WYP
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HP are releasing a 32" 1440p FreeSync enabled display which uses a WVA+ panel and offers 100% sRGB coverage.
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HP are releasing a 32" 1440p FreeSync enabled display
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AlienALX
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FYI I have one of these and it's far from crap. Mine is the Bang and Olufsen version and it's a gorgeous display. 1440p on a 32" isn't crap either, and 4k is still 4k and needs a £1100 GPU to run properly. The only difference here is that mine is 70hz, but for the price and size etc this monitor is almost impossible to beat.
It's the same panel as a BenQ costing £200 more.
They already do a 4k version it's called the Spectre, but I avoided going 4k again like a dose of the clap.
HP make some really great stuff at decent prices. Their cheap laptops are usually very well specced and built nicely.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10579/hp-and-maingear-team-up-for-omen-x-highend-gaming-pc
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Great design and price, Shame the refresh rate is so low.
AlienALX
Well-known member
I guess it depends what you are looking for Dom. I run 1440p with a Titan X so I am under no illusions that I will ever pass the 70hz barrier. The only thing that kinda sucks is that I bought a Freesync display and am now using an Nvidia card. However, Adaptive Vsync kinda flies under the radar these days and works pretty bloody well.
With all of the stupid settings enabled and everything maxed in Fallout 4 I get 70 FPS when inside buildings and on Far Harbor which is absolutely stunning I saw FPS as low as 42, when in the swamp with all of the lighting effects going nuts (green etc). It was still very smooth and more than playable.
I would only need a higher refresh rate if I had something capable of pushing higher FPS. For most of us we aim for 60 FPS, 70 is a nice bonus.
As I said though, at the price I paid (about £370 IIRC) nothing even came close. In my top three was this, a 25" 1440p Dell (25" no Freesync or Gsync) and a 1080p AOC (though admittedly it was Freesync and 144hz). But even that was 27".
At first I did not like the 32". I had to turn my head to see it all. How people cope sitting that close to a 40" is a mystery. But now I am used to it and settled and I love it. Picture quality wise it's right up there and slaughters my old 4k Acer panel (which had the worst BLB I've ever seen).
There are other panels you can buy with the same exact screen in (BenQ do one and there are two others that are even more expensive) so at the price, features ETC this monitor was completely untouchable.
Going out there with a £500 budget or more opens up pretty much every sort of panel you can imagine, but sub £400? there's practically nothing worth owning.
The design is gorgeous, the stand is solid billet and it does sound great (I had to add a subwoofer to it though for some bass).
But yeah, if they launch this at the same price or thereabouts then I'm sure it will be a hit.
Edit. $429. That's actually less than mine was @ $450. So yeah, you're looking at around £370. Now try and find another panel this size with this res etc for that price. I guess removing the speakers has allowed them to drop the price a little.
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AverageNinja
Average Penis Too
Looks like a great display, especially considering the price. Just a shame it doesn't have a VESA-mount, as the stand doesn't look that great. Definitely not a deal-killer, though.
I wonder what it'll cost in Europe and the UK.
I wonder what it'll cost in Europe and the UK.
AlienALX
Well-known member
You sure about that dude? mine does. It's not conventional VESA though it comes with a steel adapter plate.
As for price? it should cost slightly less than this one.
http://www.johnlewis.com/hp-envy-32...2-/p2541121?navAction=jump&_requestid=2614271
Given they have not gone with speakers or a speaker sponsor (they've done this as a Beats monitor and Bang and Olufsen).
AverageNinja
Average Penis Too
HP doesn't mention that a VESA Mount Bracket is included in the box on their website (while it is listed with your monitor). Might've been another cost-cutting measure. The rear ends of the displays are pretty much the same, though, so it's probably compatible. Maybe they'll end up selling it separately.
As for the price, that is really impressive. I just checked, and the HP Envy 32 Bang & Olufsen goes for around €430 here, which is insane. I always thought the Iiyama B2783QSU-B1 was the best bang for your buck (1440p and FreeSync at around €370), but this seems like a much better deal. It also looks a lot more attractive than the Iiyama one.
AlienALX
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Yeah dude it's a killer monitor for the price tbh. There is literally nothing in the same price bracket with half of the features.
It's gorgeous, too. Something HP have become really good at lately. My wife has a HP/Beats laptop. It's nothing special with some AMD APU thing in it and a 1tb hdd. She got it refurb from Argos for around £300? something like that. It's lovely though, all black and red soft touch rubber stuff with the red beats logo on the outside
AverageNinja
Average Penis Too
Yeah dude it's a killer monitor for the price tbh. There is literally nothing in the same price bracket with half of the features.
It's gorgeous, too. Something HP have become really good at lately. My wife has a HP/Beats laptop. It's nothing special with some AMD APU thing in it and a 1tb hdd. She got it refurb from Argos for around £300? something like that. It's lovely though, all black and red soft touch rubber stuff with the red beats logo on the outside
Agreed, their latest Omen laptops look really premium, as well. They seem pretty good value too!
AlienALX
Well-known member
Things have changed dude. Seriously they're doing Acer prices but the build quality is far superior.
My lady is about as hard on a laptop has you can get. Her last one died because the fan outlet cover was clogged with chocolate crumbs and hair. It was overheating but still working so I sold it to a technician (hate laptops myself, too fiddly always snap on me lol).
But yeah, the difference between the cheap ass one she has now (it was £300) and the one she had before (another HP that cost £600 or so) is really apparent.
I've got a feeling when they bought out Voodoo they kept all of the designers because their latest stuff is really rather lovely on the eye ! They used to do expensive good looking gear "with Voodoo DNA" but they have stopped that malarkey now and just release good looking gear at every price point.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Yeah laptops nowadays are really far superior to anything they made previously. That's what happens when competition like tablets came in a took the whole market. They had to step up there game.
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