I bought one of these right before christmas, dell had them on sale for $999. The monitor is absolutely fantastic but you really will need an adjustment period. I went from a 2405FPW (24" dell lcd) to this, but the heat it puts out as well as the sheer mass of the screen size is insane. It is incredibly tall unlike a widescreen 27" would be. Great for gaming, but you'd better have a high end card to fill all those pixels! I'd certainly buy it again, no issues at all with mine. I wouldn't pay more than $1000 for it though