HP X2301 58,4 cm (23 Zoll) Slim LED Monitor (VGA, DVI, HDMI, 3ms) FULL HD

Monitor arrived in one piece so the stand did not have to be self assembled. This also means the stand is very sturdy and the monitor does not wobble or feel flimsy when adjusting the tilt angle. The range of tilt available is not brilliant though, only about 5 degrees forwards for viewing from below, but nearer 25 degrees back for viewing from above.

Straight onto picture quality, through HDMI or HD through DVI (HDCP compliant obviously) the picture is fantastic. The monitor actually has a resolution slightly higher than 1080p at 1080x1920 but when I sent a signal of that resolution to it it produced an "out of range" error. However this does not bother me as I rarely view higher than 1080p resolutions. There is an inbuilt sharpness control ranging from 1-5, 5 yields the crispest results without looking over sharpened and distorted, anything below seems to subtly smooth and blur the image. It appears to be more of a blur control rather than sharpening the original image.

The inbuilt menus are very easy to navigate with the 4 solid buttons on the base. Contrast and brightness controls all respond well, the monitor has a very good contrast aided by the fact it is a glossy screen, Blacks are very deep in a dark room, and whites can be very bright. The back light of this monitor is by far bright enough to be viewed in a well light room without reflection being overly annoying.

Colours are nice and vibrant too, however the monitor suffers slightly from a 'green push' making greens appear more vibrant than reds or blues. Needless to say the monitor still produces very warm reds and deep vivid blues. It is possible to adjust the RGB colour and turn down the green slightly, and there are also two or three options for colour temperature, but there is no simple 0-100 colour control to cut or boost the overall saturation, not that you really need one, as you can control the Red Green and Blue separately.

VGA through this monitor in 1080p still looks very nice and crisp and vibrant, however it does't compare to HDMI understandably. I bought this monitor primarily to play my PS3 through and it offers a very smooth image with no ghosting visible, so the refresh rate is more than adequate for me. It has a built in "Video Overdrive" feature which is meant to up the voltage to each pixel in order to lower the refresh rate even further, however with this engaged it produced very visible ghosting in certain circumstances of fast moving video, with pink ghosting on a white background and green ghosting on a blue background. I highly recommend you ignore this feature and turn it off.

This brings me onto the "Dynamic contrast" feature, which is also best disengaged. Rather than dimming the back light behind part of the screen where dark images are and keeping it on where light colours are it works by analysing the overall colour of the image displayed and either dims or brightens THE WHOLE SCREEN. So from one frame to the next the contrast could be 8,000,000:1 but the relative contrast of different areas of the screen for just 1 frame, or a still image will never exceed the 1000:1 static ratio. However this is adequate enough.

Overall a very thin beautiful screen which I would highly recommend!

First noticed this monitor in my local PC World, it stood out from all the rest on display (in appearance). However it was the full RRP in the shop and I knew I could get it cheaper on Amazon.
I wanted something that looked really good to go with my new Dell desktop - it didn't disapoint.
It's just plug an play from the box and it does everything it says on the sales docs from HP. The refresh rate is fast !
I just love this monitor and would recommend it to anyone.
Also Soteluk are a very good marketplace supplier, they kept me informed of the delivery and it arrived on time. The packaging was very good and the screen was well protected. I would use them again.

I bought the HP x2301 to use with my Mac Book Pro 2011 17". Having got a LG M2343A which does work with the MAC. I automatically assumed it would work perfectly well with a HP x2301, which it doesn't. Luckily for me, I had a seperate Samsung Laptop. I am somewhat disappointed that HP do not support MACs with their monitors (certainly not a Mac Book Pro 2011). But saying that it is still a lovely clear picture although for some reason the HDMI lead from the monitor to the laptop doesn't pickup a picture... Perhaps it's me assuming it would work when perhaps it doesn't... Erm? Note to self: Stop assuming! Seriously it offers a great clear picture and its very light as well. When I picked it up from PC World, I was very surprised at how light it was. Had it worked with my MAC then it would have gotten 5-stars - disappointing about that, but that's life - I guess. Still if you want a stylish light 23" monitor you can't go far wrong with this little beauty, just avoid it if you want to use it with your MAC. Shame on you HP for not supporting MACs with such stylish monitor!