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2.0 stars
"Poor value"
Pros: Sharp image, good response time
Cons: Pricey gimmicks, uneven backlighting, awkward controls
Summary: This same screen is available for $30-50 less without the marginally useful extras.
The speakers are downright lousy, and the addition of a puny 3-watt subwoofer to speakers of this quality is a bad joke. The volume control only affects the subwoofer; to change the volume on the speakers you must use the on-screen display, accessed via the monitor control buttons.
The vaunted iPod dock isn't, really: it doesn't work independent of your computer. You have to connect the monitor to the computer via USB, and then back again by sound cable.
If you do that, you'll be sharing the USB connection with the monitor's USB ports; they and it are the slower 1.1, not current 2.0.
The screen itself is okay. The image quality, sharpness and response time are good, but the backlighting is uneven--brighter in the middle than at the sides.
The controls are poor. There is no software adjustment, so you have to use the buttons on the monitor, which are small, flimsy and not very precise.
The monitor is finished in "piano black" (shiny black plastic) and "chrome" (duller grey plastic). The former shows every fingerprint and dust speck, the latter is a source of distracting reflections.
The pedestal is an inferior black plastic. It scratches easily, and that will happen quickly if you use all those ports.
