HP P174 5RD64AA 17" Black 2019

The HP P174 is a 17-inch, 816g business monitor that ranks in the 90th percentile for compactness but just 22nd for performance. It has one VGA port, a TN panel, and 72% sRGB color. Buy it only if you need a tiny legacy display and nothing else.

The TN panel pushes 250 cd/m² of brightness with a 1000:1 contrast ratio and a 5ms response time. Those numbers put it in the 22nd percentile for performance, which is about what you'd expect from a budget office display. The 70Hz max refresh rate is technically above the 60Hz baseline, but nobody's buying this for smooth motion. The 170° horizontal and 160° vertical viewing angles are typical TN territory, meaning colors shift when you're not dead center.

Color coverage is 72% of sRGB, landing in the 16th percentile. That's fine for reading email and working in Excel, but photos will look flat and washed out. The 1280 x 1024 SXGA resolution gives you a 5:4 aspect ratio, which is actually nice for document work since you get more vertical space than a widescreen. But at 17 inches, that resolution works out to roughly 96 pixels per inch, so text is readable but not sharp by modern standards.

Stacked against the LG UltraGear 45GX950A-B, ASUS ROG Strix XG27UCDMG, or Alienware AW3425DW, the P174 isn't even playing the same sport. Those are high-refresh gaming and content creation displays with QD-OLED panels, HDMI 2.1, and color coverage that embarrasses this HP. The MSI MPG 271QR and Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 also run circles around it on every metric except compactness. But here's the thing: none of those competitors fit in a 17-inch footprint or weigh under a kilogram. The P174's 90th percentile compactness is its only real win, and for a niche business use case, that might be enough. Just don't expect it to compete on image quality, connectivity, or ergonomics.

Pricing is murky here. We see one listing at 27,387 JPY in Japan, but no other currency data to compare against. For a 17-inch TN panel with a single VGA input, that's a tough sell in 2025 unless you're locked into legacy hardware. The 4.5/5 customer rating suggests people who bought it knew exactly what they were getting and weren't disappointed, but the feature set at 21st percentile means you're paying for the form factor, not the capabilities. If you need a tiny monitor for a point-of-sale terminal or a cramped office cubicle, it might earn its keep. Otherwise, you can find 22-24 inch IPS panels with HDMI for similar money in most markets.

The HP P174 sits in the 90th percentile for compactness, and that's basically its whole identity. At 816 grams and 17 inches, this is a tiny, featherweight monitor built for one job: showing spreadsheets and business apps on a desk where space is tight. The 1280 x 1024 resolution on a 5:4 panel is a throwback, but for legacy office setups it still gets the job done.

And that's where the good news ends. Performance lands in the 22nd percentile, color in the 16th, and connectivity is down at the 7th. You get one VGA port. That's it. No HDMI, no DisplayPort, no USB hub. This thing is a budget business relic, and it knows it.

Skip this if you care about image quality, modern connectivity, or ergonomics. The 16th percentile color means photographers and designers should look elsewhere. The 7th percentile connectivity with its lone VGA port rules out anyone with a modern laptop or console. And the 10th percentile ergonomics means no height adjustment, no pivot, no swivel. If you're buying a primary monitor for daily work in 2025, you'll outgrow this thing in a week. Gamers, content creators, and anyone who wants HDMI should spend their money on literally any other display in our database.

The HP P174 is a one-trick pony, and the trick is being small. If you need a lightweight 17-inch display for a legacy VGA setup, a cramped workspace, or a portable business station, it does that job without fuss. The 4.5/5 rating tells us buyers who wanted exactly this are happy. But for anyone else, the 22nd percentile performance, 16th percentile color, and 7th percentile connectivity make it hard to recommend. You're paying for the form factor, not the experience.