Gateway XHD3000 LCD Monitor

image quality, design, sound

usability, reliability, durability, energy, remote control

11% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Lets you adjust many settings, Can connect to an older PC

Lacks a TV tuner

With solid image quality and features unprecedented in a 30-inch wide-screen monitor, the Gateway XHD3000 will make anybody--especially the competition--sit up and take notice

Good picture quality. HQV processor offers excellent flexibility and scaling. High resolution. Flexible controls and PiP

Pricey. Other 30-inch displays offer wider color gamut. Minor backlight non-uniformity

Gateway's XHD3000 lets you connect a variety of devices, and does an excellent job displaying them at almost any resolution. It also offers one of the most flexible picture-in-picture features we've seen to date.

Good picture quality. HQV processor offers excellent flexibility and scaling. High resolution. Flexible controls and PiP.

Pricey. Other 30-inch displays offer wider color gamut. Minor backlight non-uniformity.

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Lets you adjust many settings Can connect to an older PC

Lacks a TV tuner

With solid image quality and features unprecedented in a 30-inch wide-screen monitor, the Gateway XHD3000 will make anybody--especially the competition--sit up and take notice

The ultimate choice for high-end performance. Variety of input options: HDMI, component and composite video, S-video, DVI and VGA. Self-powered, six-port USB hub built in. Advanced PIP lets you control window size, location on screen and transparency

Outlandish price tag. 6-millisecond response time is slow for such an advanced display. Color washes out in direct sunlight. Single HDMI and component inputs stunt the monitor’s potential

Cool capacitance touch controls ; Highest resolution PC monitor available ; HQV Realta processing ; Component supports 1080p

Poor black levels (no backlight adjustment) ; Auto-input mode gets fooled by hibernation ; PIP only works with dual-link DVI-D ; Mediocre remote ; Most picture controls disabled for DVI-D

1600p ExtremeHD™2560x1600 resolution6ms response timeHD picture-in-pictureIntegrated audio

The Gateway XHD3000 computer monitor offers users a 30-inch extreme TFT

Nice, big picture; inputs aplenty; highly versatile

Big investment; big power brick; gaming can be slow at native res

You’d think that with all the extras it offers, the XHD3000 would be more expensive than the competition. In fact, at $1,700 it’s priced lower than 30-inch models from Samsung, HP, and Apple and is only slightly more expensive than Dell’s 30-inch. If...

While 1600p is not expected to emerge as a new standard for broadcasts, packaged media or other video sources, none of those are really necessary, given the XHD3000's versatile, masterful upconversion. Whether or not you need this much display today,...