Customer Reviews

FHD2401 - LCD Display - Tft Active Matrix - 24 Inch - 1920 X 1200 - 400 CD/M2 -

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This Gateway monitor is really eye catching. I've owned it about 2 weeks as of this review and overall have been pretty happy with it. I returned an HP w2408h that I had purchased prior and found that this monitor had a picture that I preferred over the HP's.

The fhd2401(and the HPw2408h) use a TN panel which is the cause of most of the issues you've seen in these other reviews. It's verticle viewing angle dependent and is a tad darker towards the top although not to the extent of the HP. It also suffers from backlight bleeding on all sides. Lastly, the stand doesn't allow much in the way of adjustment.

Now, having said all of that...I really like this monitor. The touch sensative controls are easy to use and the picture is nice and crisp. Color saturation is all you could ever want and more for a home or gaming monitor due to the wide color gamut and the acrylic, contrast enhancing coating on the screen itself. It's an absolute joy to game on or view the family photo album.

Due to the color saturation of the overall image, I wouldn't recommend it for professionals who are looking for color accuracy... if you need that then spend a little more on an s-pva or s-ips panel. I also wouldn't recommend it if you like screens with the matte finish... the reflection might drive you crazy if you work in room with a lot of lights behind you.

Overall it's a great consumer level monitor.

I purchased this just for my computer so I can't comment on hdmi or pip.

For a computer the display is amazing! it is unbelievably bright and spot-on sharp, the colors absolutely blow my old monitor away. Without any height adjustment I had to put it up on a book but its working fine.

Positives: fantastic display, my desktop is so huge! no display artifacts or ghosting problems, nothing bad to report. I haven't tried hdmi, but dvi and vga work great.

negatives: Its actually too bright! sounds dumb but when looking at a white background (i.e. mail, word, google reader) its like staring at a light bulb. I have it adjusted down to 17% brightness at the moment because the amazon website has a white background.

One dead pixel in corner, not going to bother replacing it. It started up with HDMI as the selected input and I had to manually change it - most monitors auto-select, but that was not a big deal to me.

When choosing a monitor, there's really 2 things I look at immediately before I begin to compare: Price and Picture Quality. I've never purchased a monitor without actually going into a store and looking them over myself. However, for the FHD2401, I took a risk and purchased the monitor without seeing it first--simply said, the price was too low to pass up.

I actually got a refurbished monitor for only $250. Because of the low price, I wasn't expecting too great of a thing, but the specs sure had me impressed. Not only was I able to hook literally anything up (minus a cable input...), but the technical specs were nice too. 3ms refresh, 1920x1200, swivel mount, picture-in-picture, and 92% gamut... not bad at all. When the monitor was finally delivered, I was able to see how well it actually performed.

I can't lie, the biggest downfall of the panel is the picture. Not to say it's terrible, but there are a few things many people will notice. Right away I saw a bit of backlight bleed around the edges of the screen. Also, the factory color calibration was terrible. Also, but up to individual preference, the screen is glossy. I am a graphic artist and this monitor will never touch a serious project because it's not matte. But for playing and surfing, glossy is better in my opinion--as long as there's not a lot of glare.

Fortunately, manual calibration was fairly simple. The menu has a few options (not as many as I'd hoped) for calibration, but combined with my GPU's settings, I was able to use a few tools to fine tune it with good results.

It's also great to have an on-board 4 port USB hub built in. With the amount of peripherals I have, it's nice to keep some accessible up front while cutting down on the cable spaghetti I have behind my tower.

Overall I find the monitor an excellent choice for the price. Don't expect professional level visuals, but for the regular user wanting more real estate, this is a fine choice. I'm definitely satisfied with my purchase.

the highly glossy screen DOES create some contrast issues. it looks the brightest if viewed from a higher angle than where the monitor rests. if you have a workspace set up to lower the monitor, all of the extra contrast seems to vanish.

i have found that the contrast can work in my favor if calibrated. Games like Crysis at 1920 (settings:very high) look amazing. The Colours and brightness of this monitor cannot be matched at price.

i have this monitor combined with a matted viewsonic 1600x1200 (VP201b) turned vertically. i save web browsing for the vertical matte screen and games and movies for the shiny gloss screen. any lower quality videos end up looking better from a lower angle due to the heightened contrast.

it might seem like a trade off at first, but its more of an adjustment of how you view certain things. i feel the extra contrast given by a lower viewing angle provides an advantage for me

Had read a lot of great reviews of the Gateway 2400 24 inch monitor. Mistakenly thought this was a newer version of that monitor that would be even better.

This monitor has a glossy and reflective screen. Some may like this aspect but I personally prefer the matte finish of monitors.

The colors and brightness on the monitor change depending on the location of the graphics on the display. For example, if you are looking at the monitor from a fixed position at your desk then the image at the top of the screen looks quite a bit different from the image at the bottom of the screen.

I returned the monitor after less than one hour of use.

Gateway FHD2401 24" Widescreen HD LCD Monitor

The clarity is exceptional. The easy access to the menu items by touch (no buttions) including the on off is remarkable. Great buy for what you get. Working on two documents at the same time from different programs is great also. Games are awesome on this screen.You have to see it to believe it. Bill Marsh, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Well all I can tell you is Wow.......once I connected this monitor to my new gateway computer...and hooked it up via my HDMI Cable......this monitor is full 1080p.....and can be used as a tv on your computer if properly hooked up..

i must say that so far i am very Impressed by the clarity

beautiful color and sharpness of this monitor...its a pleasure to use it......

I liked the look of this monitor in the store, although I wasn't too sure about the glossy finish. I was hooked on the Picture-in-Picture though. Unfortunately I wasn't thorough enough before buying, and the monitor has color issues, when it is on my desk my eyes are level with a point about 1/4 the way from the bottom of the screen and about 2 feet away. From there I see a definite color change in the top 3 inches of the screen, and on some games the detail there just vanishes into darkness. If I stand up over the monitor it seems much better and more uniform, but seated it just doesn't look right. I think I'll try to take this back and get a Dell...

Bought this, brand new from BestBuy almost 2 years ago. First off, my room is small. In a livingroom, no less than Samsung for size+resolution. For my room, (or anyone at a desk-think distance X resolution-This thing is/was WELL worth the $650+ I paid. nothings perfect. low view angle means greys as mentioned. HDMI, DVI, Component, Composite, S-Video, VGA...optional speaker bar. This is my TV, runs samsung upconverting dvd player thru component, PS3 thru HDMI, any old game system thru composite (ugly, raw, how it was made-N64,SNES-PS1-NES, etc) GameCube thru S-Video...Next plan is DVI to computer tower (for PiP) & VGA to Gateway laptop. All that plus raise it & tilt for portrait mode...web pages in vertical widescreen...touch controls...worth more than I paid. now its under $300!? ill buy two more for wider PC view! long live Gateway, first pc i used in highschool lol

For a monitor that cost little it's very good. It does have some minor problems such as the grays and pixal drift. It also has some viewing angle probelms where colors are SLIGHTLY distorted. I use this monitor for photo editing so I'm more picky than most people. For me these probelms do not effecit my ability to edit photos.

In the next couple of years I'll probably get an apple monitor and then after that a Eizo. But this is a good starting point IMHO.