So true, nothing worse than a glossy screen when the only thing you can see during a dark part of a movie or game is your own ugly mug staring back at you! I made that mistake once with my first LCD purchase ('twas a 17" Acer). Never again!
Last question - can you see any colour scaling across the monitor as was reported with the Philips IPS panel (reference:
http://forums.ncix.com/forums/topic.php?id=2067350)?