Why is it so cheap?

[ciaran]

January 13, 2009 at 11:06 pm

The HP LP2475w 24-inch monitor is retailing around 500. This is considerably cheaper (way under 1/2 price) in comparison to it’s rivals, i.e. the NEC Spectraview. Specs wise, they seem pretty identical.. am I missing something? Can anyone recommend or slate this monitor?

[randomway]

January 13, 2009 at 11:46 pm

The one you are looking at has an S-IPS panel, and it’s just €454 on the dabs site… may worth the extra if it’s your only monitor and you need it for image editing. It has got a good review on this site: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/hp_lp2475w.htm Sorry for just throwing a link at you, I just hope, it helps your research…

I am considering this one as a second monitor… the Dell is perfect for colours and sharpness, but I the space is never enough:
http://www.dabs.ie/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=50C4&CategorySelectedId=11109&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11109,51800000

[stcstc]

January 14, 2009 at 12:30 am

generally the big difference between professional graphics/photo editing monitors and desktop computing monitors is to do with the details of the specs

for example the ammounts of bit processing the LUT, a lot of the higher end monitors use from 12 to 16 bit LUT processing

most desktop monitors use 8 or 10 bit

this makes a difference with actual colour acuracy and the ammount of gamut the monitor can display

some of the higher end monitors can now display the full gamut of adobe RGB. most desktop computing monitors only display about 70-80% of it

HP do make a serious monitor for photo editing
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-444767-3648397.html

but its 2k dollars

[JMcL]

January 14, 2009 at 2:14 pm

I have a HP LP2065 which is great for photo editing (if a bit small these days). If this is coming with the same pedigree (S-IPS panel etc), then it’s a snip at that price

John

[CianMcLiam]

January 14, 2009 at 9:26 pm

I have the HP LP2475w and it’s a super monitor, but very, very bright and saturated out of the box, 50% in the brightness and contrast sliders corresponds to 100% on my previous monitors! Very wide viewing angles compared to any LCD I’ve used and the illumination seems very even across the screen to my eyes. I presume you’ll be calibrating it as soon as though! I don’t know how well the Huey Pro calibrator I’m using takes into account the wide gamut effects when displaying its test patterns so I’m looking into this at the moment.

I find it superb for photo editing but the wide gamut means that previewing images in Adobe Bridge causes the photos to look much more saturated than when they actually open in photoshop. Likewise, internet explorer and most applications look wild compared to Firefox set to wide gamut. You probably know this already though! I haven’t tried the sRGB emulation mode but I hear it makes little difference.

If you want to pop down to take a look at it you’re welcome, I’ll try and clear a safe path through the converted attic (especially if you have a better calibrator with you!)