HP LP2475W or NEC 2490

my uses are document, surfing the web, games, and will use this monitor as HDTV( dvi to hdmi) thanks
 
If you have an HD cable box that can do non-interlaced resolutions, I'd give the 2490 the edge here. It is standard gamut and can be internally calibrated to give excellent sRGB colors. sRGB colorspace is equivalent to HDTV color space.

For gaming, I'd give the HP a slight edge for slightly lower input lag, and possibly faster response times, as it is a newer panel.

For the rest of the uses like document and surfing the web, I'd give the advantage to the 2490. For surfing, the NEC is standard sRGB gamut, while the HP is wide gamut, so you'd need to use FireFox 3 with the color management add-in enabled, as well as a proper color profile for the monitor. Otherwise you end up with very over saturated colors especially in greens and reds.

Cheers.
 
Overall, the HP LP2475W would be the best choice since it does not seem you are doing anything graphics related; at least on a professional level.

The NEC LCD2490WUXi has a 12-bit Look UP Table (LUT) which will help eliminate any color banding issues that may occur while watching HD content. However if the original HD content itself has color banding error, then this feature will not really help. Bad Input = Bad Output.
 
Are you getting the two monitors at the same price? Only then are you comparing apples to apples. There are too many threads comparing these 2 monitors so just take a look in the Displays section.
 
thanakornl said:
pc_user, i am getting them at the same price..... any comment on those screen?
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If for the same price, get the NEC 2490. If you are unsatisfied with it for some reason, you can sell it for about $900-1000 and get the HP and pocket the difference.
 
If you like wide color gamut and go and download windows7, get 2475w.
If you have xp/vista get the srgb 2490
 
For the same price it is no contest.

The 2490 has a standard color space (much less headaches with odd over saturated colors).
The 2490 has less reported issues (read the big HP thread, a number people found very harsh text, fringing, color shift across the screen).
The 2490 has the A-TW polarizer (practically a unique feature) which is a thing of beauty and gives you the best imaging stage of any LCD on the market (No image shift, no white glow).
The 2490 has a massive array of control features and a 12 bit internal LUT, but one neat thing is you can ignore all this, If you turn on colorcomp (to balance screen uniformity) it also enable a near perfect factory calibration and your don't even need to calibrate this screen. This probably makes it the best calibrated screen out of the box on the market and since it is essentially sRGB it doesn't really need to be profiled.

Basically you get the HP because it is cheaper.

But something else will be on the horizon to consider: LG is coming out with inexpensive non wide gamut IPS screens(if you can wait and don't mind 16:9):
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1389768
 
Snowdog said:
For the same price it is no contest.

The 2490 has a standard color space (much less headaches with odd over saturated colors).
The 2490 has less reported issues (read the big HP thread, a number people found very harsh text, fringing, color shift across the screen).
The 2490 has the A-TW polarizer (practically a unique feature) which is a thing of beauty and gives you the best imaging stage of any LCD on the market (No image shift, no white glow).
The 2490 has a massive array of control features and a 12 bit internal LUT, but one neat thing is you can ignore all this, If you turn on colorcomp (to balance screen uniformity) it also enable a near perfect factory calibration and your don't even need to calibrate this screen. This probably makes it the best calibrated screen out of the box on the market and since it is essentially sRGB it doesn't really need to be profiled.

Basically you get the HP because it is cheaper.

But something else will be on the horizon to consider: LG is coming out with inexpensive non wide gamut IPS screens(if you can wait and don't mind 16:9):
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1389768
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The HP does have some advantages, such as a much better selection of input connection options.

There is also some value to getting a new monitor with a full warranty.
 
Thanks for the input. Do the BK and BK-SV have the same input lags?
 
They should. The only difference between the SV and non-SV versions is that the SV version includes SpectraView II with a NEC-branded Eye-One Display 2 colorimeter.
 
Android1 said:
They should. The only difference between the SV and non-SV versions is that the SV version includes SpectraView II with a NEC-branded Eye-One Display 2 colorimeter.
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....and reports that the panels contained in these monitors are hand-picked top-notch examples.
 
i just placed an order for the NEC 2490..... hopefully i will get it soon and feedback to come.. Hopefully i make the right decision. Tough choice but after many hours in the school computer lab and playing around with the HP lp2475w I have to say I dont like the color reproduction and importantly the text does not look clear to me.......
 
I placed an order for the HP 2475W. I hope I made the right decision despite all the negative review on the "text" clarity.
 
If you can afford it, or can and are also willing to pay for it, the 2490 is superior in almost every aspect. The two known exceptions are input variety and average input lag, other may include black level and contrast, as well as response time.

The clear advantages to the 2490 for general usage is the AT-W polarizer which once you have seen it you will know what a major advantage it is (think CRT viewing angles), and internal 12bit LUT. Others would include control over almost every aspect of the electronics through the OSD, and higher quality control.

It all comes down to availability and the price you are willing to pay. I can tell you first hand that a good LP2475w is one hell of a value at $500-$600 US.
 
Epiik said:
$438 through an authorized HP reseller: http://cgi.ebay.com/Hewlett-Packard...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

With possible additional cashback through live.com.

The NEC is overall the better monitor imo but to me it isn't worth over 2x the price.
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I think the extra $100 might be worth it for the 3 year warranty and not having it be refurbished.

Oh, another small advantage the HP has over the NEC is that it can handle 1080i. Good if you use it to watch cable/satellite on it.
 
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