The price for this refurbished monitor I bought on eBay was excellent. The monitor does have a HDMI socked that works fine when plugged directly into my laptop with good picture clarity. The VGA connection is also more than adequate and works fine. Controls are a tad fiddly but once setup and switched on for regular use you won't find yourself altering these settings much if at all. You can tell this isn't a new model and there are some digital signature issues with Windows 10 when using the HDMI connection via a docking station. If plugged directly into a laptop or PC's HDMI socket there isn't much of an issue. All in all, it is a decent monitor for general work and desktop activities.