At first, I was a bit hesitant, but after reading review after review I gave into temptation. This screen is fantastic for gaming, especially shooters where having a fast response time is 100% CRITICAL. However, right out of the box the brightness was WAY too high. But after a bit of adjusting, the color and brightness turned out PERFECT. The built-in speakers are pretty lame, but bearable if you need something to fall-back on. Such as taking only headphones to a LAN, and wanting to share a game trailer/video with a few people.