HP W2007 20-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 19.3 x 6.9 inches ; 15 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000OK2X6K
• Item model number: W2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,067 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 24, 2007

Product Description

HP W2007 20 In Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor. The HP w2007 features a BrightView wide panel for brilliant picture quality. HDCP enabled for optimum viewing of High Definition content /High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection/ My Display provides one touch adjustment for brightness, color and contrast. Quick View modes change work environments easily and quickly. Dual inputs support digital /DVI D/ and analog /VGA/ signals. The widescreen provides more space to work and play with your HP PC. Wide aspect ratio and fast response time bring gaming, videos and the internet brilliantly alive when you plug into your HP PC. Swivel monitor easily from side to side when sharing the screen. Personalize your monitor with Easy Clip by clipping on photo holders, cameras, and accessories. Resolution of 1680 x 1050 and a wide workspace provides what you need to watch a video, edit photos, surf the net or play a game on your PC.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vibrant colors and sharp picture, April 12, 2007

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K. Chamberlain "Music Addict" (Boise, ID) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP W2007 20-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor (Electronics)

This monitor is my first LCD and was an upgrade to a ViewSonic 17". I cannot get over how beautiful the colors and picture are. I find myself loading up old games and DVDs just to examine the quality.

It does not come with a DVI cable which I could not find any indication of on the box itself. Also, the information listed here on Amazon under "Technical Details" and "Product Description" differs in regards to the supported resolution. The "Technical Details" are correct. The suggested resolution is 1680 x 1050 and not 1440 x 900. I suspect the smaller resolution is probably correct for the 19" w1907 model.

I did not have a DVI cable already, so at first connected it using the included 15 pin cable and was very impressed on first use. Then I managed to get a DVI-D M/M cable and was even more impressed at the gorgeous picture quality. Definitely worth the extra purchase of a DVI cable. Just don't buy one at a local store where they go for upwards of 50 bucks. Amazon is a wonderful and very affordable alternative.

Mainly my experience with this monitor is in a Windows XP SP2 environment, although I do have a dual boot with Mandriva Linux. The printed instructions that came with the hardware were limited to a simplistic poster which was clear enough and the Windows software installation from the included CD went quickly and flawlessly. Getting the monitor setup in the Linux environment, however, was a bit of a chore and I still have yet to get it do display in the maximum resolution of 1680 x 1050. But that is probably more related to my own challenges using Linux.

I highly recommend this product. The widescreen aspect is outstanding for DVDs and iTunes videos. World of Warcraft never looked so beautiful on my system. In fact it's performed beautifully for every game I've thrown at it so far: WoW, Quake3, BF1942, BF2. Couldn't be happier. Except with maybe a 30". ;)

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bright vivid colors and crisp resolution, September 19, 2007

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Roger J. Buffington (Huntington Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP W2007 20-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I had my doubts about this monitor when I first examined it, because the earlier HP monitor that I owned had a distinct yellowish cast and the colors were not nearly as vivid as the competition. Obviously, HP learned from the marketplace because this monitor features brighter and more vivid colors than any other monitor I have used. This monitor is a joy to use for viewing digital photography, surfing the internet, watching DVDs or just doing work.

As is always the case with HP, the hardware on this unit is first-rate, excepting that this unit (in common with what appears to be the trend in the marketplace) does not include a height adjustment. This minor quibble aside, the unit was completely plug-and-play when I plugged it into my Intel Dual-Core PC (Windows XP) as the second monitor.

This is a very competitive product that I highly recommend.

41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Contrast; Very Clear Picture, June 2, 2007

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Maria (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP W2007 20-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I love the HP monitors that have the Brite Vu technology as this one does. It far exceeds other manufacturers' monitors in terms of clarity of what you are viewing with both words and photos. As far as the picture and clarity on the screen - it is fantastic. My only concern is in the design in that due to the size and the type of base I find that when I type the monitor jiggles a little as it's not really suspended to the base in such a way to prevent that. The monitor juts out from the base about 4 inches, so it's suspended in the air by this curved 4 inch base. It's just not as stable a base as some of the others. I'll be exchanging this for a different HP monitor. It could just be my desk (I have a glasstop desk so maybe it's not as stable as a wood desk) but the jiggling is annoying just the same and there is no way to correct the problem. Outside of that I'd give it five stars as far as the functions and crispness of screen image. The jiggling is the only thing I would caution someone in reference to this monitor. Outside of that - it's terrific.