Gateway intros 30-inch XHD3000 quad HD LCD display

Following in the footsteps of so many others that have come before it, Gateway is finally introducing a 30-inch display of its own, and it's tooting its own horn all the while. Notably, the firm claims that its XHD3000 is the "world's first Quad-HD display" -- which we're sure more than a few outfits would dispute -- and the 2,560 x 1,600 resolution mimics that found on monitors offered up by Apple, Dell, Samsung and HP. The screen does utilize the Silicon Optix Realta HQV video processor, and it also offers up a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 400 cd/m2 brightness, a six-millisecond refresh rate and 178-degree viewing angles. Moreover, buyers will find a plethora of ports on the rear including HDMI, VGA, DVI, two component inputs, composite, S-Video, six USB 2.0 sockets and a variety of audio connections. It's up for grabs right now for $1,699.

[Jonathan Keim @ Oct 4th 2007 10:12AM]

Alright! Something that has all the inputs + HDMI. This must be Christmas :-)

I've been waiting for a monitor like this for awhile now. I wish it was 27" and sub-$1000, but this price might actually be worth it if the reviews are good.

[yenom @ Oct 4th 2007 10:27AM]

Its a 30" S-IPS LCD monitor. Go S-IPS!!!

TN SUCKS! (And PVA/MVA swallows)

[Jonathan @ Nov 19th 2007 10:06PM]

Actually, it's a Samsung S-PVA monitor (LTM300M1). Great for sRGB color space or NTSC video work, but not as wide a gamut as S-IPS...

[Tony @ Oct 4th 2007 10:26AM]

Ugly as sin!

[Jonathan Keim @ Oct 4th 2007 10:30AM]

The speaker bar is optional.

BTW, remote is included. Another huge plus for me

[sr @ Oct 4th 2007 10:33AM]

Disgusting. Why bother when there are so many competitors offering a better product. Quad HD? World's First? Stupid marketing.

[Jonathan Keim @ Oct 4th 2007 10:40AM]

You're right that it isn't the "world's first", but tthere is nothing comparable in the sense of inputs and features.

[bjorn_ahlm @ Oct 4th 2007 10:53AM]

The marketing is actually correct.

"The display’s advanced upconversion makes standard-definition video look high-definition, and will even upscale 1080p high-definition video to an astonishing 1600p."

That is a first for monitors.

But it sounds like a Samsung S-PVA panel.

[bob e @ Oct 4th 2007 10:51AM]

I paid $1299 for my Dell 30" - why the extra $ for this?

I do like the Gateway One though and am thinking of buying one as a guest PC.

[Slvrgun @ Oct 4th 2007 11:34AM]

Wow your guests get PCs? Ballin!!!

[HineyWipe @ Oct 4th 2007 12:07PM]

$400 more because your Dell only has DVI. No Comp, no other inputs.

I never thought I'd buy a Gateway product...but this one looks decent. Have to see it up close.

[Ken @ Oct 4th 2007 10:51AM]

This is the first?

doesn't it compete directly with the 30" Cinema Display?

[Ken @ Oct 4th 2007 10:52AM]

granted HDMI support is a big plus

[Dustin Frazier @ Oct 4th 2007 11:31AM]

Finally all the inputs! Ordering now.

[deathead01 @ Oct 4th 2007 11:36AM]

I'll tell you why this monitor is gonna be the hottest thing this fall:
1. Its the only 30" able to connect via single-link DVI
2. It is using the Silicon Optix Realta HQV processor only found in high-end video processors, making standard-def images look nearly like HD ones
3. It actually is cool to look at. I got to see it at DigitalLife last weekend, and I wanted to buy one right there!
4. It supports movable picture-in-picture windows. No one else can do that (I'm fairly certain). I saw the guy from Gateway move a window playing an HD-DVD movie from a different video source around a computer desktop with the MOUSE. How cool is that?

It's already getting good reviews, but I can afford to wait a couple of months to buy this to replace my Dell 2405.

[Sameer Surampalli @ Oct 4th 2007 1:05PM]

Thumb up on my part. A 30" LCD that is high res, a bunch of inputs, and a bit more? Hell yeah. I'd pay $400 over the Dell for this.

I've been thoroughly impressed by Gateway's monitors though. I really wanted to get the 24" version, but this makes we want to get this one.

[safxzm @ Oct 4th 2007 4:05PM]

Why are you calling it Quad-HD. Wont Quad-HD have 3840x2160 resolution. The only true Quad-HD monitor was IBM's T221 and it next version and they licensed the technology to LG and some other company in 2004-2005 timeframe. I dont think anybody makes a Quad-HD monitor.

[Dustin Frazier @ Oct 4th 2007 4:19PM]

1600p is 4x the pixels than 720p, which is the starting point in HD.

