Gateway's FPD2185W 21-inch widescreen LCD
posted Oct 4th 2005 5:05PM
The official announcement isn't until Thursday, but a few stores have quietly started selling the FPD2185W, Gateway's
brand new 21-inch, 1680 x 1050 widescreen LCD monitor. They're pricing this one at $599 — which means they're more or
less going after the 2005fpw,
Dell's much-loved 20-inch LCD. And even though the FPD2185W doesn't quite have the edge in price (if you dig around you
can find a 2005fpw for way less than $599; Ryan paid $345 for his), it does have at least one major advantage over the
competition — it just happens to be one of the first LCD monitors to support
HDCP, or High Definition Copy
Protocol. HDCP is the embodiment of lameness, but at least having a compatible display means that you won't have an
obsolete LCD on your hands when Windows Vista arrives or when all this next-gen high-def gear starts showing up in
stores and you want to watch a movie on a protected high-def Blu-ray discs or HD DVD (Stephen Speicher explains it all
pretty well here). Anyway, the FPD2185W also has a
integrated Faroudja chip for enhanced video processing, a built-in 4 port USB hub, a 1000:1 contrast ratio, 178 degree
viewing angle (both vertical and horizontal), and an 8ms pixel response time.
This is cool, wish it was cheaper. I currently have a two monitor setup so I would need two of these.
this is monitor porn! anybody any idea if it will be available in the UK? will it rig up to an xbox360? important issues!
$345 for a Dell 20' LCD? The best I've found is for $499. If someone can tell me how to get it for $345, I'll jump on it.
Thanks,
Sorry, but if people are going to act like trolls then we're going to close comments. You're free to express your opinion, as long as it's done politely and respectfully.
HDCP is only going to affect watching BluRay or HD-DVD movies on your monitor and that is it. It isn't like your monitor won't work at all with Vista.
Were can i get on in sweden??. It´s not possible to get one on Gateways website!!, no shipping to Sweden!.
/Thomas
Total piece of junk!!!
Dies as soon as it is out of warranty.
Worked for one year with various problems at the end where when you turn it off it won't go off OR it won't come back on - you have to unplug it & plug it back in to get it to do either and then one night it just died.
I have seen many others with this same monitor and the same problems with the system that mine started out with. Wish I had seen them before I bought it.
Purchased 7/15/06 - Died 11/03/07 was totally protected from anything bad but died anyway.
Gateway says "TOO BAD - have it repaired at your cost"
Best Buy says it is not worth the cost of the repair as the circuit board is fried.
I will NEVER waste my money on a Gateway product again.