Advice Needed - 20-22 inch LCD

Hi
This one should be great,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824014131
I love BenQ, I have the 20.1" version with 8MS response time, and I love it,
This one has a 5 ms response time, so it should be better.
Read the reviwes, it looks great.
But remember, it does not come with speekers.
But at $320, it is a great deal.

Before you invest in a HDTV for a monitor, check the resolution. You'll find most HDTV's have a lower resolution than most 22" LCD's. After getting a 22" and using a 20" at work, I'm sold on the 22". It doesn't sound like much, but the 1680x resolution totally rocks. I got Viewsonic, but I've seen a lot that are very nice. Try for 5ms for gaming, I think you won't be very happy with the higher response times. It depends on what you play, but in general, lower response times are going to refresh faster and give you fewer remnants, or ghost trail effects. As I mentioned in another post, Gateway makes a great looking monitor, as do HP and Dell. There really are a lot of good monitors out there, but if you look closely, I think you'll see that the difference between 20" and 22" is dramatic. Especially if you want to do any letter-box graphics or watch movies, etc.

as i have seen most 20-22 inch lcds are 1050 vertical whereas hdtv is 1080 so was kinda worried that it would squeeze the movie a bit. but not really bothered as hdtv isn't something i was looking for.

i liked dells very much but only the low cost ones seem to fit my budget. will try and find how much the benq costs in India.

any more suggestions.

and to be specific i want recommendations on actual models rather than if to take 20 or 22 inch.

Samsung 204Bs (1200X1600 Rotatable) are on sale at Best Buy this week, here anyway. $319. Good to buy monitors at a local store in case of return.

I have the Samsung 226bw. Suffice to say, it kicks ass. I wrote a detailed review here . I recommend you check it out as I personally feel it is better than the four you have mentioned. BTW the Benq and Viewsonic use the same Panel from AUO so buy the cheaper one of the two if you choose one of them.

I picked up the Samsung 226bw a few days ago when the price at BB reached that of newegg. So far it has been great. A nice (though somewhat expensive) upgrade over my 19" crt. The res seems about right, and if you game you don't need super high-end GPUs to run it.

worse dot pitch is actually a feature for me as i can still use my older graphics card to play and the movies also dont stretch as much so u dont really c the artifacts.

I would (and am, btw) stay away from the Sammy monitor, playing the panel lottery blows. Look into the HP W2207, it seems to be favored over the 226BW by alot of people, it's around the same price (in the us atleast), and HP isnt using sub-par panels in some of their monitors to make more cash.

$500 wud probably cost somewhere between 31000 - 38000 (INR) (also not a direct conversion as it includes other stuff like duty tax etc)

I wud prefer something in the 19000-22000 ($300) price range.