Didn't want to spout off unnecessarily
I have owned 2 HP LP2475's- I am satisfied with the colors and gradations.
My #1 monitor developed screen anomalies over time, and was warrantied with its replacement less than a year later.
The color shifts in the gray fields working in photoshop would get to looking like a fine mist, I imagined it was two candy bars fighting over a map, one greenish, one pinkish,
anyway the warranty covered its replacement and the new screen couldn't be made to look like the old so I am satisfied.
All of a sudden a month or so ago,
after almost two years trouble free service, the #2 monitor gets a funny line,
some interesting mist, and maybe even brightening over the course of a day. It would start out dark but by the end the day be noticeably lighter.
Hmm says I,
call Hp,
hmm says they,
a monitor is being shipped,
send us the old one.
just like that
So even if the new monitor is only good until august,
I made out.
plain and simple,
Hp stands behind their monitor warranty, if you know what to look for you can weed out the poor performers, send them back, and with luck have a good experience like I have.
If you don't mind a minor amount of infidelity this monitor is great.
Calibrating it is an entirely different story.
The i1display2 doesn't work with it.
I'd imagine there is some calibrating tool that does,
but good luck,
you're gonna need it.
If you have a good card you can do some minor calibration,
a wide gamut monitor has solutions which seem limited.
So there is a thread in the color management forum describing some tests and so on,
there is a lot of info on the net,
my best solution is a print in my light box compared side by side with my monitor output.
Sounds hick I know,
but tell me a better solution that costs less?
