Thanks to onnetz for your response ...

Pay the $40 more and get a new one. Try looking at newegg.com.

I didn't see (find) the same monitor in 23" monitors on newegg.com. 

Could you provide a link to the specific monitor you were thinking of? 

For a monitor you want 1080p, hdmi hookup, high contrast ratio,

The 23" Hannspree HF237HPB offered by geeks.com does have those features. 

BTW, I can get that one with free shipping ... IOW, the $146 is my total cost: 
monitor, shipping, and no sales tax. 

a fast response time(for gaming),

Thanks, but gaming is not a concern for me. 

Thanks to inshaala for his comments ...

if you get a big monitor with a small native resolution you might as well
just save your money for a better quality smaller monitor with the same
native resolution...

My current monitor is a 19" Dell M991 which I run at 1280 X 960.

The 23" Hannspree HF237HPB with a resolution of 1920 X 1080 would be
a welcome improvement ... and would still fit on my computer desk/hutch. 

That would be wide enough to allow all of the photoshop pallets and a good
sized image to coexist without having to go to a dual monitor configuration.

My most important question about this monitor is color ... will the colors be
true ... will the colors be stable across the entire viewing area at an 18"
viewing distance? 

--Martin