HP LP2475w 24-inch IPS Widescreen LCD Monitor

I bought this monitor to replace my worn out CRT monitors, used mostly for high quality adjustment and soft proofing of photographs. I wanted something in the 23-26 inch range, I wanted an IPS panel (as compared to inferior TN type monitors)and I really didn't want to pay $1300 for the NEC 2690 WUXI, $900 for the new Apple LED 24" or even more for higher end displays. The HP seemed to fit the bill at about $600, it had generally good reviews from photo web sites, but there were a few people reporting color shifts across the monitor.

It is not possible to examine these high end monitors in person where I live (amazingly, what with being a few miles from Silicon Valley), so I ordered it on the strength of the reviews, the many color and picture controls it offers and the wide range of types of connections it will accept. And the hope that the reported color gradient was not a consistent problem, just some QA outlier.

It is a nice monitor, it calibrated very...Read more

I was setting up a home office and wanted to work off a large monitor so I could manage many documents at once AND I wanted a high quality monitor for photo editing. I am also a Mac user and after looking at the prices of Apple monitors I found i could get this one for 30% less and have the same visual experience.

Out of the box this worked perfectly - its big, and bold so you need to adjust the color but that is quite easy. What HP doesn't tell you is that they supply one of every type cable you could ever need with this monitor in the box. HDMI, DVI, RGB, USB - I think there were 5 cables included which was great since I use 2 computers and they take different connections.

Optically this monitor is excellent. There are 3 types of monitors TN - twisted nematic - the cheapest and the technology that Dell uses now), VA - vertical alignment which offers better viewing angles and color fidelity at the cost of speed, and IPS - in plane switching - the best...Read more

I'm a web designer and I needed a monitor that was easy on the eye. This one is a dream. No headaches or eye strain.

Prior to this I bought a 24inch NEC MultiSync LCD2470WVX. It had excellent build quality but it had a 6bit TN+ monitor that really hurt my eyes and gave me headaches. I defiantly couldn't have done a 12 hour day with that monitor. I sent it back after the first day and paid the restock fee.

A nice thing about this monitor is the 178 degree viewing angle. My last 19inch LG monitor also had a 178 degree viewing angle and so I never thought it would be an issue. The NEC showed me that it is a big issue. With a 160 degree viewing angle you can see a colour fade even between the top and bottom of the screen.

Out of the box the color calibration wasn't fantastic. In fact the NEC was much better out of the box. This could be to do with my graphics card or the ambient lighting conditions though.

The IPS panel (which is made...Read more