I was surprised by how thick it actually, this is not thin monitor. I don't have a caliper but I'd say that at its thickest is a good 9 cm, which is a lot better than a CRT, but not thin.
It comes with DVI and VGA cable, EU and UK power supply cable and a 3.5 mm headphone cable., though sadly not with an HDMI cable, which is a bit annoying.
I have full 5.1 surround sound which I only switch on when watching movies, see this, the fact that the monitor has some speakers, however puny, is a really good feature.
I have only one complain about the monitor and that is clear type does not seem to work too well, this could be because I'm a lot closer that I should to a 27" monitor or something worse, but it is not very good, however as I hardly ever use for anything other than watching videos is not a major issue. Funnily enough, I've started to notice a lot more the effects or lack thereof, of Clear Type, even on my laptop, which did not seem to bother me at all before.
The only objective measurements that I can take are related to power usage, for which I have used a Brennenstuhl PM 230 Power and Energy Monitor.
I must say I was positively surprised by the monitor's power usage, not on standby mind you.
| Mode | Black background (W) | White background (W) |
| Standby | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Minimum Brigthness | 28.5 | 26.8 |
| Eco | 31.3 | 28.9 |
| Standard | 38.3 | 36.7 |
| Movie | 36 | 33.2 |
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