I used to have the Samsung 226BW (22" Wide screen LCD) It had an excellent contrast ratio of 3000:1 (iirc) 2ms response time and above all else, stunning picture quality with colors to match.... The only reason I dont still use it is because I bought a 52" LCD TV that had HDMI in and my computer had HDMI out... so I figured, Why use 22 when I could have 52...
I've never used anything but Samsung LCD's (I've used LCD's since 2000) and I've never had a single issue..
That being said, had I ever encountered a problem, samsungs excellent warranty would be there to back me up...
Most LCD makers require a panel to have a certain amount of dead pixels in order to replace it under warranty, Benq and Acer being the worst allowing 9 dead pixels on a panel, the 10th being grounds for replacement. Samsung garrantee 0 dead pixels, the first one is grounds for a replacement....
Alex