The HP-F2105 stands off the crowd of the "PC-TVs", and can match the best of the flat panel classroom. It is beautifully designed, sort of outer space invader, and it delivers outstanding picture quality. This, for £529, a bargain... Think of what you would have paid for an equivalent device from the Scandinavian competition.
This 21-in (53 cm) beauty has this industrial-techy, brushed-steel or chrome look that would not spoil your Zen, minimalist living room. It stands on a curvy, moon crescent-like looking piece of art. One may, however, remove it and place the device on the wall. This configuration allows to move the display about 40 degrees forward and backward, as well as vertically, but NOT horizontally, and that will undoubtedly rebuff some of us.
The beautifully designed F2105
In addition to DVI and VGA, the F2105 comes with three USB ports on the monitor. An audio input goes to the PC or any other source; it is amplified for playback, but bear in mind that you will have to install external speakers, should you use the F2105 for games or with a media center, since the built-in speakers deliver 2X5 Watts only, so nothing remarkably Hi-Fi-like here.
We mentioned brightness, and there it is, at any level of adjustment, and the beast allows many settings for color and brightness. Should you use the VGA input, the "autoadjust" function sets the the brightness/contrast as well as the screen fitting automatically... So, ease of use.
Gaming fans, beware... your magic number is 1600X1200, and the F2105 delivers a wide-screen resolution of 1680X1050. 16:9 widescreens are, according to the consensus, not well suited for games yet most reviewers considered that the F2105 behaves outstandingly in this world. You'll have, however, to check beforehand to see if your favorite game is not strectched at such resolution, otherwise you will have to "downgrade" it to lower levels.
There's a general agreement the F2105's brilliant image, great DVD payback, and that is also proves to be a very good device for those who will use it mostly as a work tool, in an office environment -mostly writing; no blur when properly adjusted. Talking about adustments, there are no presets for web, gaming, movies etc., which is quite odd...
A drive disc is present, as well ass all necessary cables, but there's no mike.
A nice baby, all in all, for those who work and play or watch movies on the same device
Specs (source: HP)
Display size21" (53.5 cm) wide diagonal ( H= 28.35 cm , W= 45.36 cm ) Display type
21" Thin-Film Transistor, Liquid Crystal Display, Active Matrix, WSXGA+ pixel pitch 0.270 mm Refresh response time
16ms typical (on/off), 8 ms (gray to gray - typical) Brightness
300 nits (typical) Contrast ratio
1000:1 (typical) Video input connector
DVI-D, D-sub analog VGA Speakers and microphone
Two integrated stereo speakers (5w per channel), front volume control, front headphone jack input; supports external speakers and sub-woofer (not included) Viewing angle
178° horizontal, 178° vertical Display Tilt and Swivel Range
Tilt range from 5 degrees down to 35 degrees up; 4 inches (10.16 cm) maximum height adjustment. Wall-Mounting: standard VESA 4 hole pattern 100mm x 100mm screw-mounting option 2 High-speed 2.0 USB input (1 output to connect to a PC) Display resolution
1680x1050 @ 60Hz Recommended resolution
1680x1050 @ 60Hz, plus full screen support for lower resolutions, and ability to display 1920x1200 @ 60Hz Color
True colour (up to 16.7M) Horizontal scan rates
48 to 85Hz vertical, 30 to 94KHz horizontal Plug and play
Yes Faceplate treatment
Antiglare polarizer, Antistatic Display, Maximum Pixel Rate
165 MHz for analog and digital input User controls
Front controls: volume up/down; Power button with LED; OSD menu, OSD plus and minus navigation buttons, Auto/OSD select OSD controls: Brightness, Contrast, Image controls including scaling alternatives, Color, Languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch), Management features including input selection, OSD controls, Information, and Factory reset Box Content
Monitor, VGA and DVI-D cables (1.8m), AC power cord (1.8m), USB cable (1.8m), Stereo audio cable (1.8m), Documentation kit and CD, Limited Warranty card Dimensions / weight / warranty
Weight: 9.2Kg
Dimensions, Metric (W x D x H) with stand: 588 mm x 465 mm x 287 mm (W x H x D)