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HP ZR30w review: Is 'typical' still good enough?

While 30-inch monitors are nothing new, they are fairly rare. In the last year I've reviewed a grand total of...zero; however, in October 2009 I reviewed the HP LP3065. How fitting then, that more than a year later, I find myself making time with another HP with a 30-inch screen, the ZR30w.

The ZR30w is as typical as 30-inch monitors get. Excellent performance, but scant on features and options. Disappointing, especially next to the yet-to-be-reviewed Dell UltraSharp U3011, which has onscreen display (OSD) options coming out of its ears. Not a typical trait for 30-inchers.

It's obvious … Read more

HP's 30-inch green machine

For those of you clamoring for coverage of the HP ZR24w and ZR22w (all both of you; you know who you are), be patient. A review of at least one is coming--depending on which one HP decides to send me. In the meantime, HP has seen fit to add a 30-inch version to the series, the ZR30w.

In the company's press materials for the new 30-incher, HP insinuates that some people may not see much difference between it and the previous 30-inch monitor, the HP LP3065. They must have read my mind, as that was exactly what I was … Read more