External 20" Display on the MacBook

Hi!
I'm thinking about buying an external display for my MB, sadly a Cinema Display is not within budget.
I was looking at a Samsung 205BW with a reslution of 1680x1050, but somewhere I read it doesn't work on the MacBook connected through DVI. Is anyone using a non-Apple 20" display at that resolution, maybe even the Samsung? Does it work? Which displays work?
Thanks,
Lutz

hi.
I have a viewsonic 2235wm (22" 1680x1050 widescreen, native res)
my macbook is hooked up to it through a KVM switch via VGA.
it works fine on my PC (is detected and does proper res), but my macbook detects it as "display" and only does 1600x1200 (no other res offered)
any idea? if I hook it up straight to the monitor it does the same thing, so I know its not the switch... I'm thinking DVI is required to go above 1600?
---- EDIT ----
just read the manual (haha) and it says the max res of VGA adapter on macbook is 1600x1200!!!!! noooo!
now I have THIS problem: the mini-DVI to DVI adapter would work (with an adapter to change the VGA cable @ the KVM switch) BUT Apple is sneaky and moved one of the pins so that a standard VGA/DVI adapter won't work on their mini-DVI to DVI adapter... grrrrrreat.
so basically, thanks to apple being proprietary, I'll have to
a) find an adapter to turn my mini-dvi-to-dvi-adapter into vga for the vga-based KVM switcch
or
b) buy a new KVM switch with DVI and use DVI cables for everything (ugh)
oh well, I was getting tired of this belkin flip POS anyway!

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