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Screen:Limited to only 1 or 2 minor scratches, chips or scuff marks on glass. It will have no more than 2 dead pixels and the picture does not have "screen burn". The screen has a the correct level of contrast and brightness consistent with its age. The LCD Display may have slight bruising, no more than a nickel size, which may affect the picture quality.

Item Description Gateway HX1953L 19.5" 1600x900 16:9 Widescreen LED Backlit VGA DVI Monitor Grade B. This is a 19.5" widescreen LED backlit monitor. The resolution is 1600x900 with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Our technicians have tested every monitor to guarantee that they are fully functional.

Gateway FHD2400 that we reviewed a few weeks back--with some key differences. This time the one-inch thick bezel is not a glossy black but a dark gray with a matte finish. The bezel is offset by a silver metal overlay that runs along the bottom with Gateway"s logo on it. The screen rotates 30 degrees to the left and right, but there is no option to adjust the height. The screen tilts back 30 degrees as well, but it does not pivot as the FHD2400 does.

The Gateway XHD3000 has some of the most extensive connection options we"ve yet seen is a display of any size. These options include the usual suspects, DVI and VGA, plus basic S-Video and composite-video connections. In addition, you get component and HDMI for your HD needs. All of the video ports include corresponding audio ports as well. There"s even an optical audio out option, which the FHD2400 lacked. The only thing missing here that we could think of is a DisplayPort and a second DVI port, both of which can be found on the Dell 2408WFP. Inclusion of these would have gone toward better justifying the high $1,699 price. Also included are a total of six USB upstream ports--four included in a built-in hub on the back of the panel and two on the left side--and one downstream port, as well as a headphone port. The display also comes with an IR blaster for use with its own remote control. The remote can be programmed to work with a number of DVD players, satellites, and Media Center PCs. When watching a DVD through your desktop"s video player, however, you"ll only be able to control the volume remotely.

Thanks to its very high 2,560x1,600 native resolution, you"re able to watch 1080p video without the image being stretched. In order to run the display at its native 2,560x1,600 resolution, however, you need two things. The first is a dual-link video cable, which Gateway provides, and the other is a high-end video card such as the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 or the

The Gateway XHD3000 performed extremely well on our DisplayMate-based labs tests, tying the Samsung SyncMaster 305T as the highest rated display we"ve yet to test with a composite score of 92. As the Samsung did before it, the Gateway XHD3000 aced our color and sharpness tests. Our color tracking test, which measures the amount of red, green, or blue visible in a display while it"s showing the grayscale, could not stump the Gateway as it showed no signs of either color during the test. This indicates that the Gateway will not have any off-tints when showing different shades of gray.

The Gateway could not keep up with the company"s claims of brightness and contrast in our tests. Gateway claims a brightness of 400cd/m2 (candelas per meters squared), but in our tests it was only able to muster up 348cd/m2. We expected more from such a high-end display--its score cannot compete with Gateway"s own FHD2400"s score of 412cd/m2. It also trailed slightly behind the Samsung SyncMaster 305T, which scored 355cd/m2 in brightness, though both were very close, so that relative brightness levels should not be a determining factor if you"re deciding between these two 30-inch displays.

On our contrast ratio test, the Gateway achieved a 734:1 ratio in our lab, which falls short of Gateway"s 1,000:1 claim. We typically see a difference between what we see in the labs and what a vendor rates its own panels, but this is a larger difference than usual. Without knowing exactly what methodology Gateway uses to test contrast ratio, however, it"s impossible to pinpoint the reason for the disparity.

With that said, real-world testing was a completely different story as the display"s lackluster contrast score did nothing to affect its ability to show highly detailed, clear, and colorful Blu-ray and DVD images. This is easily one of the best monitors we"ve yet seen when it comes to picture quality. We found that the DVD and Blu-ray playback was exemplary and matches the quality we saw with the Samsung SyncMaster 305T and the Dell Crystal. Each of our test films looked great, with very full colors and tight sharpness. From the red blood spatters in Kill Bill Vol. 1 to the highly detailed face close-ups in Swordfish, at every turn we were not disappointed. World of Warcraft looked great as usual, but in this case it looks especially awesome running in 2,560x1,600. We did not notice any of the streaking that we saw with the Samsung SyncMaster 305T, which was really the only performance difference we were able to discern between the two 30-inchers.

Gateway claims a viewing angle of 176 degrees for the display. We watched both Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Swordfish from extreme angles and did not notice a drop in quality. As an added bonus to all of this entertainment talk, we also found that the huge 30-inch screen coupled with the very high 2,560x1,600 resolution makes for loads of screen real estate that can be utilized to make even normal office work more enjoyable and productive.

The monitor comes back with a one-year parts-and-labor warranty. Toll-free phone technical support is available 24-7, and you can also e-mail your support questions to Gateway. The bundled EZTunes software allows you to configure the contrast and color options. The display comes with the EZTunes software, however we could not find a downloadable version on Gateway"s site. We were able to find it at Portrait.com, however.