I am inclined to go with the BenQ in this case. Lately they have really been stepping it up in regards to their monitors; on top of that Samsung doesnt mean much to me except for certain models of which the one you linked certainly isnt amoung. Yes I have seen this particular samsung monitor in person, and got to mess around with it more so then you could in a retail store, and no i would not buy it. I would take even the soyo over that sammy any day but I am spoiled by my fw900 so I tend to be very picky when it comes to monitors.