I paid a total of $440ish or somewhere around there including all shipping and taxes. It's a little more than what I was willing to pay, but the reviews online and the specs made me think twice. I usually don't like spending more than $400 for monitor. That's in US dollars though. So far, I have to say it's well worth it. I threw pretty much all my games at it (no school now-so I can play, play, play) and not one single fault. No ghosting, no flickers, smooth light transitions, no artifacts either (although that may have something do do with my video card), and no dead pixels. There still needs to be work done on lighting. You know how when you look at an LCD at an angle, it gets a little dark? It's improved, but needs more improvement to match the CRT level of brightness. It's just the way it is with LCD's no matter how good they are. But if you look at the screen straight on like normal, it's awesome.