The HP Pavilion 27xi is a light-bodied, low-cost 27 inch monitor, which easily simple monitor complies with requirements. This means that Web movie, game and General surfing, and productivity. It is a no. no-frills monitor in the customization options include the Holy Trinity of connections and satisfying image.
During the Pavilion 27xi great performance for a $340-monitor provides, is not the monitor use, if you precision color critical need of help. There are a few more expensive 27-Inchers better suited to these tasks. For those with simple needs the 27xi but does not disappoint.
Design and featuresIf you have more than a passing resemblance to Apple's 27-inch Thunderbolt display, is the HP Pavilion 27xi aesthetically at first glance. The 27-inch monitor has a 1, 920 x 1 080 pixel resolution and a incredibly shiny on the basis of IPS (in plane switching) screen. The monitor Housing Panel acts as its outer skeleton with the screen encased inside and looks so cool and smooth, such as the 27xi touch, there is no doubt that it is primarily made of plastic. The front band measures 0.5 inches while checks the width of the housing at 24.5 inches. The least the Panel measures depth 0.6 inches; an incredibly thin value the screen size.
The monitoring functions a 20 degrees back tilt but no pivot or screen-height adjustment. There is also no swing, but the Panel slides around so easily, that the absence of any concern not. The stand is 7.8 cm wide and 7.6 cm deep, but the display quite wobbles when from the sides knocked out. The links are back and include HDMI, DVI and VGA. The monitor also feel incredibly light for its size, weighing 11.5 pounds.
Everyone knows with HPS OSD (onscreen display) design, lots of surprises will not find here. Brightness, contrast and sharpness are available. Also included are six presets: improve +, film, game, text, photo and custom. Three color options include the temperature: warm, cool and standard (somewhere between warm and cool). RGB color controllers are also included, so that for the fine-tuning of red, green and blue.
The OSD array is located in the lower right corner and consists of five horizontally aligned buttons. Each button represented by a white LED that switches off when not in use. The extreme left button activates the menu, followed on the right side, source/plus minus, the automatic setting (usable only in VGA), quick view, and enter buttons with the on / off switch on the right side. The OSD menu to navigate, takes some getting used. I would call the interface clunky; It is simply not as intuitive as it could be. The on / off switch sits directly on the right side, and when a Turquoise makes lights turned on in the lower right panel.
Edge-to-edge or edge bezel?
AT the CES 2013 that an edge-to-edge display but apparently, edge-to-edge does not mean one who had many features of the Pavilion 27xi, it means what I think, told me, HP. At least not as I define it. In my mind, edge means simply no visible bezel. Or at least clearly has minimalist mounts and the 27xi an aperture. It is a thin bezel to be sure, but there is no denying his screen at the chassis very edge lines do not.
3 Color options, brightness, contrast and SharpnessRGB temperature
Tested I have connected the HP Pavilion 27xi via the DVI input with a Windows Vista PC with the supplied DVI cable. The indicator posted a composite score of 98 on CNET Labs DisplayMate-based performance testing.
DisplayMate: The Pavilion 27xi light grey display up to 254 to level 255 considered white and each level between him and 1 is a variant of the grey. The 27xi performance here shows that the display probably not susceptible to the bright colors will wash out. As dark gray, the 27xi, which at the same time very deep black, indicates indicates that the display can a very low black level to level 2 on display.
The monitor distinguished himself in almost all of our color scale tests that evaluate how smooth it shows different shades of different colors. The 27xi has revealed very few color abnormalities in these tests.
Text: Black text on white saw clearly, without obvious color tint problems. Writings were clearly visible on a 6.8 size.
Movies: I tested the HP 27xi with the Blu-ray version of "Avatar." The film preset looks also grainy, especially near the screen, which, if you are using the 27xi as a monitor, you probably while watching movies. It looks better from the screen, and its colors are far anyway more accurate and less saturated than the other presets. Curious, although a bit soft, I found suitable for movies at close range the best default text, especially as it allows you to change the color.