Read the Reviews, then pony up your dough

This review is based on my experience with my display: I reference other reviews from the introduction of the monitor, and I am not nay-saying the writers of those. My experiences are what I am seeing.



I looked at this monitor and the growing pile of user and published reviews. When I was ready to try it out, they were out of stock for about 2-3 months, so I had to wait quite a bit more. But they finally arrived mid-August 2015 and I waved my plastic and it appeared in 4 days.



It took me a week or two to find time to unbox it and cable it up. At first it took a bit of time to get the audio working ( and was disappointed that the reviews were correct: it is tinny and not great, but I did not grade this lower on that account). The brightness of the screen, in my dark basement lab, was overpowering. I dialed back the brightness and it works much better. The glossy finish of the display is also not my favorite choice, but by managing light sources and angles it can be controlled.



The color for my photos, games and work is great: bright colors and solid blacks is good and there are no bad pixels on this display.



The ability to easily make this a portrait display is great: I have an old Gateway 24" monitor that did that (10 years ago) and have always loved that ability to see things page-size (or even more).



I am currently using the included base: I have it on a good solid table and it isn't at all jiggly or weak for holding the display. I do plan to migrate this to a wall-mounted system before long, so I can set and leave multiple monitors, but as a desktop it is good.



In all, this is a cost and feature competitive display definitely worth considering if you are looking for a dense pixel display. I have seen some better ones, but they came at higher costs. Like every purchase I have made from Monoprice, I leave the transaction satisfied and with good quality gear. I began purchasing cables, and now I am buying bigger ticket items: I like the variety Monoprice presents and will keep up with their work.



PROS: Wonderful display rich colors with no variations around the screen. Solid blacks.



Well supported by my preferred video cards (NVidia) and Mac. MacBook Pro mid 2014.



Base is solid and steady not as shaky as some reviewers reported







CONS: Would have preferred a 16:10 display, but that is my preference and well understood prior to purchase.



Speakers are not great, but all of the reviews warned me about this.



External Power brick, but again, I knew that



4K/60Hz only available via Display Port (again, well documented prior to purchase)



