Samsung LS24A450MW... sucks? =/

Hey guys! After years of loving my Samsung Syncmaster 226BW, it finally started bugging out... it'd require multiple restarts to "charge" the screen to the point where it would work - it'd work fine after that, but waiting 20 mins to an hour to use my computer was ridiculous!

As a result of my good experience with Samsung monitors, I then browsed about for a new 22-25" 16:10 monitor (as 16:9 just looks weird to me). I found there were only really 3 monitors that were readily purchasable - an LED (the LS24A450MW), an LCD, and the Syncmaster 2443BW. All 24" 16:10, so I was rather pleased as I put in my order for the LS24 as I had heard good things about LED...

Mild but visible horizontal pixel rows (ie, you can just about see the dark lines between the pixels at normal distance), and the colour range and depth seems flat and poor... I notice banding in smoke clouds as it steps between colours, and everything is really gamma and washed out. I've spent ages messing with the settings, but it keeps coming back to this...

Am I doing it wrong, or does it really suck? I can find basically no reviews... and if it does suck, mind suggesting an alternative? (Pref. £200-300 from any reputable dealer). Ta guys!

My trusty old 226BW started doing the same thing a while back, got some bloke to fix it at the electronics store for like 20 quid, crap component in the PSU he said, widespread issue with similar makes he said.

No idea if that's normal as there is indeed close to nothing to find about the LS24A450MW, which is a shame because I hate to recommend the 2443bw to people.
The 2443bw or at least mine has poor backlight uniformity and overal very poor contrast.

Go for the Dell u2412m and you'll have little to complain about g2g times are overrated and it's still quite low on the Dell. The minor extra costs compared to the Samsungs get you a nice e-IPS panel so viewing angles will be a lot better as well.

I'm gonna see about getting the current screen repaired (as I gotta wait for the new screen to be returned to Germany for refund -.-), and then maybe get the U2412M when I do make an upgrade. I had discounted it because it was a Dell, but I've seen really good reviews since I actually looked!

Thanks guys =)