Hanns-G HL272HPB Black 27" 2ms HDMI Widescreen LED Monitor w/ Built-in Speakers $200

Isnt this a great deal? Why isnt anyone going for this?

This is par for the course with TN panels. Despite a bright and even backlight, there's simply too much light bleeding through, which washes out colours and reduces black levels, limiting contrast. The upside is that TN panels have better response times than IPS panels, making games more responsive, but in our gaming tests we missed the contrast of the IPS panels that we've recently seen. In Crysis, the jungle wasn't quite as foreboding without those dark shadows and the beach didn't seem to glow as much with tropical sunshine.

Meh.. [expertreviews.co.uk]

You have to consider it's $200 right now, not the close to $300 it was reviewed at. There aren't many 27" monitors priced at $200...are there?

I suppose there aren't.. But thinking about it, I'm really not sure why 1920x1080 on a 27" is even popular.. You might as well spring for a TV, if you want a larger screen, while losing out on pixel density. I would rather put the money towards a better, [likely] smaller, panel.