Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased two of these monitors to replace two older Dell monitors, primarily used for software development (so a lot of coding and text editing in general). They were priced attractively with all of the features that I needed. The Good: A good price for a 27" monitor, DisplayPort and HDMI connections with built-in speakers that sound fine for what I expected and needed. I didn't notice any significant display issues with video or graphics, and performance was fine. The Bad: They refused to go into a sleep state when using a DisplayPort connection, no matter what the settings were (both on the monitor changing the version of DisplayPort used, and with the video adapter itself). This was a nuisance, but not the central reason why I ended up returning them. The Ugly: The real reason I returned both of them was the absolutely terrible display of text, particularly dark text on a light background. No change to the monitor settings, adjusting ClearType settings (or disabling ClearType entirely) would completely mitigate the issue. It was the same regardless if DisplayPort or HDMI was used, and prolonged text editing or reading was enough to produce eye strain and headaches over the short time I used them. Bottom line, if you're only going to use these for streaming video, etc. then they're not bad and you'll probably be okay with them. On the other hand, if you're thinking of using them for office work, think again. Your eyes will thank you.