Its only areas of struggle are brightness (which will only be an issue in excessively bright environments), lack of intelligent...  Read More

Its only areas of struggle are brightness (which will only be an issue in excessively bright environments), lack of intelligent scaling for non-native resolutions, and imperfect color out-of-the-box, but at the end of the day, it's an excellent monitor for most applications.  Read Less

The nicer stand adds height adjustment and possibly even horizontal and vertical rotation.

The nicer stand adds height adjustment and possibly even horizontal and vertical rotation.  Read Less

There is only one problem i have with it this past year; when the monitor is on stand-by mode, it makes a high pitch noise that...  Read More

There is only one problem i have with it this past year; when the monitor is on stand-by mode, it makes a high pitch noise that's barely audible.  Read Less

One other thing to mention is that if you are feeding it a non-native resolution (one other than 1680x1050) or aspect ratio, th...  Read More

One other thing to mention is that if you are feeding it a non-native resolution (one other than 1680x1050) or aspect ratio, this monitor does lack the ability to intelligently scale or crop the image, so it will end up being stretched out to fit the panel in those cases, which means that 16:9-only or 4:3-only devices (such as most game consoles that aren't the xbox 360) will not look good.  Read Less

I bought this monitor used on craiglist several months ago for $20 and could not be happier with my purchase.

I bought this monitor used on craiglist several months ago for $20 and could not be happier with my purchase.  Read Less

To recap, i'd say that this monitor is an excellent buy for under $40 and delivers good image quality and size for the price.

To recap, i'd say that this monitor is an excellent buy for under $40 and delivers good image quality and size for the price.  Read Less