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#808 - HP W19E Widescreen LCD |
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Written by Zach Jeffers
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Saturday, 21 April 2007 |
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The LCD Panel:
The panel once attached to its base stands prompt and ready for viewing. The screen is 19 inches across and has a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. The screen has included speakers, controls and a headphone jack on the front of the panel.
At the top, you can see where the HP logo has been replaced with an ambiguous globe sticker. The controls at the bottom center of the screen are easy to use and from left to right are the Auto Configuration/Exit, Volume Decrease/Left Navigation, Power, Volume Increase/Right Navigation and Menu/Enter buttons. To the left of the controls, on the bottom edge of the screen is a headphone jack that will cut out the speakers if you have them connected via the 1/8th inch Audio-In interface.
   
From the side, you can see the range of tilt that the W19E comes with. There is absolutely no negative tilt though the specs show -5 degrees of negative tilt available. The back tilt is only about the twenty degrees listed in the specs. This really isn’t much tilt and twenty five to forty five degree is preferable. Obviously this is a budget screen and we can’t expect everything.
  
The back of the W19E panel is pretty scarce and plain. There are mounting holes for a wall mount or LCD arm which is pretty standard across the industry. There is a retention loop on the back pillar of the unit that is used for cable organization. This is always a great feature, but through our testing, the retention device broke on the first attempt to utilize it.
  
On the back of the unit, you have the Power, Audio-In, DVI and VGA jacks. It was really nice to see the power supply built in and avoiding the loose power brick. This monitor consumes 37watts of energy while in use and a minimum of 2watts in stand-by. This will cause heat to build up inside the case, but as you can see, there is plenty of air ventilation around the power supply. It was additionally nice to see DVI included, though you will need to provide your own DVI cable.
 
Through the de-branding efforts, the back label has been replaced with a generic sticker that does not represent the model number nor even fit within the depressed area on the back. Once again, if this saves me $65, then that is ok with me!
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