Help me pick out the best LCD monitor for my system.

I bought a new computer about 6 months ago and am finally ready to spring for the monitor to go with it. Right now i'm using an old Compaq CRT with a 16'' screen, so pretty much anything should be an improvement. I can justify up to 400$ MAYBE 450, if i'm going to get a lot more bang for buck at that price range, but i'd be much happier around the 300$ range.

I'm looking for a 22''-24'' widescreen, I hear a lot of bad things about TN displays which dominate the 22'' panels, but most of the 24'' panels are out of my pricerange. These are two 22'' Panels i found on newegg that look pretty decent. I'd appreciate feedback about them, as well as alternative suggestions, thanks.

SAMSUNG 2243BWX High Gloss Piano Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height/Pivot Adjustments and 2-port USB Hub 300 cd/m2 DC 8000:1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001254


DCLCD DCL22A Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 2000:1 Built in Speakers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824211010

Oh, one last thing. The primary purpose of the monitor will be gaming, so that trumps whatever else it has going for it. I do like the Idea of being able to display Hi-Def movies on it (I have a 8800GTX, q6600, and 4gigs of ram, so i believe i have the hardware nessisary to do that), but i'll take a solid gaming monitor at a good price over anything else.