Asus VE248H Black 24" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers $164.99AR Newegg or Amazon

Ok this may be a stupid question but I can't seem to find anything specific/don't know what to look for exactly.
Does this monitor have audio in/out built in?
And will I be able to use it as a tv?

Nice find. Still waiting for a 24 or 27-inch with better resolution (1920x1200 or higher) with speakers, usb 3.0 and CF/SD card readers. Any suggestions out there?

Good deal! Just picked one up from amazon.

It's a nice monitor, big and bright...
lack of HDMI port is a downside.
Why HDMI port? Use the audio bypass feature, and eliminated the audio cable that is often contributory in picking up unwanted noises from analog cable, just like connecting to speaker via toslink optical cables.

Got 2 from newegg, thanks OP

Good price, but 1920x1200 resolution is much better!

Quote from heyya1961 : It's a nice monitor, big and bright... lack of HDMI port is a downside. Why HDMI port? Use the audio bypass feature, and eliminated the audio cable that is often contributory in picking up unwanted noises from analog cable, just like connecting to speaker via toslink optical cables.

Uhm... what?

Quote from heyya1961 : lack of HDMI port is a downside. Why HDMI port? Use the audio bypass feature, and eliminated the audio cable that is often contributory in picking up unwanted noises from analog cable, just like connecting to speaker via toslink optical cables.

This has an HDMI port, so that is an obvious misunderstanding.

I ordered one of Amazon, and it's arriving tomorrow, but I don't see the point of having HDMI or speakers in the first place. These are what, 1 watt speakers? Personally I would add a sound system, but even your nephews old PC speakers are going to sound 100x better than the built in speakers.

The way people are saying 'No HDMI, no way' on every single monitor/TV deal here, I must be missing something. Why is HDMI so crucially important for some in a monitor?

Quote from junjun26 : The way people are saying 'No HDMI, no way' on every single monitor/TV deal here, I must be missing something. Why is HDMI so crucially important for some in a monitor?

It's important to some people because they want to use the HDMI port to plug in their laptops, netbooks, game consoles, and even DVD/Blu-ray players. And HDMI to DVI adapters are not much help when their main computer is already using the DVI port.

Quote from junjun26 : This has an HDMI port, so that is an obvious misunderstanding. I ordered one of Amazon, and it's arriving tomorrow, but I don't see the point of having HDMI or speakers in the first place. These are what, 1 watt speakers? Personally I would add a sound system, but even your nephews old PC speakers are going to sound 100x better than the built in speakers. The way people are saying 'No HDMI, no way' on every single monitor/TV deal here, I must be missing something. Why is HDMI so crucially important for some in a monitor?

You're right in regard to built-in pathetic speaker which uses the HDMI input. However, you don't have to use the internal speakers as they don't produce much of a sound at all, but use the the headphone output jack to connect to external speakers, effectively bypassing the built-in speakers.

As I've previously stated, it will eliminate the susceptibility to low frequency hums resulted from cables magnetic interference. From my own personal experience, I almost trashed a decent pair of speakers; the humming noise added to annoying high pitched whining noise, this HDMI interface completely eliminated old problem, and my old pair of speakers sound just like new.

Many reviews from Newegg mention that 'ghosting' (leaving image trail behind) is noticeable in this screen.
Any thoughts on this?

Quote from bbqloverz : Many reviews from Newegg mention that 'ghosting' (leaving image trail behind) is noticeable in this screen. Any thoughts on this?

I used to have this monitor. Its pretty much trash. I got these along with the ve248q (same monitor but with displayports) to try eyefinity. Here is why these monitors suck:

1) Viewing angles are a complete joke. Moving your head even 1" to the left or right yields color distortion.
2) Ghosting. This can be fixed by disabling Overdrive. But in so doing your pixels are not 2ms, they are now 5ms. In addition this ghosting can't be turned off permanently, it has to be done manually every time.
3) Color dithering.
4) Stand barely works and has only tilt adjustment

This monitor isn't horrid for $164 but if you like colors to be accurate, save up for a dell u2412 at least. Totally worth it.

Would this be a noticeable step up from a 21.5"? Mine also has a 16:10 ratio that is nice.