Saturday, September 27, 2008

HP L2208w - Flat panel display - TFT - 22" - widescreen - 1680 x 1050 / 60 Hz - 300 cd/m2 - 1000:1 - 5 ms - 0.282 mm - VGA - carbonite - Smart Buy

HP L2208w - Flat panel display - TFT - 22

Description
The large-screen HP 2208w 22-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor offers essential performance and user comfort features in an elegant extra-large 22-inch diagonal wide-aspect screen designed for users who appreciate widescreen viewing, wherever they work.

Review: By M. Corti "lab owl"
I purchased this monitor to go with my MacPro 15" laptop. Because of all the great Amazon reviews, I was all ready to buy a Samsung for about $100 more, but when I saw how crisp and clear my boss's HP display was I changed my mind and purchased the HP L2208w. I love it! The color is a little cooler than my laptop display but it's totally adjustable through the Monitor>Color>Calibration>Advanced control panel. The display is crisp with full color and saturation ranges and nice deep blacks for photograph editing. It took about 3 minutes to get it out of the box, plugged in and in use. At first I used it in duel monitor mode with my laptop but now, most of the time I just leave my laptop closed and use the HP as my sole monitor. It coordinates nicely with my laptop and Apple keyboard too. The only thing I don't like about it is the adjustment controls. I can't actually see any labels or icons on them to give a clue what does what, though I think they are there, they're so faint I can't see them. That said, there are an ABUNDANCE of adjustments you can make, everything you can thing of, and if you click around enough, you'll eventually get it exactly where you want it. It's a really great monitor at a fantastic price and I couldn't be happier with it.

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