LCD 26" monitor prefs

Hope I'm at least close to the right forum for this question...
I need a new lcd monitor (now have a LaCie electron 22blue crt and Spyder2pro) for my Mac G5 OSX 10.5 setup with PS CS4. For semi-serious, but non-commercial, PS work. Looking at 1) LaCie 526 with A-TW and AS-IPS panel, 2) NEC 2690WUXI with A-TW and 3) the newer NEC 2690 WUXI2 without A-TW. The LaCie and NEC use the same panel.
Apparently, blacks are not so hot without the A-TW polarizer, especially if the screen is viewed at an angle (per some You Tube examples).
Question #1: Does this matter if one always views the screen head-on? NEC's faq website implies that the lack of A-TW on the WUXI2 doesn't really reduce overall color quality.
Question #2: LaCie offers the Blue Eye Pro system with its product. NEC's package is Spectraview software and x-rite eye one display v2. Is either one of these color management systems appreciably better than the other--or easier to master?
Thank you for any suggestions! Jack

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DDC block generated by SwitchRes X for display
MX-26X3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 34 38 35 08 06 44 00 00
1 | 0C 0F 01 03 0F 3A 20 78 88 00 0D 00 00 00 00 00
2 | 00 47 4A BD CE 00 31 59 45 59 61 59 81 80 81 C0
3 | D1 C0 01 01 01 01 FF 1D 56 EA 50 00 20 30 46 28
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6 | 55 1F 45 0B 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FC
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Manufacturer........MAX
Product Code........13576 (3508) (0835)
Serial Number.......17414
Manufactured........Week 12 of year 2005
Max H Size..........58 cm
Max V Size..........32 cm
Gamma...............2.20
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Serration Vsync
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Separate Sync
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Red x = 0.000 Green x = 0.000 Blue x = 0.000 White x = 0.280
Red y = 0.000 Green y = 0.000 Blue y = 0.000 White y = 0.290
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640 x 480 @ 67Hz
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
720 x 400 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 75Hz
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#3: -768 x -614 @ 60Hz (FFFF8180)
#4: -768 x -432 @ 60Hz (FFFF81C0)
#5: -128 x -72 @ 60Hz (FFFFD1C0)
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H. Active...............1366 pixels
H. Blanking.............234 pixels
V. Active...............768 lines
V. Blanking.............32 lines
HSync Offset............70 pixels
HSync Pulse Width.......40 pixels
VSync Offset............5 lines
VSync Pulse Width.......5 lines
Pixel Clock.............76.79MHz
Horizontal freq.........47.99kHz
Vertical freq...........59.99Hz
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V Image Size............324mm
H Border................0 pixels
V Border................0 lines
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* Negative horizontal polarity
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H. Blanking.............138 pixels
V. Active...............480 lines
V. Blanking.............45 lines
HSync Offset............16 pixels
HSync Pulse Width.......62 pixels
VSync Offset............9 lines
VSync Pulse Width.......6 lines
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V Image Size............324mm
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