Pros: Beautiful IPS panel. Extremely bright. I set it back to about 55% (ships at 100%.) A deal compared to other IPS monitors, some of which supposedly use the same LG-sourced panel.

Cons: The stand on this is a big problem. The 1.5" wide plastic upright is completely inadequate for such a wide panel. It wobbles badly, even with light typing and mousing. If you bump the desk, it will continue to wobble for 2-3 seconds. I have an RMA pending, but ordered the Ergotron VESA monitor stand. If a $40 stand will make this panel usable, it will still a viable option for an IPS panel at this price point. Otherwise it's going back.

Overall Review: I bought this panel for my wife to use in her photography editing station. She loves it, other than the issues with the base.

Pros: Very fast, WD reputation for quality, decent warranty support.

Cons: Noisy, pricey, quality on par with cheaper drives. I paid $349 each for two of these on 4/27/11. I run these in RAID on business workstation. The first one died in 6 months, and the second one died at 9 months.

Overall Review: Apparently you can't pay extra and expect better quality, so I'm contemplating buying less expensive components in the future. I could have paid half as much. WD RMA process is self-service online, and it took about 7 business days to turn around a replacement. I paid shipping one-way.