The HP LP2465 is a 24 - inch screen background LCD display with a 16 - by-10 wide - screen aspect proportion that immediately made me think of the cinema . This affordable display ’s smart and colorful screen boast a nimble , six - millisecond , grey - to - white-haired pixel reply time , which helps when catch movement - laborious graphics in game and movies .
Setting up the display was straightforward . It has two DVI ports and automatically displayed its aboriginal 1,920 - by-1,200 pixel resolution when connected to a Mac . While some display admit ports for link consumer electronic twist like DVD role player , television , picture game consoles , and even dart memory cards , the LP2465 has more modest connectivity option : just the DVI ports and an integrated two - port USB hub .
My favored peeve with Apple ’s Cinema Displays is the lack of pinnacle adjustability , but that wo n’t be a problem with the LP2465 . This silver , tenuous - bezel display is highly adjustable — it can swivel , pivot into portrait predilection , move up and down , and tilt back and onward — making it easy to coiffe the display to a easy posture .
Once set up , the video display fare well in our panel tests , earning scores of Very Good in all mental testing categories . It has easy - to - read text ( even at very little typefaces ) , only a small loss of contrast when viewing the exhibit at off - center field angle , and accurate colors . The colors were n’t as vivacious as with some other monitors we ’ve examine , and they look lightly pass when compare to the more expensive NEC MultiSync 2190UXi ( ) .
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Though the HP LP2465 ’s connexion option are n’t quite as plentiful as some monitors we ’ve seen recently , and we ’ve seen brilliant and more vivid liquid crystal display , it is a practiced choice if you ’re looking for a orotund , low-priced wide - CRT screen LCD .
[ James Galbraith isMacworld ’s lab director . ]
