I have actually bought about 40 or so of these monitors from both Newegg.com and Amazon. I have not had one bad one. Not a malfunctioning one anyways. A couple of them had some minor scratches on the stand. Almost like they were repackaged/used units. No biggie for me as I ordered them in 3 batches for an office environment. Amazing picture quality. Really can't believe just how good they do look!!! Not one has died but can definitely see why some would worry. I strongly recommend these monitors if you can still find them. They seem to be getting harder and harder to find.