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12 November 2008
Perfect Monitor, Perfect Price
6 of 6 found this helpful The w1907 the nicest monitor you can get for under two hundred. My HP came with one of these and i just ordered another one for dual flat panels. Some Things to consider:
definition: i give it a 8.5 to 9 out of 10. It has 1440x900 res. It can show up to 70 frames per second, again nearly the best you can get. This monitor has better picture resolution than nearly every flat panel TV under 40 inches or so.
color: 10 out of 10. Bright beautiful and accurate color with just a little fiddling with the settings,
Adjustments: 7.5 out of 10. It has mounts on the back for a wall mounted panel, viewing angle is nearly 180 degrees, no glare from the coating. The only thing I didn't like was a lack of height adjustment. You can tilt it, but you can't move the panel up and down.
Sound: 2 out of 10. This is the only thing you can complain about with this monitor. The speakers are the worst sounding I've heard. But most wouldn't use the built in speakers and therefore wouldn't care. They sound like headphones. Like I said, a fact of little importance as the monitors job is video, not sound.
Connectivity: 9 out of 10. It has standard VGA for nearly every computer built since I've been alive. It also has DVI, a signal that is able to relay true high definition picture. It's kind of like HDMI, but it only carries video signals, no audio.
Style: 10 out of 10. Gloss black on faux-brushed aluminum. Keep the black plastic clean as it tends to get smudges on it easily. Understated, clean. It's engergy star compliant, if that matters to you.
They also make a w2007, a 20 incher with 100 or so more lines of resolution. I've seen them side by side and there's not much difference. They make a w2207, which is visibly larger and clearer, has HDMI jack and has full 2500x1440 resolution. Its enormous and has two USB ports on the side. Finally the w2407, big enough to crush an office desk. At somewhere around 4 to 5 hundred, its functionality is eclipsed by its price tag.
If you can get an extended warranty, do it!!!! They do have a tendency to get dead pixels. HP support won't part with a new one under warranty without some tough talk. I'm told in the neighborhood of one in 200 will get one within a year. Don't be the one out of 200. Use the money you'd save getting the 1907 and buy the warranty.
I've had this monitor for just about one year now and I'm adding another one for more "work" space. It's wonderful and for under 200 bucks, they're price is just right.