I received mine yesterday and am quite happy. Brightness is excellent, contrast is good, and absolutely no ghosting (only tested in WoW so far). This is my second 19? LCD in a week (the other was just returned to Sam?s Club) and there is no doubt this is the better monitor.
The image is about on par with my old Hitachi 811 CRT monitor.
As for whoever was asking about the minimum height, it is 17? from the table to the top.
Oh, it does in fact have speakers. Cheap ones, but hey, they make noise. There is also a headset jack on the back for those without front audio ports on their PC.