I have a 17" LG Flatron (has been discussed on another thread) which has a built-in USB hub. I always thought monitor USB hubs were gimmicks until I bought a digital camera. I now have 3 USB devices, and its such a pleasure to use that hub. The only downside with the Flatron's hub is that it's at the back of the monitor (mainframe mentality remains with PC hardware developers :().

Yes Chuck, I can see how useful that would be. With a further USB device (with different plug to device), it's very easy to unplug one cable and plug in the next. I have to go crawling around the back of the monitor :(

Thanks for the idea Chuck, but I'm Ok with the monitor hub (in spite of the inconvenience) for the devices I have at the moment.