THE monitor for my purposes is...

[OldandFaithful]

... a 19" TFT with less than 20 ms response time, 24-bit colours and WIDE screen format with a price tag less than 1000 euros.

But when can I buy such a piece of HW? Any ideas?
These are not unreasonable requirements, I think

 

[kinetic_tw]

But when can I buy such a piece of HW? Any ideas?

A year or two in the future.

They've got 16ms 20" panels that will be available in Q1 2004, but I dont see them going for under 1k euros any time soon.