The entire bezel has a glossy finish with the buttons placed at the bottom right corner. The stand has an oval base with a small groove where you can keep loose change or keys, etc.
The ports include VGA, DVI, HDMI and the power socket. There is no audio-in jack since there are no speakers but you do get an audio-out jack for routing the audio from the HDMI.
The sides have nothing except for the headphone jack on the left side.
The menu buttons can be a little tricky to use at first, but thanks to the clear markings on the front chances of mistakes are quite less.
i would not recommend it ..i bought it and immediately got probs .. reds n greens pixels ..showing in small text ..that too in photoshop ..returned it asap :P better get DELL 2209s or st2410 with just a bit more money in :) and they got good RMA n all too