Posted 09/15/2009 at 06:25:30pm

I felt compelled to register just so I could leave this comment about the complete UNWORTHINESS of a Gateway product.  This monitor was on the Best-of-the-Best list for so long, I bought one.  Boy, was this a mistake.  I think the monitor made it just about a year with some minor glitches here and there and if it had just been that, I would have only been miffed, but now it does the major flicker and I am very irritated.  After reading about all the other people that are having the exact same problem, I will never again buy a Gateway product.  I bought another power supply in the hopes that it would be an easy fix for an expensive monitor, but the second power supply did not resolve the issue.

I paid $1250 for this monitor a year ago.  $100 a month rental fee.  Terrible. Just terrible.

I have since bought a Dell 3008WFP with a three-year warranty for $1500 and I think it's the best deal out there for a 30" monitor.  Lots of connections and Dell will do advanced replacement, too.

I've been a long-time reader of MPC and I love the mag, but I think putting the XHD3000 on such a high pedestel was a big mistake.  I hope this helps steer others away from this monitor.

My .02

DS