14 DAY TRIAL // HP may have unleashed a whole bunch of small and light mobile computers recently, but it seems it turned its attention towards a different IT segment now, that of LCD monitors.
LED-backlit LCDs have more or less become the norm on the market for both monitors and HDTVs.
Granted, there are other technologies, like Plasma and even OLED, but liquid crystal displays are, nonetheless, dominant.
LED backlights have also practically replaced CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lights), even having the same price point now, more or less.
Turns out that a LED-backlit LCD monitor is exactly what HP has put together, under the name of Elite L2201x.
Judging by the name, one would expect some big, feature-packed model, but it looks like the outfit focused on thinness and, to some extent, affordability instead.
With a diagonal of 21.5 inches, the newcomer is just 0.4 inches thick (the exact measurements are 19.94 x 4.89 x 14.22 inches, the same as 50.65 x 12.43 x 36.13 cm).
Still, the image quality doesn't slouch either, with the Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) being just the main asset.
Turns out that the Elite L2201x has a static contrast ratio of 5,000:1, a brightness of 250 cd/m2, a response time of 16ms and viewing angles of 178 degrees, both horizontally and vertically. As for connectivity, the newcomer has only a DisplayPort connector.
Described in detail on its official product page, the HP Elite L2201x is plug and play-ready, has and anti-glare panel and is Energy Star qualified.
Availability should ramp up on the first of June, 2011, meaning that there is quite the chance for its to show up at Computex.
Finally, the price will be of roughly $250, meaning that it will end up in the homes of more consumers than some would have expected, especially knowing that most video cards and mainboards of today have DisplayPort outputs to match.