I was reading an article on the new apple 24 inch monitors (Which is ofcourse an awful glossy overpriced piece of junk), When someone lead me to a link for refurbished NEC s-ips monitors for VERY cheap. I will probaly pick one up.
Re: Monitors for those Graphic designers out there.
sonys are ok. For non Graphic design and gaming monitors I am a samsung fan (as the shop here sells both samsung and sony) Sony is more for our business customers as they are cheaper and the contrast ratio is worse and the response time is not as good. The backlight on the samsung is also stronger.