Gateway FDP1975W vs Westinghouse LCM-17v2 tft monitor shopping reviews
Screen size on Gateway FDP1975W is larger, 19" comparing to 17" on Westinghouse LCM-17v2.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that Gateway FDP1975W is better with 1440x900 than Westinghouse LCM-17v2 with 1280x1024.
Decent response time has only Gateway FDP1975W with 8ms. Westinghouse LCM-17v2 haven't good pixel response time with its 14ms.
The picture on this TFT monitors can be very bright since luminance is 350cd/m2 at LCM-17v2 and 300cd/m2 at FDP1975W.
Only Gateway FDP1975W has good contrast ratio (700:1). Westinghouse LCM-17v2 has contrast ratio of 350:1.
These TFT monitors have VGA input for connection to older graphic cards.
Gateway FDP1975W has DVI needed by some newer graphic cards.
Special adventages of these TFT monitors are : built in 2.5-watt speakers for Westinghouse LCM-17v2 and for Gateway FDP1975W.