\r\nWell, my trusty 19-inch Sony trinitron has served me well for over 6 years, and it was recently repaired (some failed electronics). I have long been tempted by the Apple Cinema Displays but their obvious limitations when used with non-Mac systems (software white-level control, auto power-on/power-off) made me hesistant to indulge in them.\r\n

\r\nThe only other game in town here in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada was an 23-inch LG Flatiron. Gorgeous screen and design, with a nifty media box containing a multitude of connectors, including component video. Unfortunately, it retails for CND$4,500.00. Ouch!\r\n

\r\nBut then, enter the BenQ FP231W, based on new 16ms screen by LG, retailing at CND$2,500.00. I got it today and configured XFree86 4.3 to drive it at 1920x1200@60Hz with a Radeon 7500 through the DVI-D connection. Yay! It works. Prepared 5 images for pixel defect testing - white, black, red, green, blue - ran them in a keyboard control slideshow (fullscreen of course) and ... joy of joy ... it appears to not have any stuck-on or dead subpixels.\r\n

\r\nThe Radeon 7500 doesn't output through DVI when booting until X starts up, so that's bad. I worked around that by connecting the D-Sub connection as well. This way, I get to see boot messages etc. should I need to. Best outcome would be to get a new card which will output text-mode through DVI-D as well. Does anyone know if the Radeon 9200 do so? I would prefer to be able to stick to the open-sourced drivers if possible whilst keeping 3D capability for bzflag.\r\n

\r\nThe other thing that I'm seeing could possibly be the result of the underpowered Radeon 7500. Some tearing shows up when moving windows opaquely, becoming worse when I grab a window and shake it around the screen.\r\n

\r\nHaven't tested out the S-Video and Composite connectors. The USB 2.0 hub works, and there's even one port right on the top of the monitor's bezel, apparently for an attached USB camera. Two of the ports are on the lower left of the bezel, and the last one is in the back, where the connectors are. \r\n

\r\nThe stand is a pneumatic that's lockable when fully descended. I can tilt and swivel the screen but there's no landscape mode.\r\n

\r\nNon-native resolution signals fed through D-Sub are scaled well. The resulting text is quite readable actually. Not that I need it since the DVI-D is working well. I'm still quite surprised that my card could drive the monitor.\r\n

\r\nIf the HP L2335 was available in Canada, I think I would have gone for it over the BenQ. The HP includes component video inputs, allowing for it to be used as a HDTV as-is with a HD set-top box.\r\n

\r\nOverall impression: The colours are more muted when compared to the vibrant colours on the 19-inch Sony. The colour temperature settings should hopefully let me get a better colour gamut - I can save 1 custom setting. Text scrolling is a beautiful sight to behold, especially compared to the "ghosting" on my Dad's 12-inch Powerbook. Whee! \r\n

I'm not in Vancouver proper. I'm in Coquitlam, 5 minutes walk to the Silvercity Coquitlam multiplex cinema. I got the monitor from the Futureshop in Coquitlam Centre. I seemed to have taken the last one they have in stock. The Futureshop @ Broadway has one on display as well. The one in Metrotown don't even stock it, while the one downtown does, but doesn't have it on display.