HD ready LCD for FCP monitoring (PAL)?

Hi from the UK (PAL land)
Im looking for the best value LCD HD ready screen to buy for monitoring my FCP stuff!
I have a G5 Dual G5 2.5GHz with 23" cinema and 20" displays. Im not producing broadcast material - just corporate and wedding DVD's, and up till now I have been using a standard CRT sony portable for an external monitor which has done me fine for the kind of work we produce.
I would like something like 26" - 30" inch LCD to put up on the wall, but I also want to monitor it for my SD and HD projects (for the future). We have been shotting in HD for own own personal projects keeping them until a burner and HD-DVD player becomes available her in the UK (god knows when!)
Anyone out there got any suggestions, and what will I need to hook up my mac to such a monitor? my buget is maximum £700.00-ish!
I was looking at the Philips 23PF4310 23" - HD ready at £499.00

In my opinion, 99.9% of TV monitors make lousy computer monitors due to their relatively low resolution. If you'll look a the specs for the Soyo model you linked to, you'll see the ONLY resolution setting is 1366 x 768 ... pretty low for critical computer work.
In comparison, Apple's 23" Cinema Display and Dell's 24" has up to 1920 x 1200 and Apple's 30" is up to 2560 x 1600.
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