Digital Home Thoughts: HP LP3065

"A large 30" LCD is definitely a luxury that only a few people are willing to afford, but if you have the money and other hardware necessary, using a computer takes on a whole new dimension with such a display. Games can feel even more immersive, but truthfully we find the extra screen size to be more useful outside of gaming situations. The ability to have numerous applications open without the need to overlap windows can increase productivity for example, and it's also possible to have two or three different versions of a document open at the same time for easy side-by-side comparisons. All other things being equal - and in our testing we would have to say that the Dell 3007WFP and HP LP3065 are in a dead heat - price and features are going to usually be the determining factors on what LCD people want to buy. In the features department, we definitely give the edge to HP, but this will really only matter to people who plan on using more than one computer with the display. Otherwise, you could basically purchase either of these LCDs and be happy."



HP has added an interesting feature to their 30" LCD offering in an attempt to differentiate themselves from the competition. Given that a 30" LCD effectively requires a video card with dual DVI output, hooking up multiple computers to a single monitor offered few options other than an expensive KVM switch. HP has built in multiple DVI inputs allowing you to scroll through up to 3 dual DVI connections. Pretty cool, but I think they really should have included the K and M parts to give the user a full built in KVM option.