ViewSonic VG2455-56AH2 24" Dual Monitor Pack

I am a big fan of Viewsonic monitors and this is roughly the tenth one I have bought over the years. The high, adjustable stand is great: this was the main reason for my choice of this monitor. That said, there were a few things about this particular monitor that surprised me which you should be aware of: (1) Unlike other Viewsonic monitors that I've bought recently, this does not have an external power supply: the mains cable attaches direct to the monitor. As a result, (a) the monitor is quite heavy and thicker than many Viewsonic monitors, (b) the base is super-heavy in order to make it stable with the weight on the monitor to support, and (c) the thick power cable makes adjusting the monitor height and position harder than on monitors with an external power unit and a thin low-voltage connecting cable. (2) Viewsonic has done away with the 3.5mm mini-jack audio in and audio out sockets. As a result, I could not connect my Amazon Basics external speakers in place of the tiny in-built speakers and ensure lip-sync on video. I tried plugging the speakers into my laptop but the lip-sync was poor compared to audio derived from the HDMI monitor connection to my old monitor. I therefore had to buy an HDMI Audio Extractor to insert in the HDMI connection ($19.99). I consider this to be penny-pinching on the part of Viewsonic. (They regard it as "design simplification".) Overall, I am very pleased with the performance of the monitor and its adjustability. I was just taken by surprise by the above differences versus my recent Viewsonic purchases.