HP Pavilion 23xw 23-in IPS LED Backlit Monitor

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I am so frustrated by this product. The monitor display is fine, but it flashes black multiple times every minute. For people who do a lot of work in front of a computer and would like to stay productive, do not buy this monitor. It adds yet another annoying distraction that makes it impossible to get work done. Ive reset it a number of times and the issue persists. To be completely upfront, there is likely a solution that involves calling the HP service desk or bringing the monitor in to get fixed but who has time for this? I do not allocate 2 hours of my day to fixing something that I expect should work.

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Product was received packaged well. Plugged it in and immediately noticed the colors were not sharp and bright. The resolution was fine everything seemed fine but the colors were not as vivid as the 5 year old monitor that this one was replacing. I decided that perhaps it needed color calibration, and performed this and was still underwhelmed even with the minor improvement. Checked to see if there was any troubleshooting I could do for this problem, I found a few things on the HP support site but nothing that really improved the problem. I ended up setting the "technicolor" setting and got the best results, but they were still bland compared again to my 5 year old Gateway monitor. I have just decided that I will stick with this for a year or so until I can find a better monitor (wont be hard I would imagine). Was not happy with my purchase but we need two monitors, and my wife has the 5 year old "good one" now. Maybe I can trick her into taking this one!

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I bought 2 of these in April of 2016. I use them 20-30 hours a week. One of them is now useless. The screen goes completely black for 3-5 seconds every 5-10 seconds. Unfortunately its not an input issue (Ive tried switching inputs and sources). Its not the signal dropping because the power button never turns orange (thats what happens if the signal drops). The monitor menu even disappears if I have it pulled up. The screen is dying. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TQQN2GI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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After reading all the great reviews I was very excited to order this monitor, not to mention the such a low price for a brand new 25 inch IPS monitor! I went to best buy beforehand to check them out, and wow these HPs have a great screen. The blacks were black, and the colors really popped! Sadly, mine did not. I took it out of the box today when I received it and immediately hooked up my ps4 (still waiting on a power supply for my pc) and played some call of duty. The picture looked washed out and dull compared to my 5 year old lg HDTV so I figured it must be some weird setting on the monitor. Nope, no matter what settings I changed it was still dull and washed out. compared it to my Dell laptop with an IPS display and the difference was even more obvious. I guess I got just a bad panel. Ive read about the "IPS lottery" in which its just random when you get a bad panel, but I specifically went with a name brand for the supposedly better quality control. Oh well.

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The monitor worked just fine with my older Mac late 2013 since I switched to MacBook Pro 15-inch 2018 macOS Mojave installed the resolution quality is very poor (in system preferences under scaled only 3 options appear 1600 x 900, 1080p, 720p and all of them produce a very bad quality image. I googled many articles and have not found a solution. My Dell monitor at work works fine surprisingly. Maybe 27xw HP not compatible with the latest mac book pro 2018/Mojave OS

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The monitor looks and works amazing, but there was a tiny piece of cardboard stuck to the screen when mine arrived. When I attempted to remove it gently, the screen was scratched where it had been. I will be returning, hopefully, and ordering a new one, because it really is beautiful! Update: I have received my replacement monitor, and will be returning the scratched one shortly, but this one has its own flaws. Because its so large, its difficult to go through the entire repackaging process, so I think Im just going to call it good, but I am disappointed that I cant get a perfect product for my money. There seems to be something going wrong in the packaging or production process for these monitors. The replacement monitor (same product) had a smudge on the screen which I was able to remove with a microfiber cloth, but it also has some black marks on the bottom silver bezel and the white surround. I dont think Im being too particular in saying that if you buy something brand new, it should arrive in brand-new condition. The clear wrapping that covered the bottom stand part was also dirty, like itd been through some rough handling. Luckily, it didnt affect the part underneath the wrapping as far as I can tell. So far, the monitor works perfectly, and it would be amazing if not for the problems.

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I have a MacBook Pro and the new display wouldnt work. I first called HP support and was told in a few minutes that the monitor was working fine, and suggested I call Apple support. I had just bought a new Apple adapter (HDMI, USB, USB-C to USB-C) and the lady at Apple support sent me a new $50 Belkin adapter (HDMI to USB-C) for free and, lo and behold, it worked! I bought a second monitor to use at our summer house, along with a Belkin adapter, and it works fine.

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Functions well, but no written directions in my container in English. Had a devil of a time getting it to turn on. Their picture instructions are ambiguous and lacking in clarity. The buttom to turn on is on the underside of the monitor, in the right front corner and can not be seen unless you place your face well below the bottom of the monitor and look back up, because the underside button is thin and not deep enough to be seen when looking at the front of the monitor from your desk height. The picture instructions reference no underside buttom but merely a symbol on the bottom right front corner of the monitor and suggest you merely turn on the monitor (after connecting it properly, of course) but pressing in on the symbol. Well, the symbol is not a button and does not push it. Clearly a gross ambiguity that could have EASILY been avoided by a picture showing an hidden button on the underside of the monitor and by showing an error pointing up rather than an arrow pointing directly to the symbol at the front right bottom corner. I assume their absence of written English instructions, but providing me written instructions in Spanish and some other language was a packing error. If not, again shame on the manufacturer.

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I bought this monitor on a budget of cause. but the colors are really nice on this monitor. I was told this wasnt for gaming. I am not a hard core gamer. and the response time 8ms, I could not even tell any motion blur. AT ALL lol. I have an Asus monitor with 5ms right next to and was trying to tell if i could see any difference. none at all. and the contrast is not that bad ether. I got this monitor for 180. I think its a pretty good deal. It is pretty good for gaming. I played battlefield, BO3, mass effect 3. But there was a catch.. the first one a got has been use/opened. but they sent me other one for free.

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Im using this monitor for about one month with a Macbook Pro. The image quality is very good, accurate colors without any adjustments, 27" is huge, very bright (I use it on 50% and I think is too bright, I eyes hurt at night). The build quality is also very good. It matches with the Macbook design no apparent buttons and the power led can be turned off. To use in the desk the height is about right I felt no need to put it higher, it tilts vertically, the screen is almost borderless which gives a modernity impression. Although Amazon claims that it comes with a VGA cable, I received mine with an HDMI cable, which was a very good thing ($ 10 economy in a new cable). No backlight bleedings. The cons: there is no support for VESA mount, there is no built-in audio or audio output port, there is no way to up or down the screen vertically, its pretty bright so at night I need to change the brightness I need to go through a long path in order to get this done, its very hard to hide the cables (and cables really bother me), for a 27" display I think a resolution above 1080p would be something desirable. Although the cons I think the pros and price (below $ 200.00) makes this monitor a really good deal.

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