HP W2408h

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• 9 stars

  I got this monitor for $199

  by tech-deals on December 23, 2008

  Pros: Nicest monitor I've ever owned
  I picked up a re-certified version of this monitor for $199 thanks to a deal I found here - http://www.techdealdigger.com/deals/hewlett-packard-w2408h-199-at-buycom/5628
  The swivel feature is nice

  Cons: I wish I had bought 2 of them

  Summary: Keep your eyes peeled for deals like the one I scored. I'll buy another one next time the price drops.

  Summary: Keep your eyes peeled for deals like the one I scored. I'll buy another one next time the price drops.

  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 6 stars

  Excels as a small 1080p TV but has light bleed at edges

  by mariospants on December 22, 2008

  Pros: Excellent color as long as you don't limit the palette by using the pretty much debilitating wizard tool. Bluray movies and 1080p movies look great.

  Cons: Awful ergonomics (power button ideally requires two fingers and thumb to operate; turning down volume requires a minimum a of 3 button presses), at desktop distances vertical orientation is almost impossible to view and there is HORRIBLE light bleed.

  Summary: I really wanted to love this monitor - and when using it as a display for my PS3 I really do - and it has the essential feature set I ...

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  Summary: I really wanted to love this monitor - and when using it as a display for my PS3 I really do - and it has the essential feature set I was looking for: large size, tilting, HDMI input, etc. but as a computer monitor, text rendering is hardly any better than a cheap display, the speakers are useless and I too got bit by the "includes DVI but doesn't" marketing that this monitor was afflicted with. Warning to Canadian customers: if your 2408h is defective, you will have to send it back and wait for a "repair or refurb". hp will neither send you a replacement monitor first nor replace your defective monitor with a new one. I am a life-long hp customer (42" hp plasma display, hp desktops and laptops, hp camera, hp printers and hp monitors) and I've been lucky so far, but I am slightly disappointed with this monitor. I was actually going to send it in for replacement after the first week due to the extreme light bleeding at the edges but the repair people gave me a 3 month runaround and conflicting messages regarding what they would actually do to help me but the icing on the cake was when I examined a neighbor's 2408h and noticed that he had similar amounts of light bleeding. I'm scared now that hp will consider my light bleed "acceptable" or "normal" and send back my unit scratched and exposed to all that damage which comes with shipping (I baby my things). Having to send back something this nice, new and relatively pricey is not something I relish doing. Do yourself a favor and examine the monitor thoroughly at the store display and if the display monitor shows edge bleeding, ask yourself if you can live with it.

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• 9 stars

  Great for gaming

  by terence2 on April 2, 2008

  Pros: Color, Size, Clarity

  Cons: Speakers I guess 2 watts why bother

  Summary: I have purchased Samsung Monitors for the last 15 years, From 17" and up. Replaced my 22" Samsung with this. HP has surprised me with a quality piece of equipment.

  Summary: I have purchased Samsung Monitors for the last 15 years, From 17" and up. Replaced my 22" Samsung with this. HP has surprised me with a quality piece of equipment.

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• 10 stars

  Great monitor

  by clarmr on May 30, 2010

  Pros: large clear and crisp, rotates 90 degrees, looks better then any of the monitors I used at work or and cad lab.

  Cons: no hdmi port

  Summary: I purchased two of these monitors and set them up in dual mode. I am cad designer and I love the amount of real estate it affords me. I was ...

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  Summary: I purchased two of these monitors and set them up in dual mode. I am cad designer and I love the amount of real estate it affords me. I was considering going with one 30" monitor but this was a better choice for me. Now if I can only convince my job to follow suit...:) I have owned my monitors for 18 months now.They perform very well. The picture is excellent when viewing photos, hd videos, dvds and most of all 3d cad. This monitor can swivel 90 degrees. It has a few usb ports. I prefer this screen layout over the new elongated hd screens.

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• 4 stars

  HP CUSTOMER SERVICE? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING

  by SHOCK77777 on February 14, 2010

  Pros: The size, the brite screen

  Cons: I purchased this on July 21, 2009 and on January 26, 2010 it stopped working. HP insists the warranty expired on April 27, 2009, three months before I bought it. I have made 11 calls, sent proof of purchase 4 times. 30 days later they still say no

  Summary: I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HP PRODUCT. I WILL GO ON EVERY CUSTOMER REVIEW SITE THAT I CAN FIND ON THE INTERNET AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW NOT TO ...

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  Summary: I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HP PRODUCT. I WILL GO ON EVERY CUSTOMER REVIEW SITE THAT I CAN FIND ON THE INTERNET AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW NOT TO BUY THEIR PRODUCTS BECAUSE CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED WITH ANY COMPANY IN MY LIFE!
  
