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HP L2335: Low Response Time and High Resolution LCD

 by Kristopher Kubicki on July 8, 2005 7:00 AM EST
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Application Analysis

The core of our LCD benchmarking comes from real application analysis. We play with a lot of monitors and it gets easier for us each time to pick out problems with an LCD just by using the right application. Here are a few quick looks at some demanding full screen applications. We already ran ColorVision's OptiCal software, so all of our monitors are calibrated and adjusted to the same curves.

High Definition Video - We played the WMV9 1080p and 720p versions of "Under Sea Adventure" to give our monitor a little taste of high definition video. Our other HD video playback has been done unscaled, but cropped in order to view the HD image quality in all its glory. With the last batch of LG.Philips LCDs, we were able to view WMV9 at 720p unscaled (because the monitors supported 1680x1050 resolutions), but this is really the first time that we will see 1080p unscaled. Like all other displays that we have seen to date, the L2335 does not support DVI-HDCP, so don't plan on watching video from your receiver on DVI just yet. Component connectors do work fine for this, however. Image quality was outstanding. Even though we have black bars across the bottom and sides, the image is still unscaled and takes up enough of the screen to really give an awesome experience.


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The Matrix Reload, The Matrix - This dated, but useful, benchmark still gives us the ability to test FMV on the display. With such a large resolution, watching 480p unscaled is not particularly viewable, since it takes up such a small portion of the screen. Using the signal zoom in the display actually yields pretty decent results, although the screen was almost identical to playing the movie in full screen mode from the software DVD player. We could not detect a washed out look in any of the scenes that we checked during our analysis; all seems well in Matrix-land.

World of Warcraft - WOW, infamous WOW. Since I had approximately five hours to kill before my queue for Battle Grounds, I took the opportunity to take the display at 1920x1200 through Stratholme (all of it). Gaming at a resolution like this really doesn't get any better; for the first time, I feel like I finally have enough space to lay out all of the icons, and the X800 Pro is more than enough to keep up the FPS just fine. Even in some of the more LCD-unfriendly areas, like deserts, we could not detect the "washed-out" look. It seems as though HP hit the nail on the head for the contrast ratio and brightness.


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Max Payne 2 - The extreme light and dark transitions in Max Payne still provide us with the sufficient criteria to benchmark transient response time; specifically, we can focus on the light and dark extremes. Like the last few displays, we again had no problems with the color curves and no problems with the black and white transitions. There were periods in the game where we noticed the response time playing catch up, but as far as LCDs go, this was one of the better experiences that we've had.

Photoshop CS - Again, nothing but praise for this monitor. Once we had the image profile loaded, the HP L2335 was actually very pleasant to work on because we could work within an entire 1200x1200 or 1600x1200 image that was wholely contained in the display - without scaling. Even if you are not totally convinced that LCDs have the ability to replace CRTs for high quality image manipulation, at least the resolution is high enough to rival CRTs.


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  • svi - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    >>Widescreen gaming is the only way to play IMO.>>
    But most engines stretch or clip a 4:3 picture to produce widescreen output. Source is an exception, and a big one, but you can't make a generalization like that based on a single case where widescreens are better.

  • MadAd - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    Finally!!! The L2335 gets to Anandtech, I gave up asking for a review.

    BUT, now you have acknowleged that widescreen gaming is here to stay, will you now do some video benchmarks at 1920x1200 for current top line videocards PLEASE!

    Can anyone say SLI? Do the latest PE's cut it at 1920x? Noone else can tell us, comeon help us out here.

    Its not as if you dont have the screens now ;-)

  • Pastuch - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    I bought my Dell 2005fpw about 2 weeks before Anand reviewed it. I even have the same location and manufacturing date as the monitor they used in their review. I am more than happy with it. I think my Dell 2005fpw is probably my best hardware purchase in the last 3 years. I paid $682 Canadian for my Dell 2005fpw after taxes and shipping. That is 30% less than any comparable LCD in its size range, widescreen or not. Prior to owning my Dell 2005fpw I had a Samsung 1200NF and a Samsung 900nf. The NF series from Samsung are my favorite CRTs other than NEC/Mitsu and I still dont think they can compare to the 2005fpw. Widescreen gaming is the only way to play IMO.

  • arswihart - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    #23:
    "#19

    Also, this monitor was out more than a year earlier than the Dell 2405."

    How true, just another countless example of how Anandtech readers are some of the dumbest asses around. If Anandtech hasn't reviewed it, it doesn't exist apparently, for a lot of Anandtech devotees.

    Honestly I'd never heard of the monitor either, but obviously this monitor has been out for a damn long time, and its about time Anandtech did a review of it.

  • KristopherKubicki - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    Houdani: Ah, I submitted my image of Max Payne but I think I had the naked patch on Mona --- probably why it isn't in the article :-X

    Yeah I dunno what I was thinking with UltraSync, that's fixed. It's been a long week. :(

    Kristopher

  • Houdani - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    Overall, a very nice review. Makes me wish I had the moola for either the 2405FPW or the L2335.

    Are you hiding a screen cap for Max Payne 2 somewhere (page 7)?

    And props to 17 for pointing out why "UltraSynch" just didn't sound right.

  • Capt Caveman - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    #19

    Also, this monitor was out more than a year earlier than the Dell 2405.

  • Capt Caveman - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    #19

    How are they the same thing???? Did you read the review?

    The reviewer wrote that the L2335 has a better screen than the Dell 2405.

    Plus, the L2335 isn't for the average customer as it's listed as Business Monitor. If you go to HP's website, you can't find it under Home and Home Office LCDs. It's actually been upgraded to be the f2304 w/ speakers and is to be used as a MCE display.

  • Questar - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    "HP needs hooked on phonics...going the way of gateway, cept gateway at least mattered at one point"

    Huh? The second largest computer company in the world doesn't matter?

  • Questar - Friday, July 8, 2005 - link

    " Unfortunately I don't think any LCD could really stand up to a CRT as far as response time (since there isn't any on a CRT) "

    Techinically no, but there is phosphor persistance.
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