I never understood these 'Ask Engadget readers' thing. Consumers have limited experiences with limited amount of products; that's why there are sites and magazines with the resources to compare.

Almost no one on Engadget could tell you what you wouldn't know by looking at the spec sheet. Insert recommendations/problems for every product under the sun and Ask Engadget is what you end up with.

I personally work at a retailer and stare at these things everyday, but naturally they're all TN panels. I personally went with the HP w2207 and it looks great. The stand is also excellent allowing easy vertical adjustments. It has built-in speakers, but are expectedly crappy. The major drawback with any HP monitors is that they have a 1 year warranty, as opposed to 3 years offered by most other companies. The only thing you can get now is the new w2207h, which includes a HDMI port. I maybe wrong, but I don't believe the w2207h has a DVI port.

I personally feel any monitors purchased from now should be 24"+ just for the sake of supprting 1080p(1:1 scaling option would be nice). Or perhaps people should wait until the 16:9 displays start to come out?

There's always so much basics to cover when trying to recommend a good set of headphones; best is to ask for advice from head-fi forums.

I personally use a Sennheiser HD-595 right now, the 555 is also an excellent purchase.

Grado headphones are also excellent, if you want some real in-your-face sound. None of them are circumaural though, so comfort isn't exactly their strong point.

Things like DT770s I personally don't recommend too much cuz I think the bass is too overwhelming.

Open headphones will pretty much always sound better than closed headphones though(HD-555 vs. HD-280 for example), so if you don't plan to travel with it, get an open set.

800 by 480? Sick.

I personally bought the new Apple keyboard. Works perfectly with Windows/Xbox 360; I tried a demo unit at a retailer and was sold on it about a minute in.

My first Mac ever is a keyboard - go figure.

Forza Motorsport 2 is my current fav.