What's a Good Monitor?

I have a 17" LCD monitor and want to upgrade to a 22 inch. Does anyone have a recommendation for a certain model? I will also use it for photography, but really want one thats good for games. I don't want to spend more than $300.00.

Oh, I have you more than covered on this one.

If you want 22", that won't be an issue. Here are some good ones well within your price envelope.

Best 22" ever:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824001268

2nd best 22" ever:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824001262

Noticing the trend here? Stick with Samsung, you can do no wrong. Acer is also good, as is Westinghouse these days.

Here is an Acer to take a look at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009094

Or this Acer:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009124


However, I would recommend buying this lovely ACER 24" 1080 monitor. Not only is the resolution much higher, but the monitor itself is gorgeous and ACER makes good monitors.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16824009146R

Look for good contrast ratio, and response time.

Also looking up reviews never hurt

Thanks for the responses. I have looked at reviews but there are so many out there, and the people who wrote them are not necessarily looking for the same things I am. Hence, that's why I posted here. I figure this is the best to get info - not sure what good response time means.

Thanks Rahja, the Samsungs look good. Right now I can't go higher then a 22" because my computer is in a cabinet, and a 24" wouldn't fit.

I really want one that's good for gaming and has good accurate color for processing photographs also.

get a 1900x1200 resolution and a 5ms or faster response time. That will be important for photo processing/editing and good for gaming too. Samsung is great - you can't go wrong with them. (I've had a Samsung TV for nearly 20 years and it's going strong as on day one still).