ASUS MK241H Black 24" 2ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor with 1.3M Pixel Webcam 450 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 3000:1) Built in Speakers

Pros: Bright and vivid colors, blacks, and whites. Details are sharp and crisp. NO motion blur or image ghosts even in high speed FPS games (Quake, Doom, Battlefield, etc). Not a single bum pixel or other defect. Several standard color adjustment modes accessible with a single button. Nice, clean, modern case appearance with very small footprint. Easy set-up and go right out of the box, used included DVI cable and did not need to do any additional configuring or driver updating with my once-great, now ancient BFG 6800 Ultra OC video card.

Cons: Text fonts look funny at any resolution lower than the native 1920x1200. I like the native resolution but my wife prefers larger text so this annoys her. Probably a way to fix it but I am too obsessed with playing my favorite games on this baby to waste a minute figuring it out. The menu system for making adjustments outside the standard presets is a bit awkward with a lot of button fumbling involved, but not too bad once you catch on.

Overall Review: Took me a long time to go flat-panel because I could not stand the image blurring and ghosting I could see in fast games on 5ms and even 3ms monitors. But my beloved Sony 24" widescreen CRT finally bit the dust so I gave this Asus a try. The crisp images, vivid colors, and fast 2ms response will satisfy even the most demanding FPS game players. I did not really shop around much so I cannot speak about the price, but I am 100% satisfied with the quality of this monitor. To hell with my wife, all she does is email and Webkinz on it anyway.

Pros: The screen looks great for the most part.

Cons: I have two dead pixles on my screen right out of the box. The company does not have a 0 dead pixle policy, which makes me regret shopping with ASUS. I feel somehow OCD about these two pixles, they keep staring me in the eye and laughing at the months of saving for this monitor and the huge amount of time that i was hoping to buy a new one.
I issued an RMA and it was approved, but then i realized that Newegg has an 8 dead pixle policy, so i'm not going to send it back. Even more annoying, if i wanted to send it back, Newegg would still be charging me shipping, on what i consider an upsetting buy.

Ill buy my next LCD from a retail store that has a reliable return policy, this experience has made me doubtful of online shopping; although i have spent thousands online already and been fine in the past.

(Pixle locations are too centered to be ignored.)

Overall Review: Buyer beware, buy from a more reliable brand then ASUS check the return policy they have, and make sure they don't cheap you out. LCD's are not online buys in my opinion anymore.