Best 21-23" Monitor?

[Frenetic Pony]

I'm looking for a new monitor, definitively in the 21-23" range and most preferably 22" and 16:10. As for price anything below a thousand would be good.

Which, in other words, means I'd love to see uniform color, Adobe Colospace coverage (Yes, I'm an "enthusiast" photographer, so it's actually relevant), very dark black and bright whites. All the usual good stuff. 3D stuff isn't a big priority but would be a nice bonus.

Any suggestions? Trying to shop for such in the usual places (Newegg, Amazon, Etc.) hasn't been the best experience for something of a higher quality than your usual run of the mill stuff. I've of course heard NEC is good, should I just try looking at their stuff?

 

[Scout80]

I recently got a new Samsung at work. The colors are amazing. I'm not a photographer but sitting next to my laptop, it is like night and day. This model is similar to what I have

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Samsung-2443BWT-24-Wide-LCD/1950008.aspx

 

[gorcorps]

I bought an LG IPS236 on a whim because it was so frustrated with the god awful light bleed of my Acer 120Hz monitor that I needed a change. So much so that I did the unthinkable... and went shopping at Best Buy.

I mainly wanted it for gaming, but also wanted the color accuracy of IPS. It won a TIPA award for "best entry level photo monitor":
http://www.tipa.com/english/award-details.php?iId=2786&sAward=Best+Entry+Level+Photo+Monitor

I really like it. Colors are great. Blacks are pretty awesome. Viewing angle is fantastic. I don't do photography stuff so I couldn't give you a valid view on if it deserves the title or not. It also doesn't blur during gaming, which I was a tad worried about when I went IPS.

That said, your budget should get you something even better but I'm still happy with this. I guess I'm saying consider LG in your search if you haven't before.

 

[Frenetic Pony]

Thanks for the link to the TIPA awards! I just used that to look up the 2012 stuff and found this: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SyncMa...A3SNNXCKUIW1O2

The TIPA awards, as usual, are just a "list of solid products you might buy", but then again what awards aren't? After all it just worked for me, even if the monitor in question is 2" too big.

 

[Remobz]

I bought an LG IPS236 on a whim because it was so frustrated with the god awful light bleed of my Acer 120Hz monitor that I needed a change. So much so that I did the unthinkable... and went shopping at Best Buy.

I mainly wanted it for gaming, but also wanted the color accuracy of IPS. It won a TIPA award for "best entry level photo monitor":
http://www.tipa.com/english/award-details.php?iId=2786&sAward=Best+Entry+Level+Photo+Monitor

I really like it. Colors are great. Blacks are pretty awesome. Viewing angle is fantastic. I don't do photography stuff so I couldn't give you a valid view on if it deserves the title or not. It also doesn't blur during gaming, which I was a tad worried about when I went IPS.

That said, your budget should get you something even better but I'm still happy with this. I guess I'm saying consider LG in your search if you haven't before.

I want that monitor.

Wow!