The name of this post was going to be "Nucking Futs Cubed", as it succeeds my "Nucking Futs Squared" entry, but I decided that going to the "Nucking Futs" well one too many times is below the intellectual bar I'm trying to set. There are standards here at Tech Anovitas; TWICE (per quarter) is the ABSOLUTE limit on employing catchy phrases I've appropriated from novelty t-shirts while liquored up on plum wine.

(It's a LONG story that involves an excruciating evening, bad sushi and my date's hair catching fire. By the way, do you have ANY idea how much plum wine is required to be properly besotted? Technically, it shouldn't even be classified as an intoxicant, although there should be a warning label affixed, because the amount of sugar one consumes while pursuing intoxication is roughly equal to the export tonnage of certain Latin American countries.)

In the interest of disclosure, phrases I've collected from novelty t-shirts while sober may be used at any time. When my mind is sharp I'm likely to wander through better neighborhoods, and rich people seem to wear shirts with more ironic, enduring witticisms.

Oh, by the way, the HP LP2465, mentioned in the above-(and below)mentioned "Nucking Futs Squared" post, is available...In the UK. What? You didn't think I was going to discuss a product ACTUALLY AVAILABLE in the States, did you? The pictures previously posted of the LP2465 were wrong, they were pics of a Belinea monitor. My apologies, and I can't even blame that error on plum wine. Here's a small, blurry, but correct pic of the HP...



Well, I'm excited (despite the approximate $1300 USD price), because this may signal the domino-like releases of the Dell 2407, the 23'' NEC and Apple offerings, and the Samsung 245t. I know some of you will be disappointed that it's a P-MVA panel and not an updated version of the 23'' S-IPS HP LP2335, but let's wait on some reviews before passing judgement.

Again, check out xtknight's excellent LCD buying guide on Anandtech for more info on panel types and such.

This monitor should be HDCP compliant too. I'll provide an update on that ASAP.