Taken advantage of the Circuit City liquidation, my wife an I recently got new screens. She got the HP LP2275w (the 22" version of the one you're considering) and I got the Samsung 22...something or other (you can see a photo of it at http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/). The reason I chose the Samsung was because it boasted a 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, while the HP only had 3,000:1.
Now, I hate to admit my wife was right, but she may have made the best choice. I've never calibrated her monitor, but it looks great out of the box. I cannot tell any major differences in picture quality from her HP to my Samsung. Where the are significant differences is in the external hardware. The Samsung features a flimsy stand that is not adjustable in height, and it flexes if you bang the table (I'm considering mounting it on the wall to avoid this). The HP, on the other hand, has a very sturdy stand that is adjustable not only in height but also front-to-back, and it can be rotated to portrait mode (and with the bundled drivers it will actually rotate your work area so you can use it like that). Maybe someone with better eyes can tell the difference in image quality between the two monitors, but I can't, so if I were to do it again, I would go with the HP just for the ergonomics. My 2 cents. --M. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Doug Franklin <[email protected]> wrote: > AlunFoto wrote: >> >> I bought mine less than three weeks ago. So far I'm a very happy >> camper. My experience very much match the description in this test: > > Thanks so much for the information and the links. I don't think this CRT > has long to live, though it's surprised me before. :-) I may have to order > that HP LP2475w this week. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
