PC Magazine has published a review of the new Gateway XHD3000 desktop LCD monitor here on their website. The XHD3000 is one monster of a desktop LCD display with a screen size of 30 inches and a display resolution of 2560 x 1600. Other specs to the XHD3000 include the following:

• 16 x 10 aspect ratio
• 400 cd/m2 brightness
• 1000:1 contrast ratio
• 176 degree viewing angle
• 6ms response time
• 50,000 hour lamp life
• 16.7 million color support
• 20.8 lbs
• Measures 22.25 x 27.5 x 9.5 inches
• Gateway DXP Audio Sound System

Perhaps the coolest feature of this massive display is the wealth of connections the XHD3000 supports. You get:

• 1 HDMI port
• VGA port
• DVI-D port
• Composite video
• S-Video
• Component Video
• Discrete audio inputs with analog, coax, and SPDIF audio out
• 4 USB 2.0 ports

Unfortunately all this doesn’t come cheap for the XHD3000. The display costs a whopping $1699.99. Here’s the verdict from PC Magazine:

Gateway’s XHD3000 lets you connect a variety of devices, and does an excellent job displaying them at almost any resolution. It also offers one of the most flexible picture-in-picture features we’ve seen to date.

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