also after prolonged operation above only lukewarm (power consumption I can not measure it but I'd appreciate depending on the brightness setting to 50-80w). The viewing angles are very good horizontally, vertically, I noticed that if you darken only about 10cm head via the monitor is the image of down significantly. But who has been sitting in front of the monitor so. If in an office, a colleague standing watch on the device should be said that this effect disappears from a distance of 1m. But this is the only complaint I had on the monitor. The keys are processed normally and have a good pressure point. The menu is very clearly structured, the operation is explained by itself. The exact parameter configuration I will not list them here now, you can see the data sheet directly from HP. It is nice that you can view the service life of the backlight in hours and firmware version, and serial number on the OSD.
Returning to the image itself there is nothing to complain about. There is no color cast, black is black (and really, really!) And the color space coverage is excellent. In games (DiRT2, Dawn of War 2 and CSS), the monitor also makes a good figure as in the Blu Ray playback. When I lodged Avatar the Monitor has losgelegt times really - what I saw hit me literally blown away. Crisp colors and contrasts, a super black level and even in fast scenes nowhere streaks or other - amazing!
IPS typically there is a slight "silk effect" on the screen, so it shines a little what one sees but only with larger white areas. And even then you get used to it very quickly. It is weaker than my old Dell and as it has me already absolutely not disturbed.
So to get to the end times: you get with the HP ZR24w a very well-appointed Monitor with good workmanship, all ports you need (incl. Display port for the future) and an awesome display the absolute is also suitable for fast games and videos , Plus, there's a full 3-year warranty with on-site exchange service! Then the truly unrivaled price. That reminds me remains nothing else than to award full 5 stars! A great monitor the HP delivers there.
