17" LCD Monitor Choice - Advice Please

Basically, I currently have the monitor in my sig (link: http://www.iiyama.co.uk/default.asp?...=3772&SPCAREA=)

My Dad wants a 17" LCD now also, and considers my monitor to be good. While the one I have is "okay" the contrast ratio (350:1) leaves something to be desired.

So I thought he could buy a monitor that I could have, since there are excellent ones out now.

The famed Hyundai L72D+ ( 700:1 , 8ms seems a top choice:

However, I wanted to ask whether this: Iiyama E430S uses the same panel, as it has the same specs:
http://www.iiyama.co.uk/default.asp?...=4232&SPCAREA=
AND It is available in a better finish (for me) and a bit cheaper.

Has anyone tried the Iiyama; is it recommended?

Any other options? (I don't think much of BenQ btw)

I have a Hyundai and IMO they are superb monitors, recommended them to everyone I know and no-ones ever complained.