This is a great monitor - and at the current price of $169 it's superb. Piece of cake to put together, feels much more solid and stable than the 27" Samsung it has replaced on my desk. Just a warning though...out of the box, I could not get the color quite right...none of the presets seem to be just right. Here's what nailed it for me: - Standard - 63% brightness - 74% contrast And then do a color calibration through Windows Control Panel just to adjust your gamma to taste, and your color cast to taste. Mine was a little warm, a little too much green, dialed that back a notch and it's a beautiful picture. I like a cool temperature, whitish-blue screen, others may like it a little warmer, but if you like bright snowy whites just use the settings above and double-check your color cast in the Control Panel calibrator and you're there. At $169 I'm thinking of buying another...