I found a few good panels:
$800 ACER AL2423 1920x1200, 1000:1, 500 cd/m², 6ms, analog, digital
DELL UltraSharp 2407WFP TCO99, 16:10 Wide, 1920x1200, 1000:1, 450 cd/m², 6ms, Analog, Digital, S-Video, Composite, Component, USB 2.0 Hub, Card reader, Audio (optional)
$1450 HP LP2465 (EF224A4) TCO03, 1920x1200, 1000:1, 500 cd/m², 6ms, Analog, Digital (2x DVI)
$1135 SAMSUNG SyncMaster 244T TCO03, 16:10 Wide, 1920x1200, 1000 cd/m², 500:1, Analog, Digital, Pivot , 6ms
BenQ FP241W
AND ALSO:
-Don't get the Dell 2407 24" LCD... many confirmed repots if it having horrible color banding, and that Dell is still shipping the old Firmware versions which leaves the problem un-resolved.
-Also, having Component on the Dell isn't useful unless your watching HD in the 720p format (If it tries to display full HD 1080i resolution, it will change it to 540 pixels making it look like standard definition.
-Some people (Just search the Dell.com forums if you want to confirm this) recieve their Dell 2407 with a backlight that is NOT uniform, and is brighter in some places. Also known as "backlight bleed".
-Many poeple have thier monitor alighned crooked and landscape mode, becuase the stand is not very sturdy.
-Get the Acer AL2423W because:
-It has 50 higher cdm/2 brightness
-All 20 revies on Newegg rate it 4 EGGS! Not ONE bad review! (on CNET.com, one in every five reviews was bad for the Dell 2407).
-It has no reports of colour banding, and is an S-MVA panel, thus it has a full 8-bit colour gamut; where the Dell is 6-bit.
-It has an "Input Lag" of 20ms, lower than most 24" monitors. Input Lag is the time before you move your mouse (or type) and it shows up on screen -- this is not listed on the product's page; you must search on the web to find this fact out most of the time.
-The Dell's input lag is rated between about 35-45MS, which would of course be slightly more noticable.
-The Acer comes with speakers 8)
-It's on sale for $699 with FREE 3-day shipping.
Please, whatever you do, DO NOT get the 244t. It has a rated input lag measure of ~45-60 ms which is VERY noticable. Some say it is, some say it isn't. But, it's certainly NOT worth buying such an expensive monitor just to see if the mouse / input lag issue is true, when i'm pretty sure it is.
Im caught here, because the 24" monitors are $300 more at the very least and they dont seem to offer much compared to 22"s which I can easily get a good screen for ~$500. The ideal 24" would be one with the 1920x1200 resolution. All of these monitors are >$800.
Hard to say the extra 2" is worth $300, but the resolution offered sure is attractive