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Lastly the input lag: I dont have a decent camera to test it effectively, but there is a noticeable difference between the ZR24W and the PA246Q. I know this because I watch all sorts of media on my PC and I was annoyed at the lack of exact lip sync for a long time on my old monitor. When I got the ZR24W, it was nearly perfect and fixed. With the Asus its pretty much similar to my old S-PVA display in terms of input lag. The FPD2485W was reviewed and rated at average of 18MS so you know. I do not believe the PA246Q is worse though in this regard, as im able to play shooters and other games just fine.

I purchased this monitor 11/2007. In 2/2008, the monitor completely died. I called Gateway and they refused to send me a new monitor. they would only send a refurb. (customer service reps were nasty, arrogant, and rude, when you do not agree with them they hang up on you).

The second monitor did not work right out of the box, none of the touch control buttons lit up and they did not work, I had no way to turn the monitor on or off.

They sent a third refurb unit, and again, right out of the box, the backlight kept turning off, I would have to cycle the power several times to get it to come back on and then it would only stay on for a few seconds. Tech support said they would take back the monitor and the speaker bar add-on (since the speaker only worked on this one monitor) and refund my money for both. He transferred me to customer service to process the refund and returns and they changed there mind and said they will not give a refund. When I asked how long this was going to go on, there reply was "until I get a unit the works"

In all fairness, this is a nice monitor, but three bad ones in a row, and there lack of proper customer service, is enough to make anyone think twice!

Thanks, Jarred, for the informed review. A selfish request--could you review the current Dell, Apple, and Samsung 23/24" LCDs? A friend is in the market in the next couple months and I am buying before the end of the year. From what little looking I"ve done, these seem to be the best candidates so far for hobbyist photo work (and movie viewing, game playing, web browsing...).

I purchased this monitor over the weekend at a local Best Buy. Here are my results from calibrating with the Pantone/greatagmacbeth Eye-One Display 2 colorimeter using the Eye-One Match 3.6.1 software.

Not sure what more could be done to fine tune the display. If you go to the user settings you can adjust RGB colors, but being an LCD it doesn"t really make a difference whether you do that on the LCD or in the Windows drivers. They both end up accomplishing the same thing. I have never looked into "hidden service menus" on any of the LCDs I"ve used, I"m sorry to say.

Thank you for the review. I"m very pleased that you will be reviewing monitors again. In your future LCD display reviews, I suggest that you identify the manufacturer and model of LCD panel in the monitor, and continue to identify the manufacturer and model of the signal processing chipset (you did in this review), as in Kristopher"s November, 2003 "Dell UltraSharp 2001FP Preview: Gaming LCDs for the Masses" review. Finding information about an LCD monitor"s panel and chipset is difficult at best. I suspect that many enthusiasts would often consider the panel type, brand and model when choosing monitors, if that information was readily available. In fact, I frequently read discussions about the merits of S-IPS panels over S-PVA panels. Additionally, would you also alert readers when a monitor manufacturer uses different types of panels in the same monitor, i.e., model. This practice is disconcerting; Consumers simply can"t be certain that the specific model that they purchase will have a specific panel. I believe that a vocal outcry would eliminate or substantially reduce this practice.

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 problem is, darker blacks are good but brighter whites are only good up to a certain point. Anything above 400 cd/m 2 is far too bright in our opinion. As you can see, the black levels of both the Gateway and Dell LCD are equal, /quote:

Greta monitor for this price. really high quality display with tons of features. has a ton of multiple different inputs so you can hook up other things besides your like video game console, cable,etc. it also come with a sound bar for free which is a nice extar but i have lots of white noise once i turn the volume up not even half way and it becomes annoying which makes it more or less useless for me might be a defect with mine. but u didnt buy a monitor for the sound quality of its optional speakers u bough it for the monitor itself. and this is one hell of a monitor no noticeable ghosting in gaming and the mother is bright and hd videos look fantastic on it. the mother can look very good but colors are defintly off a bit but with a little tweaking it will look great. 5 stars from me came with no dead pixels and i have to real complaints although having a hdmi input would have nice. This is a steal at 300$ buy it before it run out :D

Pros: it is big monitor without all the bulkiness of a crt monitor its bright and automatically adjusts the monitors contrast color and brightness to the right levels. it can also switch from landscape view to portrait view if your reading a paper or something how ever if you want to do that you have to buy a swivel mount and download some software

I have been able to repair these monitors. There are thirteen caps that need to be replaced. Ten on the power board and three on the video board. If any one would like to have the monitor repaired, contact me at jimhawk789@gmail.com., cost is forty dollars plus shipping.

I have a 24" gateway monitor that I purchased just under two years ago and I have the exact same problem everyone is describing in this blog. I contacted Gateway and they were not only unwilling to help, but they were unable to even suggest what the problem was or where/how I could get it fixed. The fact that my monitor is on most of the time explains why the problem wasn’t an issue during the warranty period. When I did turn it off, it is now apparent that the faulty capacitor prevented the monitor to properly power back up and in the current situation, to never come back online. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau citing poor quality control and/or the use of proper technical practices. Gateway simply responded with the fact that my monitor was out of warranty and refused to assist so it looks like the complaint was closed. I hope there is a class action suit because the thought of losing the capability of this $500 monitor after less than 2 years is sickening!

writing back to check back in with users of this forum, my LCD is still rolling along after the repair a few months ago. I have decided that the fix is worth it for me. if you do not want your LCD anymore, let me know and perhaps we can come to a compromise for you to part with it. ;) I am working to build a QUAD head machine with the LCD"s using Linux. I figure 4 of these 2185"s aught to do it. I am in south central TX if you want to sell it. post or message me.

