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This monitor is quite nice, not super high resolution but more than adequate for any task. It"s basically a 1600x1200 monitor with the bottom 200 pixels cut off to make it widescreen. The actual resolution is 1680x1050. I"m a programmer and the screen rotation helps when viewing long chunks of code. I still haven"t gotten the monitor to work at it"s native resolution on my laptop. It"s a driver issue, but it"s something to check into before getting this monitor. The only negative is that the monitor stopped detecting when the signal comes back from the vga input, I just have to hit the menu button to clear the dialog that shows which input is selected.

This monitor is quite nice, not super high resolution but more than adequate for any task. It"s basically a 1600x1200 monitor with the bottom 200 pixels cut off to make it widescreen. The actual resolution is 1680x1050. I"m a programmer and the screen rotation helps when viewing long chunks of code. I still haven"t gotten the monitor to work at it"s native resolution on my laptop. It"s a driver issue, but it"s something to check into before getting this monitor. The only negative is that the monitor stopped detecting when the signal comes back from the vga input, I just have to hit the menu button to clear the dialog that shows which input is selected.

The Gateway FPD2185W"s smooth rounded edges, sleek matte-black finish, and shiny charcoal-colored sides give it a classic look. The bezel runs 1 inch wide along the top, 0.75 inch along the sides, and 1.5 inches at the bottom. A strip of glossy black plastic encloses the screen.

The FDP2185W offers every adjustability option imaginable: 4.5 inches of height adjustment, as well as 35 degrees of swivel to the left and right and 20 degrees of tilt to the back and 5 degrees forward; the panel also pivots from landscape to horizontal. The monitor moves so smoothly that all adjustments can be made with one finger.

The control panel sits out of sight on the panel"s right side, so you have to turn the monitor to see which buttons you"re pressing. Using the onscreen menu, you can switch inputs; autoadjust the picture; and control brightness, contrast, and RGB settings, as well as what input you view in the picture-in-picture windows. Though the menu controls take some getting used to, the Gateway FPD2185W comes with a first-rate printed user guide that explains the menu settings in detail and describes the initial setup procedure clearly.

The FPD2185W accepts analog and digital signals (though it ships with only an analog cable) and is HDTV ready. The back of the monitor accommodates signal ports for composite, component, and S-Video connections, plus a USB 2.0 hub that contains one upstream and two downstream ports. Two more downstream USB ports are located along the FPD2185W"s right side, just underneath the control panel, making the FPD2185W one of the most well-connected LCDs we"ve seen.

The Gateway FPD2185W performed excellently in CNET Labs DisplayMate-based tests. Tested at its native 1,680x1,050 resolution, the FPD2185W showed off its contrast ratio with text that popped off the screen with exceptional clarity. Even small-size serif fonts looked dark and clear, their legibility unimpaired by digital noise. The FPD2185W"s grayscales were a cut above the usual as well, featuring solid blacks, crisp whites, and a smooth range of in-between tones, with only a smattering of faint off-color tints. Colors also looked bold and vivid, though we did notice that color scales showed a lack of tonal differentiation at the dark end of the spectrum, and at the light end, blue tended to slip into violet. Overall, the FPD2185W"s uniform screen showed no notable shadows or other irregularities.

The Gateway FPD2185W"s one-year limited warranty is two years shy of the industry-standard three years. However, you can purchase a three-year extended warranty for $30--a reasonable upgrade fee considering the monitor"s low price. Gateway conveniently places a tag listing Gateway"s customer-service URL and the tech support phone numbers and hours on the back of each FPD2185W. Tech support via phone is available from 5 a.m. to midnight PT, seven days a week.

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The Gateway FPD2185W TFT LCD monitor is a $600 high-definition, 21-inch, flat-panel LCD monitor, the 2185W lets you display two letter-sized documents next to each other without having to toggle between applications or documents.

The BenQA FP71G+ LCD monitor is a $330 flat-panel monitor stripped of fancy features; the FPG71G+ still provides a 17-inch display in a sleek, yet basic, package. The monitor includes an 8 millisec response time, a 500-to-1 contrast ratio and 300 nits of brightness.

Used Gateway FPD2185W offers 21-inch of widescreen view that enhances your entertainment experience. Use this Gateway LCD as a TV screen or a PC monitor for brilliant imagery offered by 16.7 million colors. Watch movies and videos in great clarity and detail on this LCD monitor that offers an aspect ratio of 16:10, a contrast of 1000:1 and a 1680x1050-pixel resolution. This energy star compliant Gateway LCD offers a response time of 8 ms, bringing you great moving imagery with no blurring. You can connect cameras, DVD players, gaming consoles, etc. to the Gateway FPD2185W. You can connect and view media like RGB, RCA, S-videos on this LCD monitor.

Connecting the monitor Do not connect power to the Audio power in jack for any device but Caution the Gateway speaker bar accessory. Audio power in jack Connect the blue VGA video cable to the blue video connector under the back of the display.

