HP W2207H

HP w2207h 22-Inch Wide-Screen LCD Monitor Review

by Greg Adler

Jun 4, 2008 - The 22-inch w2207h has all the features you could want in a good monitor. It comes through with great image quality, particularly with text, and it provides tilt, pivot, swivel, and height adjustments.

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User Reviews for HP W2207H

Reviewed by: rackets00

Oct 14, 2008 2:08 pm

Duration of ownership: 8 Months

Strengths: First off, it is a very imposing and impressive looking monitor right out of the box. I love the clean and sharp look of it, not to mention the picture is about as crisp as you will find anywhere!

Weaknesses: My only gripe would be that the monitor does not swivel downward, only upward. Since I have it on a computer desk where the monitor sits kind of high, it would be nice to be able to raise it and aim it at a slight negative angle. Other than that, it's a beautiful thing!

Overall Evaluation: Awesome large screen. Sitting right in front of it, it almost feels too big. Great for games!! I love it!!!

Samsung 245T

Samsung 245T 24-Inch Wide-Screen LCD Monitor Review

by Greg Adler

Jun 4, 2008 - Samsung's 245T is a great-looking, thin-bezel monitor that can swivel, tilt, pivot, and be adjusted for height.

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User Reviews for Samsung 245T

Reviewed by: kerbe

May 15, 2008 12:00 am

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Ease of use.Glorious image quality.HDMI connection.

Weaknesses: Doesn't seem to have a "sleep" mode.

Overall Evaluation: Sometimes I just sit and stare at this monitor -- the image quality is STUNNING! I can walk across the room from it and still clearly read 10pt fonts. Photographs and DVD movies are beautiful at the monitor's native HD resolution and I love being able to use an HDMI cable (rather than the heavier. less flexible DVI cable), especially when rotating the monitor from landscape to portrait mode. My computer is EnergyStar rated and shuts down various and sundry parts of itself to save power. When it kills the video card, the monitor runs a kind of "No Signal Found" screen saver -- I'd much rather it went into "sleep" mode but I've been unable to activate that option, if it exists. My concern, in moving from a 19" standard monitor to a 24" widescreen monitor was that it would overwhelm my desk. I'm happy to state that it does not. Although twice the physical size of my previous monitor this unit seems, somehow, unobtrusive. So the picture is overwhelmingly beautiful while the monitor, itself, is not overwhelming in the least!

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