Alright, I'll bite. It's about time to replace my CRTs anyway. In for two.
*Fingers crossed*

DVvM wrote:What exactly does "HDCP-supports DVI-D or HDMI input" mean?

Can I just plug an HDMI cable into it without any sort of adapter and have it work, in case I wanted to connect something other than a PC?

yes, thats what HDMI input is for

got one, my first woot purchased...hopefully it will be fine

any use this for their tv?

I'd like to use this as a TV by hooking either my DVD player or my ROKU Streaming video box to it. So my question is, will that work? Anyone know for sure?

bdogatx wrote:any use this for their tv?

It does not have a built-in tuner, but it is HDCP compliant. This means that if you have a nice little box from your television provider, you should be able to plug this monitor into it and get a picture. However, this monitor has no speakers, so you will need to link some speakers of your own directly into your provider's box to get any sound.

Two basic questions:

1) Can I plug a macbook pro into this? [If so what cables would I need?]

2) Since there is no speaker, what do people usually do to hear sound?

thanks

wishes they would make a tv.woot so every other woot item could go back to being something I'm actually interested in.

clothilde3 wrote:Two basic questions:

1) Can I plug a macbook pro into this? [If so what cables would I need?]

2) Since there is no speaker, what do people usually do to hear sound?

thanks

Macbook Pros usually come with a mini-DVI to DVI adapter that should probably plug into this monitor. If yours didn't come with one, these adapters are relatively easy to get. You can also get a mini-DVI to VGA adapter if you prefer.

I usually just plug speakers or headphones into the 2.5mm audio port on my Mac.

clothilde3 wrote:Two basic questions:

1) Can I plug a macbook pro into this? [If so what cables would I need?]

2) Since there is no speaker, what do people usually do to hear sound?

thanks

You can buy an adapter to make the macbook output to an hdmi device, try amazon or the apple store.

You would need to use the macbook speakers or plug in external speakers, such as a typical computer speaker set to our macbook.

clothilde3 wrote:

1) Can I plug a macbook pro into this? [If so what cables would I need?]

yes, however there are different generations of macbook pros out there, you may need a mini-dvi to hdmi adaptor OR a displayport to HDMI adaptor.

here's a picture of the mini dvi
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B001ODNBDK/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0

display port (sometimes known as microdvi)

http://store.apple.com/us/product/H3983ZM/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY

2) Since there is no speaker, what do people usually do to hear sound?

Wait in silence until WOOT has a surround sound system on?

thanks

yw

Will this monitor able to display video from Direct tv BOX?

Logo on front of TV looks suspiciously like the HP logo....How has people's experiences been with refurbished products, always been "leery" of them.

scribethemad wrote:Alright, I'll bite. It's about time to replace my CRTs anyway. In for two.
*Fingers crossed*

good luck..Can't beat the price!!
Kurt

kmaverikaz014 wrote:Logo on front of TV looks suspiciously like the HP logo....How has people's experiences been with refurbished products, always been "leery" of them.

I bought a refurbed monitor from woot in the past and it worked fine. The ONLY issue I had with it was the Jatravartid logo they put on the monitor in place of the HP logo they pulled off... it didn't cover the spot perfectly and fell off in a few weeks.... loved the way they even covered the information on the back of monitor with black foil tape.

bkd69 wrote:They did, but a Chinese manufacturer bought the brand name.

An aside: An oldies compilation album by "The Original Artists" featured a group by that name. Sirius GPP.

clothilde3 wrote:Two basic questions:

1) Can I plug a macbook pro into this? [If so what cables would I need?]

2) Since there is no speaker, what do people usually do to hear sound?

thanks

Others' recommendations are great and all if you want to spend $30 on an adapter. If you want to spend under $10, check out Monoprice.

If you have the mini displayport, grab this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&p_id=5311&seq=1&format=1#largeimage

If you have the mini DVI, grab this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041912&p_id=4852&seq=1&format=2

An aside: An oldies compilation album by "The Original Artists" featured a group by that name.

my guess is HP X series, nice monitor. Your saving about $100

27" version available on moofi

http://moofi.woot.com/moofi/upsidedown

I got their 24" with 1920x1200 monitor back in August of 2009, original model was HP TS-24W8H-R for just shy of $200 from sellout.woot and have no problem whatsoever till this day. I use it for gaming and movies and its brightness, aspect ratio etc are nothing to complain about.

coolchris160 wrote:...But I like that it's super thin and it is LED (instead of LCD.)

