Try a VA panel instead of an IPS. I had a look at a bunch of monitors on demo recently and thought the benq VA panel looked nicer than all the ips panels. It was also cheaper. Stick to the better brands like Benq, Dell, asus, samsung, lg. Acer are a well known brand but i would rate them as one of the bottom choices for reliability and customer support. Samsung also have a PLS monitor which is quite good, better than TN panel but not quite as good as ips. Dont just get ipsjust for the sake of having an ips panel, many of the cheaper ips monitors are not very good.