Gateway 22"

[MBrown]

Has anyone here had any experience with it? I'm looking for a LCD to use both my PC and my 360 on(under $500).

 

[chizow]

The Samsung 226BW seems to be the best of the 22" TN panels. Looks like some lottery/panel swapping going on and they're hard to find, but Circuit City had em on sale for President's Day for $379.99 (maybe online only).

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: chizow
The Samsung 226BW seems to be the best of the 22" TN panels. Looks like some lottery/panel swapping going on and they're hard to find, but Circuit City had em on sale for President's Day for $379.99 (maybe online only).

I was looking at that. The only gripe I have with that monitor is the lack of 1:1 scaling.

 

[nZone]

I have the gateway 22" 2275 model. Gaming res. @ 1680x1050 is razor sharp; no ghosting.
There is a light bleeding on the top and bottom (only visible when monitor has no image; just black). The NEC ones are nice; the image is colorful; bright and sharp but it comes with a price. 20.1 inch cost like $599 already.

I choose gateway because it has all the inputs and HDCP compliance: VGA; DVI-D; Component; standard analog video. And it's cheap at $399.

 

[dcr]

Does the 22" exhibit any tearing/bleeding/ghosting/flashing like the 24"?

My 21" sure didn't, so I am thinking of returning my 24" for a 22" to get back to a nice looking panel.

 

[nZone]

I think it depends on the vendor quality. I think cheap comes for a reason; my 22" gateway has only backlight bleeding and I don't see ghosting/flashing/tearing at native res. 1680x1050. The backlight bleeding doesn't bother me, I don't notice it during use. It's only visible when the monitor screen go blank.

But the NEC is nice and not so with the price 😉