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"Monitor design is great but text is REALLY disappointing"
2.5 starson by jkaufman101Pros: Excellent design; bright screen; vivid colors
Cons: *Exceptionally* poor text
Summary: I thought I was buying a top-rated monitor when I purchased the HP f2105, but I thought wrong. Text reproduction is so poor (DVI and/or VGA modes) that I can't tell if it's appearing in black or dark red -- or dark green. Text ascenders throw multi-colored shadows off to their sides which makes some characters -- like double-L's (ll) -- blend together in a fusion of subtle RGB hues. I spent hours fine-tuning the monitor -- I even ditched my video card and bought a new $500 one -- but nothing corrected the problem. And as usual, HP tech support was as unhelpful as always. Contacting them is always a losing proposition. So today I returned the HP f2105 monitor to CompUSA and bought the Samsung 215TW. It is a much better solution for me because of its crisp text and extremely vivid colors.
So if you buy the HP f2105, don't say you weren't warned!
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Seems like my f2105 has a similar problem. I say similar since I get a yellow shadow most obvious with combinations such as "ll" but it is only yellow and only on small black-on-white fonts.<br><br>On top of that, the sleep mode does not work when connected through DVI (works fine through a VGA connection). So far, no luck with HP.
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