That's actually another one I'm looking at too. Good brand?
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Also when running an external monitor, how do you do it and have the lid closed on your MacBook Pro? And if you have Windows 7 installed via Bootcamp, does Windows 7 support this too.
Yeah, sceptre is an old monitor brand, they've been around a long time. I'm using this monitor right now as I type this, and I use it with both OSX and Windows. The only funky thing is that to make it look exactly right, you have to cobble up a cable to do the hdmi conversion correctly. it's detailed in the reviews, but in short - use a thunderbolt-dvi converter, and then a dvi-hdmi cable to plug into the monitor.
to run it with the lid closed, just close it.
as long as you have something USB plugged in (like a keyboard or mouse), and it's plugged into the wall, it will not sleep.
If you like 3D this is a great bargain as a monitor. it's a passive 3D tv, so you can watch it with cheap 3D glasses (like from the theater), and it shows a good picture. It has some weird extra-high res mode for 3D so you don't lose as much resolution as some people claim. In short, I really like it, glad I got it. It's big though, so I mounted it to the wall on an adjustable arm.