  Please read on to know why I say this. And remember you have been warned, do not do business with Hewett Packard or purchase their products.
  
  I purchased and have proof of purchase for an HPw2408h 24" Wide Screen LCD Flip Brite screen monitor. I purchased the monitor on July 21, 2009 however when I contacted HP on January 26, 2009 to say my monitor stopped working they said the warranty expired April 27, 2009. Kind of hard to be out of warranty three months before I purchased.
  
  
  I have personally made ten (10) phone calls with each lasting up to believe it or not (3) hours and have sent them a total of (4) Emails with a copy of my receipt, serial number, product number, place of purchase and date of purchase.
  
  
  Believe it or not Friday February 12, 2010 I called Office Depot who had a record of my purchase and they did a three way conference call with HP. Guess what, we were on the phone for 1-1/2 hours and again the same run around over and over.
  
  Seriously I repeatedly asked for a supervisor, approximately (50) times during that conversation and kept being told that the supervisor was on another call and would call me back. I said sure, that's what you've told me everytime I've called. The last time you said 45 minutes, nine hours later I had not received a call and had to call back again.
  
  The person I was speaking to would only give me his name. I asked for his ID number and he told me they are not allowed to give it out. He said it was company policy. I asked I you sure it's company policy. He said yes. I again asked are you sure it is Hewlett Packards policy or is your policy? He said it is company policy.
  
  I asked him to give me the warranty departments phone number and he said that he does not have phone numbers. I do not believe him. I also told him several times that I wanted to do a customer satisfaction survey because I felt like all that he was doing was giving me a run around. I even went so far as to ask him if this is how he treats all of his customers and this is really going to throw you, his answer was "no I do not treat everybody like this, I only treat you like this.". I said so you admit it, you are treating me bad.
  
  Again I asked for a supervisor, again he said he's on another line. I told him that I wanted customer service again because I want to file a complaint against him. He then said it is not necessary because everything is recorded. I said so are you saying that the entire conversation is recorded, he said yes. I said really? Is everything recorded or what is recorded only what you type into the computer. He said no, everything is recorded. I said good then you can put in your report that I have also contacted the Better Business Bureau and gave him my case number. I said I'm sure that HP will be upset to have their company listed as a bad place to do business because you guys can't accept the fact that I have already sent an Email multiple times with a copy of my receipt and you continually say it is not under warranty.
  
  He said he does not know what happened to the other Emails but that I need to send another one. I asked him why should I bother because apparently you guys can't read. I said maybe that's the problem, you really can't read the english language, maybe I should write it in Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Chineese or Indian. Guess the last one hit a nerve because that's where he is at. Really bad that we have to deal with people in different countries for products we buy in the United States. No wonder our unemployment is going higher and higher, we don't employ the people in our country who need jobs. We hire people in other countries who don't speak fluent english and are difficult to deal with. Seriously Hewlett Packard should really re-think that a little bit.
  
  After an hour an a half on the phone I said to him, you know what go ahead and transfer my call to your supervisor because talking to you makes no sense at all. He said well now you're not going to be next in the query because you didn't let me transfer you earlier you are probably going to have to wait for 3 or 4 customers before you. I said whatever I will take my chances, because it's better than sitting here wasting my time with you.
  
  Believe it or not within two minutes his supervisor was on the line, and although I have to say she was pleasant to deal I was still told that I will now for the 4th time have to submit an Email with a copy of the receipt.
  
  It's good to know though that I had an Office Depot representative on the line as a witness to the run around I was getting.

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• 5 stars

  Popping sound from speakers, Difficult setup

  by 7heather on April 27, 2009

  Pros: Beautiful picture. Nice and bright and clear. No dead spots that I have noticed.

  Cons: Had difficulty setting this monitor up. Received errors when installing software and drivers. Had to do special research to figure it out. Monitor speakers make popping noise.

  Summary: It took more time than it should have to set up this monitor and get it to display properly. I had to install/reinstall drivers and software. It was a ...

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  Summary: It took more time than it should have to set up this monitor and get it to display properly. I had to install/reinstall drivers and software. It was a hassle. I'm using Windows Vista 64 bit.
  
  At first, when I would turn on the monitor, the built-in speakers would pop for a few seconds then it would stop. Today, several months after purchasing the monitor, the speakers started popping constantly and would not stop. Again, I had to do special research online to find out what the problem was. Someone suggested that muting the speakers fixed the problem, so I turned them off (through the HP My Display software) and the popping noise stopped. The speakers are useless anyway. They are much too quiet and when you turn your regular speakers down because you need silence, you still hear a tiny little noise coming out of the monitor speakers - not loud enough to hear, just loud enough to annoy you.
  
