You won't get an impressive contrast ratio from an IPS panel. If you want good static contrast, look at those MVA-based monitors I posted before (to get really high static contrast ratios, you need an emissive display like plasma, OLED, OLET, SED, or FED; unfortunately, with plasma, 1920x1080 is only available at 42 inches diagonal or bigger, and the others are still considered "next generation" display technologies)