IMac 20-inch vs. 24-inch

Is there any difference between these two displays other than size?
I'm looking to buy an iMac to do some video editing, and I can't make up my mind. Any suggestions?

Having used both 20- and 24-inch monitors for video editing, (both with Premiere Pro, and the 20-inch with FCP), I would recommend getting the 24-inch model, because of the significantly larger screen real estate. While using the 20-inch monitor was decent, it felt cramped, with only a few video layers visible in the timeline when you're watching the video at 100% (SD video, not HD). On the 24-inch, everything was much more spacious, and I could easily utilize quite a few video and audio layers while watching the video real size.
Video takes up a LOT of hard drive space, so the larger the HD the better. Even so, I think that the larger screen (and better graphics card) should take piority above internal HD size, especially because of today's cheap external drives.
Based on this, I would recommend the 24-inch model, but be prepared to buy an external HD soon, especially if you do a lot of editing.
Cheers,
Ilya
iMac 20 inch  2.0 GHz Core Duo  250 GB HD  512 MB RAM  Mac OS X (10.4.10)  iPod video 30GB Black  Silver iPod Mini 2G 2GB CompactFlash

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