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Gateway FPD2485W: 24inch LCD Beauty or Beast? - TechAmok
Gateway FPD2485W: 24inch LCD Beauty or Beast? - [hardware] 10:56 AM EST - Feb,22 2007 - post a comment
AnandTech
takes a look at the Gateway FPD2485W: 24inch LCD. This is a relatively
high-end display intended to compete with offerings from other major
manufacturers (Dell, Samsung, HP, Viewsonic, Acer, etc.) In contrast to some of
the other 24" LCDs currently on the market, it has only been available for a few
months and it sports one of the newer LCD panels. Priced at under $700, it's
also reasonably affordable though certainly not cheap :-)
The Gateway FPD2485W is one of the more recent LCDs on the market, and it
performs very well. Is it the best option currently available? We haven't
tested a lot of other displays, so we can't say for certain, but it appears to
be competitive with most other options in the same category. For many users
looking at purchasing a new display, one of the overriding factors is going to
be price. That's what helped turn Dell into one of the largest display providers
in the world, as given the choice between a 24" Dell LCD or a more expensive but
higher-quality 20"-21" LCD from someone else, quite a few people have been more
than happy to stick with Dell. The fact that Dell's LCDs are actually very good
also helped.
Gateway seems to have a good understanding of the market - and well they
should considering that they compete in other markets against Dell - and they
have produced a product that takes a very similar approach. The FPD2485W
isn't a perfect LCD, but it performs very well overall and it is available at a
very attractive price. Currently, the FPD2485W is listed for $680 on the
Gateway web site, while the regular price of the Dell 2407WFP is $750. Dell
routinely runs sales, however, and the 2407WFP is available for $675 right now.
You basically end up with two very similar monitors that cost about the same
amount, although the Dell comes with a three-year warranty included making it a
slightly better deal.
The small difference in price probably isn't enough to sway most people one
way or the other, so it's going to come down to features and any other extras.
The bottom line for the consumer is that we're getting more competition in the
large LCD market from a major manufacturer, and as the AMD/Intel price wars have
shown us, competition is good for the consumer. Two years ago, 24" LCDs cost
nearly twice what they do now, and they have now moved from the ultra high-end
price range into a more palatable high-end classification. If you're still
running a CRT and are finally thinking about upgrading to an LCD, most of the
24" models will impress and the Gateway FPD2485W is one of those you should keep
on your short list of options.
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