Vivid display and exceptional value for everything you get. This is equally at home for work and gaming!

Only two things I'd change:

- ergonomics: you can tilt the screen but the ability to raise/lower the monitor would move it to 5 stars

- looks: certainly looks "subdued gamer" but the angular red accents in the bottom corners can be a bit much. I want my monitor to mostly disappear and just leave me with the screen, but this is a personal taste thing. It certainly looks "cool" instead of ridiculous. No points off since it's still tastefully done.

This is a very sharp gaming monitor. It has a solid desk stand and the color and resolution is very good. I?ve not noticed any flicker or color artifacts.

For simple tasks, this is a decent monitor at a decent price. If you want to record FPS gameplay with UI turned off, there's an on-screen reticle that can be added so you can still aim.

That said, the bright red lights are the least of the woes.

This monitor does not play well with a multiple display setup, and will constantly shift anything that isn't full-screen around wildly between the monitor going to sleep and being returned from it. This behaves as if Windows thinks it shuts off to the point of not being detected between uses.

Despite all the claims of exceptional refresh time, it still has one glaring issue that seems to persist across low to mid-tier monitors, where going from cyan to another color quickly will leave a magenta trail behind. The wing jump blocks in 30XX's Highvault level are a perfect example, as they leave a very noticeable magenta trail shaped like the wing icon. I can confirm that this is the monitor, as recordings of the magenta dragging behind don't appear in still images.

I just got it this week to replace a monitor that was tragically busted in a monitor shelf failure.. I'll try to work things out with support next week, but if they can't help me optimize things, it might be returned

Needed a monitor to work from home. Picked this one up at a reasonable price. The image quality it good, and I'm happy that I can easily switch between my work and personal computers

Love it! Only thing that would make me happier is if the led lights could change to something other than red

I like how fast and smooth the game play is, and hd visual quality,is beautiful.

Preface: I needed a monitor fast and I only had Monoprice store credit, so I took a chance on purchasing this monitor with zero reviews and bare minimal specs listed on the Monoprice site (at the time of purchase), despite asking support for full specs via email on two separate occasions. In any case, here is the review:

Build Quality: The monitor is all plastic but solidly built with some flex to the back of the enclosure. Depth wise, the monitor is thick for a fairly new panel. The included stand appears to be made of aluminum and is thin but does not wobble much to the touch when attached. Personally, I will be using the VESA mount in my setup.

According to the manual, this panel is 24.5 inches diagonal (not including borders). The panel model can be found in the specs section outlined below.

Monitor Setup and Tests:

-Out of the box, the colors look great and bare minimal calibration is needed. Viewing angles are decent but could have been better for an IPS monitor (but still better than ANY VA or TN panel). Slight shadowing at extreme angles and some backlight clouding below and above the monitor when not viewing directly. Clarity was not an issue.
-Connected via Displayport, I easily enabled GSync on my nVidia card without issues (FYI- GSync will not work over HDMI with this FreeSync panel).
-Pixel response was fast but looks best at low or medium settings. At the high response setting, overshoot and ghosting becomes apparent.
-I had read other monitor reviews which also use this specific panel and know that input lag to be less than 5ms at 60Hz and less than 3.5ms using 144Hz. I have no way of testing this myself, but I can attest to these claims when comparing this monitor to an older IPS screen from 2015.
-The orange monitor LEDs on the front and back of the panel can be turned off if that?s not your cup of tea.
-I was incredibly surprised to see that this monitor had a USB C connector for attaching a computer or smart tablet. Also, in the menu, I was doubly surprised to see that this monitor has gravity induction for said USB C devices. Very nice!
-The joystick that controls the OSD menu is annoying but once you get the hang of it, you should be able to breeze through the menus.

Thoughts and Conclusion:

Gaming at 144Hz and/or with FreeSync/GSync on is a game changer and one that has ruined all other monitors for me. The responsiveness and buttery smooth refresh rate need to be seen to be believed. This screen is perfect for eGaming where higher framerates are more of a priority than display clarity and/or those with more modest setups that want to game on high settings with variable refresh rate (FreeSync) to diminish screen tearing. I highly recommend this monitor if you can get it on sale. I paid $199 and plan to keep it.

Monitor Specs:

Size: 24.5 inch
Dimensions w/o stand: 556.4mm x 524.2mm x 237.6mm
Resolution: 1920x1080
Speakers: None
HDR: None
FreeSync Frequency: 48Hz-144Hz
Ports: 1x 1.2a DP, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x HDMI 1.4, 1x Headphone Jack, 1x USB C
Panel: AVHA (IPS)
Panel Model: M250HAN01.6
Colors: 1.67 million (8-bit)
Brightness: 300 nits
PPI: ~89

Being a long time IT admin, avid PC gamer, and fan of living frugal, Monoprice has always been my go-to for deals and great quality products (just wish support would step up their game).