HP v28 4k Monitor (3840 x 2160), 28 Inch, AMD Freesync, (2 HDMI, 1 DP) - Black

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For web surfing and the like, the U28 chooses accuracy above oversaturation. All of the other monitors here oversaturate sRGB, but the U28’s sRGB mode covers nearly all the space without overdoing it, making it great for color-critical work or play. HDR Performance

The brand of product you buy can vary in importance, from person to person. Some people will of course be much more particular about the brands they will use. Whilst others aren’t interested in the brand and are more interested in the overall quality or price of the product itself. Thankfully HP is a brand that many customers have grown to love over the years and is very popular for items in the PC monitors category. The next step was to try and narrow down our search even more. So we’ve already looked the prices of products in the PC monitors category. Then we’ve also looked at the prices of products from HP. So this step combines the two and looks specifically at the price you’d expect to pay for HP branded products in the PC monitors category.More information on quality can be found in this old but still very helpful article from Harvard Business Review. The next step after looking at products in the same category, was to look at products from the same brand, HP. Boasting factory color calibration and accuracy worthy of video and photo editing and the like, the U28 just manages to deliver on its color accuracy claims. Its Photography P3 mode crosses the 3dE visibility mark by a hair, but we’ll give it to them. And with a 2.7 dE sRGB color error score, it’s fit for sRGB work as well. HDR performance doesn’t quite match up, however. HDR mode isn’t tweakable, and its colors aren’t saturated enough and it doesn’t offer a noticeable visual upgrade over SDR. Some might even prefer to watch movies with HDR off in favor of more accurate, deep colors.

Just before we get into the detail of analysing the price of this product, we want to briefly highlight the importance of setting yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a suitable product. It’s all too often that we get carried away when shopping and find ourselves buying a fantastic product, but probably actually overdelivers on what we need and therefore costs a lot more than we should have spent. So spend a bit of time looking around at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products in the PC monitors category and use that alongside your own financial situation to set yourself a budget. The next step for us was to look at all of the products that fall within the PC monitors category, of which we found 65 products at Argos. So we pulled together all of the prices of these products to analyse the average prices as well as finding the cheapest and most expensive options. The HP U28 4K HDR monitor is a smart buy in that it does what it promises. Its IPS panel is colorful and accurate. Whether looking at SDR content on the web or switching to the P3 color space for creative work or movies, the monitor comes with accurate color presets that make productivity and entertainment enjoyable and true-to-life. And its bright screen makes it a good fit for any room, no matter how sunlit.SMOOTH ENTERTAINMENT – Get fluid, artifact-free performance at virtually any frame rate with AMD FreeSync technology paired with your AMD Graphics Card HP gaming monitor review. Updated 2023 pricing, screen size and resolution details Reviewed and rated using scores for brightness, screen quality, color balance and value for money. Is this HP monitor right for a PC gamer? According to the spec there are no on-screen controls for sound and I suspect there are no speakers.