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Hyundaï W220D


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Diagonal screen size	22 pouces
Type	TN
Resolution	1680 x 1050 pixels
Response time	2 ms
Interfaces (HDMI / DVI / VGA / YUV)	1 / 1 / 1 / 0
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Options	Ajustable en hauteur pied sur plateau, pivot.
Viewing angles (H/V)	170 ° / 160 °
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Alexandre Botella / Vincent Alzieu
Test date: August 25, 2008

Evolution of the W220D

First time round, Hyundai sent us a machine littered with problems, before improving things on a second, and then a third attempt. The final screen tested was assembled recently in Berlin. Moving from one version to the other, the W220D’s score improved from 2 to 3 stars, and then 4 stars once we applied the manual configuration updates described in the tes.

Never before has there been a 22 inch screen with a reactive panel, a height-adjustable support and multiple video inputs, including HDMI. The W220D occupies a unique position in the market.

The design and finish remain practically identical to those on the W240D. The glossy bezel is still there, but fortunately, the finishing is now of a much higher quality. The struggle between the panel and its support is now over, and manipulating the monitor is a lot quieter. It also has the same stand as the bigger model, which is a great addition to a 22'' screen; monitors in this category rarely offer so much freedom of movement.

Handling

A HDMI port now completes the collection of video inputs, which already included DVI and VGA. As a bonus, there are also a pair of speakers and a headphone jack, which is regrettably behind the monitor rather than on the side. Compared with its big brother, the W240D, the disappearance of component video as well as the space previously reserved for an optional USB hub on the 24 inch model are the most noticeable differences.

Responsiveness

The response time has not changed much either, and remains closer to 2 ms than it does 5 ms, without coming close to a monitor like the LG Flatron W2252TQ. It will be acceptable for most users, especially given that there is hardly any input lag (if only Dell would take note ...)

Still a little bit of tinkering to be done

Color handling

The black is deep (0,23 cd/m²), the image shows good contrast and the colors are faithful: perfect. Except it’s not so simple. On the screen we received in our labs, things were much better when we used the OSD to select the Red profile, rather than the Standard. So much so in fact, that we awarded another star because the deltaE score, the average gap between the true colors and those actually shown improved from 3.2 to 2.7.

NB: Hyundai has informed us that some of the W220Ds corrected once, but not twice (see boxout), had accidentally been delivered. The company assured us that only the third version was now on sale, and that, if any customers purchased earlier versions, they would be entitled to an exchange. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that …