Using Your Gateway Flat Panel Monitor Make sure that your computer is turned off, then connect the other end of the video cable to the matching video port on the back of your computer. Connect video inputs (such as from a DVD player, video camera, or receiver) to the appropriate video jacks on the back of the monitor.

To avoid injury, always lift the monitor so that the stand adjusts to its full height before moving the monitor or turning it around. www.gateway.com...

Connect any USB device to one of the available USB 2.0 ports on the side or back of the monitor. USB ports Use the USB 2.0 ports on the side of the monitor for connecting USB Tips & Tricks devices that are frequently disconnected, such as camera interface cables, flash drives, and USB hard drives. www.gateway.com...

Using Your Gateway Flat Panel Monitor Input ■ OSD active: Press to move to previous menu. OSD inactive: Press to select the video source. Auto ■ OSD active: Press to select a menu or setting. OSD inactive: Press to automatically optimize the monitor’s image position, clock, and phase.

Cross Color Reduction —Reduces cross-color artifacts, such as unintentional flashing colors or rainbow patterns, that result from composite video signals. MADI —Motion-Adaptive De-Interlacing ensures a more static (flicker-free) display image for image sections not containing moving elements, and ensures smoother edges for moving elements. www.gateway.com...

Using Your Gateway Flat Panel Monitor OSD Menu Description H-Position—Moves the display image left and right. Geometry menu V-Position—Moves the display image up and down. You can also press the Auto button to configure the vertical and horizontal position automatically.

Using Your Gateway Flat Panel Monitor To change the color depth: Right-click a blank area of your desktop, then click . The Display Properties Properties dialog box opens. Click the tab. Settings Click the arrow button to open the list, then click the color depth you Color quality want.

Clarifying screen fonts You can change the display fonts to ClearType for smoother screen fonts. To change the display fonts to ClearType: Right-click a blank area of your desktop, then click . The Display Properties Properties dialog box opens. www.gateway.com...

Using Your Gateway Flat Panel Monitor Click the tab. Appearance Click the button. The Effects dialog box opens. Effects Click to select the check Use the following method to smooth the edges of screen type box, click the arrow to open the list, then click...

19.47 × 13.74 × 2.77 inches (49.4 × 34.9 × 7.0 cm) VESA wall mount bracket: 3.94 × 3.94 inches (100 mm × 100 mm) Operating: 32~122°F (0~50°C) Temperature Storage: -13~140°F (-25~60°C) Operating: 20~90% RH Humidity Storage: 5~90% RH 10,000 feet (3,048 m) Altitude Kensington lock slot Security www.gateway.com...

Do not expose the monitor to rain or use near water. If the monitor does get exposed to moisture, unplug it and allow it to dry for 24 hours. Call Gateway Customer Care for advice on whether the monitor is safe to turn back on.

In the interest of continued product development, Gateway reserves the right to make improvements in this manual and the products it describes at any time, without notices or obligation.

Large 22" widescreen display — great for movies, games and collaborative work.Whether you have multiple software applications open at work, you"re playing a computer game or just watching a movie with a friend, you"ll appreciate this monitor"s huge LCD screen. It offers a full 22" viewable image size with 160° viewing angles and 16:10 wide aspect ratio.

Great for viewing HD video, DVD movies and more.Monitor supports multiple video formats, including HD video. Component video (YPbPr) input supports 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i video formats, while the DVI-D connection supports 480i, 480p and 720p.

I had a similar situation when I got a Dell 1905FP LCD. The monitor very bright and very sharp, but out of the box it"s useless for photography. Colors looked washed out, and patches on a grayscale wedge had various greenish or reddish tints. The CD that came with the monitor didn"t include an ICC profile, but I ferreted out and downloaded one from Dell"s support site. It only made things worse.

Adobe Gamma reportedly doesn"t work with LCD monitors. I tried it anyway. The contrast was a little better, but the odd tints remained. I found a link to QuickGamma (and its companion QuickMonitorProfile) on Norman Koren"s site. It seemed somewhat better than Adobe Gamma, possibly because it uses Norman Koren"s gamma chart that could well allow a more accurate "eyeball" adjustment. QuickMonitorProfile reads the monitor"s color characteristics from the plug-and-play data. But it still didn"t get rid of the strange color balance problems.

Actually, I knew about those problems when I bought the monitor because various reviewers had mentioned them. So I ordered a Pantone huey when I ordered the monitor. The huey arrived a week after the monitor, so I tried the measures I described above as stopgap measures.

The huey costs $89 and can adjust the monitor to ambient light, so I figured it would be worth a try. It works. It made the grayscale neutral, set the gamma to something reasonable, and tamed the excessive brightness. It"s probably the cheapest solution that can make an LCD monitor usable for photography, although its software is definitely intended strictly for novice users. Pantone"s marketeers seem to have ruthlessly suppressed anything that looks remotely "technical" from both the product and its sales materials. I can only guess what gamma and color temperature it actually set, since it provides no such information. But if you"re willing to live with that limitation, it"s cheap and it works.