It is a FPD2185W which I had purchased in late 2007. It was a great monitor until it failed. The screen stays black and the power button stays on. Upon disasembly I found the capacitors swollen.

The same thing happened to my FPD1975W monitor last night. I talked to the tech support with gateway and he talked to me like I was stupid. "Are your cables properly connected". Uh yes they are. I am smart enough to unhook my trash monitor and hook up my 10 year old CRT that still works...so yeah. I just got off the phone with Best Buy and they told me they don"t do monitor repairs and to come in and buy a new one. I told them about this blog and replacing the copacitors and he said..."well yeah you can do that but I wouldn"t recommend it. It would be easier just to buy a new one. ??? This is crazy that these companies continue to cut corners to save a little cash and we the consumers have to suffer for it. (My XBox 360 got the red ring of death too...LOL) I"m disgusted with this and thanks to you fine people I"m about to go to Radio Shack now. What"s it gonna hurt, the monitor is broken anyway so I"ll give it a try. Thanks again for this blog and I"m down with the lawsuit!

Ive updated my facebook with the things I did to get mine running...special shout to Steve who helped me get the right part! as the semiconductor and diode looked the same, and I would have been stuck, since the other tech had sent me the wrong part. THANKS SMacuch! I now have a working 2185w but mine was semiconductor being fried,see photos, although my Caps were bulged very slightly i replaced them anyway since this seamed to be an on going problem in the forum. now if only my heart would trust the thing to not light my house on fire! its pretty scary to have smoke fleeing from the back of your monitor. I keep a fire extingisher nearby now. (halon style, not that white powder stuff that has to be cleaned up.)

I purchased a Gateway FPD2185W 21" monitor in Nov 2006. It quit working 15 months later with the same symptoms - won"t complete the powerup process - screen just flashes. I too was told by Gateway that I was S-O-L when I called them and was told to take it somewhere to get it fixed. I took it to Best Buy service who returned it and I was told that Gateway wouldn"t/couldn"t provide them with parts. I just resurrected the idea of getting it fixed and Gateway customer service was of little help. They told me to contact Skyline Engineering who, after contacting them, told me they don"t repair monitors. I have now contacted Jim to see if he can repair it.

My monitor has the same symptoms. Blue light on solid but no picture. The symptoms gradually got worse over the course of a few months until it finally went for good. If I take the time to power on/off many times it still starts working but just for a few minutes before going black again.

I have a FPD2485W that I bought in Nov 2007 and has just died Mar 2009. Gateway is completely unhelpful and they try to get you to prepay for a block minutes of support when it will probably cost more to fix the monitor than buy a new one.

Don"t ever use Gateways Pay number when your talking about LCD Monitor troubleshooting, HUGE waste of time / money. Owners of Gateway LCD monitors should expect 1-2 years of life out of them if you allow the monitor to go into power saving mode. Your only recourse is to repair that monitor and hope that some fool will buy it off you before it fails again a year later. If you are the owner of a Gateway LCD WideScreen monitor, try and return it, or POWER IT OFF WHEN NOT IN USE. Allowing the monitor to go into Power Saving Mode (amber light), stresses the capacitors, and reduces lcd life.

I"m so glad I found this page as my FPD2185W went on me after 3 years of service. After replacing the 8 capacitors, the monitor is up and running again. Hope I get at least another 3 years of service out of it. Perhaps I have fat fingers because the repair process required a lot of patience and more than an hour for me. The job isn"t difficult, just tedious. Just take a look at the pictures from Brian facebook page on the above post. Anyways, I"m in the KW area (near TO). If anyone needs help with the repair, drop me a line at (pot8toe at lycos.com)

I purchased a Gateway 24" FP2407 (FPD2485W) in the beginning of 2007 from Best Buy. Out of the box the power board made an annoying buzz sound when plugged in, and a quiet whining sound while running. Over the time while the monitor was working I noticed a change in the way the menu system responded and that the connection notification that pops up when you turn the monitor on started staying up for nearly a full minute.

Then last Thursday the monitor stopped working. The power light was blue, but the screen was off and the menu was non-responsive. After unplugging the power and plugging it back in the screen started flashing between black, white, red, green, and blue at about 2 second intervals. After toying with plugging the monitor into different power supplies as recommended by several help forums recommended the blue power light stopped coming on all together. I suspect the problem is the main power board. After Gateway flat refused to help me, refused to provide contact info for a parts vendor who stocks their parts, and after refusing to forward me to a supervisor because "the supervisor WILL NOT take calls about products that are out of warranty" I decided to crack open the case. Upon visual inspection none of the compacitors appear bulged and none of the other components have obvious signs of failure. When I plug the board in now, it buzzes for the first couple of seconds but then nothing else happens.

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