hp 2065 lcd..anyone know this

magicpic

I am looking for an ips lcd momitor....does anyone experience this one thanks janis

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magicpic wrote:

I am looking for an ips lcd momitor....does anyone experience this one thanks janis

It is a well respected monitor but you should be aware that this model was the subject of a panel "lottery" back in 2006. You could obtain it with either a S-IPS panel or a MVA panel under the same model number.

There has been a lot posted on this situation in the DPreview "PC Talk" forum. I'll try to summarize it.

There is a product label on the shipping box and the back of the monitor.

The back of the monitor will look something like this:
http://www.thebrownings.name/photo/hp2065/IMG_8191.jpg


The label on the shipping box will have info like this:

Product number: EF227A8#ABA
Part number: EF227-60001
Description: HP Monitor(HSTND-2101-G)
Mfg date: July 2008
Spare number: 451133-001
Rev. GSM003

The point of general consensus is that if the revision number is GSM000, GSM001, GSM002, GSM003 - then you will likely have a S-IPS panel as indicated by the "GSM".

If the revision number is AMM000, AMM001, AMM002, AMM003 - then you will likely have a MVA panel as indicated by the "AMM".

But!! this is not 100% certain because there have been conflicting posts.


Here is a reference post:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1004&message=27239092&q=EF227A8&qf=m


I know of a Canadian online reseller that claims to have stock:

http://www.directdial.com/EF227A8%23ABA.html
http://www.directdial.com/EF227A4%23ABA.html


You'll notice that there are two different "product" numbers referenced in the dpreview post. I believe, with a moderate level of confidence but not 100% certainty, that this is an internal HP code system for volume cost discounts. The EF227A8 code refers to "Smartbuy" which I've seen used on several other HP monitors, always with a lower price than the alternate code.

Hope this helps!