Well, my LP2065 just came in. It's a rev. 115 S-IPS (GSM002 code).
Still messing with it, but here are a few first impressions:
? It flickers significantly less than my 2007WFP. This actually came as quite a surprise. When looking at a fully gray background at the lagom.nl LCD test site, the difference is very clear. At 0 brightness, the Dell appears to have a massive rolling wave going through the background. The HP does flicker a little, but adjusting the brightness does little to affect it and it isn't even close to being as bad as the Dell. It could actually be used at 0 brightness comfortably, if necessary.
If anyone else owns an A04 S-IPS 2007WFP, I'd be curious to know what the large gray background on
this page looks like for you. I wonder if my 2007WFP is just unusually bad.
? Mouse movement feels odd on the HP. I'm not sure if the LP2065 just has more input lag or if it's due to the difference in resolution. Does anyone know what the best way would be to compare input lag between the two monitors?
? The anti-glare coating is annoying. Can't really say if it's better or worse than the Dell's at this point -- they're both pretty bad. The HP's seems a bit "busier" on the desktop, but it's less noticeable in a game than the Dell's.
? There seems to be some difference in sharpness between the two. The Dell looks a bit grainy compared to the HP, but the HP seems to have a soft, almost CRT-like blur to the image. The Dell looks sharper to me. Not sure if this is due to the higher resolution or not.
? The standard aspect ratio of the HP is much preferable to widescreen on the desktop. I'm actually finding myself missing widescreen a little in games that make use of it, though I'm glad to not have to deal with the various compatibility issues and stretched interface elements that most older games have with it.
? The Dell appears to have a large number of horizontal bands running through it when it's displaying black. I have no idea what this is or if it's normal or not, but the HP doesn't have it at all, which is nice.
Not totally sure which one I want to keep yet. They both seem to have their merits, so this won't be an easy decision.