HP - 20" Widescreen Flat-Panel LED Monitor - Black

This monitor from HP is a mid-grade monitor. The price point for its size is comparable to others in its size and feature class. Assembly was very easy with a snap together stand, no tools required, and like most LED monitors this one is very light and easy to handle. Nothing like the large 50lb CRT monitors of the past! The picture quality for this class of monitor seems to be pretty good. It's nothing like my edge-lit LED Samsung 23" full HD, but during high motion scenes in a movie it was not blurry and the picture was clear. Text seemed to be rendered well and the 1600x900 resolution, while not a full HD 1920x1080, still gives enough room and a high enough pixel density that most tasks will work fine on it. For business and home casual use this monitor would be more than adequate; however there are a couple of drawbacks worth mentioning. I found the viewing angle to be very narrow for a modern LED lit LCD, moving more than about 20 degrees off of center would result on a very large change in the picture with the edges becoming very bright and the image getting that weird "inverted" look that LCD monitors get when you are outside of their optimum viewing angle. If you have more than one person wanting to view this monitor at a time this may be an issue. Also, I found the color temperature to not be even across the entire image. The bottom of the screen is cooler with a pure white, while the top is warmer and whites appear to be more ivory. If you are trying to use this monitor for serious photo or video editing this will be a major concern. Finally, only including an analog VGA cable is ridiculous and really shows that this monitor is targeted at the general consumer/office market and not a serious user. Including a DVI cable would have been of marginal cost and it meant that for my review I had to use a laptop instead of a my desktop which only has dual DVI and an HDMI output, no analog VGA. There is also no HDMI input, just a VGA and a DVI. Overall this monitor is fine for its price point and intended market, just keep in mind that there are a few drawbacks for more serious users who will probably want to look elsewhere.

Only bad thing about this product is that any minor change in viewing angle makes image look like it washes out a bit. Even just sitting up higher in your chair will "lighten" the screen up by looking at it from a higher angle. This ultimately doesn't really matter for normal computer use but may be a factor if you're watching movies or playing games on it for extended periods of time. Shifting your sitting position or slouching in your seat will change the perceptible color output. Set up is incredibly quick and easy, base just snaps on and holds well. If you're moving the monitor around it you notice that it's made of thin plastic but doesn't feel like it will break or anything. Somewhat cheap feel to it but chances are you will put it in one spot and leave it so that doesn't really matter. Wire inputs stick straight out so you won't be able to push it back flush against a wall, need to leave a little room for wires. Would have been nice for ports to face down for that reason. No issues with picture quality or performance other than the viewing angle thing. Works well, works every time. Matte finish doesn't show dust too bad. Really great for the money. No regrets with this purchase at all. Bottom of screen sits 2 3/8 inchs over the surface the base sits on. Overall height is 14 1/4 inches. 19 inches from side to side.

Perhaps my disappointment lies in "buyer beware": I had thought I'd researched this W2071d monitor pre-purchase, but apparently not well enough. I bought this based on my positive experience with the HP s2031 LCD monitor. However, the 2071 is noticeably inferior in displaying blacks, and viewing angle. HP's own stats show the Horizontal / Vertical angles at 90 / 50 degrees (vs. 170 / 160 for the 2031). "Dynamic contrast ratio" stats are pretty meaningless, but make no doubt that the 2031 is hands-down a better LCD for displaying blacks. Note, though, that I don't believe the 2031 is an LED, while the 2071 is. Also, I purchased several of both monitors, so this isn't a one-off fluke. The bezel and buttons don't seem as finished/refined, but that did not factor in my purchasing decision. For my purposes, I do like that it has DVI and VGA connectors. Not a *bad* monitor, but not great, either. "Fair" describes it .

This unit was fairly easy to hook up right out of the box. It has an HDMI port, but I did not have an HDMI cable, so nothing further on that. When I turned the unit on, it worked ok for maybe 15 seconds then started generating lightening bolts of color across the screen until the picture went black. Just to make sure I hadn't done something wrong, I foolishly called HP. After first telling me that I hadn't bought it that day in the store but amonth ago, HP support proceeded to offer to ship me a refurbished unit to replace this non-working new unit. Disappointing to say the least. I have not had problems with HP products in the past and had actually had a good experience with PC support in the past. I am not sure if the company culture has changed or they are just trying to cut corners. I was contacted after the fact and when I told them how disappointed I was in the call help, they offered me a USD stand-alone hard drive or other similar value item to make it up to me...so perhaps this was just a bad day to call them. I ended up returning unit to the store and got a different brand in replacement at the same price which had no problems.

I am giving this 5 stars because when Best Buy has this on sale for $79-$89 you can't go wrong! Amazon does not even come close to that price. I run 6 monitors at home since I work from home as a DBA and I run 2 rows of 3 monitors stacked. My bottom 3 monitors are the best LEDs 23 inch with IPS panels from Dell. The Dell S2240 and S2340 are the best monitors on the market and usually go on sale for $139-$169 and regularly $220+. The top row of monitors I use are low grade 20 inch. This monitor is not a true LED, but a LCD with a slight LED backlight so the picture quality is not as good a a true LED like the HP 2011x. I would not recommend this monitor as a main monitor unless you are on a very tight budget, or you don'[t care about picture quality, but for a 2nd monitor it works great. It also has as DVI and its VESA wall mountable which you will not find in this price range for a monitor. If you are looking for a main monitor I would recommend the dell models I mentioned.

This monitor was purchased to replace a monitor that would not power on. I was looking for a budget monitor at a low price, and chose this one that was available in store. The monitor is a good budget monitor if you are willing to accept some limitations. This monitor was designed to view directly form the front with a narrow field of view. You will have to adjust the tilt until the screen directly faces you to get the best image on screen. I also wish that it sat up higher, but that is a minor issue since it has a great tilt range build in. The colors and easy setup were appreciated, as well as the quick response time of the display. I know I show a lot of negatives, but this is not a bad display. Especially at its price point. I picked mine up in store, and actually saw one in operation, so I knew what I was getting when I purchased mine so that tells you it is not a terrible display since I chose this model over a slightly more expensive model that had a wider view distance for thirty dollars more. I also just noticed that it on clearance and it is a really nice price.

I needed to replace my OLD Dell monitor. It had serviced two new computer updates. So when It needed to be replaced I wasn't looking for something with a large price tag. But, something with a bigger screen and small price tag. Will I have had HP printers from the beginning. In fact this printer is my third one. So I said why not look at an HP monitor. I found this one at my local Best Buy store. In fact, I found it on my own and check out with out any help from anyone. Came home and set it up with out any problems. I just love this big 20" screen. My son-in-law said "Get a bigger screen while you are shopping around".. It took about a week to get use to the larger screen. Now I just love it. Thanks for the great product. I pray it last as long as my old Dell did.

The monitor was pretty easy to set up but, soon after we started using it, the background of the screen continually "moved from right to left". It made you dizzy when you worked at the computer, so we took it back and traded for another of the same model. It did the exact same thing, so we hooked up another old, smaller monitor we had laying around....it worked fine. We took the HP monitor back and exchanged it for a different brand. The lesser-known brand we traded it for works great! I'm usually an HP fan, but these two monitors disappointed me.