HP finally delivered its new flag ship to me. I'd be completely happy, would they also include the special calibrator which they promote to be avalaible for the monitor (maybe it is not yet).
Let me share the first impressions with you.
It is clearly IPS panel with some kind of polarizer, because I don't see a white glow looking off angle, but it is not the same panel as NEC 2490 and 2690 have, since these make a violet hue looking from angle and dark green from another, while LP2480zx has violet from both angles.
It offers really a lot of settings including a quick change of working colour space (full/aRGB/sRGB/Rec.509/DCI P3 (I have no clue what these two later are) and custom), often it is possible to set target luminance and colour temperature.
Pixel mapping includes stretch/aspect/1:1, overscan, some cropping options.
Overdrive can be turned on/off, input lag results will follow.
The monitor is conservative black, good looking and solid stand as we know it from business-class HP models. It has a fan inside, which is quite quiet, but can be annoying to some (not for me), especially if its quality degrades over time... and we know what these small fans can do
Edit (2):
- As it is LED-backlight monitor, the brightness can be toned down significantly, OSM says 40 cd/m2.
- Compared to NEC 2690 2480 has much better sRGB mode. Maybe it can be even calibrated, but without the dedicated software I can't check it.
- Contrast can not be set manually in the OSM, a calibrator must be used.
- Also colours can not be directly changed as R/G/B as we are used in the most monitors (but the color temperature control is present).
- Monitor does not have an ambient light sensor to auto-brightness adjustments (at least I didn't find it). Personally I don't use it with my 2690, but as I understand, some people like it.
- Compared to my NEC 2690 I think that the violet hue in the LP2480zx is more apparent (I mean the one when looking from an angle).
Edit (3) - Backlight uniformity
I took some shots of white screen, but they look much worse than the monitor itself. So the white uniformity is perfect, only edges are slightly darker, but so they are on my 2690.
With the black screen, everything was also OK save for two light spots at the left side of the monitor. However in normal use they are not noticeable.
Edit (1) - Some amateurish shots:
And now to what you surely want to know - the input lag
I made 11 measurements with the average input lag being ~26 ms (overdrive on).
31, 15, 31, 16, 15, 31, 32, 31, 35, 31, 15
average = 25,7
As you can clearly see, it is mostly two frames, sometimes one. Just what are we used to get from newer IPS monitors.
Let me share the first impressions with you.
It is clearly IPS panel with some kind of polarizer, because I don't see a white glow looking off angle, but it is not the same panel as NEC 2490 and 2690 have, since these make a violet hue looking from angle and dark green from another, while LP2480zx has violet from both angles.
It offers really a lot of settings including a quick change of working colour space (full/aRGB/sRGB/Rec.509/DCI P3 (I have no clue what these two later are) and custom), often it is possible to set target luminance and colour temperature.
Pixel mapping includes stretch/aspect/1:1, overscan, some cropping options.
Overdrive can be turned on/off, input lag results will follow.
The monitor is conservative black, good looking and solid stand as we know it from business-class HP models. It has a fan inside, which is quite quiet, but can be annoying to some (not for me), especially if its quality degrades over time... and we know what these small fans can do
Edit (2):
- As it is LED-backlight monitor, the brightness can be toned down significantly, OSM says 40 cd/m2.
- Compared to NEC 2690 2480 has much better sRGB mode. Maybe it can be even calibrated, but without the dedicated software I can't check it.
- Contrast can not be set manually in the OSM, a calibrator must be used.
- Also colours can not be directly changed as R/G/B as we are used in the most monitors (but the color temperature control is present).
- Monitor does not have an ambient light sensor to auto-brightness adjustments (at least I didn't find it). Personally I don't use it with my 2690, but as I understand, some people like it.
- Compared to my NEC 2690 I think that the violet hue in the LP2480zx is more apparent (I mean the one when looking from an angle).
Edit (3) - Backlight uniformity
I took some shots of white screen, but they look much worse than the monitor itself. So the white uniformity is perfect, only edges are slightly darker, but so they are on my 2690.
With the black screen, everything was also OK save for two light spots at the left side of the monitor. However in normal use they are not noticeable.
Edit (1) - Some amateurish shots:
And now to what you surely want to know - the input lag
I made 11 measurements with the average input lag being ~26 ms (overdrive on).
31, 15, 31, 16, 15, 31, 32, 31, 35, 31, 15
average = 25,7
As you can clearly see, it is mostly two frames, sometimes one. Just what are we used to get from newer IPS monitors.