Expert's Rating
Pros
- Easily navigable menu
- Great image quality
Cons
- Bezel absorbs fingerprints
- No DVI adapter
Our Verdict
This is a well price, full featured LCD display with good physical adjustments and good image quality.
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.
HP incorporated its Brightview glare panel in the w2207h, instead of using the chemically treated antiglare coating that appears on some of the company’s other monitors, such as the the HP LP3065 and the the HP LP1965. This makes for a cleaner-looking image, but introduces more reflectivity as well.
The display, which has a native resolution of 1680 by 1050 pixels, comes with two side USB ports, plus HDMI and VGA inputs. HP doesn’t bundle an adapter to connect the monitor’s HDMI or VGA ports to the DVI connection that most PCs now use, though such adapters are inexpensive and readily available online.
The display sits in a thin (about 1-inch) glossy black bezel with rounded edges. Unfortunately, you can easily smudge the glossy finish with fingerprints when adjusting the display. Though the w2207h doesn’t have a headphone jack, it does include a set of built-in speakers. Like most speakers built in to monitors, the HP’s are weak in bass, resulting in flat, tinny audio. For soft background music or basic sound effects for games, however, the speakers are adequate.
HP includes MyDisplay software to help you perform simple monitor calibrations, and you can automatically rotate the screen when you pivot it. Overall, if this monitor finds its way into your home or office, you’ll most likely be happy with it. Just be prepared to buy a DVI adapter!