12/24/2023 0 Comments Spectre 32 tv![]() ![]() However, if you are using it in a multi-monitor setup ( which may not be needed as much with a 32 inch screen with PIP) it probably won't match your other monitor as easily as a black display. The monitor is "blizzard white" and should look great in most setups. When viewing at angles, I also noticed a haze over the screen. As I mentioned, the "light bleeding" is especially noticeable on dark scenes, even when you turn the brightness of the display to very low settings, when you view in a dark room. While the low haze treatment may help, I still see a lot of reflections, so just be aware that the refelectiveness falls somewhere between a glossy and a standard matte display. ![]() However, I have no way to confirm that claim.), AHVA display with 178 degree viewing angles, a low haze treatment, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 10M:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio and 16.7 million colors. ![]() I contacted HP's Sales Help via Chat, and for what its worth, they said that HDCP 2.2 was supported. HP touts a 60 HZ, HDCP supported (Note: nothing in their manual specifies the version of HDCP for each port. The upscaling from 1080p to 3840x2160 wasn't a problem in my use at all. HP says that it has a 7 ms gray to gray response time. There was a lot of detail, the colors where vibrant, and I did not notice any ghosting (although I can't say how it would perform with faster games). I also had an old video game called Tekken 3 on the PS3 and I played a couple games. Other than some noticeable light bleed on dark scenes, it looked sharp and detailed even from less than a couple feet away. I was curious how the display would look with Blu-Ray, so I attached a Sony PS3 and put on Planet Earth. Then attach it to the VESA mount using 4 screws. You simply pop out the stand ( if you have it attached) and pop in the included VESA adapter, remove one screw and insert the screw from the adapter. Unlike the iMac, HP makes this thing very easy to mount. Since I ended up putting it on an Ergotron MX mount, it wasn't a problem. You get a 5 percent forward or 23 percent back tilt. The stand for this display does not allow for much movement. I thought it was strange, so be careful if you are using an HDMI switch box. However, I was worried about the speakers being blown out, so I tested them afterwords and luckily they were fine. I turned the monitor off and back on and it fixed the issue. The speakers put out static and turned themselves up automatically. There was some weird issues communicating with my HDMI switch when I first selected the Mac Mini input. It comes in handy for YouTube and where I don't usually need optimal sound quality. That being said, I decided to mount the display on an Ergotron MX arm, so the speakers provide the ability to put the sound in the same direction of the display no matter where I have it placed. ![]() I have much better speakers in my setup and these speakers make the unit wider than it needs to be for those that would rather just use the monitor. They don't sound awful, but I would have preferred an option to remove them. The "DTS Audio" speakers are 6 watt per channel. This might come in handy during football season. You can also flip which source is in the PIP box and which gets the remains screen space. I tested both of the HDMI ports and they worked with my older (2010 & 2011) Macs and the PIP worked perfectly while I streamed video to one box while surfing the web. The display has several port options including MHL, HDMI 2.0, HDMI 1.4 and Display Port. Additionally, it has an option to split the screen, but it will shrink each box to keep the initial resolution and that makes it fill less of the top and bottom of the screen. You can also select the corner where the box is placed. If you want something in between, it allows you to step up or down the size of the PIP box in small increments. I like the fact that you can go right to max size or small size with one setting in the menu. I also tried out the Picture in Picture settings. The screen does a great job of upscaling the signal, so I was happy with the way it looks as a second monitor. I am not sure why the iMac would allow it to select a resolution the OS can’t support, but I went into the display module and set it to match the iMac’s display resolution (2560x1440) and I was up and running. My 2011 iMac did recognize the HP and automatically set the resolution to match the 4k resolution of the monitor which caused a black screen to show up. I don’t currently own a computer that can put out a 4k signal, but the display will upscale the picture from several different resolutions. Once I got the chat out of the way, I decided to try out the monitor. ![]()
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