HP Pavilion f2304 High-Definition 23" LCD Monitor

by HP

Product Details

• Item Weight: 22 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 22.1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002IBOHI
• Item model number: F2304
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,258 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 22, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Enjoy incredible visual quality and performance with this giant 23-inch, slender display (only 4 inches deep)! This high-definition, HDTV-ready LCD monitor elevates your viewing of applications, photos, games, and more, to new heights. It's the perfect companion to an HP Media Center PC.

Features:

• Create your own home theater: the widescreen format enables optimum movie viewing; watch in HDTV format from an external DVD player or HDTV tuner (HDTV tuner or DVD player sold separately).
• View PC and audio visual material simultaneously with the Picture-in-Picture technology.
• Enjoy uncompromising performance for digital photography, video editing, and games with enhanced scaling and optimization plus blazing-fast 16 MS response time.
• See everything in total clarity with the high definition that supports a whopping resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 and 16.7 million colors; view razor-sharp video from your PC and external HDTV sources. (For optimal performance, use only with graphics chip sets that support 1,920 x 1,200 resolution.)
• Expand your usable work area by comfortably displaying two full pages of text or Web images side by side on the monitor (made possible by the ultrahigh resolution, which is 175% greater than a typical 19-inch LCD monitor and 230% greater than typical high-definition 23, 30, and 42-inch televisions).
• Revel in premium sound with spatial separation via the integrated stereo speakers; listen privately with the integrated headphone jack.
• Save space on your desk with the small footprint.
• Use in the kitchen or bedroom by mounting on a wall (compatible with VESA standard mount).
• Compliment the look of your HP Media Center PC with the platinum-blue bezel.
• Keep things tidy with the connector cover plus built-in power supply.
• Enjoy enhanced connectivity with computer video inputs for VGA and DVI, plus illuminated TV inputs for Component and S-Video—ideal for an external DVD player or HDTV tuner.

What's in the Box
F2304 monitor, AC power cable (5.9 feet, 1.8 m), DVI-D video signal cable (5.9 feet, 1.8 m), VGA video signal cable (5.9 feet, 1.8 m), PC audio cable, composite to S-Video adapter, documentation kit, limited warranty card

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow, August 13, 2005

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Kurt Sample (Rochester, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion f2304 High-Definition 23" LCD Monitor (Electronics)

After my first 24-hours with the HP f2304, I'm a very happy camper. The picture is jaw-droppingly gorgeous and crisp (after you install the monitor drivers from the included CD), the sound from the speakers is excellent, and the size is just amazing. I took off one star for the only issue I had with the monitor...the swivel on my base is a little loose, so the monitor tends to tilt forward instead of holding in the position I place it in. It holds in place if I tilt it back, but once it gets to straight vertical it seems to just drop forward. The base is removable via four screws in the back and can be replaced with another base or a wall-mount bracket, so it doesn't really reflect the quality of the monitor itself at all. Five stars for the monitor, 1 star for the base. :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best monitor I've ever owned., May 28, 2007

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istoba (Ladera Ranch, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Pavilion f2304 High-Definition 23" LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I've had the f2304 for a little over 3 years now, and I find its quality still in step with even the latest Dell and Apple Cinema monitors.
At one point (about a year after I purchased it) I thought there might be a defect in that the monitor was emitting a humming noise. I contacted the HP support center and they overnighted a new one. I noticed the one they shipped had a loose swivel stand (which another amazon reviewer mentioned) and the screen was smudged in some places, so it was more than likely refurbished. By chance I figured out the humming noise was coming from the volume on my monitor being turned up to 100 (doh!), so I sent the refurbished unit back and kept my original, which does not suffer from the loose swivel problem.

The only complaint I can think of is that when the screen is completely black, there is a subtle glow that emanates behind it, so it never seems completely black. This is more noticeable when watching a movie, than say, when looking at the black Windows Vista taskbar.

Watching High-Definition movies on this monitor is stunning. The sound quality is very good and there are plenty of connections in the back to hook up extra components. Used as a computer monitor, it's nothing short of stellar.

If you can still find one of these, don't think twice, buy it.