Beiträge von marvan

If you're still looking for the monitor and can now find the HP LP2475W,
I may tell you it's a surprisingly good piece of hardware.
And yes the input lag is lower than the VA based models you named.

But beware, and I've read that many people have had the same problem,
in its default configuration my monitor saturates reds an awful lot so it
needs proper (hardware) calibration.

To me, if you plan to do something more than gaming with the monitor
you want to buy, then IPS or VA panels are good (but take into account the high possibility
of having to buy a hw calibration tool to get colors right),
if not I would stick to a good TN panel (maybe also from the same vendors you named).

Hi all,

I've recently bought an HP LP2475W display.

I'm quite pleased with it but I'm having lots of problems with color accuracy.

As pointed out by PRAD review the monitor default color settings are quite lacking and now that I tested in person I know the review was right, the factory calibration for this screen is TOTALLY WRONG ! (at least for my model with GIG 044 firmware).

Especially reds are way too saturated.

Obviosuly trying to play with color controls and some icc profiles I found on the internet didn't help..

So I'm looking now for a good hardware colorimeter that could help me calibrate this screen without buying a professional one as the LaCie Blue Eye series (I'm a software/web developer but not a graphics pro).
I've read somewhere that the Spyder3 series for instance doesn't deliver good results compared to other same-budget solutions like Pantone Huey Pro or the Eye One LT.

I'm looking to spend way less than 200 euros (here in Spain I can find the Huey Pro for 100 euros vat excluded)

Do you guys have any experience with some hardware calibration tools ? What do you recommend ?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Cheers,

Marvan

Hi Seaside, you bet I'm doing it !!

As said yesterday I'm posting some results of the attempts I made at calibrating this monitor until now
if they can be of help to anyone with the same monitor.

Well, being new to the subject it wasn't that easy, and anyway the only reference I had to compare the results to is the native screen of my MacBook Pro which I understand that maybe treats color quite differently (I still slightly prefer how it displays colors compared to the HP but that could also be caused by a looong time habit).

At the end I used the Mac OSX tool for calibration fixing the monitor settings to the following:

brightness = 17
contrast = 65
custom color mode with:
red = 245
green = 240
blue = 255

Now it feels quite better but I'm still not convinced of the saturation of warm colors, especially reds (and I lowered the gamma to 1.53 and that appears to bright them up a bit and ease saturation).

I think maybe I will be getting better results when I've studied enough of the subject ...

Seaside, thank you very much for your advice and explanations.
I actually went for the HP (as you suggested) and writing this post using it now .
As I said I'm not an expert but I must say the HP LP2475w is quite impressive.
The build quality is very good as it's the image.
All the movements of the screen are very easy to perform and there are lots of connectors.

I was initially worried that I needed a panel with more contrast but now that I'm using it I see the monitor
offers plenty of it (and brightness too), much more of what I need to write code..

Also, like the PRAD review points out, the monitor needs some calibration because the default factory setting of 6500k is quite saturated.

I will give it a try later and possibly post the results here in case they could be of help for someone.

Overall I'm very satisfied with this screen.

Hi all,

I'm a SW engineer programming an average of 8-10 hours a day in front of my macbook pro.
I'm currently looking for a 24 inch external monitor to be attached via dvi that I believe would quite improve my productivity.

I'm now looking to buy an HP LP2475W, an S-IPS with a very good price here in Spain.
The only other monitor that is making me doubt about that choice is the DELL 2408WFP because of its higher contrast ratio.

Having read thoroughly both the excellent reviews of these products I've still a doubt if the cheaper (250 euros cheaper)
HP S-IPS panel with its lower contrast would be suitable for programming where readability of the code is the most important factor.

Having no experience with VA or IPS panels so far (only TN) I kindly ask for your advice.
I know this is not a common topic on these forums inhabited by graphics and media professionals
but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Marvan