Gateway FPD2185W Very good!

KillBoY_UK · 26 Aug 2006 at 21:34

just picked it up from work after waiting along time to come 350 quid with 3 year on my discount so for a screen which is very simaler compared to the Samsung 21" (215T i think its the model) , with a bit a tweaking its looks top class Very slight bleeding in the bottom right corner but thats very slight , had just enought time to run HL2 ep1 and its sweet wow looks sweet and just whached an anime called Burst angel which has lots of stronge and differnt colors and that looked Great as well , as soon as i have time take some pics very happy so far after only 2hours of use (comming from an IIyama 17").

Rizz · 31 Aug 2006 at 21:42

I just picked up one of these too for £299 very nice monitor looks better with warm settings over cool but very very nice, lots of connections, not too keen on the american plug but hey ho, I like it.

KillBoY_UK · 1 Sep 2006 at 00:01

yer we got an e-mail about half way though the day about this so i checked hour stock , me and a mate that got the 1st two just got the roigh cable of the shelf and said to out boss , u would have have to gave the cable away , prob sorted i do the same the next time a customer buys one ,

mrk · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:57

KillBoY_UK said:
yer we got an e-mail about half way though the day about this so i checked hour stock , me and a mate that got the 1st two just got the roigh cable of the shelf and said to out boss , u would have have to gave the cable away , prob sorted i do the same the next time a customer buys one ,

Heh What the heck did you just say there

I will be most likely buying this screen VERY shortly...tomorrow morning shortly!

I see Dells offer to save £100 on the 2007WFP ends tomorrow too (curretntly at £302 inc del) so if it's gone by the morning I will nip down to the popular office supply store and pick one up for £300

mrk · 27 Sep 2006 at 15:18

Bugger, I went in this morning and the last one sold a few days ago and now they have discontinued it.

So I ordered a Dell instead

Bry · 27 Sep 2006 at 16:42

TBh this is probably one of the best 21inch monitors out atm.
HDCP Support
NON TN panel
8 bit
wide viewing Angles
and if memory serves me usb hub is built in to

mrk · 27 Sep 2006 at 17:10

Bry said:
TBh this is probably one of the best 21inch monitors out atm.
HDCP Support
NON TN panel
8 bit
wide viewing Angles
and if memory serves me usb hub is built in to

Do note though it only comes with 1yr warranty (unless you buy extra) and many users over at [H]ard have experienced masses of issues of various sorts on it, the trhead over there is "fairly large" - arf

Still, the spec is awesome, the panel tech is awesome and it looks like it's as good as the 2007WFP but with teething troubles experienced by a mass of people which are probably resolved now.

Only bummer is trying to find one in stock...

mrgubby · 30 Sep 2006 at 11:57

mrk said:
Only bummer is trying to find one in stock...

Made up my mind to buy one yesterday but can't find one in Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire and according to my local store (Stevenage) there are zero in the warehouse & 280 on back order

dunno · 30 Sep 2006 at 12:12

I tried to get one in Edinburgh and they were all gone here too

Typical isnt it!!!

Might go for the SM-215TW instead, it uses the same panel and at least it has a 3 year warranty

KillBoY_UK · 30 Sep 2006 at 23:07

when i got mine the samsung was still in the 450 range and in silver so thats why i got the gateway +3years for 350ish (all my pc gear is black) while the main warehouse where my work gets stock from have 0 left (been selling quite well uk wide) theres anthour shipment of about 500+ on order so give it 1-2 weeks then they be in stock again