I searched for reviews of this monitor from the various PC magazines and while it was not the top pick, all said it was a very good monitor and that was for a $700 monitor.
I am sure the magazine reviews would tell you that for $496 this baby is smoking.
If I were to play alot of games I would rather invest in a 21 CRT due to much higher resolution, and response.
Besides the USB ports, more importantly I like the ability to rotate the screen.
I went to BB last night and looked at monitors and would dearly love a 21" monitor, but I did place a 19"Samsung next to the 21" and was satisfied that I could live with the 19". As a matter of fact, I could get 2 of the 19's for what the 21" would cost.
I checked one of the 21 flat CRT's we have at work today and it had ~19.5" viewable. Again, I came away saying I would prefer the Dell 19" FP.
Therefore, I bought one today going through fatwallet, and hopefully getting another 2.5% back. I don't know how those fatcash things on fatwallet work though. I was able to pick up a 10% coupon in my email.