Unless you get the w22 as part of a computer package, this is one monitor you are going to want to avoid spending money on.
Introduction
HP tries to pull a quick one on the consumer with their w22 22-inch LCD monitor. Featuring an attractive 5ms response rate and a 1680x1050 resolution, the positive energy stops there. Sure the $400 U.S. price tag is attractive, but as the old saying goes “If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is” and the w22 is certainly a testament to that. Find out why you need to forget this monitor ever existed.
Editors Note - 3/9/07 - While it's true that vertical scan frequency is not supposed to be an issue with LCD monitors because they simply lack the phosphors of a CRT monitor, the vertical scan frequency does have a maximum refresh rate (in the case of the w22, 75Hz) to support motion, although it will not refresh static images.
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by Bret on February 16, 2008:
“I've had this monitor for over a year now and have not had any issues. The picture is crisp with no fading. If only I could figure out how to set the resolution with XP so it looked normal.” More...