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By far the best feature is its ability to rotate - so that you can easily switch between hortizontal and vertical mode whenever you need to (software to do this was included). Whatever monitor you get make sure that it can rotate - it makes things much easier!
LaCie and Eizo make very accurate color TFT LCD's, but they are VERY PRICEY. I do web design on two Dell 17", and they are very nice, especially for the price. Samsung makes great LCD's also.
The response time (ms) tells you how quickly the picture can change. The lower the figure the better, a high figure will probably blur when watching video, or playing games etc.
The contrast ratio tells you how black your blacks will be! Early TFT's had dark greys instead of blacks. The higher the ratio the better.
If you are going to design graphics the most important thing is the colour balance, i.e that great royal blue you spent ages selecting, should look as you expected.
In my experience this is the most difficult thing to judge, manufacturers don't provide any figures, and its very subjective anyway.
The best option is to view some images you know well (preferably side by side) on several TFT's, compare them to a good CRT and choose that way.
This monitor does 1600x1200 native, and to me that is the primary concern. I can have multiple windows open at once, and see them all at once, without having to click to the taskbar to bring one up. It is rated at 25ms, but that's irrelevant for graphics design and webpage authoring. The only time that becomes important is when playing very fast-moving games. This one has a 500-1 contrast ratio, and I think it is 350 brightness. It's definitely loads brighter than the Dell 17" LCD I replaced.
Bang for the buck, this one is by FAR the best one out there. I wouldn't have dropped over 500 big ones if it weren't.
