Gateway FHD2400
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Using touch-sensitive buttons on the right side of the monitor, a list of options appear, including input select, picture properties, PIP and PIP settings, and more. The menu is simple to navigate, but requires more button presses than necessary to navigate. Using the speaker addition, the sound with button presses, and turning the monitor on for that matter, are exceptionally annoying.

There are many modes for different uses, such as game, movie, picture, web, etc. However, getting to this menu requires six button presses alone, and the changes are slight with minor exception. I cannot see anyone changing these settings ever unless the current settings are bothersome, and even then it’s easier to change the contrast and brightness.

The stand holding up the massive screen with ease.

Display properties show a fade in quality when playing movies and games. In movies, some colors bleed, and on brighter settings there’s backlight bleed, where dark shots will appear brighter than they should because of the backlight. Some colors were worse than others, specifically red, but this could be fixed by tweaking the color configuration in the menu.

The glossy screen is excellent for gaming and movies, and really brings out the colors onscreen. In bright conditions, the gloss does bother, but at full brightness and contrast it’s easy to forget that the sun is shining.

That glossy screen works great in almost all conditions, and manages to fare well under bright sunlight as well.

Overall, the monitor was very fair, but some of the light bleed was tiresome to view. It does get very bright, but of course the brighter it is set, the higher chance of backlight bleed.

The FHD2400 is an average display that overcomes many a fault with its high number of inputs. The menu system is not user friendly, but is simple enough to understand. I feel that the next iteration of this monitor will address the majority of the listed problems, but as it stands, the FHD is still a strong display.



Highs
Very good looking screen, low price for its size, lots of inputs.

Lows
Some color and light bleed, additional speaker is a waste, cumbersome menu system.

Final verdict
A strong display with a few things holding it back, but still good for its price.

80%

Jul 2, 2008

Review by James Pikover.

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