It IS LCD. LED refers to the backlighting, not the display technology, which is still an LCD display.

mark160 wrote:How do you get audio with a xbox360 hooked up through hdmi? I have logitech 5.1 speakers.

I don't know what kind of inputs your speakers have, but you'll need to use the xbox optical audio out. That's what I'm doing now. Buying a new cable is annoying (even though they cost less than a dollar online) but the audio quality is worth it. In that respect, this monitor is no less convenient than any tv (I don't know of any tvs that take am hdmi input and output multi-channel audio.

The alternative, of course, is am expensive hdmi capable receiver. Hundreds of dollars.

KyserSoze wrote:The 2 fer Tuesday is on Sellout Woot.

What does that mean? I did not see anything else put up for Tuesay?

2woot2woot wrote:What does that mean? I did not see anything else put up for Tuesay?

Sellout.woot.com

Two webcams in 1 purchase = Two for Tuesday!

I got a monitor similar to this last time and it is an HP. This is a great price as I got mine for about $150 probly almost a year ago. The one I got has built in speakers though. Yes, there are issues with glare..

by the time you add in thr additional 1yr warranty, you might as well by one that is brand new!

sorry, not interested in this one...

mark160 wrote:How do you get audio with a xbox360 hooked up through hdmi? I have logitech 5.1 speakers.

Use an HDMI cable for video to the monitor, and plug in the 360 HD pack for audio. (using either the Stereo RCA or the optical out)

philipem wrote:I'd like to use this as a TV by hooking either my DVD player or my ROKU Streaming video box to it. So my question is, will that work? Anyone know for sure?

Yes the video will work with a Roku box. However this monitor does not have speakers, so you have to take that into account.

Still, no one can tell us if this monitor's bezel is glossy or matte?

sanddrag wrote:Still, no one can tell us if this monitor's bezel is glossy or matte?

Looks glossy. Check out the additional photos.....

All recent macbooks (from at least the 09 unibody model) use mini displayport, not any incarnation of dvi. *-dvi adapters will not work.

I bought: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HU7O2S

5$ mini displayport -> dvi

Then, I got this 2$ dvi->hdmi cable: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E8SY5Q

Note about the cable. It seems to work with some tvs, and not with others. Probably something with the wiring; I have a dvi->hdmi adapter that came with a graphics card and it works where this cable did not.

A few caveats, however:

1. It's not true hdmi being output; you will need to set your TV to "Just Scan" or disable overscan in your graphics card settings. The latter solution will cause some black space around the picture, while the former will work as expected. Recommend checking tv.

2. No audio will be output via this method. If you have a 2010 or newer macbook, the official adapter will transmit sound. Not a problem with this monitor, though.

3. You can't use the dvi converter listed above w/ a vga adapter; displayport does not output vga without conversion and the converter contains no electronics to do that.

Still, 7$ to do what would cost $30+ from apple. If you can accept the downsides, it's a nice alternative, plus you get the option to use dvi.

Love how computer moniters were once rear projected with 2 colors....and now there are monitors with light emitting diodes....hmmm how technology advancesss lol

CaptainTr1pps wrote:LED ALWAYS means backlit. The only thing close to a tv or monitor made out of individual LEDs is OLED (in that it doesn't require any backlighting). It's not false advertising so much as what should be understood by the terms by this point, altho there ARE different types of backlighting techniques.

It's kind of like HD radio... people refer it to "High Definition radio, when in fact it doesn't even come close. It actually stands for Hybrid Digital.

Does anyone know the refresh rate on this one?

hazencruz wrote:Does anyone know the refresh rate on this one?

Nevermind 60hz. Got it from the manual - http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02868141/c02868141.pdf

mkottman08 wrote:Sellout.woot.com

Two webcams in 1 purchase = Two for Tuesday!

whoa! guess it just wasn't showing up on the community list of previous sales.

I am beginning to think 'twofer Tuesday' has gone the way of the dodo bird

chardonay wrote:I am beginning to think 'twofer Tuesday' has gone the way of the dodo bird

Is the dodo bird the 'twofer version' of the do bird?