Display on new 24" iMac?

I have read many of the complaints about the displays on the new 20" iMacs. For those of you with the 24" iMacs, do you have the same complaints? Are the LCDs on the 24" iMacs of comparable quality to the Apple Cinema Displays? I am considering buying a 24" iMac and your comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I am a recent owner of a new aluminium 24" iMac in the UK. I've never used a Cinema Display so cannot comment on comparison.
Can agree with many comments here - very very bright, glare not distracting, crisp (but not as crisp as I'd like at close quarters)
However BEWARE.
My first iMac24 delivery started misting up inside the glass panel a few hours after first boot and had to be replaced - see
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1073945
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1073643
I had left it 2 days to acclimatise to room temp before first boot too.
Also, the replacement iMac24 seems to the naked eye to be brighter on the left side of the screen than the right. At first I thought it was just psychological but I have checked with a camera light meter which seems to confirm that this is not an illusion - there seems to be a third of a stop difference in luminosity. I will check more but looks like this may also be going back. please i hope not. Has anyone else noticed this??
24 vs 20 display
I have also compared several 24 and 20 models side by side and there is a huge difference in quality and viewing angles. The 20 display looked terrible.
The displays I've seen were probably not calibrated so not at their best but that shouldn't affect viewing angles and certainly doesn't account for the luminence gradient from top to bottom on the 20 screens which i have seen on every one so far - please note, the same problem affects my MacBook (screen darker at top than bottom) - I have an Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, a replacement for my Core Duo which also had the same screen problem, and i have looked at macbook screens of all models in the US and UK and seen the same screen problem.
my advice: spend the extra for the 24 - i decided it was worth it. but watch carefully for the first day or two.
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