I shall never buy another NEC monitor again, my 1yr 2month old NEC Multisync 97F died after doing a mode switch, and when checking the warranty date, i noted that it only comes with a 1 year warranty. What a piece of shit. I'm sticking to Viewsonic from hereon. The sad part is that there is a 6+ yr old Mitsubishi 20" right next to it which is still ticking...