Gateway FPD2275W 22-inch Widescreen HD-LCD Flat-Panel Display

I have been looking for a 22-inch widescreen LCD diplay to replace my 17-in LCD display for a while and finally I bought the Gateway FPD2275W 22-inch Widescreen HD-LCD Flat-Panel Display .

I must say that I am pretty happy with the display. It has the most input options which you can't find in other 22-inch LCD display: VGA, S-Video, Composite video inputs and DVI-D with HDCP input. on the back left hand side of the monitor, there is a integrated powered 4-port USB 2.0 hub. This is a definite plus for me, I have so many gadgets which require a usb port for connecting to my PC.

Like me, if you didn't own a widescreen monitor before, you might be a little frustrated in setting the monitor up. The image may be stretched, but after I set it to the max resolution of 1680x1050 and a little of fine tuning on the brightness & contrast, the image & color looked very impressive, no more text, image distortion on the screen. The only complain I had is the bleeding of brightness on the corners of the display as some reviewers pointed out on the product page on amazon.com. But an reviewer said that if a DVI cable is used, the bleeding will disappear. But for now I can live with that. I also found a single dead pixel close to the left hand side of the display, but I hardly notice it, only when there is no video signal or that part of the screen is displaying dark color.

Besides the great functionality, this monitor looks very stylish too. The menu controls are built inside the right hand side of the panel and it's very sensitive to touching. If you install the include EzTune software and purchase an optional stand, you can rotate the monitor from landscape to portrait. You can also set up a PIN to protect the monitor from theft. Without the valid PIN, the monitor will not work with other computers.

In all, I will give this monitor a 4.5 out of 5 rating just because of the bleeding issue and the single dead pixel.