Have any of you looked at buying a new monitor these days...gee those damn specs are enough to scare a person off getting one.

My wife made a great deal with me, she gets my 19 inch monitor and she will give me half what a new 19-22 inch widescreen will cost me.
Problem i have is not knowing what to look for in a monitor, been told to look at a 5ms(milisecond) responce time, 1000:1 or better contrast ratio but this is from gamers and basically the thing i'm looking for is one that would be suited to imaging.

Anyone got any ideas on what i should look for even brand name of a good monitor..

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