With the L2440p, Lenovo is offering us a screen that costs almost double the price of an entry level 24 inch, although its spec doesn’t make it stand out from the mass. What could the manufacturer have been thinking? The unusually good default colour settings are however perhaps the key to explaining this.
In terms of the design, those who’ve already seen the L220x will not be surprised, as it is pretty much identical. For those who are discovering it for the first time, the main surprise is the unusual base. It can move in all directions, the pivot also being height adjustable and is mounted on a platter. The obvious difference, apart from the size, between the 22 inch and the 24 inch, is that the panel is a TN, not a PVA, which means reduced visibilty from wider angles and less colour homogeneity. It still has the DVI and VGA ins and the 4-port USB hub.






Touch and go for gaming


The poor response time of the panel didn’t give much hope that we would get great responsiveness overall and this is born out in our test results. In practice, the responsiveness will be a bit too low for FPS players but good enough for the office, web navigation and other types of game. However, the low responsiveness may well be a problem when showing a video. Particularly with DVIXs, the image will probably be slightly more noisy than it would be with a more reactive monitor.

Its strong point: the colours


Even more than the ergonomics, the colours are the real ace up the L244p’s sleeve. With a deltaE of 2.2 at default settings, it is at the top of the pile. One slight reservation however, the dominant reds are slightly visible in the lightest grey tones. For the most sensitive eye, it is possible to notice this if you look at the monitor straight on, but it will very quickly become unnoticeable. If you really think that the problem persists, download the calibration profile. The contrast, at more than 800 : 1 is more than satisfactory, even if the best monitors do better than 1000 :1.