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A newer version!
After reading dozens of reviews on this site and others, as well as viewing the monitor in person in 3 different stores, I purchased this monitor this afternoon. First off, the Dynamic Contrast spec has been bumped up from 15K:1 to 50K:1, and it shows. Really great punch, yet very natural looking colors, text really pops off the screen. And no dead pixels (yay!).

Also, the monitor base now comes partially pre-assembled. The “egg-shaped” part and the stem or post is already attached - now all that’s needed is to screw the actual base onto the stem/post, with an attached folding-key type thumbscrew - all done in less than 30 seconds. Not exactly the widest range of tilt is available, but sufficient.

One warning for those who might be visually comparing monitors in stores - first, request that the monitor being considered be taken off a slide-show or other demo-mode visual, just request to see the standard desktop. Check the text beneath the icons for sharpness, ghosting, color fringes, etc. Also, bear in mind that multi-monitor feeds (a whole string of displays showing the same thing) introduce a great deal of line loss, severely diminshing display sharpness and clarity. And second, at least with Windows 7, the Clear Type text adjustment can make a HUGE difference in text clarity. Be sure and run this adjustment upon installation of the new monitor.

After trying HP’s 2009m and 2338h (the first was excellent but overpriced IMHO and the second exhibited horribly uneven backlight spill in the lower right area of the screen), Dell’s IN1910N (yuck!) and Asus’ VH232H (excellent, but too big for my desktop), at $100 (OD in-store sale from flyer), this one’s the charm!