[XM RULES @ Oct 4th 2007 4:19PM]

I have the GW 24-inch with multiple inputs. I have DirecTV coming in using the composites, my Mac with the DVI. This allows me to use the monitor's PIP to watch DirecTV while using my computer, yet I don't use any computer resources to watch TV. Sweet...

[Jeff @ Oct 4th 2007 4:57PM]

I have a 24" gateway display, and it is actually quite a nice unit, and the image quality surpasses the dells and apples (i also have those as well).

the big question foe me would be... does it rescale dvi video signals? both the de;ll and apple displays leave games at their set resolution floating in the center of the screen (if less than 2560*1600).

if is stretches with reasonable quality, that would definitely be a win.

[Engadam @ Oct 4th 2007 5:50PM]

Pardon my disagreement with your comments. You call this a monitor, I call it a TV, and as such it really is the first availble 1600p TV on the consumer market. Why wouldn't you call this a TV? Is it because it has a DVI input? The rest of the inputs are the same as my 27" Sharp TV.

[Jonathan Keim @ Oct 4th 2007 10:39PM]

It has to do with resolution as well, not just the inputs.

[zamir.evan @ Oct 5th 2007 8:59AM]

It's not technically a television, because it doesn't have a built-in tuner (of any kind).

[Gary - Gateway Dev @ Oct 6th 2007 5:41PM]

Hi there, I work on the Gateway Development team and just wanted to answer a few outstanding questions that were raised:
1) The speaker bar is included, but removable with 3 thumbscrews if you choose.
2) Dustin is correct in his post. Quad HD = 4 720P windows fit inside the resolution of 2560x1600. If 4 1080P screens would fit, Quad Full HD would be an appropriate label. Gateway is the first to offer a monitor that accepts HD sources and up-scales HD sources like 720P, 1080i & 1080P to 1600p. We even take 480i like a DVD to 1600P recreating 92% of the image in real time, scaling by doing 1024 per pixel calculations and looking up to 6 frames deep to scale cleanly. That is where the trillion operations per second come in.
3) It's a Samsung S-PVA panel at this time, but we may use other panels in the future.
4) Jeff, yes it up-scales computer images as well including both VGA, Single Link DVI, Dual Link DVI & HDMI. One of the best demos is running Bioshock off a notebook from VGA at 1024x768 and have it run beautifully full screen on the XHD3000. The image is softer due to the lower resolution, but looks great. We showed a very similar demo at Digital Life to astonished attendees. Looking forward to users buying this and posting their own success stories. Basically, you can now scale game resolutions to the best optimization of frame rate for multiplayer on the net, versus native resolution of the display. Again the Silicon Optix Realta processor running at 1 trillion operations per second is letting us do this awesome scaling. When the next high end game comes in and your computer/video card(s) can't handle native resolution at solid frame rates, just drop it down a resolution notch or two and it's really hard to tell your not running native res, but your frame rate improvement will be very noticeable. This extremely efficient scaling feature is what I believe will be the most compelling change to monitors going forward. Also this let's someone invest in a beautiful large piece of glass and it works great even on a notebook with VGA out for full screen 30" use by up-conversion of a notebooks lower supported resolution. Then, if you upgrade your computer or video cards in the future, this monitor has plenty of headroom.

[Jonathan Keim @ Oct 6th 2007 9:08PM]

Thank you so much, I'm not sure how many people actually saw your reply, but I subscribed via RSS and noticed an additonal comment.

I am VERY interested in this monitor, I just wish it was less than $1200 and 27"

I may end up getting this if reviews are good. This is such a gem from what I've seen so far, and I know it is EXACTLY what I've been wanting for the past year.

Thanks Gateway for stepping up and moving us forward!
Jonathan

[Brett @ Oct 18th 2007 8:36AM]

Just got mine in and I love it so far

[Dustin Frazier @ Oct 18th 2007 8:09PM]

I just hooked up this monitor and it has a factory defect. Stay faaaar away from this monitor at all costs. A small circle appears on the right side of the screen and you can see the outline of a phillips head screw poking at the back of the screen. The circle is about the size of a dime. Even the low bass from my small hometheater subwoofer sitting all the way across the room caused this circle to appear. Any kind of pressure, even from its own stand causes this circle to appear and makes it completely unwatchable. Here is a link to another person who is experiencing the same issue. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1222863&page=8
He was lucky because Gateway let him do a defective exchange. I wasn't so lucky, Gateway is blaming me for this issue and refusing to take it back as defective meaning I must pay a 15% restocking fee. The tech support manager actually told me my screen was not defective just because a small circle appears whenever my subwoofer makes a sound. The funny part is the other guy's replacement monitor has the same problem. So the whole line of xhd3000s have this defect. I tried other screens in the same place as my xhd3000 and none of them experienced this issue. DO NOT BUY THIS SCREEN.

[Dustin Frazier @ Oct 30th 2007 4:29PM]

The defect is supposed to be fixed now. I have no idea if this is true but here is the link to the info. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1234459