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Review on Enhanced Audio Experience: HP Pavilion 27" Full Audio Monitor with VESA Compatibility by Anthony Luna

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Some bad components

Bought this as a supplement for our kids for Christmas. No changes to it since I started it. It only works 4 months and the graphics card stopped working. I thought (still think) that I had other problems because nothing turned on. I've built some more expensive computers, so I'm very comfortable pulling out parts. After I removed and reinstalled some components, I got the BIOS error code 3 beep. Then the bios update started. So it was something. Then restarted and started normally. However, I could not get the monitor to work without an HDMI connection. It works fine through the HDMI connector on the motherboard, but not through the graphics card itself. I'll play around with it later when I have more time, but I've seen more than one of those cheap graphics cards fail after a short while. Not content to spend a little more on a dedicated graphics card only to have it die after 4 months. Since it's mostly internet gaming, it's not a big deal, but the extra $50 is still wasted.

Pros
  • Just what my sister needed
Cons
  • Poor color accuracy and brightness compared to other monitors.