Gateway XHD3000 December 12th, 2007 | by Jason Tomczak
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High Quality Audio
The XHD3000 monitor comes with a removable speaker bar with eight high-performance speakers. The eight speakers are aligned in such a way as to give a 3D sensation to the sound coming from DVDs, games and system audio. The sound is much more impressive than any built-in audio in LCD monitors. Built-in speakers in LCDs are almost always tinny and anemic, whereas this speaker bar can deliver much more enjoyable audio with acceptable bass, mids and highs.
The XHD3000's power brick is huge - larger and heavier than a standard dictionary. The monitor uses roughly 168 watts; understandable for a 30" behemoth, but certainly much more than 20" and 24" LCDs. The XHD3000 uses about 19 watts of power when in sleep mode.
The high-performance speaker bar
The 6ms response time is pretty impressive for a 30" LCD. Average/acceptable response time for this size LCD is 16ms. The XHD3000 has a somewhat misleading 400 cd/m² brightness. Why misleading? Because the screen brightness seems brighter than other LCD screens with 400 cd/m² brightness. The aspect ratio looks like 16:9, but it's actually 16:10. A quick tap-tap-tap on a calculator will demonstrate this screen ratio. Expect to get about 50,000 hours of HD goodness with this monitor. 50,000 hours is equal to about 11 years of use at 12 hours per day.
Wall mounting is possible with the XHD3000. The included stand can be removed and replaced by a VESA wall mount.
The stand and neck use a composite metal and is very adjustable
by Mark Lima on November 8, 2009:
“Expensive monitor. Broke 2 months past warranty. Gateway says too bad. Many of these units are having the same problem. Time for a law suit. STAY AWAY from gateway.” More...