Samsung SyncMaster 970P vs Gateway FDP2185W lcd monitor comparison
We liked 21" monitor size on Gateway FDP2185W quite better than 19" monitor size at Samsung SyncMaster 970P.
Gateway FDP2185W lcd monitor have finer maximum screen resolution(1680x1050) than other lcd monitor(1280x1024).
Both of compared TFT monitors have decent pixel response times.
Since FDP2185W has luminance 300cd/m2 it can produce much brighter picture than SyncMaster 970P which has luminance 250cd/m2.
Both monitors have contrast ratio of 1000:1 and that is very good contrast ratio.
Horizontal viewing angle is good on both monitors (178º).
Both monitors have good viewable vertical angle (178º) so it is confortable to watch movies on them.
These tft monitors have VGA input for connection to older video cards.
Presence of DVI allows you to connect these monitors to modern video cards.