Pros: EASY set up. Awesome Picture Great black levels. No Edge light bleeding what so ever. no stupid super reflective coating that the dell U2711 has. Stand is good. The monitor is very bright crisp and clear. The dell U2711 is good too but i ultimately decided to take a chance on this monitor and i am very happy with it. Their is a mat coating of some sort on this screen but its not reflective, u only see it on a pure white screen. Its hard to explain but its no problem at all ( i cant imagine it bothering anyone). I am never going to use the speakers in this monitor because i have my own but you don't buy this monitor for the speakers. Also the monitor looks pro

Cons: none really. it comes with a useless software disk and it has a power BRICK

Overall Review: when u get it set the contrast to 100 and Brightness to 25. I use this monitor mostly for gaming and its awesome playing games at 2560 x 1440 just make sure you have a good Graphics card

Pros: The image quality is ok, matte screen

Cons: The first one I bought was not working, I had to exchange it. Besides this the monitor is poorly designed and cheaply packed. Its aluminum frame has so sharp edges that you can easily cut your finger or hand. This monitor is really thick and heavy; not very convenient on a desk. It looks cheap and old like it was made ten years ago.

Overall Review: With its overall features it should cost around $500, not $1000

Pros: graphics and videos look good, the monitor's bright, can easily be too bright actually, especially when i was coming off of a monitor that wasn't bright enough

Cons: text seems to look a little weird

Overall Review: it took a few days to get used to, cause at first it looked weird, especially the colors on text, games and videos looked good from the get go, but text looked weird to me for some reason, it was hard to find a set of settings that made graphics look good and made text look good, i kept fudging with the settings the first few days, until i got used to a set, i really don't know what to tell people, especially considering the price, i think i'll chalk it up as paying a high price for bleeding edge technology that may or may not be perfect yet by the way, this is a samsung display in a doublesight package