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I bought this monitor a few days ago (because of the price). Having recently spent over a year unemployed and dreaming about an LCD monitor, this is like a dream come true. The color is bright and vivid, the case is stylish (and small, so that I can one day do dual-head without having a large gap), the viewing angle is good, and the response time is fine for watching DVDs (I saw no ghosting whatsoever). There's not a single dead pixel on it, and it's made programming a real pleasure.

The OSD (On Screen Display) controls could be a little better, but they weren't *hard* to use and you only really use them once when you plug the monitor in anyway.

I haven't tried the speakers out yet, but I already have a $50 set of speakers (w/ subwoofer) anyhow so I don't really see the point in in-monitor speakers.

This monitor is a great value, and it's logo is a water monitor (Varanus salvator). How could you go wrong?!?

Like most LCD displays, this one offers excellent picture quality although the attached speakers leave something to be desired. Unlike some other Sceptre displays, this one seems to handle resolutions other than the native one (1280x1024) well, and in my opinion does so better than comparable 17" dell flat panels that I have used. Picture quality itself is great (although is not as good as an Apple Cinema Display), and it has a large viewing angle. The warrenty is one year from date of purchase if the registration is sent in (one year from date of manufacture if not), but my monitor has performed well and I have not had to contact their technical support. Taken with the price ($400), this monitor is definitely worth the money. Only limitation to note is that this monitor accepts only analog input (no DVI), but the analog input seems to perform very well.