Good, cheap widescreen LCD monitor?

[crookdimwit]

I'm looking for a good but inexpensive LCD widescreen monitor for a mix of freelance design work and degenerate multi-tabling... At least 20"+.... Anyone know of a good deal or vendor for the best deal? I've scoured pricegrabber, etc...

Best I've found is a Sceptre (Sceptre??) 20" widescreen LCD via Costco or Newegg... With shipping and after a rebate, looks like it might run me about $250... Before I pull the trigger, is there a better deal I might get out there? And should I be spooked by a brand called "Sceptre"?

[BiPolar_Nut]

I'm scared of cheap LCD's. When they were first getting popular, the cheap brands would have pixels burn out very early, yet the warranty wouldn't cover it until a certain percentage of ALL the pixels were dead. I don't know if this is still the case. Personally, I'd run from cheap/unknown brands but only due to the pixel burnout issue which may or may not be a reasonable reason anymore (this was several years ago when I was hearing of the pixel burnout horror stories).

Worth mentioning: 20" widescreens typically have less than 1200 pixels in vertical resolution. This means you can't fit 2 full size (800x600) tables vertically without overlap. This may or may not be an issue for you.

[crookdimwit]

I'm pretty slow with the multitabling, so I can't se doing more than four at a time... So I'm guessing the tiling would work fine. I don't mind a little shrinkage in the window sizes...