[ILUG] Flat panel monitors (TFT LCD) - advice?

[Brian Foster]

  yesterday, poking around in the shoppes, I realized
 decent-sized TFT LCD monitors are now rather reasonably
 priced.  the last time I looked (yonks ago), the better
 ones were north of 1000€, and it was (and still is)
 the case that sort of money would be better spent on
 a new system.  however, yesterday I saw what seemed to
 be rather good units south of 300€, and that was at a
 non-specialist shoppe not known for low prices.

  anyways, that puts the subject of a decent flat-panel
 back on the agenda.  what I'm wondering about is units
 LARGER than c.21", with GOOD contrast (I have vision
 problems) and — critical point — a VGA connection (my
 graphics card, reflecting the age of my system, is an
 nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400).

  for reference, the three 24" units I saw were HP 2309m,
 Samsung P2470H, and Acer S243HLbmu.  I've not researched
 those units yet (or what else is available).   (I use a
 much smaller Samsung(?) unit at work, which except for
 it's inadequate size, seems Ok (or at least better than
 my aging, albeit larger, CRT at home) — but for obvious
 reasons, I've never tried watching a DVD on it).

 any advice in general?
 and/or on those three units?
 and/or other recommendations — units and sources (but an
 issue here is I'm Very Uncomfortable buying a monitor I
 haven't actually seen in-use and been able to physically
 examine).

 TV & gaming are NOT requirements, albeit DVD-watching is;
 current system is Kbuntu 9.10.

cheers!
	-blf-

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