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So you’ve got yourself a nice fancy-pants TV that plays your high-def content pretty nicely. I’m sure it does at least 720p, or if you’ve got a nice one, 1080p. However, does yours go up to 1600p? I doubt it.
Gateway has taken the wraps off their new 30-inch XHD3000 Quad HD display today. I’m sure you’re going to ask, “what is Quad HD?” They use this name because the monitor can display resolutions up to four times as high as a standard 720p TV. While you aren’t going to find a lot of content that goes all the way up to 1600p, it will happily upscale from 1080p.
You don’t just get high resolution with this new display, you also get plenty of input options. If you’re a gamer, you’ve likely got more than one system to connect. Between the HDMI, single and dual-link DVI component, S-video, composite and VGA connections, you can have up to 6 different devices connected.
While having a good picture and lots of connections are great, poor sound is enough to turn people off on a product. However, Gateway is confident that their high-performance DXP powered speakers will be more than enough to keep you content. However, if you prefer a larger external speaker system, the XHD3000 will certainly accommodate it. You’ll be able to pick up one of these displays direct from Gateway for $1,699.99.
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/showt.....amp;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, is this fixed now: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1234459