  I love the monitor. It's big, bright, and beautiful. I just don't understand why HP has to make every product crappy in some way. They don't seem to be able to produce a product that is perfect and doesn't have glitches of some kind. (I also had several glitches, some major, with my HP Elite computer.)

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• 10 stars

  Keep Your Eyes Open~MLB HD Streaming=Very Nice,

  by FrankiiSays on April 19, 2009

  Pros: Great deal now. Discontinued model April 2009, 1920x1200 better than not.

  Cons: Wish it had TV tuner.

  Summary: Bottom line, have to keep your eyes open. I was back and forth to various stores, and Best Buy, ( I know, I know but sometimes they have good deals and ...

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  Summary: Bottom line, have to keep your eyes open. I was back and forth to various stores, and Best Buy, ( I know, I know but sometimes they have good deals and managers can always take a few dollars off, just ask, especially these days), several times.
  
  As a mac user ( and Windows 7, beta), I love glossy. I saw a few glossy monitors but they were 1920x1080, 22",23" and was about to walk out with the latest HP monitor that was 23" and 1920x1080, had it in my hand, when I saw two boxes with the 24" model.
  It also turned out that the HP rep was there and he said it was discontinued so the two left were marked down. The one I looked at was $299 but got it fir $269 due to one stuck pixel which I can probably fix. I can't believe I didn't see them the other few times I was there. Always always, open it and try it before leaving.
  
  These monitors were $500+ just a few months ago and I can tell you, it's a great display. Especially since I have worked with Apple, and worked "for" Apple, that this monitor rocked. Plus, the extra 1200 over most 1080 high monitors means much more room for pix, audio DAW, documents and always suggest 1200 over 1080 when over 22" even if it costs a little more. You will be glad you did in the long run.
  
  The new MLB HD. Streaming looks great on it. Just as good as T.V. But with a lot of room to edit on. From other reviews, it appears you can calibrate for accuracy too. I look forward to this.
  
  Keep your eyes open since it's discontiued for a newer model that probably just has a different connection, they will be prices to sell which means a really good deal if you play your cards right. Also has a light sensor and 4 USB ports and hdmi. It's a really nice monitor and priced almost 50% off.

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• 6 stars

  ISPENT 10 MINUTES LOOKING FOR THE NON-EXISTENT DVI PORT

  by greichenbach on April 11, 2009

  Pros: The monitor looks pretty stylish and the colors are fairly good.

  Cons: What the hell? Where is the DVI port? My only choice is to go out and buy a HDMI to DVI cable for about $50 -$60 bills. The text rendering is some of the worst I have ever seen. Hopefully the new cable will solve that problem.

  Summary: So far it's a weak monitor compared to what's out there at this price point. That being said I will revisit this site and give an updated review ...

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  Summary: So far it's a weak monitor compared to what's out there at this price point. That being said I will revisit this site and give an updated review when I add the HDMI to DVI cable.
  
  Updated on Apr 12, 2009

  OK here's the update. The HDMI - DVI cable made a HUGE difference, font resolution was better and the colors really pop now. Why HP chose to not put a DVI input in this monitor is beyond me, or at the very least HP should of enclosed a HDMI - DVI cable with the monitor. This is a four star monitor with the cable, with out it, maybe a three, tops.

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• 9 stars

  Style and Performance

  by Stratus5ss on March 26, 2009

  Pros: Innovative Design
  Stylish
  Sturdy Adjustable Stand
  Solid Quality and Performance

  Cons: Built in rear facing speakers

  Summary: I considered all of the monitors you compared this one against, but the V7 and the BenQ. I like the Dell and the Samsung monitors fine, but, I like the ...

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  Summary: I considered all of the monitors you compared this one against, but the V7 and the BenQ. I like the Dell and the Samsung monitors fine, but, I like the HP best. The picture and the performance were great on all the monitors that I considered. The style, innovation and sturdy adjustable stand give the strong edge to the HP. My dad has the 22" version of this monitor and he really likes it.

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• 8 stars

  Great 24" display.

  by Chris-Gonzales on February 15, 2009

  Pros: Nice selection of preset modes, pivot feature is great

  Cons: Takes a bit to get the color and contrast just the way you want it, but thats with every display.

  Summary: The guy who review this got the pivot feature all wrong, as he was to lazy to go in to the settings to enable the feature, or somehow disabled it ...

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  Summary: The guy who review this got the pivot feature all wrong, as he was to lazy to go in to the settings to enable the feature, or somehow disabled it himself. But the feature does exist, so dont let him fool you.
  
  Asside from that, its a decent display, with a nice set of preset modes and easy to use controls.

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