Best Monitors - Black Exterior Color, ENERGY STAR Regulatory Approval, 15 to 30 ms Response Time

'No portrait-mode software.'

'Along the bezel's left edge sits one downstream USB port; in our opinion, that's at least one too few; most LCDs have at least two downstream ports, if not three or four.'

'no pivot.'

'Unfortunately, the panel does not rotate for viewing in portrait mode.'

'The cable-feed system is a clumsy plastic panel that you clip onto the back of the monitor's slablike neck'

'Extremely expensive LCD doesn't deliver much for the price.'

'Shadowed areas in backgrounds lacked detail, and large areas of solid color revealed noticeable pixel noise'

'It did a poor job of distinguishing between similar shades of color, especially toward the darker end of the scale.'

'Expensive.'