SAMSUNG 2493HM Glossy Black 24" DVI HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height/Pivot Adjustments 400 cd/m2 DC 10000:1 Built in Speakers

Pros: The picture is beautiful and sharp! The colors are vibrant and fairly accurate out of the box. No ghosting at all when playing WOW. The cabinet is simple but elegant. Keep in mind the CABINET is glossy, not the screen. The touch controls on the front panel are a nice touch which include input switching - thought that was really cool if you plan on using this for multiple devices. I ordered two of these and both came with zero dead pixels. I've actually never had a Samsung with dead pixels - part quality and part luck I'm sure. Samsung always packages their monitors well - this one includes a VGA and DVI cables, as well as audio.

Cons: These are more annoyances than anything else, but the inputs are not very strategically placed - they face straight down. The rotate function is cool I guess, but it is kind of annoying that it doesn't seem to lock in place horizontally after rotating it. The included calibration and rotation software is finicky with Vista32.

Overall Review: Besides the initial setup which was annoying for a lazy guy like me, the monitor rocks. I use it as a desktop gaming monitor and couldn't be happier with it.

Pros: Good color, great stand.

Cons: Does NOT scale as advertised, not 1:1 mapping, does not scale aspect ratio to input source as advertised. Don't buy if you want to use with a 1080p device.

Also arrived defective, what looks to be a smudge but isn't. Probably a back light defect of some sort. (not dead pixels)

Overall Review: New egg did not provide good support on trying to exchange this monitor for the above reasons, do NOT buy a monitor from newegg under the LCD return policy.