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Bought two of these on clearance at the local office supply store on clearance for 160 a month ago. I have no complaints besides these aren't 16:10 monitors. 20 bucks off for refurb. Not bad at all. I play WoW and watch netflix at the same time on an 8800GT with no issues on these guys.

A+ buy.

Seems like a great price for some replacement server monitors. In for two.

Have never purchased debranded refurbished, but I see no reason as to why they shouldn't be valuable.

As for being too wide for normal use, these will actually be placed vertically so its a great setup for what I'm needing.

Does anyone know if this is the HP 2310m.
How is this debranded? Do they mar the surface at all? Does it look bad?
Thanks.

@gkcmilner: I have a Famous Maker TS2509 that has been rebranded in 4 spots. There's a spot for a logo at the center-bottom of the screen, that has a "globe" looking sticker on it. There's a hole behind that, so I've left it on. On the lower-right corner, there was a sticker that said something (HD Display?) over the silkscreened "HP 2509m", and once I peeled that off there was a bit of sharpie over the lettering. On the back, there's a large "HP" logo embossed on the panel covering the VESA mount...this had a plain black sticker, IIRC. Finally, the spec/serial/etc sticker on the back has been replaced with one from the refurbisher. Since that's relevant to the current purchase/warranty, I left it on.

Been very happy with the monitor! 23" 1080p for this price is a great deal.

Thanks for the replies, very helpful. I can't see any real reason not to get this at this price then.

FAMOUS MAKER = HP?

This is the HP 2310m
I got this the last time it was on moofi for $150. I think I'm gonna get another one so I can have dual monitors of the same size and resolution.

Are you using hdmi/dvi or a vga cable to hook up the monitor? In my experience, vga cables don't do too good with today's higher res monitors.

@rabidfurball: It's officially "typically ship within 5 business days". This means while they may often ship it sooner, and sometimes ship it late, don't count this shipping before the 5th business day. You may still not get the tracking information for a day or 3 after that too.

Also, try searching with your order # (as the "reference number") and zip code at https://www.fedex.com/AltRefTracking?cntry_code=us Since there's a 15 day +/- window from ship date, you should be able to leave it as the current date. This should get you a tracking number, and may even show it only a day or two away if you're lucky. Then, the day after it arrives, you'll get the shipping notice email. :D

@mushroomstick: I'm using DVI and its just... bad. Colors are all off and sometimes there are really bad color bands.

I think it's just my monitor though.

Oddly, it sometimes works just right but for the most part it doesn't.

I use a Macbook Pro 13" and it doesn't really work on either mac side or windows side (although I'm using XP). If anyone knows how to fix this, I'm all ears!

@rabidfurball: Yeah, seems you've got a busted refurb. Time for an RMA...unfortunately the return shipping won't be just $5 like Woot paid to ship it. Probably a flaky inverter, but who knows.

@jooooshkim: Seems like you too got a bad one, unless it's just the chipset in the Mac having issues. You tried it on a PC (not just Windows, but "PC" hardware) yet? If it sometimes works right, sometimes doesn't, it's not likely your computer, but the monitor...especially if other monitors work OK.

How do the speakers perform on this monitor? Thinking to replace a little 13" tube TV with this for xbox gaming and future use as a desktop monitor, but if that audio port is an input only the speakers will need to be at least servicable for my bedroom. Thoughts?